# MyFantasyLeague API

> Fantasy football platform whose API exposes league, player, scoring and draft data in JSON or XML; registered API clients get higher rate limits.

Canonical page: https://sportdex.net/providers/myfantasyleague-api/  
Last checked: 2026-11-04  
SportDex Score: 51/100 (rank 46; popularity 29, community n/a, transparency 75, developer experience 65)

## Facts
- Type: Fantasy platform
- Website: https://api.myfantasyleague.com
- Documentation: https://api.myfantasyleague.com/2020/api_info
- Pricing page: unknown
- Sports: American football
- Data types: Fantasy, Player stats, Live scores
- Protocols: REST
- Delivery: Polling only (REST)
- Live / in-play: not disclosed
- Free tier: yes
- Cheapest public paid plan: not public
- Commercial use: Allowed
- SDKs: python (community), php (community), r (community)

## Plans
| Plan | Price | Requests | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developer API | Free | — | Free access to league and fantasy data |

## Who it is for

Use cases: Fantasy football league tools

Limitations:
- No raw NFL player stats or player news (licensing)
- Harvesting league or user data is forbidden
- No cross-domain browser calls; call it from a server

## Quick answers

**How much does MyFantasyLeague API cost?** MyFantasyLeague API does not publish prices on the pages we checked.

**Does MyFantasyLeague API have a free tier?** Yes. MyFantasyLeague API lists a free plan called "Developer API".

**What does MyFantasyLeague API cover?** MyFantasyLeague API is a fantasy platform. Its sports: American football; data: Fantasy, Player stats, Live scores.

**Does MyFantasyLeague API have a WebSocket or streaming API?** No streaming is listed. MyFantasyLeague API delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.

**Can I use MyFantasyLeague API data commercially or for betting?** According to the public terms of MyFantasyLeague API — commercial use: allowed.

**What do developers say about MyFantasyLeague API?** Fantasy football platform API with read and write JSON or XML exports, used by hobbyists and dynasty-league tools for trades, start percentages and draft data; several community wrappers exist, and ffscrapr supports it. Discussion is mostly old and thin, with little about reliability, limits or pricing, so overall opinion is unclear.

**What are the alternatives to MyFantasyLeague API?** Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: SportsDataIO, Yahoo Fantasy Sports API, Entity Sport, CricketData.org (CricAPI), Roanuz Cricket API.

## What developers say

Fantasy football platform API with read and write JSON or XML exports, used by hobbyists and dynasty-league tools for trades, start percentages and draft data; several community wrappers exist, and ffscrapr supports it. Discussion is mostly old and thin, with little about reliability, limits or pricing, so overall opinion is unclear.

Praised for: Read and write API for league data; Community wrappers and dynasty tools use it; Supported by ffscrapr

Complaints: Older discussion says analytics focus is limited

## Method
Facts were read from the provider's own pages on 2026-11-04. Empty fields mean the provider does not say, not that a feature is missing. Method: https://sportdex.net/methodology/