Methods and systems for recording statistics associated with a sporting event

An exemplary method includes a sporting event statistics recording system that provides a graphical user interface for display, the graphical user interface including an icon representative of a participant in the sporting event, detects a first user input associated with the icon, determines that the first user input is associated with a first action performed during the sporting event, records a first statistic for the sporting event based on the participant represented by the icon and the first action associated with the first user input associated with the icon, detects a second user input associated with the icon, determines that the second user input is associated with a second action performed during the sporting event, and records a second statistic for the sporting event based on the participant represented by the icon and the second action associated with the second user input associated with the icon.