TheSportsDB

An open, crowd-sourced sports database of artwork and metadata with a free sports API in JSON format. TheSportsDB provides data on sports leagues, teams, players, events, venues, and season standings across a wide range of sports worldwide including soccer, basketball, baseball, American football, hockey, tennis, and more.

TheSportsDB publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Events API, Lists API, Lookup API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Sports, Database, Free, Open Data, and Team.

The TheSportsDB catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

TheSportsDB’s developer surface includes documentation, signup flow, pricing, code examples, and 4 more developer resources.

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32.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemium

5 APIs

Sports Database Free Open Data Team Players Event

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 32.6/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.2 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 1.6 / 17

Access Clarity 4.9 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.9 / 11

Contract Governance 1.0 / 10

Discoverability 6.3 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.1 / 15

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 5

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Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Thesportsdb Rate Limits

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FinOps 1

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JSON Schema 1

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Examples 2

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Resources

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Signup

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Documentation 1

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Documentation

Documentation

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AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

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Examples

Examples

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DomainSecurity

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Commercial 1

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Pricing

Pricing

Company 2

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LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: thesportsdb
name: TheSportsDB
description: An open, crowd-sourced sports database of artwork and metadata with a free sports API in JSON format. TheSportsDB
  provides data on sports leagues, teams, players, events, venues, and season standings across a wide range of sports worldwide
  including soccer, basketball, baseball, American football, hockey, tennis, and more.
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/thesportsdb.png
tags:
- Sports
- Database
- Free
- Open Data
- Team
- Players
- Event
tags_raw:
- Sports
- Database
- Free
- Open Data
- Teams
- Players
- Events
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thesportsdb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: thesportsdb:thesportsdb-events-api
  name: TheSportsDB Events API
  description: Sports event scheduling and results.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json/3
  tags:
  - Event
  tags_raw:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thesportsdb-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesportsdb-team-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/thesportsdb-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/thesportsdb-structure.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/thesportsdb-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/thesportsdb-vocabulary.yml
- aid: thesportsdb:thesportsdb-lists-api
  name: TheSportsDB Lists API
  description: List leagues, teams, players, and events.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json/3
  tags:
  - List
  tags_raw:
  - Lists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thesportsdb-lists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesportsdb-team-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/thesportsdb-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/thesportsdb-structure.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/thesportsdb-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/thesportsdb-vocabulary.yml
- aid: thesportsdb:thesportsdb-lookup-api
  name: TheSportsDB Lookup API
  description: Look up detailed data by ID.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json/3
  tags:
  - Lookup
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thesportsdb-lookup-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesportsdb-team-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/thesportsdb-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/thesportsdb-structure.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/thesportsdb-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/thesportsdb-vocabulary.yml
- aid: thesportsdb:thesportsdb-search-api
  name: TheSportsDB Search API
  description: Search for teams, players, events, and venues.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json/3
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thesportsdb-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesportsdb-team-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/thesportsdb-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/thesportsdb-structure.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/thesportsdb-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/thesportsdb-vocabulary.yml
- aid: thesportsdb:thesportsdb-seasons-api
  name: TheSportsDB Seasons API
  description: Season standings and results.
  humanURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
  baseURL: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json/3
  tags:
  - Seasons
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thesportsdb-seasons-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesportsdb-team-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/thesportsdb-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/thesportsdb-structure.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/thesportsdb-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/thesportsdb-vocabulary.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/thesportsdb-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/thesportsdb-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thesportsapi
- type: Website
  url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/register
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/patreon
- type: Examples
  url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/docs_api_examples
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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