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pbpstats

Open-source possession-level parser and stats site built on NBA, WNBA and G League play-by-play data.

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Commercial use: not disclosedBetting use: not disclosedMostly positive
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SportDex Score

#204 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
21

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
0

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

Developer experience
4

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 (Basketball)
Live data
Not disclosed
Delivery
Not disclosed
Discussions
2 threads
GitHub adoption
38 repos

Best for

Not enough public detail to say.

Not ideal for

Nothing stated on its pages.

Limitations to check

  • − Saved page had almost no content; details unverified

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

Last checked 2026-11-03

pbpstats at a glance

How much does pbpstats cost?
pbpstats does not publish prices on the pages we checked.
Does pbpstats have a free tier?
pbpstats does not say whether a free tier exists. Check https://www.pbpstats.com.
What does pbpstats cover?
pbpstats is a free / open data. Its sports: Basketball; data: Historical data, Play-by-play, Team stats.
What do developers say about pbpstats?
Free, open-source NBA, WNBA and G League play-by-play parser with a public API, used for streak and possession analysis and wrapped by several data packages and R tooling. Fans worry that NBA restrictions on its own data endpoints could threaten it. Coverage goes back to 2000, so earlier seasons are missing.
What are the alternatives to pbpstats?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: CollegeFootballData.com, nba_api (NBA Stats), SportsDataverse, nflverse, Cricsheet.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

No public price list. Check the provider site.

Fetched page content was only a title; description from catalog notes. API/package details unverified. Low certainty.

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
Basketball
Data types
Historical dataPlay-by-playTeam 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
Formats
Not disclosed
Authentication
Not disclosed
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: pbpstats

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

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://www.pbpstats.com
- Docs: UNKNOWN — find the developer docs first
- Sports: Basketball
- Data: Historical data, Play-by-play, Team stats
- Protocols: UNKNOWN — check the docs; formats: UNKNOWN — check the docs
- Auth: UNKNOWN — check the docs
- Free plan: none listed
- Note: Fetched page content was only a title; description from catalog notes. API/package details unverified. Low certainty.

## 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
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Mostly positivecoveragefree tierdocsreliability

Free, open-source NBA, WNBA and G League play-by-play parser with a public API, used for streak and possession analysis and wrapped by several data packages and R tooling. Fans worry that NBA restrictions on its own data endpoints could threaten it. Coverage goes back to 2000, so earlier seasons are missing.

Praised for

  • Free and open source
  • Possession-level data back to 2000
  • Code examples and Docker image available

Complaints

  • Depends on NBA source data that may be restricted
  • No pre-2000 data

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

Discussions

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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