Fantasy platform
Ball Ranks
Fantasy basketball and football rankings and player projections via a versioned REST API (OpenAPI 3.1) and a read-only MCP server; anonymous and free access, premium model for members.
Facts verified against the provider's site on
Tone of public discussions, liked vs criticised points, reliability complaints; not enough public discussion to judge.
Computed from public data only; uptime and latency are not measured yet. Enterprise feeds that sell by contract score lower on transparency by design. How the score works
- Starting price
- $39.99/yr
- Free access
- Free tier
- Sports
- 2 (Basketball, American football)
- Live data
- Not disclosed
- Delivery
- Polling only (REST)
- Discussions
- 0 threads
- GitHub adoption
- 3 repos
Best for
Fantasy basketball and football hobbyists and developers who want rankings and projections via REST or an MCP server, usable anonymously.
Not ideal for
Commercial products, since commercial use of a substantial part of the service needs permission; also other sports.
Limitations to check
- − Covers only basketball and football fantasy rankings
- − Anonymous access is limited to 50 requests per day per IP
- − Model One projections need a Premium membership
- − Premium is billed annually and the licence is personal
Written from the provider's own pages (source).
Last checked 2026-11-03
Ball Ranks at a glance
- What is Ball Ranks best for?
- Fantasy basketball and football hobbyists and developers who want rankings and projections via REST or an MCP server, usable anonymously. Not ideal for: Commercial products, since commercial use of a substantial part of the service needs permission; also other sports.
- How much does Ball Ranks cost?
- The cheapest public paid plan of Ball Ranks is $39.99/yr.
- Does Ball Ranks have a free tier?
- Yes. Ball Ranks lists a free plan called "Anonymous / Free" (50 requests per day).
- What does Ball Ranks cover?
- Ball Ranks is a fantasy platform. Its sports: Basketball, American football; data: Fantasy, Predictions, Team stats.
- Does Ball Ranks have a WebSocket or streaming API?
- No streaming is listed. Ball Ranks delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
- Can I use Ball Ranks data commercially or for betting?
- According to the public terms of Ball Ranks — commercial use: licence required; redistribution: licence required.
- What do developers say about Ball Ranks?
- Free NFL and NBA fantasy rankings and projections API with an MCP server. Evidence is only directory listings and submissions, mostly by the vendor or API-cataloguing projects, plus its own plugin repos. No independent users have reported on accuracy or limits.
- What are the alternatives to Ball Ranks?
- Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: FantasyPros API, Yahoo Fantasy Sports API, Fantasy Nerds API, Sleeper, API-Sports / API-Football.
Commercial decision
Pricing & plan limits
| Plan | Price | Requests | What's included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anonymous / Free | Free | 50 / day | Model Zero; anonymous limit 50 requests/day per IP, free accounts get a higher daily limit (value not captured)source |
| Premium | $39.99/yr | — | Adds Model One projections; higher request allowancesource |
Premium is a consumer membership that also unlocks API model v1. Exact free-account daily limit not captured from crawl.
Before choosing a paid plan, confirm
• What counts as one request (per call, per market, per region?)
• What happens when you exceed the quota: blocked or billed
• Whether live and historical data are on your plan
• Whether your use (public app, betting, resale) is licensed
The critical question
Data coverage
- Sports
- BasketballAmerican football
- Data types
- FantasyPredictionsTeam stats
- Key competitions
- NFL, NBAsource
- Competitions
- Not disclosed
- Live / in-play
- Not disclosed
- Women's competitions
- Not disclosed
- Betting markets
- Not disclosed
- Bookmaker regions
- Not disclosed
- Bookmakers
- Not disclosed
- History depth
- Not disclosed
- Update frequency
- Not disclosed
- Name languages
- Not disclosed
- ID mapping
- Not disclosed
Coverage often depends on the plan; confirm the exact league and season on your plan.
Before you build
Usage rights & access
- Commercial use
- Licence requiredsource
- Betting products
- Not disclosed
- Redistribution
- Licence required
- Storing data
- Not disclosed
- Attribution
- Not disclosed
- Logos & photos
- Not disclosed
- Who can buy
- Individualssource
- Verification (KYC)
- Not required
- Not available in
- Not disclosed
- Only available in
- Not disclosed
Fantasy analytics for adults 18+; Model One API requires an active Premium membership, Model Zero works anonymously or on Free
Read the termsDeveloper-ready evaluation
Integration & documentation
- Protocols
- REST
- Formats
- JSON
- Authentication
- bearer, none
- SDKs
- Not disclosed
- OpenAPI spec
- Not disclosed
- Claimed latency
- Not disclosed
- Status page
- Not disclosed
- Sandbox / test keys
- Not disclosed
- Support
- Not disclosed
- SLA uptime
- Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: Ball Ranks Goal: build a feature on Ball Ranks data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth. ## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them) - Website: https://ballranks.com/developers - Docs: https://ballranks.com/developers - Sports: Basketball, American football - Data: Fantasy, Predictions, Team stats - Protocols: REST; formats: json - Auth: bearer, none - Free plan: Anonymous / Free, 50 requests per day - Cheapest paid plan: $39.99/yr - Note: Premium is a consumer membership that also unlocks API model v1. Exact free-account daily limit not captured from crawl. ## Verify before writing code - live update frequency - exact endpoint paths, parameters and response fields (read the official docs, do not guess) ## Implementation rules - Keep the API key on the server (environment variable, backend route or edge function); never ship it to the browser. - Cache responses and respect rate limits; count how many requests each screen triggers. - Handle errors explicitly: invalid key, quota exceeded (429), missing fields, empty fixtures, timeouts. - Start with one demo request and log the raw response before building UI on assumed field names.
Data quality signals
Data source & company
- Official partners
- Not disclosed
- How data is collected
- Not disclosed
- Certifications
- Not disclosed
- Payment methods
- card
- Minimum contract
- 12 months
- Country
- Not disclosed
- Founded
- Not disclosed
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What developers say
Free NFL and NBA fantasy rankings and projections API with an MCP server. Evidence is only directory listings and submissions, mostly by the vendor or API-cataloguing projects, plus its own plugin repos. No independent users have reported on accuracy or limits.
Praised for
- Free, no key needed
Complaints
Nothing specific.
Our summary of public discussions, not a rating. Vendor posts are not counted as user opinion.
Open-source projects using it
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Evidence & transparency
Official sources
Facts were extracted from the provider's own pages on 2026-11-03. Empty fields mean the provider does not say, not that the feature is missing. How we know