Best Cricket APIs in 2026

The cricket data APIs developers actually use: who covers it, what it costs to start and what the community says.

How this list is built: Providers that list cricket explicitly, then the strongest multi-sport feeds, ordered by the SportDex Score. SportDex Score explained. No provider pays to be here.

Short answer: CricketData.org (CricAPI) (61/100), Cricsheet (61/100) and Roanuz Cricket API (45/100) lead this list of 15 providers in 2026. Last checked 2026-11-04.

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1. CricketData.org (CricAPI)
Sports data API
Cricket scores, fixtures, series, matches, players and fantasy data via a hit-based API. Free tier of 100 hits per day with near-live data; paid tiers raise the daily cap.
Free tierfrom $5.99/moLive data3 discussions346 GitHub reposMixed
61Score
What developers say
CricketData.org (formerly CricAPI) is a cheap, popular choice for cricket hobby apps, with a free 100-hits-per-day tier and many beginner tutorials, Chrome extensions and small GitHub projects. Developers report reliability problems for live scores, even at about $12 a month, and an older complaint said live scores were missing. Few detailed reviews exist.
Liked
- + Free tier of 100 hits per day
- + Low-cost paid plans
Watch out
- − Live data reliability questioned
- − Hit-based daily caps
from $5.99/moFull profile Website
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2. Cricsheet
Free / open data
Free structured ball-by-ball cricket data for international and league matches, plus people and venue identifier registers, offered as bulk downloads in JSON, YAML and CSV.
Free tier3 discussions827 GitHub reposMostly positive
61Score
What developers say
Free ball-by-ball cricket data in JSON, YAML and CSV, widely used for analytics packages, IPL analysis repos and dashboards, with millions of deliveries loaded into projects. Users value it as a free, detailed source. Limits: bulk file downloads only, with no live scores, so people look elsewhere for live APIs.
Liked
- + Free ball-by-ball data
- + Open bulk formats
Watch out
- − Bulk downloads only, no live feed
Free tierFull profile Website
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3. Roanuz Cricket API
Sports data API
Cricket data API with live scores, ball-by-ball, tournaments, fantasy points and match odds endpoints, plus GraphQL and push delivery; same company also sells football and kabaddi APIs.
Demo accessfrom ₹17,669/mo⚡ Streaming29 GitHub reposNeutral
45Score
What developers say
Cricket data API seen as a standard option for live scores and ball-by-ball apps; freelancers cite it for Cricbuzz-style clones. Roanuz publishes many official client libraries and templates. A 2021 asker found it covered only some needs, lacking deeper stats like wagon wheels. Little pricing or reliability feedback.
Liked
- + Many official SDKs and templates
- + Live and ball-by-ball cricket data
Watch out
- − Missing some advanced stats for one user
from ₹17,669/moFull profile Website
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4. Sportmonks
Sports data API
REST API for football with live scores, fixtures, lineups, xG, predictions and odds across 2,200+ leagues, plus separate cricket and Formula 1 APIs.
Free tier14-day trialfrom €29/moLive data40 discussions207 GitHub reposMixed
69Score
What developers say
Widely used paid football data API for side projects, dashboards and betting models, with many wrappers and GitHub repos. Users like the stats depth and reasonable price versus Opta or Sportradar, but call it pricey for hobby use, say premium odds lack player props, and report unreliable live data and sales or custom-plan frustrations.
Liked
- + Solid football stats and many leagues
- + Cheaper than Opta or Sportradar
Watch out
- − Pricey for side projects
- − Live data felt unreliable or slow
from €29/moFull profile Website
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5. The Odds API
Odds API
Bookmaker odds for dozens of sports via a simple JSON API, covering moneyline, spreads, totals, outrights and some player props, plus scores and historical snapshots. Credit-based billing.
Free tierfrom $30/moLive data159 discussions2.4k GitHub reposMostly positive
83Score
What developers say
Widely used for pulling bookmaker odds into fantasy tools, arbitrage scanners and betting models; many GitHub repos and tutorials build on it. Users like the free tier and breadth of markets and books. Complaints: modest refresh rate, historical odds limited to one day per call and gaps in snapshots, no prop results or match outcomes, some books paid-only.
Liked
- + Free tier for quick odds checks
- + Broad sports and bookmaker coverage
Watch out
- − Refresh rate not the best
- − Historical odds fetched one day at a time
from $30/moFull profile Website
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6. Highlightly
Sports data API
Sports API combining live scores, fixtures, standings, lineups, player stats, odds and predictions with video highlight clips. Covers football, US leagues, cricket, rugby, volleyball and handball.
Free tierfrom $12.49/moLive data43 GitHub repos
57Score
What developers say
Sports API pairing scores and stats with video highlights. Little independent opinion exists: a few freelance requests to build sites on it, one repo issue comparing it with cheaper providers for backtesting, and AI-generated football video channels crediting it as a data source. Adoption seems modest and unproven.
from $12.49/moFull profile Website
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7. All Sports API
Sports data API
Livescore and sports data API covering football, basketball, cricket, tennis, hockey, baseball and American football, with widgets, a WordPress plugin and beta websockets. Per-sport subscription plans.
Free tier14-day trialfrom $74/mo⚡ Streaming48 GitHub repos
53Score
What developers say
Little real discussion exists. Nearly all hits are the generic phrase 'all sports' or Indian resellers' promo videos. Only a couple of directory listings and a few small GitHub apps for live scores reference allsportsapi.com. Nothing is known about pricing, quality or reliability from users.
from $74/moFull profile Website
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8. Polymarket
Betting exchange
Prediction market exchange whose public Gamma API lists markets and events, including sports, without credentials; separate trading APIs and SDKs exist.
Free tier52 discussions4.5k GitHub reposMostly positive
67Score
What developers say
Widely used as a free, no-key source of prediction-market prices (Gamma and CLOB APIs) for sports arbitrage bots, wallet trackers and odds aggregators, with many GitHub clients and MCP servers. Users note thin or missing historical data and the need to match events across Kalshi and sportsbooks; live-score speed is a concern.
Liked
- + Public market data without credentials
- + Large ecosystem of SDKs and bots
Watch out
- − Historical data hard to find, especially before 2024
- − Manual cross-venue event matching
Free tierFull profile Website
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9. TheRundown
Odds API
Odds, scores, stats and play-by-play API covering North American leagues, soccer, tennis, cricket and more, with data from 25+ sportsbooks and a free tier.
Free tierfrom $49/mo⚡ Streaming12 GitHub repos
53Score
What developers say
Odds and scores API with a free tier, offered directly and via RapidAPI. Very little real discussion: one old Stack Overflow question about a 404 and a few repos, including a sportsbook ingestion service and an odds API benchmark that lists it among rivals. No user opinion on quality or price is available.
from $49/moFull profile Website
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10. Odds-API.io
Odds API
Aggregated pre-match and live odds from 450+ bookmakers across 34 sports, including player props, value bets and historical odds, available over REST and a paid WebSocket add-on.
from $65/mo⚡ Streaming8 discussions221 GitHub reposMixed
53Score
What developers say
Aggregated odds API with broad bookmaker claims, used in side projects and sportsbook prototypes, and listed in MCP/agent tool collections. User feedback leans negative: live odds delayed by roughly 10 seconds or more, many UK bookmakers shown inactive, and Pinnacle support dropped in January 2026. Seen as an alternative to The Odds API and OpticOdds.
Liked
- + Many bookmakers and sports claimed
- + Easy to plug into prototypes
Watch out
- − Live odds delayed 10+ seconds
- − Pinnacle odds discontinued
from $65/moFull profile Website
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11. Entity Sport
Sports data API
Cricket-first sports data provider also offering football, basketball, baseball, NFL, NHL, tennis and kabaddi feeds, with live scores, play-by-play, fantasy points and an exchange odds API. Plans priced per sport.
Demo accessfrom $150/mo⚡ Streaming3 discussions14 GitHub repos
51Score
What developers say
Cricket-first provider used in a number of hobby cricket and IPL score sites, with a community SDK on GitHub. The one user opinion says it covers part of what a developer wanted for deep cricket stats but not all. Other hits are vendor-style posts; nothing on pricing, reliability or support.
Liked
- + Used in cricket live-score projects
Watch out
- − Does not cover advanced cricket analytics like wagon wheel
from $150/moFull profile Website
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12. SportScore
Sports data API
Free, no-key JSON endpoints for live matches, standings, top scorers, player stats and brackets in football, basketball, cricket and tennis. Requires a visible attribution link; commercial licensing on request.
Free tierLive data27 GitHub repos
46Score
What developers say
Free keyless JSON API for live scores, standings and stats across four sports, requiring an attribution link. Only GitHub activity is visible: an MCP server, a Python client, a WordPress widget and a few small apps, mostly from one author. No user reviews of reliability, limits or accuracy.
Liked
- + No API key needed
Watch out
- − Attribution link required
Free tierFull profile Website
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13. TheSportsDB
Sports data API
Crowd-sourced sports database with artwork, teams, players, events and league tables. Free API with tight limits; paid keys add livescores, highlight links and higher rate limits.
Free tierfrom $9/mo5 discussions919 GitHub reposMixed
65Score
What developers say
Crowd-sourced sports database popular for hobby apps, tutorials, student projects and Plex metadata agents, with many wrappers in several languages. Praised as free and good for artwork. The free tier is tight, paid keys are needed for more, and developers report image and RapidAPI access problems and gaps in per-season artwork.
Liked
- + Free tier for hobby use
- + Strong artwork and metadata
Watch out
- − Tight free limits
- − Artwork gaps and access errors reported
from $9/moFull profile Website
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14. OpticOdds
Odds API
Real-time and historical odds from 200+ sportsbooks across many sports, with streaming, odds screen, bet builder and trading tools. Aimed at operators, apps and media; access by license request.
Demo access⚡ Streaming3 discussionsMixed
49Score
What developers say
Enterprise odds feed from 200+ sportsbooks. One long-time client likes the broad book coverage and simple API, while others who looked at it for Pinnacle or arbitrage feeds found it solid but too expensive. Compared with The Odds API and OddsPapi; a betting YouTuber used it to pull historical closing lines.
Liked
- + Data from very many sportsbooks
- + Simple API
Watch out
- − Too expensive for hobbyists and small projects
Contact salesFull profile Website
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15. SportsDataIO
Sports data API
Commercial sports data provider offering scores, odds, projections, news, historical data, IDs and widgets for 75+ sports and 1,500+ competitions through developer APIs.
Demo accessLive data44 discussions776 GitHub reposMixed
60Score
What developers say
Commercial provider widely used for US sports, especially NFL fantasy tools that pull projections and stats from it. A free trial key makes prototyping easy. Developers on a budget repeatedly call it and Sportradar too expensive, and one user reported inaccurate season stats. Hobbyists look at JsonOdds or MySportsFeeds instead.
Liked
- + Free trial key for prototyping
- + Strong US sports and fantasy projections coverage
Watch out
- − Too expensive for bootstrapped projects
- − Reported inaccurate player season stats
Price not publicFull profile Website