# Next Gen Stats **Domain:** Sports tracking / Analytics **Doc Type:** Developed System Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Next Gen Stats** is the National Football League's player- and ball-tracking analytics program, using instrumented location data to derive measures of movement, spacing, speed, separation, and play context. ## Significance The system expands the scorecard into a spatial model of the field. It illustrates how sensorium, state estimation, derived metrics, broadcast narrative, and strategic choice become one loop—and why the design of metrics can influence what spectators and institutions learn to value. ## Routes [[wiki/Box Score|Box Score]] · [[wiki/Statcast|Statcast]] · [[wiki/Digital Twin|Digital Twin]] · [[wiki/Operational Terrain of Meaning|Operational Terrain of Meaning]] ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/America Loves Games and the Home Court Advantage|America Loves Games and the Home Court Advantage]] - [NFL Football Operations, Next Gen Stats](https://operations.nfl.com/gameday/technology/nfl-next-gen-stats/)