Canonical taxonomy
Leverage the same sports, leagues, teams, players, and venues identifiers the paid tiers consume—with consistent slugs and catalog IDs.
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Get instant access to our comprehensive sports data API. Power your apps with real-time data across 38+ sports, 1,200+ leagues, and millions of data points.
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Daily API Calls
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Massive Data Coverage
Access the same comprehensive dataset used by our premium customers
38+
Sports
From football to esports
1,200+
Leagues
Global competitions
15,000+
Teams
Clubs & franchises
139,000+
Players
Active athletes
331,000+
Events
Matches & fixtures
10,000+
Venues
Stadiums & arenas
What Can You Build?
Our free API powers thousands of applications across the sports industry
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Fantasy Sports Apps
Build draft tools, player comparisons, and league trackers
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Sports Analytics
Power dashboards with real player and team statistics
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Media Applications
Display live scores, schedules, and standings
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Betting Platforms
Access odds-relevant data for informed predictions
Why Choose Our Free API?
Daily refreshed data
Access nightly synchronized records from our SportsData.db import pipeline, including sport metadata, league lineups, and team attributes.
Community contributions
Submit improvements through the portal and track moderation status. Accepted changes revalidate caches instantly for every free consumer.
Request policy
Community applications share the same infrastructure as paid customers, so we enforce conservative limits to keep the experience stable. Upgrade to Pro for higher throughput, webhooks, and live event feeds.
- Daily quota
- 5,000 requests
- Burst window
- 40 req/sec (80 req/sec for 30s)
- Concurrency
- 1 active request
Included endpoints
These endpoints mirror the production v1 catalog. Responses include catalog IDs so you can upgrade to Pro without refactoring downstream systems.
GET /v1/list/sportsAll active sports with catalog IDs, governance bodies, and country metadata.
GET /v1/list/leagues/{sportId}Leagues grouped by sport, including tier labels and regional coverage.
GET /v1/list/teams/{leagueId}Team rosters with founding year, colors, and venue associations.
GET /v1/search/players?q={query}Full-text search across player names, alternate spellings, and catalog IDs.
Ready for more throughput?
Upgrade to Pro or Enterprise to unlock real-time score feeds, webhook deliveries, ten-season history, and priority moderation. Your existing Community key will remain active for staging environments.