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Champion Data AFL API

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.

Facts verified against the provider's site on

Commercial use: not disclosedBetting use: not disclosedToo little discussion
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24

SportDex Score

#164 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
10

Brand demand, developer discussions, GitHub repos and videos

Community & reliability
—

Tone of public discussions, liked vs criticised points, reliability complaints; not enough public discussion to judge.

Transparency
40

Public prices, docs, terms and coverage you can check before calling sales

Developer experience
32

Free access, docs, SDKs, OpenAPI, sandbox, realtime delivery, ecosystem

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
Not public
Free access
Not disclosed
Sports
1 (Australian football)
Live data
Not disclosed
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
0 threads
GitHub adoption
7 repos

Best for

Australian football apps and media that need official AFL and AFLW match and player statistics, with a sandbox for testing.

AFL and AFLW stats appsMatch replay testing in the sandboxFantasy or media stat products

Not ideal for

Casual developers; access requires authorisation, and the saved pages show no pricing or license terms.

Limitations to check

  • − Access requires authorisation
  • − Pricing and license terms not stated
  • − AFL and AFLW only

Written from the provider's own pages (source).

Last checked 2026-11-03

Champion Data AFL API at a glance

What is Champion Data AFL API best for?
Australian football apps and media that need official AFL and AFLW match and player statistics, with a sandbox for testing. Not ideal for: Casual developers; access requires authorisation, and the saved pages show no pricing or license terms.
How much does Champion Data AFL API cost?
Champion Data AFL API does not publish prices on the pages we checked.
Does Champion Data AFL API have a free tier?
Champion Data AFL API has no public free tier, but it offers demo access.
What does Champion Data AFL API cover?
Champion Data AFL API is a sports data api. Its sports: Australian football; data: Fixtures, Play-by-play, Player stats, Results, Live scores, Team stats.
Does Champion Data AFL API have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. Champion Data AFL API delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
What do developers say about Champion Data AFL API?
Official AFL/AFLW stats API with authorised access only. Only a handful of repos reference it, including an MCP aggregator and AFL analytics projects; no user opinions on access, cost or quality.
What are the alternatives to Champion Data AFL API?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: Entity Sport, Sportradar, CricketData.org (CricAPI), iSports API, TheStatsAPI.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

No public price list. Check the provider site.

Sandbox (api.afl-sandbox.championdata.io) loops match replays and is open to any production-access account. Pricing and auth method not found; REST/JSON assumed from Swagger mention.

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
Australian football
Data types
FixturesPlay-by-playPlayer statsResultsLive scoresTeam stats
Key competitions
AFL, AFLWsource
Competitions
Not disclosed
Live / in-play
Not disclosed
Women's competitions
Yes
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
Not disclosed
Betting products
Not disclosed
Redistribution
Not disclosed
Storing data
Not disclosed
Attribution
Not disclosed
Logos & photos
Not disclosed
Who can buy
Not disclosed
Verification (KYC)
Not disclosed
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

API docs require authorisation to test endpoints

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON
Authentication
Not disclosed
SDKs
Not disclosed
OpenAPI spec
Not disclosed
Claimed latency
Not disclosed
Status page
Not disclosed
Sandbox / test keys
Yes
Support
ticket
SLA uptime
Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: Champion Data AFL API

Goal: build a feature on Champion Data AFL API data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth.

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://www.championdata.com
- Docs: https://docs.api.afl.championdata.com/
- Sports: Australian football
- Data: Fixtures, Play-by-play, Player stats, Results, Live scores, Team stats
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: UNKNOWN — check the docs
- Free plan: none listed
- Note: Sandbox (api.afl-sandbox.championdata.io) loops match replays and is open to any production-access account. Pricing and auth method not found; REST/JSON assumed from Swagger mention.

## Verify before writing code
- authentication method
- pricing and request limits
- live update frequency
- whether commercial use is allowed on the plan you pick
- 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
Not disclosed
Minimum contract
Not disclosed
Country
Australia
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussioncoverage

Official AFL/AFLW stats API with authorised access only. Only a handful of repos reference it, including an MCP aggregator and AFL analytics projects; no user opinions on access, cost or quality.

Praised for

    Nothing specific.

    Complaints

    • Access requires authorisation

    Our summary of public discussions, not a rating. Vendor posts are not counted as user opinion.

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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