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DunkAPI

Basketball API with 19 endpoints for NBA games, play-by-play, shot charts, standings, injuries, sportsbook odds and player props, over REST or MCP with credit-based quotas.

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Commercial use: AllowedBetting use: AllowedToo little discussion
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SportDex Score

#56 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
12

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
100

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

Developer experience
62

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
$19/mo
Free access
Free tier
Sports
2 (Basketball, College sports)
Live data
Not disclosed
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
0 threads
GitHub adoption
3 repos

Best for

Basketball apps and models that need NBA play-by-play, shot charts, injuries and player props with a free monthly credit allowance.

NBA stats dashboardsShot chart toolsPlayer prop researchInjury trackers

Not ideal for

Projects that need raw data or odds redistribution, official league data, or sports beyond basketball.

Limitations to check

  • − Free plan is 500 credits per month
  • − Calls cost 1 to 10 credits, with play-by-play and props costing more
  • − Raw feed and odds redistribution is not allowed
  • − Data is not official league data

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

Last checked 2026-11-03

DunkAPI at a glance

What is DunkAPI best for?
Basketball apps and models that need NBA play-by-play, shot charts, injuries and player props with a free monthly credit allowance. Not ideal for: Projects that need raw data or odds redistribution, official league data, or sports beyond basketball.
How much does DunkAPI cost?
The cheapest public paid plan of DunkAPI is $19/mo. Listed plans: Starter $19/mo; Pro $49/mo; Scale $149/mo.
Does DunkAPI have a free tier?
Yes. DunkAPI lists a free plan called "Free" (500 requests per month).
What does DunkAPI cover?
DunkAPI is a sports data api. Its sports: Basketball, College sports; data: Fixtures, Historical data, Injuries, Odds, Play-by-play, Player props, Player stats, Live scores and 2 more.
Does DunkAPI have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. DunkAPI delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
Can I use DunkAPI data commercially or for betting?
According to the public terms of DunkAPI — commercial use: allowed; betting products: allowed; redistribution: not allowed; storing data: allowed.
What do developers say about DunkAPI?
Basketball data API (NBA, WNBA, college) with REST and remote MCP access, offering play-by-play, shot locations and odds. Digest contains only the maker's own registry submissions and repos; no independent feedback on pricing, quality or reliability.
What are the alternatives to DunkAPI?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: FastballAPI, SportsDataIO, MySportsFeeds, iSports API, API-Sports / API-Football.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
FreeFree500 / month500 credits per month, no card, all 19 endpointssource
Starter$19/mo10,000 / month10,000 credits per month, email supportsource
Pro$49/mo30,000 / month30,000 credits per month, priority supportsource
Scale$149/mo125,000 / month125,000 credits per month, dedicated supportsource
EnterpriseContact sales—Custom limits and SLA for enterprise volumesource

Credits per call range 1-10 (play-by-play and props cost more). Not a duplicate of AcesAPI: same platform, different sport and data. WNBA/NCAA coverage comes from catalog hint, not seen on crawled pages.

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
BasketballCollege sports
Data types
FixturesHistorical dataInjuriesOddsPlay-by-playPlayer propsPlayer statsLive scoresStandingsTeam stats
Key competitions
NBAsource
Competitions
Not disclosed
Live / in-play
Not disclosed
Women's competitions
Not disclosed
Betting markets
player props, line movement
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
Allowedsource
Betting products
Allowed
Redistribution
Not allowed
Storing data
Allowed
Attribution
Not required
Logos & photos
Not included
Who can buy
Individuals, Companiessource
Verification (KYC)
Not required
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

Users must be 18+ and not barred by US sanctions or export rules; email verified before a key is issued; no card needed for 500 free credits a month

Read the terms

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON
Authentication
api key
SDKs
python
OpenAPI spec
Not disclosed
Claimed latency
Not disclosed
Status page
Not disclosed
Sandbox / test keys
Not disclosed
Support
email
SLA uptime
Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: DunkAPI

Goal: build a feature on DunkAPI data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth.

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://dunkapi.com/docs
- Docs: https://dunkapi.com/docs
- Sports: Basketball, College sports
- Data: Fixtures, Historical data, Injuries, Odds, Play-by-play, Player props, Player stats, Live scores, Standings, Team stats
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: api_key
- Free plan: Free, 500 requests per month
- Cheapest paid plan: $19/mo
- Note: Credits per call range 1-10 (play-by-play and props cost more). Not a duplicate of AcesAPI: same platform, different sport and data. WNBA/NCAA coverage comes from catalog hint, not seen on crawled pages.

## 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
aggregated
Certifications
Not disclosed
Payment methods
card
Minimum contract
none (monthly, cancel anytime)
Country
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussioncoverage

Basketball data API (NBA, WNBA, college) with REST and remote MCP access, offering play-by-play, shot locations and odds. Digest contains only the maker's own registry submissions and repos; no independent feedback on pricing, quality or reliability.

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