stathead
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Meaning · English
A person with a keen interest in statistics, particularly in sport.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Whether coincidence or not, this overlap was widely noted, and it is now standard practice for baseball teams to hire a flock of statheads and use their analyses to help make decisions on and off the field. […] But only recently have a few teams begun to hire a new breed of stathead to scrutinize ev
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “stathead” mean?
A person with a keen interest in statistics, particularly in sport.
Is “stathead” formal or informal?
stathead is generally slang.