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Pro Football Reference Scraper

Deprecated

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from $3.50 / 1,000 results

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Pro Football Reference Scraper

Pro Football Reference Scraper

Deprecated

Pricing

from $3.50 / 1,000 results

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Fortuitous Pirate

Fortuitous Pirate

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Pro-Football-Reference NFL Stats Scraper

Overview

Scrape comprehensive NFL statistics from Pro-Football-Reference. com including player career stats, game logs, team stats, league leaders, and historical data back to 1920. Supports filters (Data Type, Stat Category).

Features

  • Search by keywords to find specific results
  • Filter results by category or type
  • Export data in JSON, CSV, or Excel formats

Use Cases

  • Track - Track entertainment listings and reviews
  • Build - Build media databases for content analysis
  • Monitor - Monitor entertainment industry trends and ratings
  • Aggregate - Aggregate entertainment data for recommendation engines

Input Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
dataTypestring (required)Type of data to scrapeplayerStats
playerNamestringPlayer name to search for (e.g., 'Patrick Mahomes', 'Tom Brady'). Used for pl...
playerIdstringPFR player ID (e.g., 'MahoPa00' for Patrick Mahomes). Use this for direct pla...
teamstringThree-letter team code (e.g., 'kan' for Chiefs, 'buf' for Bills)
seasonintegerNFL season year (e.g., 2024). Defaults to current season.2024
statTypestringStatistical category for league leaderspassing
includeAdvancedbooleanInclude advanced metrics (may require additional requests)false
limitintegerMaximum number of results to return100

Output Example

Each result contains structured data like this:

{
"type": "Standard",
"season": "Sample season",
"statCategory": "Sample statCategory",
"name_display": "Pro-Football-Reference NFL Stats Sample Item",
"team_name_abbr": "Pro-Football-Reference NFL Stats Sample Item",
"pos": "Sample pos",
"games": "Sample games"
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-result pricing:

  • $0.002 per result
  • $2.00 per 1,000 results

No monthly fees. You only pay for what you scrape. Apify Free plan includes $5/month in platform credits.

How to Run

Apify Console

  1. Go to the Pro-Football-Reference NFL Stats Scraper actor page
  2. Configure your input parameters
  3. Click Start and wait for the results
  4. Download data in JSON, CSV, or Excel format

API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fortuitous_pirate~pro-football-reference-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"maxItems": 10}'

Python SDK

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("fortuitous_pirate/pro-football-reference-scraper").call(
run_input={"maxItems": 10}
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)

Integration

Connect Pro-Football-Reference NFL Stats Scraper with your existing tools and workflows:

  • API access - Programmatic access via Apify API
  • Webhooks - Get notified when scraping completes
  • Scheduling - Set up recurring runs on any schedule
  • Zapier / Make - Connect with 5,000+ apps via Apify integrations
  • Python / Node.js SDKs - Native client libraries for easy integration