How much does it cost to stream every NFL game in 2026?
Thursday nights on Prime Video, Christmas games on Netflix, a Peacock exclusive and ESPN on Monday nights: watching every game of your team's season now takes several subscriptions. Here's what that costs in 2026, without cable.
The short answer
For a fan who lives in their team's home market, catching every game costs about $559.80 for the season. That's (YouTube TV + Prime Video + Netflix + Peacock) x 5 months. Out-of-market fans who add NFL Sunday Ticket pay more (see below). If you can live with missing some games, an antenna plus Prime Video costs $44.95.
2026 NFL streaming services and prices
| Service | What it covers | Price | Season cost (5 months) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local CBS / FOX / NBC via antenna | Most Sunday afternoon games in your home market + Sunday Night Football | $0/mo | $0 | Over-the-air broadcast is free. |
| YouTube TV (base) | CBS, FOX, NBC, ABC, ESPN (Monday Night Football), NFL Network | $82.99/mo | $414.95 | 9to5google.com (2026-09-10) |
| Prime Video | Thursday Night Football, Black Friday game | $8.99/mo | $44.95 | sportingnews.com (2026) |
| Netflix (Standard with ads) | Christmas games + select exclusives (4 games in 2026) | $8.99/mo | $44.95 | sportingnews.com (2026) |
| Peacock Premium | 1 exclusive game (Jan 2) + NBC simulcasts | $10.99/mo | $54.95 | sportingnews.com (2026) |
| NFL Sunday Ticket (new subscribers) | Out-of-market Sunday afternoon games (not needed for most local fans) | $240/season | $240 | 9to5google.com (2026-09-10) |
Regular season runs September through early January, so we count 5 monthly payments. Prices are as reported by the linked sources. Your bill may be different if a service changes its price mid-season.
Why it takes four subscriptions
NFL rights are split across networks and streamers, and each one has its own window:
- Sunday afternoons: CBS and FOX. In your home market these are on YouTube TV or free with an antenna. Out-of-market games are on NFL Sunday Ticket (9to5Google).
- Sunday Night Football: NBC, which is on YouTube TV, an antenna and Peacock.
- Monday Night Football: ABC/ESPN, available on YouTube TV ($82.99/month base).
- Thursday Night Football: Prime Video ($8.99/month), which isn't on YouTube TV.
- Netflix: Christmas games and select exclusives, 4 games in 2026 ($8.99/month with ads).
- Peacock: one exclusive game on Jan. 2 plus NBC simulcasts ($10.99/month).
Add them up for 5 months and you get $414.95 + $44.95 + $44.95 + $54.95 = $559.80.
What if you live outside your team's market?
Out-of-market Sunday afternoon games need NFL Sunday Ticket. According to 9to5Google, Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV starts at $240 for the 2026–27 season for new subscribers, a discount of up to 50%. Existing customers pay $378 a year through YouTube TV, on top of the monthly YouTube TV subscription, or $480 a year through YouTube Primetime Channels. Sunday Ticket doesn't include preseason games, playoff games or some regular-season games, such as Thanksgiving.
Using those prices, our math for an out-of-market fan who wants every game comes to $559.80 + $240 = $799.80 as a new Sunday Ticket subscriber, or $559.80 + $378 = $937.80 as a returning one.
Do local fans need Sunday Ticket?
Usually not. If you live in your team's home market, its Sunday afternoon games air on local CBS or FOX, which are blacked out of Sunday Ticket in your area. That's why Fan Tab's every-game stack for a local fan leaves Sunday Ticket out. For example, 9to5Google notes that for Week 1, Buffalo viewers got the Bills at Texans game on CBS rather than Sunday Ticket, while a fan in Washington, D.C. could watch the same game on Sunday Ticket.
The budget option
An antenna picks up local CBS, FOX and NBC games for free, including Sunday Night Football. Add Prime Video for Thursday nights and you pay $44.95 for the season. The catch: you'd miss Monday Night Football on ESPN, NFL Network games, the Netflix games and the Peacock exclusive.
Tips to pay less
- Count your team's games on each service before you subscribe. If your team has no Netflix or Peacock game this year, skip that service.
- Subscribe month to month and cancel when your team's season ends. The $559.80 figure assumes 5 months.
- If you're new to Sunday Ticket, the first-season price is much lower than the returning price.
Season tickets plus streaming
Season ticket holders still have to pay to watch away games. On every team page, Fan Tab adds the $559.80 stack to the cheapest season ticket to get a "true yearly cost." The lowest is the Tennessee Titans at $1,109.80 and the highest is the San Francisco 49ers at $1,909.80.
Related: Cheapest NFL season tickets in 2026 · What is a PSL?
Sources
- https://9to5google.com/2026/09/10/youtube-nfl-sunday-ticket-2026-details/
- https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/every-streaming-service-watch-2026-season-netflix-peacock/653a97241e1db9591e9d623b
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