NFL 2021 season TV ratings & viewership

Every nationally televised NFL game of the 2021 season with its published Nielsen audience: 65 of 66 national windows that have aired carry a published figure, each sourced.

65 of 66 aired national windows have a published figure

national windows with a figure

updated 2026-08-27

Most-watched telecasts of the 2021 season

rank	telecast 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 →
1	Super Bowl LVI - Bengals vs Rams2022-02-13 · NBC · Telemundo	101,470,000
2	Las Vegas Raiders at Dallas Cowboys2021-11-25 · CBS	38,530,000
3	Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay Buccaneers2022-01-23 · NBC	38,140,000
4	San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers2022-01-22 · FOX	36,920,000
5	Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans2022-01-22 · CBS	30,750,000
6	Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City Chiefs2022-01-16 · NBC	28,940,000
7	Cleveland Browns at Green Bay Packers2021-12-25 · FOX	28,590,000
8	Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams2022-01-17 · ABC · ESPN+	28,300,000
9	Las Vegas Raiders at Cincinnati Bengals2022-01-15 · NBC	27,700,000
10	Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New England Patriots2021-10-03 · NBC	26,750,000

Top 10 of 70 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-16 02:34 UTC

Site-computed means by network

networks	mean
CBSmean of 3 published figures	31,883,333
NBCmean of 22 published figures	20,097,727
ABC · ESPN+mean of 5 published figures	19,870,000
FOXmean of 13 published figures	18,154,615
ESPNmean of 13 published figures	12,759,231
NFL Networkmean of 8 published figures	7,455,000

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

date	telecast	figure
2021-09-09	Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay BuccaneersNBC	24,810,000
2021-09-12	Chicago Bears at Los Angeles RamsNBC	17,640,000
2021-09-13	Baltimore Ravens at Las Vegas RaidersABC	16,970,000

Week 2

date	telecast	figure
2021-09-16	New York Giants at WashingtonNFL Network	7,330,000
2021-09-19	Kansas City Chiefs at Baltimore RavensNBC	19,810,000
2021-09-20	Detroit Lions at Green Bay PackersESPN	13,810,000

Week 3

date	telecast	figure
2021-09-23	Carolina Panthers at Houston TexansNFL Network	7,390,000
2021-09-26	Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ersNBC	19,690,000
2021-09-27	Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas CowboysESPN	14,900,000

Week 4

date	telecast	figure
2021-09-30	Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati BengalsNFL Network	8,000,000
2021-10-03	Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New England PatriotsNBC	26,750,000
2021-10-04	Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles ChargersESPN	12,860,000

Week 5

date	telecast	figure
2021-10-07	Los Angeles Rams at Seattle SeahawksFOX	14,760,000
2021-10-10	Buffalo Bills at Kansas City ChiefsNBC	17,520,000
2021-10-10	New York Jets at Atlanta FalconsNFL Network	3,280,000
2021-10-11	Indianapolis Colts at Baltimore RavensESPN	11,330,000

Week 6

date	telecast	figure
2021-10-14	Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Philadelphia EaglesFOX	14,420,000
2021-10-17	Seattle Seahawks at Pittsburgh SteelersNBC	16,280,000
2021-10-18	Buffalo Bills at Tennessee TitansESPN	12,530,000

Week 7

date	telecast	figure
2021-10-21	Denver Broncos at Cleveland BrownsFOX	12,990,000
2021-10-24	Indianapolis Colts at San Francisco 49ersNBC	16,110,000
2021-10-25	New Orleans Saints at Seattle SeahawksESPN	12,800,000

Week 9

date	telecast	figure
2021-11-04	New York Jets at Indianapolis ColtsFOX	11,650,000
2021-11-07	Tennessee Titans at Los Angeles RamsNBC	14,210,000
2021-11-08	Chicago Bears at Pittsburgh SteelersESPN	12,100,000

Week 10

date	telecast	figure
2021-11-11	Baltimore Ravens at Miami DolphinsFOX	12,920,000
2021-11-14	Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas RaidersNBC	16,740,000
2021-11-15	Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ersESPN	12,250,000

Week 11

date	telecast	figure
2021-11-18	New England Patriots at Atlanta FalconsFOX	13,520,000
2021-11-21	Pittsburgh Steelers at Los Angeles ChargersNBC	14,550,000
2021-11-22	New York Giants at Tampa Bay BuccaneersESPN	11,920,000

Week 12

date	telecast	figure
2021-11-25	Chicago Bears at Detroit LionsFOX	26,750,000
2021-11-25	Buffalo Bills at New Orleans SaintsNBC	19,380,000
2021-11-25	Las Vegas Raiders at Dallas CowboysCBS	38,530,000
2021-11-28	Cleveland Browns at Baltimore RavensNBC	16,230,000
2021-11-29	Seattle Seahawks at WashingtonESPN	10,890,000

Week 13

date	telecast	figure
2021-12-02	Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans SaintsFOX	16,690,000
2021-12-05	Denver Broncos at Kansas City ChiefsNBC	17,510,000
2021-12-06	New England Patriots at Buffalo BillsESPN	14,910,000

Week 14

date	telecast	figure
2021-12-09	Pittsburgh Steelers at Minnesota VikingsFOX	14,040,000
2021-12-12	Chicago Bears at Green Bay PackersNBC	18,560,000
2021-12-13	Los Angeles Rams at Arizona CardinalsABC · ESPN+	15,900,000

Week 15

date	telecast	figure
2021-12-16	Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles ChargersFOX	17,860,000
2021-12-18	New England Patriots at Indianapolis ColtsNFL Network	7,260,000
2021-12-19	New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay BuccaneersNBC	18,060,000
2021-12-20	Minnesota Vikings at Chicago BearsABC · ESPN+	15,840,000
2021-12-20	Las Vegas Raiders at Cleveland BrownsNFL Network	5,860,000
2021-12-21	Washington at Philadelphia EaglesFOXsplit window	14,900,000

1 more national window, no figure on record

Week 16

date	telecast	figure
2021-12-23	San Francisco 49ers at Tennessee TitansNFL Network	7,900,000
2021-12-25	Cleveland Browns at Green Bay PackersFOX	28,590,000
2021-12-25	Indianapolis Colts at Arizona CardinalsNFL Network	12,620,000
2021-12-26	Washington at Dallas CowboysNBC	17,280,000
2021-12-27	Miami Dolphins at New Orleans SaintsESPN	12,310,000

Week 17

date	telecast	figure
2022-01-02	Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay PackersNBC	18,550,000
2022-01-03	Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh SteelersESPN	13,260,000

Week 18

date	telecast	figure
2022-01-08	Kansas City Chiefs at Denver BroncosABC · ESPN+	19,100,000
2022-01-08	Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia EaglesABC · ESPN+	20,210,000
2022-01-09	Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas RaidersNBC	17,690,000

Wild Card

date	telecast	figure
2022-01-15	Las Vegas Raiders at Cincinnati BengalsNBC	27,700,000
2022-01-15	New England Patriots at Buffalo BillsCBS	26,370,000
2022-01-16	Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City ChiefsNBC	28,940,000
2022-01-17	Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles RamsABC · ESPN+	28,300,000

Divisional round

date	telecast	figure
2022-01-22	San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay PackersFOX	36,920,000
2022-01-22	Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee TitansCBS	30,750,000
2022-01-23	Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay BuccaneersNBC	38,140,000

On record outside the league schedule

date	telecast	figure
2021-10-28	Green Bay Packers at Arizona CardinalsFOX	20,260,000
2021-10-31	Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans SaintsFOXsplit window	21,290,000
2021-10-31	Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota VikingsNBC	15,680,000
2021-11-01	New York Giants at Kansas City ChiefsESPN	13,920,000
2022-02-13	Super Bowl LVI - Bengals vs RamsNBC · Telemundo	101,470,000

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