# API-Sports

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/api-sports/  
**Website:** https://api-sports.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

API-Sports is a leading provider of real-time sports data and statistics APIs for businesses and developers. They offer 35+ APIs covering football, basketball, baseball, tennis, rugby, volleyball, handball, ice hockey, MMA, and more, with live scores, fixtures, standings, player statistics, and historical data accessible via a unified API key authentication model.

## Kin Score — 16.3 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 16.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 32.9 |
| Access Clarity | 32.9 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **API-Football** — API-Football provides real-time and historical football (soccer) data including fixtures, live scores, standings, player statistics, team information, injuries, transfers, and p...
- **API-Basketball** — API-Basketball provides real-time and historical basketball data including games, standings, player statistics, team information, and injuries across NBA, EuroLeague, and 400+ l...
- **API-Baseball** — API-Baseball provides real-time and historical baseball data including games, standings, player statistics, and team information across MLB and international leagues.
- **API-Tennis** — API-Tennis provides real-time tennis data including match results, rankings, player statistics, and tournament information across ATP, WTA, and ITF circuits.

## Security (1)

- **Api Sports Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Api Sports Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Sports Betting Platforms** — Integrate live scores, odds data, and historical statistics to power sports betting applications.
- **Fantasy Sports Apps** — Build fantasy sports platforms with real-time player statistics, injury data, and performance metrics.
- **Sports News Portals** — Automate sports content generation with live scores, match results, and team standings.
- **Sports Analytics** — Conduct in-depth sports analysis using historical data, player statistics, and match performance metrics.
- **Mobile Sports Apps** — Build mobile sports companion apps with live scores, notifications, and statistics dashboards.

## Tags

Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Ice Hockey, MMA, Real-Time, Rugby, Sports Data, Statistics, Tennis

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/api-sports/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.