Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

US GDP per capita

correlates with

Average NFL player salary

r = 0.97297% · 2005-2022
US GDP per capitaAverage NFL player salary

These two datasets have a 97% correlation over 2005-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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