# TheStatsAPI

> Football API with fixtures, results, match and player stats, xG, lineups, heatmaps and pre-match/live odds from five bookmakers, across 150 competitions (up to 1,196 on request) with 10 years of history.

Canonical page: https://sportdex.net/providers/the-stats-api/  
Last checked: 2026-11-03  
SportDex Score: 50/100 (rank 47; popularity 34, community 26, transparency 100, developer experience 58)

## Facts
- Type: Sports data API
- Website: https://www.thestatsapi.com
- Documentation: https://www.thestatsapi.com/docs
- Pricing page: https://www.thestatsapi.com
- Sports: Football (soccer)
- Data types: Fixtures, Historical data, Lineups, Odds, Player stats, Results, Live scores, Team stats, xG
- Protocols: REST
- Delivery: Polling only (REST)
- Live / in-play: yes
- Free tier: no; 7-day trial
- Cheapest public paid plan: $50/mo
- Key competitions: Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, MLS, Champions League
- Commercial use: Allowed
- Redistribution: Not allowed
- Authentication: bearer

## Plans
| Plan | Price | Requests | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $50/mo | 100,000 / month | 120 req/min; all endpoints; 150 competitions |
| Growth | $129/mo | 500,000 / month | 300 req/min; priority support |
| Scale | $379/mo | 5,000,000 / month | 1,000 req/min; dedicated support and SLA |

## Who it is for

Best for: Football apps and models that need fixtures, player stats, xG and odds from five bookmakers at a fixed monthly price, with a 7-day trial.

Not ideal for: Projects needing sports other than football, or that plan to resell raw data; the licence limits use to the customer's own end-user apps.

Use cases: Football stats apps; xG and shot-map analysis; Match odds displays; Fantasy football tools

Limitations:
- No permanent free tier; a 7-day trial is offered
- Covers 150 competitions by default, more only on request
- Caching is limited and raw-data resale is banned
- Starter plan allows 100,000 requests and 120 requests per minute

## Quick answers

**What is TheStatsAPI best for?** Football apps and models that need fixtures, player stats, xG and odds from five bookmakers at a fixed monthly price, with a 7-day trial. Not ideal for: Projects needing sports other than football, or that plan to resell raw data; the licence limits use to the customer's own end-user apps.

**How much does TheStatsAPI cost?** The cheapest public paid plan of TheStatsAPI is $50/mo. Listed plans: Starter $50/mo; Growth $129/mo; Scale $379/mo.

**Does TheStatsAPI have a free tier?** TheStatsAPI has no free tier, but it offers a 7-day free trial.

**What does TheStatsAPI cover?** TheStatsAPI is a sports data api. Its sports: Football (soccer); data: Fixtures, Historical data, Lineups, Odds, Player stats, Results, Live scores, Team stats and 1 more. Live / in-play data is offered.

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

**Can I use TheStatsAPI data commercially or for betting?** According to the public terms of TheStatsAPI — commercial use: allowed; redistribution: not allowed; storing data: limited.

**What do developers say about TheStatsAPI?** Football API with stats, xG and odds. Feedback is thin and unfavourable: one user reported more than twenty missing odds and stats datapoints across top leagues and no reply from support, and another let their subscription lapse while shopping for cheaper options like API-Football, Sportmonks and football-data.org. A handful of small repos use it.

**What are the alternatives to TheStatsAPI?** Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: Sportmonks, iSports API, SportsDataIO, Goalserve, Live Score API.

## What developers say

Football API with stats, xG and odds. Feedback is thin and unfavourable: one user reported more than twenty missing odds and stats datapoints across top leagues and no reply from support, and another let their subscription lapse while shopping for cheaper options like API-Football, Sportmonks and football-data.org. A handful of small repos use it.

Complaints: Missing odds and stats datapoints reported; Support slow to respond

## 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/