Public sports data

Contents

1. Categories of data
2. Data sources: most well-known
3. Sports-related APIs
4. Hidden gems

Data categories

1. Game Statistics: Detailed statistics for individual games, including scores, goals, assists, rebounds, points, fouls, and more. These statistics capture the performance of players and teams during specific matches.

2. Player Performance Data: Data on individual player performance, including historical and real-time stats, player profiles, and records. It may include career statistics, achievements, and biographical information.

3. Team Information: Data related to teams, including rosters, player lineups, team statistics, historical records, and team-specific performance metrics.

4. League Standings: Information on the current standings of teams within a league or tournament, including points, wins, losses, draws, goal difference, and other ranking metrics.

5. Player Transfers and Contracts: Data on player transfers between clubs and details of player contracts, including transfer fees and contract durations.

6. Fantasy Sports Data: Information relevant to fantasy sports competitions, such as player rankings, projections, injuries, and availability status.

7. Schedule and Fixtures: Upcoming match schedules, fixture lists, and event calendars for different sports leagues and tournaments.

8. Odds and Betting Data: Sports betting-related data, including odds, betting lines, and betting market information.

9. Injury Reports: Information on player injuries and their status for upcoming games or events.

10. Draft Data: Data related to sports drafts, including information on draft prospects, selections, and draft order.

11. Historical Records: Archives of past sports events, historical match results, and performance records dating back several years.

12. Real-Time Data: Live updates and real-time feeds for ongoing matches, including live scores, play-by-play commentary, and key events.

13. Fantasy Sports APIs: APIs that offer access to fantasy sports data, player statistics, and team-related information for integration into fantasy sports platforms and applications.

Data sources: most well-known

1. Sports-Reference: Comprehensive sports statistics website covering various sports, leagues, and players.  - Website: https://www.sports-reference.com/

2. ESPN API: Access to real-time scores, schedules, player information, and more for different sports.    - Website: https://developer.espn.com/docs

3. FIFA API: Football (soccer) data, including match results, player and team statistics, and rankings.    - Website: https://www.fifa.com/associations/about-fifa/api/

4. NBA API: Basketball-related data, including game statistics, player info, team data, and more.    - Website: https://github.com/swar/nba_api

5. MLB API: Baseball data, including game statistics, player and team data, standings, and more.    - Website: https://statsapi.mlb.com/docs/

6. NFL API: American football data, including game statistics, player and team information, and schedules.    - Website: https://www.nflfaqs.com/en/api/

7. NHL API: Ice hockey data, including game statistics, player and team information, and schedules.    - Website: https://github.com/dword4/nhlapi

8. Olympic Data: Historical results, athlete profiles, medal counts, and more from Olympic events.    - Website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/results

9. Tennis API: Access to tennis-related data, including match results, player info, rankings, and more.    - Website: https://www.sportdataapi.com/

10. OpenFootball API: Open-source football (soccer) data, including fixtures, results, and player data. - Website: https://github.com/openfootball/football.json

11. Yahoo Sports API: Provides access to sports news, scores, player information, and more. - Website: Not a public API, information available through Yahoo Sports website.

12. CricAPI: Cricket data, including live scores, player info, match schedules, and historical data. - Website: https://www.cricapi.com/

13. Pro Football Reference: NFL statistics, player and team information, historical data, and more. - Website: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/

14. Basketball-Reference: NBA and college basketball statistics, player and team info, and more. - Website: https://www.basketball-reference.com/

15. Baseball-Reference: MLB statistics, player and team data, historical records, and more. - Website: https://www.baseball-reference.com/

16. Hockey-Reference: NHL statistics, player and team data, historical records, and more. - Website: https://www.hockey-reference.com/

17. Pro-Football-Reference: NFL, AFL, and AAFC statistics, player and team info, and more. - Website: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/

18. StatsBomb: Soccer/football analytics data, including advanced player and match metrics. - Website: Not a public API, information available through StatsBomb website.

19. Transfermarkt: Football/soccer transfer market data, player valuations, and transfers. - Website: https://www.transfermarkt.us/

20. Opta Sports: Sports data provider for football/soccer, rugby, cricket, and more. - Website: https://www.optasports.com/

21. Cricket Australia API: Official cricket data from Cricket Australia, including live scores, player profiles, and match information. - Website: https://cricketapi-icc.pulselive.com/

22. Basketball Monster: Fantasy basketball analytics and player rankings for fantasy sports enthusiasts. - Website: https://basketballmonster.com/

23. Rotowire: Fantasy sports information and data, including player projections, injury updates, and news. - Website: https://www.rotowire.com/

24. SportsDataIO: Sports data provider with real-time and historical data for various sports. - Website: https://sportsdata.io/

25. Sportradar: Global sports data and content provider offering live and historical data for sports events. - Website: https://sportradar.us/

26. The Guardian Sports API: Provides sports news, articles, and live scores from The Guardian. - Website: Not a public API, information available through The Guardian website.

27. Sports Open Data: Open data project providing football/soccer data and statistics. - Website: https://sports.opendata.interactive-city.com/

28. SportDataAPI: Provides access to a wide range of sports data, including football, tennis, and more. - Website: https://www.sportdataapi.com/

29. Ligue1: Official API for French Ligue 1 football/soccer league data. - Website: https://www.api-football.com/docs

30. Bundesliga API: Official API for German Bundesliga football/soccer league data. - Website: https://www.api-football.com/docs

31. La Liga: Official API for Spanish La Liga football/soccer league data. - Website: https://www.api-football.com/docs

32. Premier League API: Official API for English Premier League football/soccer league data. - Website: https://www.api-football.com/docs

33. Serie A API: Official API for Italian Serie A football/soccer league data. - Website: https://www.api-football.com/docs

34. Football-Data.org: Provides free football/soccer data, including fixtures, results, and more. - Website: https://www.football-data.org/

35. College Football Data API: College football statistics, player info, team data, and more. - Website: https://api.collegefootballdata.com/

36. NCAA API: Official API for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sports data. - Website: https://api.sportsdata.io/v4/ncaa/

37. Racing Post API: Horse racing data, including racecards, results, and form guides. - Website: https://api.racingpost.com/

38. Strava API: Fitness tracking data for cycling and running activities from Strava users. - Website: https://developers.strava.com/

39. Fitbit API: Access to Fitbit fitness tracker data, including activity, sleep, and heart rate. - Website: https://dev.fitbit.com/

40. Garmin Connect API: Provides access to Garmin Connect fitness data, including activities and health metrics. - Website: https://developer.garmin.com/gc-developer-program/

41. Understat: Provides advanced football/soccer analytics and expected goals (xG) data. - Website: https://understat.com/

42. Football Data API: Provides football/soccer data, including fixtures, results, and more. - Website: https://www.football-data.org/

43. ESPN Fantasy Sports API: Access to ESPN's fantasy sports data for various sports leagues. - Website: Not a public API, information available through the ESPN Fantasy Sports website.

44. Yahoo Fantasy Sports API: Access to Yahoo's fantasy sports data for various sports leagues. - Website: Not a public API, information available through the Yahoo Fantasy Sports website.

45. FanGraphs API: Baseball analytics and advanced statistics for MLB and minor leagues. - Website: https://www.fangraphs.com/

46. American Football API: Provides NFL and college football data, including game statistics. - Website: https://americanfootballdatabase.fandom.com/wiki/API

47. National Hockey League API: Official API for NHL hockey data, including game statistics and player info. - Website: https://www.developer.nhl.com/

48. American Basketball API: Provides NBA and college basketball data, including game statistics. - Website: https://americanbasketballdatabase.fandom.com/wiki/API

49. MySportsFeeds: Provides sports data feeds for various leagues, including NFL, NBA, MLB, and more. - Website: https://www.mysportsfeeds.com/

50. Sportmonks: Football/soccer data, including live scores, player and team info, and match statistics. - Website: https://www.sportmonks.com/

51. NFL Play-by-Play Data: 2009-2018 - Website: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/maxhorowitz/nflplaybyplay2009to2016

52. Sportradar Baseball dataset: - Website: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/sportradar/baseball

53. NFL Savant:  - Website: https://www.nflsavant.com/

54. The History of Baseball: A complete history of major league baseball stats from 1871 to 2015. - Website: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/seanlahman/the-history-of-baseball

55. European Soccer Database: 25k+ matches, players & teams attributes for European Professional Football  - Website: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/hugomathien/soccer

56. NBA Salaries: 1990- 2016  - Website: https://data.world/datadavis/nba-salaries

Sports-related APIs

1. ESPN API:   - Data Offered: Real-time scores, schedules, player information, team data, news, and more for various sports, including basketball, football, baseball, hockey, soccer, and more.   - Website: https://developer.espn.com/docs

2. SportsDataIO:   - Data Offered: Comprehensive sports data for multiple sports, including game statistics, player and team information, schedules, and more.   - Website: https://sportsdata.io/

3. OpenFootball API:   - Data Offered: Open-source football (soccer) data, including fixtures, results, and player data from various leagues.   - Website: https://github.com/openfootball/football.json

4. Strava API:   - Data Offered: Fitness tracking data for cycling and running activities from Strava users, including routes, distances, speeds, and more.   - Website: https://developers.strava.com/

5. Fitbit API:   - Data Offered: Access to Fitbit fitness tracker data, including activity, sleep, heart rate, and other health-related metrics.   - Website: https://dev.fitbit.com/

6. Garmin Connect API:   - Data Offered: Provides access to Garmin Connect fitness data, including activities, workouts, health metrics, and more.   - Website: https://developer.garmin.com/gc-developer-program/

7. MySportsFeeds:   - Data Offered: Sports data feeds for various leagues, including NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and more, covering scores, player stats, schedules, and standings.   - Website: https://www.mysportsfeeds.com/

8. Sportradar:   - Data Offered: Global sports data and content provider offering real-time and historical data for various sports events, including live scores, statistics, and more.   - Website: https://sportradar.us/

9. CricAPI:   - Data Offered: Cricket data, including live scores, player profiles, match schedules, and historical data.   - Website: https://www.cricapi.com/

10. Yahoo Fantasy Sports API:    - Data Offered: Fantasy sports data, including player rankings, projections, and other data for various sports leagues.    - Website: Not a public API, information available through Yahoo Fantasy Sports website.

Hidden gems

1. FiveThirtyEight: Known for its statistical analysis and data-driven journalism, FiveThirtyEight offers insightful sports data and analysis covering various sports leagues, including the NBA, NFL, MLB, and more.    - Website: https://fivethirtyeight.com/

2. Sports Analytics Simulator: Provides advanced sports analytics and simulation tools for NBA and NFL data, including player projections, game simulations, and betting insights.    - Website: https://www.sportsanalyticssimulator.com/

3. SportsInfo Solutions: Offers in-depth data and analytics for various sports, including baseball, football, and basketball. Their data-driven tools and insights are useful for analysts and fantasy sports enthusiasts.    - Website: https://sportsinfosolutions.com/

4. The Power Rank: Provides sports analytics and prediction models for football and basketball, utilizing advanced statistical methods to forecast game outcomes and team rankings.    - Website: https://thepowerrank.com/

5. SportsDataHub: A relatively new sports data provider offering access to a wide range of sports data, including football, soccer, basketball, and more, through their API.    - Website: https://sportsdatahub.io/

6. MLB Savant: MLB's Statcast data platform offers in-depth baseball data and advanced metrics, including player tracking, pitch velocities, and exit velocities, for analysis and insights.    - Website: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/

7. NCAA Advanced Stats: Provides advanced statistics and analytics for college basketball, including player performance metrics and team efficiency data.    - Website: https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1

8. Aussie Rules Data: Offers data and statistics for Australian Rules Football (AFL), which might be less commonly available compared to major sports leagues.    - Website: https://www.footywire.com/