Canonical taxonomy
Leverage the same sports, leagues, teams, players, and venues identifiers the paid tiers consume—with consistent slugs and catalog IDs.
Build with the SportsDatabase Free API
Prototype integrations, hack on hobby projects, or evaluate the data model without entering a credit card. Every account starts with a Community-tier API key capable of hitting core taxonomy endpoints, refreshed nightly from our canonical SportsData.db import pipeline.
✅ Read-only taxonomy✅ Nightly freshness✅ Community support
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.