# RotoWire

> Fantasy sports content publisher whose REST API and syndication feeds supply player news, injuries, lineups, depth charts and projections across major leagues; also resold through OpticOdds.

Canonical page: https://sportdex.net/providers/rotowire/  
Last checked: 2026-11-03  
SportDex Score: 31/100 (rank 139; popularity 32, community n/a, transparency 35, developer experience 25)

## Facts
- Type: Sports data API
- Website: https://www.rotowire.com
- Documentation: https://rotowire.readme.io/docs/quick-start
- Pricing page: unknown
- Country: United States
- Sports: American football, Basketball, Baseball, Ice hockey
- Data types: Fantasy, Injuries, Lineups, News, Team stats
- Protocols: REST
- Delivery: Polling only (REST)
- Live / in-play: not disclosed
- Free tier: not disclosed
- Cheapest public paid plan: contact sales
- Commercial use: Not allowed
- Authentication: api key

## Plans
| Plan | Price | Requests | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner licence | Contact sales | — | No public pricing; contact sales |

## Who it is for

Best for: Fantasy and betting products that need player news, injuries, lineups and projections for major US leagues, via a licensed partner feed.

Not ideal for: Individuals or hobby projects; no public pricing, and the consumer site terms limit use to personal non-commercial purposes.

Use cases: Fantasy sports apps; Injury and lineup alerts; Depth chart displays

Limitations:
- Feed access is sales-led with no public pricing
- Consumer site terms are personal and non-commercial only
- Also resold through OpticOdds
- Sport list not confirmed in the saved docs

## Quick answers

**What is RotoWire best for?** Fantasy and betting products that need player news, injuries, lineups and projections for major US leagues, via a licensed partner feed. Not ideal for: Individuals or hobby projects; no public pricing, and the consumer site terms limit use to personal non-commercial purposes.

**How much does RotoWire cost?** RotoWire has no public price list: pricing is quoted by sales on request.

**Does RotoWire have a free tier?** RotoWire does not say whether a free tier exists. Check https://www.rotowire.com.

**What does RotoWire cover?** RotoWire is a sports data api. Its sports: American football, Basketball, Baseball, Ice hockey; data: Fantasy, Injuries, Lineups, News, Team stats.

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

**Can I use RotoWire data commercially or for betting?** According to the public terms of RotoWire — commercial use: not allowed.

**What do developers say about RotoWire?** Developers mostly scrape RotoWire's public pages for lineups, news, injuries, props and DFS projections, often hitting iframes and dynamic tables, which suggests demand for its data but little first-hand use of the paid API or feeds. A single API client repo exists. No real user opinion on pricing or quality was found.

**What are the alternatives to RotoWire?** Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: SportsDataIO, FantasyPros API, API-Sports / API-Football, MySportsFeeds, StatPal.

## What developers say

Developers mostly scrape RotoWire's public pages for lineups, news, injuries, props and DFS projections, often hitting iframes and dynamic tables, which suggests demand for its data but little first-hand use of the paid API or feeds. A single API client repo exists. No real user opinion on pricing or quality was found.

Praised for: Data wanted for lineups, injuries and projections

Complaints: Public data mainly reachable by scraping, which breaks

## Method
Facts were read from the provider's own pages on 2026-11-03. Empty fields mean the provider does not say, not that a feature is missing. Method: https://sportdex.net/methodology/