SportStatsAPI

SportStatsAPI Basketball API

The basketball API from SportStatsAPI — 33 operation(s) for basketball.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 33

GET /basketball/facts Facts feed: what finished matches changed #
GET /basketball/h2h/{a}/{b} Head-to-head of two teams (all competitions) #
GET /basketball/injuries/history Get injury changes #
GET /basketball/leagues Get basketball leagues #
GET /basketball/leagues/{id}/players/stats Get a league's player season statistics (NBA, WNBA, NCAA, MLB, NFL, NHL… #
GET /basketball/leagues/{id}/standings Get league standings #
GET /basketball/leagues/{id}/standings/history Get a league's table round by round #
GET /basketball/matches List basketball matches #
GET /basketball/matches/live Get live basketball matches #
GET /basketball/matches/{id} Get basketball match by ID #
GET /basketball/matches/{id}/box-score Get a match's box score (our format) #
GET /basketball/matches/{id}/briefing Match briefing (all sports) #
GET /basketball/matches/{id}/events Get match event history (play by play, with changes) #
GET /basketball/matches/{id}/history Get match change history #
GET /basketball/matches/{id}/play-by-play Get match play-by-play #
GET /basketball/matches/{id}/plays Get a match's plays (our format) #
GET /basketball/matches/{id}/stats Get match statistics (box score) #
GET /basketball/players/{id} Get a player #
GET /basketball/players/{id}/games Get a player's game log (NBA, WNBA, NCAA, MLB, NFL, NHL) #
GET /basketball/players/{id}/injuries/history Get a player's injury changes #
GET /basketball/players/{id}/photo Get a player photo #
GET /basketball/players/{id}/season Get a player's season statistics (NBA, WNBA, NCAA, MLB, NFL, NHL, handball) #
GET /basketball/rankings NCAA basketball rankings (AP poll, NET) #
GET /basketball/ratings Get Elo-style team ratings #
GET /basketball/teams List teams #
GET /basketball/teams/{id} Get a team #
GET /basketball/teams/{id}/briefing Team briefing (all sports; tennis: player) #
GET /basketball/teams/{id}/calendar.ics A team's matches as a calendar feed #
GET /basketball/teams/{id}/injuries Get a team's injury report #
GET /basketball/teams/{id}/matches A team's matches #
GET /basketball/teams/{id}/season-stats Get a team's season statistics #
GET /basketball/teams/{id}/squad Get a team's squad #

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/sportstatsapi/openapi/sportstatsapi-basketball-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/sportstatsapi/json-schema/sportstatsapi-dto-soccer-match-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/sportstatsapi/json-schema/sportstatsapi-dto-team-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/sportstatsapi/json-schema/sportstatsapi-dto-player-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/sportstatsapi/json-schema/sportstatsapi-dto-basketball-match-response-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

sportstatsapi-basketball-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    name: SportStatsAPI
    url: https://sportstatsapi.com
  description: 'Every public endpoint of SportStatsAPI. Endpoints marked with x-x402 can also be paid per call by an AI agent; the curated list of those is https://api.sportstatsapi.com/api/openapi.agents.json.


    Authentication: an API key (header X-API-Key, or Authorization: Bearer ), or without a key an x402 payment (header PAYMENT-SIGNATURE, USDC on Base). Prices and payment offers: https://api.sportstatsapi.com/.well-known/x402. Docs for AI models: https://api.sportstatsapi.com/llms.txt. MCP server: https://mcp.sportstatsapi.com/mcp.'
  summary: Sports data API and x402 pay-per-call endpoints
  title: SportStats Basketball API
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.sportstatsapi.com/api/v1
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/sportstatsapi/openapi/sportstatsapi-basketball-api-openapi.yml