The 2025 NFL regular season is underway! There are 285 NFL games (not including the preseason) needed to crown a Super Bowl winner. Last year, I tracked every NFL live stream and which streaming services you need to watch all of them, and this season, I'm back to do it again.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of streaming services you'll need to watch every game this year. ESPN, Peacock, Prime Video, Netflix and even YouTube are all getting exclusive games this year, and Paramount Plus offers a decent amount of the CBS games on Sundays.
So here’s a quick guide to all the streaming services you’ll need to subscribe to, broken down by month, to watch every game in the 2025-2026 season. We also tell you at the end how much these services all cost if you want to watch every single game this season.
Please note this article does not reflect any changes that may be caused by the reported acquisition of the NFL Network and NFL RedZone by ESPN, as that deal has yet to be approved by regulators.
September
If you want to watch every Sunday afternoon game this season, you'll want YouTube TV and NFL Sunday Ticket. Combined, they will give you access to every NFL game on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, ESPN and NFL Network, including out-of-network games.
The good news? YouTube TV is my pick for the best live TV streaming service. Plus, it integrates your Sunday Ticket subscription with your YouTube TV app to allow you to watch up to four games at once with multiview, including out-of-market games.
The bad news? It's not cheap. If you're a new customer, you can get YouTube TV for $49.99 a month for your first two months, and then $82.99 a month after that. NFL Sunday Ticket is an additional eight monthly payments of $34.50 for a total of $276. Just remember that those Sunday Ticket payments are not cancelable, regardless of whether or not you cancel YouTube TV. If you're concerned about canceling, opt for Sunday Ticket's month-to-month plan, which is $85 a month.
If you want a cheaper way to get a lot of NFL games, Sling TV is an option — specifically, Sling Orange & Blue. This Sling TV package starts at $60.99, though right now, you can get your first month for $29.99. It offers your local broadcast stations in select markets (excluding CBS) and also offers ESPN and the NFL Network. It's a great cable TV alternative, and I'd know. I've tested them all.
However, you can't get CBS. If you want to watch CBS broadcasts, you'll need to use one of our best antennas to get CBS broadcasts free over the air, provided your local station is showing them. Keep in mind, though, that the only way to get out-of-market games is still NFL Sunday Ticket. You can get it separately from YouTube TV for eight monthly payments of $34.50 for a total of $276, and watch via the YouTube app.
Aside from these games, Week 1's game between Kansas City and the Los Angeles Chargers is exclusive to YouTube (outside of local markets), but YouTube is free, so no extra spending is needed there. You will need to add a Prime Video subscription, though, to watch Thursday Night Football games starting in Week 2. You can get Amazon Prime free for 30 days, which includes Prime Video, after which you'll need to pay for Amazon Prime or get Prime Video a la carte, at $8.99 a month.
When you account for discounts, to get every game in September, you'll need to spend $49.99 for your first month of YouTube TV. You'll also start paying for your NFL Sunday Ticket subscription now, which will come in handy in September. I'm going to add Sunday Ticket's entire $276 price for new users to this month's total, since its eight payments of $34.50 are not cancelable.
Luckily, you at least get Prime Video for free this month. Small victories are still victories.
September total: $325.99
October
October brings more NFL games and another streaming service you'll need to subscribe to. YouTube TV, NFL Sunday Ticket and Prime Video have you covered for the most part, but now you need to add the ESPN streaming service. Specifically, the ESPN Select plan.
That's because ESPN Select has an exclusive ESPN Plus game in Week 7 between the Houston Texans and Seattle Seahawks as part of a Monday Night Football doubleheader.
One month of ESPN Select will set you back $11.99, though you can get it as part of a Disney Bundle with Disney Plus and Hulu if you want a bit more bang for your buck. You can also get ESPN Unlimited for $29.99 a month and get every ESPN linear TV network in one streaming service, in addition to ESPN content.
To recap, this month, you'll need to pay for YouTube TV, which is just $49.99 for one last month, Prime Video, which is now $8.99 a month and ESPN Select, which is $11.99 a month.
October total: $70.97
November
Good news! You can get rid of the ESPN subscription.
Unfortunately, you'll still need everything else you were already paying for. That means YouTube TV, which now costs the full $82.99 and Prime Video for $8.99. Remember, we already accounted for the full amount of your NFL Sunday Ticket subscription back in August, even though it'll be spread out over eight payments.
October total: $91.98
December
Merry Christmas — you've now got to pay for another streaming service.
This time, it's Netflix, which is doing a Christmas Day doubleheader for the second year in a row. The first game is a 1 p.m. ET kickoff between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Commanders. It's followed by a 4:30 p.m. ET game between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings.
Aside from Netflix, which you're now paying $7.99 to this month, you'll still need to stay subscribed to the usual suspects. That means YouTube TV for $82.99 and Prime Video for $8.99.
Unfortunately, you'll also need Peacock this month for a Week 17 exclusive NFL game. That means getting Peacock Premium for $10.99 a month.
December total: $110.96
January 2026
While the NFL hasn't fully set its schedule for January yet, we do know that you'll need access to ABC, NBC, Fox and CBS, as well as Prime Video and Peacock, to catch all the regular season and postseason games in January.
The good news is that means you can cancel Netflix this month. The bad news is that means you'll still be paying over $100 to stream football in January 2026, between YouTube TV for $82.99, Peacock for $10.99 and Prime Video for $8.99.
January total: $102.97
February 2026
At this point, there's only the Super Bowl left, though theoretically the Pro Bowl will continue to exist in some format.
Super Bowl LX will be held on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, on NBC, with a possible simulcast on Peacock (this hasn't been confirmed yet). That means it won't be available on a free streaming service this season, unlike Super Bowl LIX, which was available to stream free on Tubi in select regions.
Until we know for sure that the game is available on Peacock, most likely you'll need to shell out another $82.99 this month for YouTube TV, though you'll finally be able to stop paying for Prime Video.
But there are alternatives, depending on where you live. If you have an antenna, you can probably stream the Super Bowl for free over the air on NBC. Depending on where you live, you might also get NBC via Sling TV Blue, which at $45.99 a month is still significantly cheaper than YouTube TV.
For now, though, I'm going to assume you'll still need to pay for YouTube TV, meaning you'll have to pay $82.99 to stream the final month of the NFL season.
February total $82.99
How much it'll cost
To recap, you'll need YouTube TV, NFL Sunday Ticket, Peacock, Prime Video, ESPN Select and Netflix at various points to watch every second of the 2025-2026 NFL season.
That isn't going to be cheap. It's cheaper than getting season tickets for your local NFL team, though maybe not as cheap as getting tickets on the secondary market if your team is awful.
TOTAL: $785.86
Discounts
As the season progresses, discounts for some of these streaming services will likely crop up.
I already covered discounts from Sling TV, YouTube TV, NFL Sunday Ticket and Prime Video that can save you money, but often cable providers and mobile network providers will offer discounts on various streaming services to customers.
One example of this is Verizon's free NFL Sunday Ticket offer. For a limited time, if you sign up for Verizon 5G Home Ultimate for $60/month you can get Sunday Ticket free for the 2025-26 season, or a $400 Samsung credit at Best Buy (but not both).
Another active promo is from the online sportsbook, DraftKings, which is offering $200 NFL Sunday Ticket if you place your first bet of $5 (Tom's Guide does not endorse sports gambling, and reminds you that gambling is done at your own risk).
Sunday Ticket also offers student and military discounts. It also offers a rewards program, NFL Sunday Ticket member benefits, which offers subscribers promotions such as a discount on YouTube Premium or Uber One.
If I see any additional discounts of note, I'll be sure to update this article accordingly.
