TheSportsDB

TheSportsDB is an open, crowd-sourced database of sports artwork and metadata with a free REST API in JSON. It provides data on leagues, teams, players, events, venues, schedules, and season standings across soccer, basketball, baseball, American football, hockey, tennis, and many other sports worldwide, with premium V2 livescores and video highlights for supporters.

TheSportsDB publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Events API, Leagues API, Livescores API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Sports, Sports Data, Team, Players, and Event.

TheSportsDB’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 7 more developer resources.

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35.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
7 APIs
SportsSports DataTeamPlayersEvent

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
Composite quality — 35.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 11.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Access Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 6 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5
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APIs 7

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

TheSportsDB Events API

The Events API from TheSportsDB — 5 operation(s) for events.

TheSportsDB Leagues API

The Leagues API from TheSportsDB — 5 operation(s) for leagues.

TheSportsDB Livescores API

The Livescores API from TheSportsDB — 1 operation(s) for livescores.

TheSportsDB Lookup API

The Lookup API from TheSportsDB — 5 operation(s) for lookup.

TheSportsDB Players API

The Players API from TheSportsDB — 1 operation(s) for players.

TheSportsDB Search API

The Search API from TheSportsDB — 4 operation(s) for search.

TheSportsDB Teams API

The Teams API from TheSportsDB — 1 operation(s) for teams.

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Open Collections 9

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

TheSportsDB Events API

OPEN COLLECTION

TheSportsDB Events Leagues API

OPEN COLLECTION

TheSportsDB Events Livescores API

OPEN COLLECTION

TheSportsDB Events Lookup API

OPEN COLLECTION

TheSportsDB Events Players API

OPEN COLLECTION

TheSportsDB Events Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

TheSportsDB Events Teams API

OPEN COLLECTION

TheSportsDB API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Sportsdb Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Sportsdb Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Sportsdb Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Sportsdb Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Sportsdb Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Sportsdb Agentic Access

22 operations

22 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: sportsdb
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sportsdb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: TheSportsDB
kind: company
description: TheSportsDB is an open, crowd-sourced database of sports artwork and metadata with a free REST API in JSON. It
  provides data on leagues, teams, players, events, venues, schedules, and season standings across soccer, basketball, baseball,
  American football, hockey, tennis, and many other sports worldwide, with premium V2 livescores and video highlights for
  supporters.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/sportsdb.png
tags:
- Sports
- Sports Data
- Team
- Players
- Event
tags_raw:
- Sports
- Sports Data
- Teams
- Players
- Events
created: '2026-06-25'
modified: '2026-06-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: sportsdb:sportsdb-events-api
  name: TheSportsDB Events API
  description: The Events API from TheSportsDB — 5 operation(s) for events.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json
  tags:
  - Event
  tags_raw:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sportsdb-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/free-api-documentation
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.opencollection.json
- aid: sportsdb:sportsdb-leagues-api
  name: TheSportsDB Leagues API
  description: The Leagues API from TheSportsDB — 5 operation(s) for leagues.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json
  tags:
  - Leagues
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sportsdb-leagues-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/free-api-documentation
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.opencollection.json
- aid: sportsdb:sportsdb-livescores-api
  name: TheSportsDB Livescores API
  description: The Livescores API from TheSportsDB — 1 operation(s) for livescores.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json
  tags:
  - Live Scores
  tags_raw:
  - Livescores
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sportsdb-livescores-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/free-api-documentation
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.opencollection.json
- aid: sportsdb:sportsdb-lookup-api
  name: TheSportsDB Lookup API
  description: The Lookup API from TheSportsDB — 5 operation(s) for lookup.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json
  tags:
  - Lookup
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sportsdb-lookup-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/free-api-documentation
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.opencollection.json
- aid: sportsdb:sportsdb-players-api
  name: TheSportsDB Players API
  description: The Players API from TheSportsDB — 1 operation(s) for players.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json
  tags:
  - Players
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sportsdb-players-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/free-api-documentation
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.opencollection.json
- aid: sportsdb:sportsdb-search-api
  name: TheSportsDB Search API
  description: The Search API from TheSportsDB — 4 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sportsdb-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/free-api-documentation
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.opencollection.json
- aid: sportsdb:sportsdb-teams-api
  name: TheSportsDB Teams API
  description: The Teams API from TheSportsDB — 1 operation(s) for teams.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json
  tags:
  - Team
  tags_raw:
  - Teams
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sportsdb-teams-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/free-api-documentation
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/sportsdb.opencollection.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/sportsdb-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sportsdb-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/sportsdb-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thesportsdb
- type: Website
  url: https://www.thesportsdb.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
- type: Plans
  url: plans/sportsdb-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/sportsdb-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/sportsdb-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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