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SportScore

Free, no-key JSON endpoints for live matches, standings, top scorers, player stats and brackets in football, basketball, cricket and tennis. Requires a visible attribution link; commercial licensing on request.

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Commercial use: AllowedBetting use: not disclosedToo little discussion
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SportDex Score

#75 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
22

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
59

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
Free tier
Sports
4 (Football (soccer), Basketball…)
Live data
Yes
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
0 threads
GitHub adoption
27 repos

Best for

Small sites and prototypes that need free, keyless JSON for live matches and standings in football, basketball, cricket and tennis.

Live score widgetsStandings and top scorer pagesPrototypes and MCP experiments

Not ideal for

Products that cannot show a visible attribution link or need an SLA; the free tier requires a Powered by SportScore link and has no SLA.

Limitations to check

  • − Free tier is about 10,000 requests per day per IP
  • − Attribution link required on free tier
  • − Covers four sports
  • − Responses cached for about 60 seconds
  • − Redistribution not allowed

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

Last checked 2026-11-03

SportScore at a glance

What is SportScore best for?
Small sites and prototypes that need free, keyless JSON for live matches and standings in football, basketball, cricket and tennis. Not ideal for: Products that cannot show a visible attribution link or need an SLA; the free tier requires a Powered by SportScore link and has no SLA.
How much does SportScore cost?
SportScore does not publish prices on the pages we checked.
Does SportScore have a free tier?
Yes. SportScore lists a free plan called "Free (attribution)" (10,000 requests per day).
What does SportScore cover?
SportScore is a sports data api. Its sports: Football (soccer), Basketball, Cricket, Tennis; data: Fixtures, Player stats, Live scores, Standings, Team stats, Widgets. Live / in-play data is offered.
Does SportScore have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. SportScore delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
Can I use SportScore data commercially or for betting?
According to the public terms of SportScore — commercial use: allowed; redistribution: not allowed; storing data: allowed.
What do developers say about SportScore?
Free keyless JSON API for live scores, standings and stats across four sports, requiring an attribution link. Only GitHub activity is visible: an MCP server, a Python client, a WordPress widget and a few small apps, mostly from one author. No user reviews of reliability, limits or accuracy.
What are the alternatives to SportScore?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: All Sports API, Sportmonks, iSports API, Data Sports Group, Statorium.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
Free (attribution)Free10,000 / dayAbout 10,000 requests per 24h per IP; 'Powered by SportScore' link requiredsource
Commercial / white-labelContact sales—Higher limits, SLAs, licensing by contactsource

Also provides an MCP server (sportscore-mcp). Eight GET endpoints under /api/widget/. Limit is per IP.

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
Football (soccer)BasketballCricketTennis
Data types
FixturesPlayer statsLive scoresStandingsTeam statsWidgets
Key competitions
UEFA European Championship, UEFA Europa Conference Leaguesource
Competitions
Not disclosed
Live / in-play
Yes
Women's competitions
Not disclosed
Betting markets
Not disclosed
Bookmaker regions
Not disclosed
Bookmakers
Not disclosed
History depth
Not disclosed
Update frequency
60-second cache
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
Not disclosed
Redistribution
Not allowed
Storing data
Allowed
Attribution
Required
Logos & photos
Not disclosed
Who can buy
Individuals, Companiessource
Verification (KYC)
Not required
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

Free tier needs no API key; use that facilitates match-fixing or illegal gambling is banned.

Read the terms

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON
Authentication
none
SDKs
Not disclosed
OpenAPI spec
Available
Claimed latency
Not disclosed
Status page
Not disclosed
Sandbox / test keys
Not disclosed
Support
email
SLA uptime
Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: SportScore

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

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://sportscore.com/developers/
- Docs: https://sportscore.com/developers/api/
- OpenAPI spec: https://sportscore.com/developers/openapi.yaml
- Sports: Football (soccer), Basketball, Cricket, Tennis
- Data: Fixtures, Player stats, Live scores, Standings, Team stats, Widgets
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: none
- Free plan: Free (attribution), 10000 requests per day
- Note: Also provides an MCP server (sportscore-mcp). Eight GET endpoints under /api/widget/. Limit is per IP.

## Verify before writing code
- 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
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussionfree tierlegal

Free keyless JSON API for live scores, standings and stats across four sports, requiring an attribution link. Only GitHub activity is visible: an MCP server, a Python client, a WordPress widget and a few small apps, mostly from one author. No user reviews of reliability, limits or accuracy.

Praised for

  • No API key needed

Complaints

  • Attribution link required

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