NFL Stats from 2025 Week 5 included some huge upsets (New England over Buffalo and Jacksonville over Kansas City.) Is New England back or was this just an outlier? Is the Chiefs’ dynasty over? This week’s goat (not GOAT) of the week is Emari Demercado, who dropped the ball before scoring a touchdown, and cost Arizona a win. Here are some of the team and player statistics from Week 5 and season to date:

NFL Stats 2025 Week 5

PERCENT HOME FAVORITES: 57.14% (8 out of 14 home teams were favorites)

— PERCENT FAVORITE COVERS: 42.86% (6 out of 14 favorites covered)

— PERCENT HOME FAVORITES BEAT SPREAD: 25% (2 out of 8 teams covered)

— PERCENT ROAD FAVORITES BEAT SPREAD: 66.67% (4 out of 6 teams covered)

AVERAGE OVER/UNDER: 44.57

— PERCENT OVER: 57.14% (8 of 14 games hit the over and 6 were under)

— ACTUAL AVERAGE POINTS: 48.9

— HOME TEAM AVERAGE POINTS: 26.07 (3.2 points home field advantage)

— VISITOR TEAM AVERAGE POINTS: 22.86

NFL Stats 2025 Week 5 Season to Date

PERCENT HOME FAVORITES: 58.97%

— PERCENT FAVORITE COVERS: 53.85%

— PERCENT HOME FAVORITES BEAT SPREAD: 52.17%

— PERCENT ROAD FAVORITES BEAT SPREAD: 56.25%

AVERAGE OVER/UNDER: 44.9

— PERCENT OVER: 51.28%

— ACTUAL AVERAGE POINTS: 46.9

— HOME TEAM AVERAGE POINTS: 25.2 (3.5 points home field advantage)

— VISITOR TEAM AVERAGE POINTS: 21.7

A Few Takeaways

Betting every favorite would yield a small return on the total amount bet based on winning 53.85% percent of the time at 11 to 10 odds.

Betting the under or the over on every game would show a small loss.

Note: Winning 52.38% of bets is break even.

Top 25 NFL Players Fantasy Points

Jonathan Taylor moves back up to number 1 after 5 weeks, while James Cook falls to number 7. Patrick Mahomes moves up more than ten spaces despite his team’s loss. Josh Allen still leads all quarterbacks, but Lamar Jackson falls off the list with his injury.

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	POS	FANTASY PT	PPR	DRAFTKNG	FANDUEL	VBD	POS RANK
1	Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	105	121.3	127.3	113.3	54	1
2	Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	82	134	137	108	46	1
3	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	77	112.4	115.4	94.9	42	3
4	Emeka Egbuka	TAM	WR	77	102.4	105.4	89.9	42	2
5	Javonte Williams	DAL	RB	87	103.5	107.5	95	37	2
6	Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	85	123.9	129.9	104.4	35	3
7	James Cook	BUF	RB	84	95.9	98.9	89.9	34	4
8	George Pickens	DAL	WR	66	88.7	91.7	77.2	31	4
9	Josh Allen	BUF	QB	118	117.9	126.9	119.9	29	1
10	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	65	98.5	102.5	81.5	29	5
11	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	QB	115	115.3	123.3	117.3	27	2
12	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	62	95.2	98.2	78.7	27	6
13	Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	60	86.4	90.4	73.4	26	7
14	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	74	95.7	101.7	84.7	25	5
15	Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	60	79.6	82.6	69.6	25	8
16	Deebo Samuel	WAS	WR	59	88.6	91.6	73.6	24	9
17	Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	70	88.4	94.4	79.4	22	6
18	Tre Tucker	LVR	WR	56	74.5	77.5	65	21	10
19	Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	69	84.6	92.6	76.6	20	7
20	Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	55	80.5	83.5	67.5	20	11
21	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	54	86.3	90.3	70.3	20	12
22	De'Von Achane	MIA	RB	68	92.5	98.5	80	19	8
23	Davante Adams	LAR	WR	54	75.7	78.7	64.7	19	13
24	Baker Mayfield	TAM	QB	106	105.7	112.7	106.7	18	3
25	J.K. Dobbins	DEN	RB	67	72.5	75.5	69.5	18	9

Player statistics courtesy of Pro-Football-Reference.com. Analysis by SportsNerdStats.com

See more data at NFL Stats 2025 Week 4.