RealGM Player Scraper

RealGM Player Scraper collects structured basketball player profile data from RealGM player pages and player discovery URLs.

Introduction

The RealGM Player Scraper starts from RealGM player, search, or catalog URLs, follows player profile pages, and extracts structured player data such as name, birthplace, height, nationality, team, draft status, and other profile fields available on the page.

Use Cases

• Player database building: Collect structured player profiles for scouting, research, or internal datasets.
• Sports analytics: Feed player metadata into dashboards, search tools, and enrichment pipelines.
• Recruiting and scouting: Track player background, school history, and status fields.
• Monitoring: Re-run selected player or listing URLs to detect profile updates over time.

Input

Provide the following fields:

• startUrls (array, required): RealGM player, search, or catalog URLs.
• maxItems (integer, optional): Maximum number of player items to extract per start URL.
• proxyConfiguration (object, optional): Apify proxy settings.

Notes:

• URLs outside the basketball.realgm.com domain are ignored.

Input Examples

1) Start URLs

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Messiah-Alexander/Summary/232889"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://basketball.realgm.com/search/?q=messi"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Output

Each dataset item contains fields like:

{
  "url": "https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Messiah-Anderson/Summary/264870",
  "name": "Messiah Anderson",
  "givenName": "Messiah",
  "familyName": "Anderson",
  "birthPlace": "Brooklyn, New York, United States",
  "gender": "Male",
  "height": "6-3 (191cm)",
  "sport": "Basketball",
  "weight": "185 lbs (84kg)",
  "hometown": "Brooklyn, New York",
  "nationality": "United States",
  "currentTeam": "CCBC Catonsville",
  "currentNbaStatus": "Draft Eligible in 2028",
  "predraftTeam": "CCBC Catonsville (So)",
  "highSchool": "Arundel High School (Gambrills, Maryland)"
}

The scraper extracts core structured profile values from JSON-LD and additional labeled profile fields from the page body. Extra fields may vary between players depending on what RealGM publishes.

Why use the RealGM Player Scraper?

• Focused: Built specifically for RealGM basketball player profile extraction.
• Structured output: Returns ready-to-use player profile JSON records.
• Flexible input: Supports player URLs as well as discovery pages.
• Apify-native: Works with Apify datasets, request queue, and proxy config.

FAQ

• What kinds of URLs can I use?
  Player detail URLs, RealGM search URLs, and supported catalog/list pages on basketball.realgm.com.

• Do I need proxies?
  Proxies are strongly recommended for better stability.

• Will every player have the same fields?
  No. Some fields are optional and depend on the data available on each RealGM player page.

• Does maxItems strictly stop extraction right now?
  Not fully. The input is accepted and passed along, but the current router does not enforce a strict dataset cap yet.

• What if RealGM changes their page structure?
  The actor may require updates to keep extraction stable.

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Image credit: https://basketball.realgm.com.