PlayerData

PlayerData provides GPS sports performance tracking technology for athletes and teams — FIFA Quality Certified EDGE wearable trackers, a GPS-enabled Connected Ball, and indoor IMU / local-positioning systems. Its platform captures distance, speed, sprints, acceleration/deceleration and workload, and exposes a GraphQL API secured with OAuth 2.0 covering clubs, athletes, sessions, devices, metrics and reports, plus real-time GraphQL subscription events. Official Python (playerdatapy) and R (playerdatar) client libraries wrap the API. PlayerData is a Techstars portfolio company.

PlayerData publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Sports, Sports Performance, GPS Tracking, and Wearables.

The PlayerData catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

PlayerData’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, support, engineering blog, and 16 more developer resources.

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32.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 36/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanySportsSports PerformanceGPS TrackingWearablesAthlete MonitoringGraphQLAnalytics

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 32.8/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.3 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 36/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

PlayerData GraphQL API

OAuth2-secured GraphQL API for PlayerData sports performance data — clubs, athletes, sessions, devices, metrics, reports and real-time subscription events.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

playerdata-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

PlayerData Real-Time Events (GraphQL Subscriptions)

Server-emitted real-time events exposed by the PlayerData GraphQL API via RootSubscription. Derived from the published GraphQL schema; each channel maps to a GraphQL subscriptio...

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Playerdata Authentication

oauth2 · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Playerdata Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login
Login

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

AsyncAPI
AsyncAPI
 Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 WellKnown
WellKnown

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 DataModel
DataModel
 Conformance
Conformance

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 TrustCenter
TrustCenter

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: playerdata
name: PlayerData
description: PlayerData provides GPS sports performance tracking technology for athletes and teams — FIFA Quality Certified
  EDGE wearable trackers, a GPS-enabled Connected Ball, and indoor IMU / local-positioning systems. Its platform captures
  distance, speed, sprints, acceleration/deceleration and workload, and exposes a GraphQL API secured with OAuth 2.0 covering
  clubs, athletes, sessions, devices, metrics and reports, plus real-time GraphQL subscription events. Official Python (playerdatapy)
  and R (playerdatar) client libraries wrap the API. PlayerData is a Techstars portfolio company.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/playerdata/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 11
  pass: local-v1
tags:
- Company
- Sports
- Sports Performance
- GPS Tracking
- Wearables
- Athlete Monitoring
- GraphQL
- Analytics
image: https://www.playerdata.com/favicon.ico
apis:
- name: PlayerData GraphQL API
  description: OAuth2-secured GraphQL API for PlayerData sports performance data — clubs, athletes, sessions, devices, metrics,
    reports and real-time subscription events.
  humanURL: https://github.com/PlayerData/playerdatapy
  baseURL: https://app.playerdata.co.uk/api/graphql
  properties:
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/playerdata-schema.graphql
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playerdata-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/playerdata-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.playerdata.com/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/playerdata-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/playerdata-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/playerdata-packages.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/playerdata-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/playerdata-data-model.yml
- type: AsyncAPI
  url: asyncapi/playerdata-events-asyncapi.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/playerdata-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/playerdata-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/playerdata-conformance.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/playerdata-well-known.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/PlayerData/playerdatapy/blob/main/docs/auth.md
- type: APIReference
  url: graphql/playerdata-schema.graphql
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/PlayerData
- type: Support
  url: https://support.playerdata.com/knowledge
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.playerdata.com/blog
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.playerdata.com/
- type: Login
  url: https://app.playerdata.co.uk/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.playerdata.com/en-gb/privacy-policy-iframe