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Hudl StatsBomb

Football event and analytics data provider (now part of Hudl) selling datasets, an API and scouting tools to clubs and businesses, and publishing open datasets on GitHub.

Facts verified against the provider's site on

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

#111 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
23

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
60

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

Developer experience
50

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
Contact sales
Free access
Free tier
Sports
1 (Football (soccer))
Live data
Yes
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
0 threads
GitHub adoption
131 repos

Best for

Football clubs, analysts and businesses wanting detailed event data with xG for scouting and analysis, bought through Hudl.

Club scouting and analysisxG and event modelsFootball research

Not ideal for

Self-serve developers or non-football projects; pricing is through Hudl sales and the docs link redirects to a login.

Limitations to check

  • − Pricing via contact sales
  • − Documentation sits behind a Hudl login
  • − Saved terms are general platform terms, not a data licence
  • − Football only

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

Last checked 2026-11-03

Hudl StatsBomb at a glance

What is Hudl StatsBomb best for?
Football clubs, analysts and businesses wanting detailed event data with xG for scouting and analysis, bought through Hudl. Not ideal for: Self-serve developers or non-football projects; pricing is through Hudl sales and the docs link redirects to a login.
How much does Hudl StatsBomb cost?
Hudl StatsBomb has no public price list: pricing is quoted by sales on request.
Does Hudl StatsBomb have a free tier?
Yes. Hudl StatsBomb lists a free plan.
What does Hudl StatsBomb cover?
Hudl StatsBomb is a sports data api. Its sports: Football (soccer); data: Historical data, Play-by-play, Player stats, Team stats, Tracking data, xG. Live / in-play data is offered.
Does Hudl StatsBomb have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. Hudl StatsBomb delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
What do developers say about Hudl StatsBomb?
Football event data provider whose open datasets and official Python and R packages are heavily used in analytics repos and tutorials. No discussion threads exist, so opinions on pricing, support or limits are unknown. Evidence is adoption of the free open data and API wrappers.
What are the alternatives to Hudl StatsBomb?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: Hudl Wyscout Data API, Sportmonks, BALLDONTLIE, TheStatsAPI, PitchAPI.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
Contact salesContact sales—Pricing via Hudl contact salessource

Docs link redirected to Hudl login. Free open data on GitHub, UK origin and REST/JSON are from general knowledge, not on crawled pages. Distinct from hudl-wyscout-data-api entry.

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)
Data types
Historical dataPlay-by-playPlayer statsTeam statsTracking dataxG
Key competitions
Not disclosed
Competitions
300
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
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

Rights are set in an individual contract; the public terms only cover the website.

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
Read the terms

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON
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: Hudl StatsBomb

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

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://statsbomb.com
- Docs: https://www.hudl.com/en_gb/products/statsbomb
- Sports: Football (soccer)
- Data: Historical data, Play-by-play, Player stats, Team stats, Tracking data, xG
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: UNKNOWN — check the docs
- Free plan: none listed
- Note: Docs link redirected to Hudl login. Free open data on GitHub, UK origin and REST/JSON are from general knowledge, not on crawled pages. Distinct from hudl-wyscout-data-api entry.

## Verify before writing code
- authentication method
- 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 Kingdom
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussioncoveragefree tier

Football event data provider whose open datasets and official Python and R packages are heavily used in analytics repos and tutorials. No discussion threads exist, so opinions on pricing, support or limits are unknown. Evidence is adoption of the free open data and API wrappers.

Praised for

  • Free open data on GitHub
  • Official Python and R packages

Complaints

    Nothing specific.

    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