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Sports play-by-play APIs
Providers that offer play-by-play. Compare which sports and plans include it, update speed and pricing.
- Providers
- 35
- With a free tier
- 20
- Public pricing
- 12
- Live data stated
- 17
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Global supplier of live data, odds feeds, streaming and trading services to sportsbooks, media and leagues; developer portal offers sport-specific APIs with trial keys, commercial pricing by request volume via sales.
⚡ StreamingMulti-sport (40+)Price not public33 discussions · 237 repos
Official league data supplier and trading technology vendor for sportsbooks, leagues and media, with a Sports Data API among its products. Access via sales contact only.
Football (soccer)American footballBasketballContact sales4 discussions · 23 repos
Unified REST API for scores, box scores, stats, odds and player props across 20+ leagues (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, soccer, tennis, golf, F1, MMA, esports), plus webhooks and an MCP server.
Free tier2-day trialLiveBasketballAmerican footballBaseball+7from $9.99/mo15 discussions · 902 repos
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 tier⚡ StreamingAmerican footballBasketballBaseball+7from $49/mo1 discussions · 12 repos
Esports statistics and odds provider covering 13 titles such as LoL, CS, Dota 2 and Valorant, with REST API for fixtures and history plus WebSocket live feeds.
Free tier⚡ StreamingEsportsfrom €400/mo8 discussions · 195 repos
RESTful feeds for NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL with schedules, scores, boxscores, standings, play-by-play, injuries, DFS and odds; free for limited personal use, paid for commercial.
Free tierLiveAmerican footballBaseballBasketball+1from C$25/mo6 discussions · 88 repos
Enterprise supplier of low-latency odds, scores and historical odds feeds for sportsbooks, delivered through the Tx Fusion platform with REST and WebSocket APIs; products for soccer, US college sports and racing.
⚡ StreamingFootball (soccer)College sportsHorse racing+2Contact sales2 discussions · 187 repos
Polish sports data company providing live feeds, scouting data, tipster and commentary APIs plus widgets and minisites for betting, media and sports organisations across 40+ sports.
LiveMulti-sport (40+)Football (soccer)CricketContact sales0 discussions · 2 repos
REST, WebSocket and webhook API for live scores, play-by-play, schedules and odds across NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA and soccer; free tier plus monthly plans. Data runs about 20-30 seconds behind broadcast.
Free tier7-day trial⚡ StreamingAmerican footballBasketballBaseball+3from $29/mo0 discussions · 6 repos
College football API with games, team and player stats, recruiting, betting lines and advanced metrics; free key with monthly cap, higher tiers via Patreon, plus basketball API.
Free tierCollege sportsAmerican footballBasketballFree tier2 discussions · 1.1k repos
Real-time odds API covering 30+ sportsbooks and prediction-market exchanges, with player props, line movement, arbitrage, +EV, historical data, SSE and WebSocket streaming; partly compatible with The Odds API request shapes.
Free tier⚡ StreamingMulti-sport (40+)from $5/mo4 discussions · 21 repos
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.
⚡ StreamingCricketFootball (soccer)Basketball+4from $150/mo3 discussions · 14 repos
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.
⚡ StreamingCricketfrom ₹17,669/mo2 discussions · 29 repos
Basketball API with 19 endpoints for NBA games, play-by-play, shot charts, standings, injuries, sportsbook odds and player props, over REST or MCP with credit-based quotas.
Free tierBasketballCollege sportsfrom $19/mo0 discussions · 3 repos
Baseball API for MLB since 2015 and college baseball: pitches, plate appearances, spray charts, box scores, standings, injuries, sportsbook odds, player props and line movement via REST and MCP.
Free tierBaseballCollege sportsfrom $19/mo0 discussions · 2 repos
Hudl's Wyscout soccer data API supplying event, statistical and physical data for match analysis, fan engagement, content and production, sold through sales.
Football (soccer)Contact sales0 discussions · 161 repos
Tennis API for ATP, WTA, Challenger and ITF with live point-by-point scores, match history, market odds, rankings and an AI win-probability field, over REST and WebSocket.
Free tier⚡ StreamingTennisfrom $9.99/mo8 discussions · 80 repos
Real-time sports data feeds, live tracker and widgets for 15+ sports and about 380,000 events a year, aimed at media, developers, OTT, broadcasters and betting models.
15-day trialLiveFootball (soccer)BasketballTennis+2Contact sales0 discussions · 13 repos
Football event and analytics data provider (now part of Hudl) selling datasets, an API and scouting tools to clubs and businesses, and publishing open datasets on GitHub.
Free tierLiveFootball (soccer)Free tier0 discussions · 131 reposOfficial NHL web endpoints at api-web.nhle.com serving schedules, standings, rosters, box scores, play-by-play and player stats as JSON. No key or official docs; community-maintained reference.
Free tierIce hockeyFree tier3 discussions · 650 reposMIT-licensed Python package wrapping many unofficial NBA.com stats endpoints, returning data for games, players and teams; not an official or hosted API.
Free tierLiveBasketballFree tier80 discussions · 6.3k reposCommunity open-source NFL data project: play-by-play since 1999, rosters, schedules and player stats distributed as downloadable files with R and Python loader packages. Data mostly CC-BY 4.0.
Free tierAmerican footballFree tier4 discussions · 3.4k repos
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 tierCricketFree tier3 discussions · 827 repos
Volunteer-run archive of major league baseball history offering downloadable CSV play-by-play, game logs, schedules and biographical files back to the 19th century.
Free tierBaseballFree tier6 discussions · 347 reposPublic EuroLeague and EuroCup basketball API exposing games, boxscores, shots, play-by-play and standings, widely wrapped by community clients.
Free tierBasketballFree tier2 discussions · 83 reposOpen-source MIT API that returns scores, stats, rankings, standings, schedules, brackets, box scores and play-by-play from ncaa.com as JSON; use the rate-limited public instance or self-host.
Free tierLiveCollege sportsBasketballAmerican footballFree tier0 discussions · 49 repos
Community project shipping free R, Python and Node.js packages (cfbfastR, hoopR, wehoop, fastRhockey) plus an open data warehouse with play-by-play, box scores, betting lines and win-probability models.
Free tierAmerican footballCollege sportsBasketball+1Free tier2 discussions · 95 reposOpen-source possession-level parser and stats site built on NBA, WNBA and G League play-by-play data.
BasketballPrice not public2 discussions · 38 repos
Computer-vision provider turning broadcast or tactical camera video into player and ball tracking plus event data for football, basketball and American football, delivered to clubs and leagues.
Free tierFootball (soccer)BasketballAmerican footballFree tier0 discussions · 10 repos
Player grades and charting data for football delivered as B2B data feeds into SQL or via API, plus a Pro subscription with API and CLI; enterprise business moved to Teamworks in 2026.
American footballCollege sportsContact sales3 discussions · 44 repos
Sports data company producing charted baseball, football and basketball data, with custom feeds and low-latency live college football and basketball feeds for teams, media and betting.
LiveBaseballAmerican footballBasketball+1Contact sales0 discussions · 4 repos
Sports stats and Pinnacle odds API with fixtures, live scores, live stats and webhook alerts. Bundles by sport group, priced per month with a 7-day free trial.
7-day trial⚡ StreamingFootball (soccer)American footballBasketball+7from $99/mo0 discussions · 2 repos
Champion Data's official AFL/AFLW statistics API with detailed match data, production and sandbox environments, Swagger testing and an R package; access requires authorisation.
Australian footballPrice not public0 discussions · 7 repos
Joint venture of DFL's Sportcast and Deltatre that collects and distributes official match event and tracking data for Bundesliga and DFB competitions via a data hub, plus VAR and broadcast services.
Football (soccer)Contact sales0 discussions · 1 repos
Esports data supplier with a REST API for fixtures and results plus a live WebSocket API, offered as data packages covering historical, schedule, statistics and play-by-play feeds.
⚡ StreamingEsportsContact sales0 discussions · 0 repos