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Fantasy Nerds API

Fantasy sports API with rankings, projections, injuries, depth charts and related data for football, baseball and basketball, accessed with a key from a free account.

Facts verified against the provider's site on

Commercial use: Licence requiredBetting use: not disclosedToo little discussion
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32

SportDex Score

#133 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
14

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
75

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

Developer experience
22

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
$74.95/yr
Free access
Not disclosed
Sports
3 (American football, Baseball…)
Live data
Not disclosed
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
0 threads
GitHub adoption
6 repos

Best for

Fantasy sports sites and tools that need rankings, projections, injuries and depth charts for football, baseball and basketball.

Fantasy draft toolsInjury and depth chart trackersPlayer projection apps

Not ideal for

Commercial products without a license; content is free only for personal, non-commercial or educational use, and redistribution is not allowed.

Limitations to check

  • − Commercial use needs the provider's permission
  • − Redistribution not allowed
  • − API prices not shown on vendor pages; a directory lists from 74.95 USD/year, unverified
  • − Fees are non-refundable

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

Last checked 2026-11-03

Fantasy Nerds API at a glance

What is Fantasy Nerds API best for?
Fantasy sports sites and tools that need rankings, projections, injuries and depth charts for football, baseball and basketball. Not ideal for: Commercial products without a license; content is free only for personal, non-commercial or educational use, and redistribution is not allowed.
How much does Fantasy Nerds API cost?
The cheapest public paid plan of Fantasy Nerds API is $74.95/yr.
Does Fantasy Nerds API have a free tier?
Fantasy Nerds API does not say whether a free tier exists. Check https://www.fantasynerds.com/pricing.
What does Fantasy Nerds API cover?
Fantasy Nerds API is a fantasy platform. Its sports: American football, Baseball, Basketball; data: Fantasy, Injuries, News, Team stats.
Does Fantasy Nerds API have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. Fantasy Nerds API delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
Can I use Fantasy Nerds API data commercially or for betting?
According to the public terms of Fantasy Nerds API — commercial use: licence required; redistribution: not allowed.
What do developers say about Fantasy Nerds API?
No discussion found. A handful of small GitHub projects, mostly fantasy football draft helpers, projection tools and student assignments, use the Fantasy Nerds API with a free-account key. No evidence about accuracy, pricing, limits or support.
What are the alternatives to Fantasy Nerds API?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: FantasyPros API, SportsDataIO, RotoWire, Yahoo Fantasy Sports API, MySportsFeeds.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
API (lowest tier, third-party listing)$74.95/yr—Slashdot lists pricing from $74.95/year; unverified against vendor pagesource

Vendor pricing pages did not show API prices (fantasynerds.com/fantasy-football-api returned 404). Price comes from a directory snippet only; formats json/xml and country are assumptions from general knowledge, unverified. A forum post mentions Basic/Pro plans.

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
American footballBaseballBasketball
Data types
FantasyInjuriesNewsTeam stats
Key competitions
Not disclosed
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
Not allowed
Storing data
Not disclosed
Attribution
Not disclosed
Logos & photos
Not disclosed
Who can buy
Individuals, Companiessource
Verification (KYC)
Not required
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

API key by request; API-related emails are mandatory until the key is revoked

Read the terms

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON, XML
Authentication
api key
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: Fantasy Nerds API

Goal: build a feature on Fantasy Nerds 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.fantasynerds.com
- Docs: https://api.fantasynerds.com/getting-started
- Sports: American football, Baseball, Basketball
- Data: Fantasy, Injuries, News, Team stats
- Protocols: REST; formats: json, xml
- Auth: api_key
- Free plan: none listed
- Cheapest paid plan: $74.95/yr
- Note: Vendor pricing pages did not show API prices (fantasynerds.com/fantasy-football-api returned 404). Price comes from a directory snippet only; formats json/xml and country are assumptions from general knowledge, unverified. A forum post mentions Basic/Pro plans.

## 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
Not disclosed
Minimum contract
Not disclosed
Country
United States
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussionfree tier

No discussion found. A handful of small GitHub projects, mostly fantasy football draft helpers, projection tools and student assignments, use the Fantasy Nerds API with a free-account key. No evidence about accuracy, pricing, limits or support.

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