How to Select Rows without NaN Values in Pandas

You can use the following methods to select rows without NaN values in pandas:

Method 1: Select Rows without NaN Values in All Columns

df[~df.isnull().any(axis=1)]

Method 2: Select Rows without NaN Values in Specific Column

df[~df['this_column'].isna()]

The following examples show how to use each method in practice with the following pandas DataFrame:

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

#create DataFrame
df = pd.DataFrame({'team': ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G'],
                   'points': [np.nan, 12, 15, 25, np.nan, 22, 30],
                   'assists': [4, np.nan, 5, 9, 12, 14, 10]})

#view DataFrame
print(df)

  team  points  assists
0    A     NaN      4.0
1    B    12.0      NaN
2    C    15.0      5.0
3    D    25.0      9.0
4    E     NaN     12.0
5    F    22.0     14.0
6    G    30.0     10.0

Example 1: Select Rows without NaN Values in All Columns

We can use the following syntax to select rows without NaN values in every column of the DataFrame:

#create new DataFrame that only contains rows without NaNs
no_nans = df[~df.isnull().any(axis=1)]

#view results
print(no_nans)

  team  points  assists
2    C    15.0      5.0
3    D    25.0      9.0
5    F    22.0     14.0
6    G    30.0     10.0   

Notice that each row in the resulting DataFrame contains no NaN values in any column.

Example 2: Select Rows without NaN Values in Specific Column

We can use the following syntax to select rows without NaN values in the points column of the DataFrame:

#create new DataFrame that only contains rows without NaNs in points column
no_points_nans = df[~df['points'].isna()]

#view results
print(no_points_nans)

  team  points  assists
1    B    12.0      NaN
2    C    15.0      5.0
3    D    25.0      9.0
5    F    22.0     14.0
6    G    30.0     10.0

Notice that each row in the resulting DataFrame contains no NaN values in the points column.

There is one row with a NaN value in the assists column, but the row is kept in the DataFrame since the value in the points column of that row is not NaN.

Additional Resources

The following tutorials explain how to perform other common tasks in pandas:

Pandas: How to Drop Rows with NaN Values
Pandas: How to Replace NaN Values with String
Pandas: How to Fill NaN Values with Mean