Sports data API · United States
NatStat
US and college sports statistics service with an API-key-based data API and downloadable stats alongside a subscription site.
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
- Not public
- Free access
- Not disclosed
- Sports
- 5 (American football, Basketball…)
- Live data
- Not disclosed
- Delivery
- Polling only (REST)
- Discussions
- 2 threads
- GitHub adoption
- 2 repos
Best for
Not enough public detail to say.
Not ideal for
Nothing stated on its pages.
Limitations to check
- − No pages could be crawled, so pricing, sports and API details are unverified
- − An archived 2022 snippet says the free trial excludes API calls and exports
Written from the provider's own pages (source).
Last checked 2026-11-03
NatStat at a glance
- How much does NatStat cost?
- NatStat does not publish prices on the pages we checked.
- Does NatStat have a free tier?
- NatStat does not say whether a free tier exists. Check https://natstat.com.
- What does NatStat cover?
- NatStat is a sports data api. Its sports: American football, Basketball, Baseball, Ice hockey, College sports; data: Results, Live scores, Standings, Team stats.
- Does NatStat have a WebSocket or streaming API?
- No streaming is listed. NatStat delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
- What do developers say about NatStat?
- US and college stats service. Two forum posts: a subscriber unsure how to use its API with their own database, and another user who found it did not cover live and historical NCAA standings for smaller divisions. Two tiny repos use it. Too little to judge.
- What are the alternatives to NatStat?
- Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: StatPal, API-Sports / API-Football, Highlightly, Rolling Insights DataFeeds, MySportsFeeds.
Commercial decision
Pricing & plan limits
No public price list. Check the provider site.
LEAST CERTAIN. natstat.com returned HTTP 429 and nothing was crawled; only an archived 2022 homepage snippet (free trial excludes API calls and exports). Pricing, sports and protocol unverified; kept on the basis of the batch note.
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 footballBasketballBaseballIce hockeyCollege sports
- Data types
- ResultsLive scoresStandingsTeam 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
- 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
Developer-ready evaluation
Integration & documentation
- Protocols
- REST
- Formats
- Not disclosed
- 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: NatStat Goal: build a feature on NatStat data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth. ## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them) - Website: https://natstat.com - Docs: UNKNOWN — find the developer docs first - Sports: American football, Basketball, Baseball, Ice hockey, College sports - Data: Results, Live scores, Standings, Team stats - Protocols: REST; formats: UNKNOWN — check the docs - Auth: api_key - Free plan: none listed - Note: LEAST CERTAIN. natstat.com returned HTTP 429 and nothing was crawled; only an archived 2022 homepage snippet (free trial excludes API calls and exports). Pricing, sports and protocol unverified; kept on the basis of the batch note. ## Verify before writing code - 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
- United States
- Founded
- Not disclosed
Reddit · Hacker News · Stack Overflow · GitHub · YouTube
What developers say
US and college stats service. Two forum posts: a subscriber unsure how to use its API with their own database, and another user who found it did not cover live and historical NCAA standings for smaller divisions. Two tiny repos use it. Too little to judge.
Praised for
Nothing specific.
Complaints
- Gaps for NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA standings reported
Our summary of public discussions, not a rating. Vendor posts are not counted as user opinion.
Discussions
- Understanding APIr/sportsanalytics · 2025-10
- Historical and Live Standings for NCAA Sportsr/sportsanalytics · 2025-10
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