Infographics & data visualization gallery

Our gallery of data visualizations was created by users just like you, using Tableau Public.

College Football Recruiting

Author: Scott Wasserman published on Tableau Software

This year's national championship might have just been decided, but the struggle for years of future domination has already started. The recruiting wars are in full swing. Use this viz to see how your team stacks up.

Are You Ready For Some Football?

Author: Brett McMurphy published on CBS Sports

Nothing inspires passionate comments among sports fans quite like pre-season predictions. Brett McMurphy's viz made it easy to see how teams were ranked in different polls. That gave commenters all the fuel they needed to trumpet their favorite team's chances and predict the ...

Chelsea - Manchester Game Analysis

Author: Graham MacAree published on We Aint Got No History

Soccer, despite its simplicity, is actually a very detailed game. As you can see from Graham's vizzes below, the analysis you can do from a game with only 2 goals is actually quite exhaustive. The top view here shows the average player position for each team. The bottom view shows ...

Fantasy Baseball Pitching Planner

Author: Al Melchior published on CBS Sports

In this viz Al Melchior tackles the age old question of "who should I start in my fantasy league?" By performing some sabermetrical Jiu-Jitsu, Al's viz recommends who you should start (Josh Becket) and who you should use to keep the bench warm (Scott Baker).

England Premier Football League - Historical Statistics

Author: Robert Mundigl published on Clearly and Simply

Robert Mundigl's viz gives you all the stats you could want on England's Premier League from the 1996/1997 season to the present.

A Viz to Build A Dream Team On

Author: Al Melchior published on CBS Sports

By now it's not too surprising to see Al Melchior and the CBS Sports team featured here, but they really make some clean and good-looking vizes. Check out a version of one of their favorites--a fantasy matchup magnifier. Great use of colors and images for mark-types.

A Cowboy Debate

Author: KB Drummond published on Blogging the Boys

Few things spur on debate like sports does. After suffering a loss to Philadelphia and facing an upcoming game to Seattle, emotions ran high with KD Drummond's viz comparing different football teams' offensive success rates against the Cowboys. Commenters discussed the Cowboy's ...

A Tribute to The Great One

Author: Ben Jones

Ben Jones tweeted us this viz of Wayne Gretzky's amazing stats. What caught our eye was the great color scheme, the well-formatted tool-tips and the excellent choice of background image.

Visualizing Major League Baseball

Author: Bill Petti published on Beyond the Boxscore

Bill Petti takes his baseball seriously. In his viz below you can see numerous metrics ranking every MLB team over the past 10 years. Click around and enjoy!

Running Back Selector

Author: Al Melchior published on CBS Sports

Running a Fantasy Football team is no easy task. Al Melchior from CBS Sports has devised a number of amazing applications that help his readers make intelligent choices about the players to play, and the players to bench. Take a look at the app for running backs below.

Power Hitters

Author: Mark Nowlin and Justin Mayo published on Seattle Times

In June, Ken Griffey Jr. ended his career where he started it, having etched his name in the record books with the 5th most home runs of all time. This viz, from a long interactive feature in the Seattle Times, may help put all of his achievements in perspective.

Lucky and Unlucky Fantasy Pitchers

Author: Al Melchior published on CBS Sports

Al Melchior at CBS Sports created this viz for his avid fantasy baseball readers.

History of the World Cup

Author: Ross Perez published on Tableau Software

The FIFA World Cup is perhaps the most important global sporting event besides the Olympics. This visualization details the tremendously difficult field of competition at the World Cup, up to 2006. Mouse over your country for ...

NBA Heatmap

Author: Kyle Biehle published on The Ivory Sofa

Wins and losses characterize our common perception of which teams are "good" and which are "bad". However, this viz allows you to look beyond the simple win/loss percentage and see which individual opponents a team played well against, and which opponents they were weak against.

Which Teams are the Best Bargains?

Author: Ellie Fields published on Wall Street Journal

So which teams are the best bargains? This viz posted by the Wall Street Journal compares the Fan Cost Index for all 30 teams with their actual winning percentage and the team's overall quality measure to find bargains and bad deals for the last two weeks of the 2009 baseball ...

American League Power Hitters 2000 - 2009

Author: Christian Chabot published on Tableau

This viz takes an in-depth look at batting statistics for the best players in the American league. It's not just about the batting average!

American League Statistics

Author: Ross Perez published on Tableau

Take a look at offensive stats for the American league over the past decade.

Olympic Medal Winners

Author: Ross Perez published on Tableau

Have you ever wondered which country is the best at Speed Skating or which country has taken home the most medals? This viz details all the medals won by country and competition at the Winter Games since 1924. Click around and explore.

CBS Sports Defensive Matchup Tracker

Author: Dave Richard published on CBS Sports

CBS Sports created this viz for their Fanatasy Football enthusiasts. Looking to trade for Pierre Thomas? Check out this viz before you make your decision.

Hawaii Ironman Top Ten Finishers

Author: Jeff Solomon published on Slowtwitch

This viz from Slowtwitch.com compares the top ten Hawaii Ironman performers from 1978 to 2008. Find the fastest performers and the years with the toughest competition.

Fantasy Football 2009 Season Running Backs

Author: Dave Richard published on CBS Sports

CBS Sports developed this viz to help their Fantasy Football enthusiasts select the best running back for the 2009 season.

Preseason Running Back Selector

Author: Scott Wasserman published on CBS Sports

Picking a good running back can be the difference between first and last place in a Fantasy League. CBS Sports aims to make that easier with this interactive running back selector. Use it to find the best players for your team, based on both projected carries and projected ...

Premier League Historical Statistics

Author: Robert Mundigl published on Clearly and Simply

Robert Mundigl created this amazing multi-faceted look into the English Premier League over the past 15 years or so. The analysis is complex but easily displayed, take a look for yourself.

The 2011 MLB Draft

Author: Chris St. John published on Beyond the Boxscore

Chris St. John's readers loved this viz, and how it shows the history of Major League Baseball draft picks. The dots are arranged according to the number each player was picked in the draft, and their size indicates their WAR, a statistic which indicates their overall skill as a ...

Stuckey's Sprints

Author: Dan Feldman published on Piston Powered

I would be lying if I said that I completely understood Dan Feldman's in-depth article on the Detroit Piston's point guard, Rodney Stuckey. What I can say is that his viz is pretty cool, and his readers thought it was a slam dunk, commenting over 27 times.