Ratings Reference
NFL

NFL 2020 season TV ratings & viewership

Every nationally televised NFL game of the 2020 season with its published Nielsen audience: 67 of 67 national windows that have aired carry a published figure, each sourced.

67 of 67 aired national windows have a published figure

67
national windows with a figure
updated 2026-08-27

Most-watched telecasts of the 2020 season

ranktelecast

telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one.

Methodology →
figure

figure the telecast's lead figure: Nielsen average audience, full telecast, as published. Blank when Nielsen has not published one.

Methodology →
1Super Bowl LV - Buccaneers vs Chiefs2021-02-07 · CBS · ESPN Deportes95,877,000
2Washington at Dallas Cowboys2020-11-26 · FOX30,330,000
3Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers2021-01-16 · FOX26,500,000
4Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills2021-01-16 · NBC26,340,000
5Baltimore Ravens at Tennessee Titans2021-01-10 · ABC24,820,000
6Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers2021-01-10 · NBC24,780,000
7Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks2021-01-09 · FOX24,620,000
8Houston Texans at Detroit Lions2020-11-26 · CBS23,390,000
9Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Washington2021-01-09 · NBC21,370,000
10Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs2020-09-10 · NBC20,540,000

Top 10 of 68 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-16 02:35 UTC

Site-computed means by network

networksmean
NBCmean of 22 published figures17,526,364
ABCmean of 4 published figures17,257,500
CBSmean of 4 published figures17,217,500
FOXmean of 15 published figures15,880,667
ESPNmean of 14 published figures11,173,571
NFL Networkmean of 7 published figures6,025,714

Mean of the chart-eligible Nielsen average figures per network set this season, computed by this site. Not a network's own season average.

Every national window with a figure

Week 1

datetelecastfigure
2020-09-10Houston Texans at Kansas City ChiefsNBC20,540,000
2020-09-13Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles RamsNBC18,940,000
2020-09-14Tennessee Titans at Denver BroncosESPN7,700,000
2020-09-14Pittsburgh Steelers at New York GiantsESPN10,760,000

Week 2

datetelecastfigure
2020-09-17Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland BrownsNFL Network6,680,000
2020-09-20New England Patriots at Seattle SeahawksNBC17,690,000
2020-09-21New Orleans Saints at Las Vegas RaidersABC15,590,000

Week 3

datetelecastfigure
2020-09-24Miami Dolphins at Jacksonville JaguarsNFL Network5,430,000
2020-09-27Green Bay Packers at New Orleans SaintsNBC17,800,000
2020-09-28Kansas City Chiefs at Baltimore RavensESPN14,700,000

Week 4

datetelecastfigure
2020-10-01Denver Broncos at New York JetsNFL Network5,410,000
2020-10-04Philadelphia Eagles at San Francisco 49ersNBC15,080,000
2020-10-05New England Patriots at Kansas City ChiefsCBS14,600,000
2020-10-05Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay PackersESPN8,650,000

Week 5

datetelecastfigure
2020-10-08Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago BearsFOX14,710,000
2020-10-11Minnesota Vikings at Seattle SeahawksNBC15,080,000
2020-10-12Los Angeles Chargers at New Orleans SaintsESPN10,690,000
2020-10-13Buffalo Bills at Tennessee TitansCBS10,800,000

Week 6

datetelecastfigure
2020-10-18Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ersNBC12,600,000
2020-10-19Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo BillsFOX12,160,000
2020-10-19Arizona Cardinals at Dallas CowboysESPN11,320,000

Week 7

datetelecastfigure
2020-10-22New York Giants at Philadelphia EaglesFOX10,070,000
2020-10-25Seattle Seahawks at Arizona CardinalsNBC14,310,000
2020-10-26Chicago Bears at Los Angeles RamsESPN10,500,000

Week 8

datetelecastfigure
2020-10-29Atlanta Falcons at Carolina PanthersFOX11,680,000
2020-11-01Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia EaglesNBC16,930,000
2020-11-02Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York GiantsESPN11,700,000

Week 9

datetelecastfigure
2020-11-05Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ersFOX13,170,000
2020-11-08New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay BuccaneersNBC16,880,000
2020-11-09New England Patriots at New York JetsESPN9,830,000

Week 10

datetelecastfigure
2020-11-12Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee TitansFOX12,160,000
2020-11-15Baltimore Ravens at New England PatriotsNBC15,790,000
2020-11-16Minnesota Vikings at Chicago BearsESPN11,450,000

Week 11

datetelecastfigure
2020-11-19Arizona Cardinals at Seattle SeahawksFOX14,770,000
2020-11-22Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas RaidersNBC19,570,000
2020-11-23Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay BuccaneersESPN12,610,000

Week 12

datetelecastfigure
2020-11-26Washington at Dallas CowboysFOX30,330,000
2020-11-26Houston Texans at Detroit LionsCBS23,390,000
2020-11-29Chicago Bears at Green Bay PackersNBC16,480,000
2020-11-30Seattle Seahawks at Philadelphia EaglesESPN11,380,000
2020-12-02Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh SteelersNBC10,750,000

Week 13

datetelecastfigure
2020-12-06Denver Broncos at Kansas City ChiefsNBC17,070,000
2020-12-07Buffalo Bills at San Francisco 49ersABC14,170,000
2020-12-07Washington at Pittsburgh SteelersFOX7,790,000
2020-12-08Dallas Cowboys at Baltimore RavensFOX13,540,000

Week 14

datetelecastfigure
2020-12-10New England Patriots at Los Angeles RamsFOX13,640,000
2020-12-13Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo BillsNBC17,050,000
2020-12-14Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland BrownsESPN12,420,000

Week 15

datetelecastfigure
2020-12-17Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas RaidersFOX12,960,000
2020-12-19Buffalo Bills at Denver BroncosNFL Network4,530,000
2020-12-19Carolina Panthers at Green Bay PackersNFL Network5,610,000
2020-12-20Cleveland Browns at New York GiantsNBC15,610,000
2020-12-21Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati BengalsESPN12,720,000

Week 16

datetelecastfigure
2020-12-25Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans SaintsFOX20,110,000
2020-12-26San Francisco 49ers at Arizona CardinalsPrime Video4,800,000
2020-12-26Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit LionsNFL Network6,070,000
2020-12-26Miami Dolphins at Las Vegas RaidersNFL Network8,450,000
2020-12-27Tennessee Titans at Green Bay PackersNBC18,370,000
2020-12-28Buffalo Bills at New England PatriotsABC14,450,000

Week 17

datetelecastfigure
2021-01-03Washington at Philadelphia EaglesNBC16,550,000

Wild Card

datetelecastfigure
2021-01-09Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo BillsCBS20,080,000
2021-01-09Tampa Bay Buccaneers at WashingtonNBC21,370,000
2021-01-09Los Angeles Rams at Seattle SeahawksFOX24,620,000
2021-01-10Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh SteelersNBC24,780,000
2021-01-10Baltimore Ravens at Tennessee TitansABC24,820,000

Divisional round

datetelecastfigure
2021-01-16Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo BillsNBC26,340,000
2021-01-16Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay PackersFOX26,500,000

On record outside the league schedule

datetelecastfigure
2021-02-07Super Bowl LV - Buccaneers vs ChiefsCBS · ESPN Deportes95,877,000

Telecasts of this league and season that carry a figure and no league-schedule row; not counted in the coverage line.