🏈 NFL Scoreboard — Live Scores, Box Scores, Schedules & Standings

Real-time and historical NFL data: live game scores, full box scores (passing / rushing / receiving by player), schedules, team standings, injury reports, and odds-line snapshots. A pay-per-result alternative to the unofficial ESPN API, TheSportsDB, MySportsFeeds, and Sportradar (enterprise) — built for fantasy-football tool developers, sports-betting model builders, sports-media newsrooms, and analytics teams who need NFL data without a six-figure Sportradar contract.

Why NFL Scoreboard Beats ESPN Private API, TheSportsDB, MySportsFeeds & Sportradar

Feature	NexGenData NFL Scoreboard	ESPN private API	TheSportsDB	MySportsFeeds	Sportradar
Cost	$1 per 1K games/queries, pay-per-event	Free (undocumented, can break)	Free + $5/mo Patreon	$19-99 / month	$$$$ enterprise quote
Live in-game updates	Yes — sub-minute polling	Yes	Limited	Yes (paid tier)	Yes
Player-level box scores	Yes — full passing/rushing/rec	Yes	Limited	Yes	Yes
Standings (div / conf / wildcard)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Odds-line snapshots	Yes — DraftKings / FanDuel / MGM	No	No	Plan-gated	Yes (enterprise)
Injury reports	Yes	Yes	Limited	Yes	Yes
Bulk export	JSON / CSV / Excel	DIY	CSV	CSV	Custom
Auth	Apify token	None (unofficial)	API key	API key	Enterprise contract
Stability commitment	Yes — Apify SLA	None	Best-effort	SLA on paid plans	Yes

Most fantasy + betting teams pick this actor instead of the unofficial ESPN endpoints because those endpoints break without warning every NFL season — this actor is a drop-in alternative that's cheaper than MySportsFeeds for occasional bulk runs and an order of magnitude cheaper than Sportradar for tooling that doesn't need millisecond data feeds.

What You Get Per Game

Each dataset item is a flat record:

• game_id, season, week, season_type — regular / postseason
• date_utc, kickoff_local, venue, weather
• home_team, away_team — full team objects with abbreviations
• home_score, away_score, quarter, clock, status — scheduled / in-progress / final
• box_score — player-level passing / rushing / receiving / defense / kicking arrays
• team_stats — yards, turnovers, time-of-possession, 3rd-down conversion %
• play_by_play[] — every play with {down, distance, yardline, description, players}
• odds_snapshot — spread, total, moneyline per book (DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars)
• injury_report[] — {player, status, designation}
• last_updated — ISO timestamp of last poll

Use Cases

• Fantasy-football tools — auto-update lineup status and projected points based on live scoring
• Sports-betting modelers — backtest models against historical lines + closing-line value
• Sports newsrooms — auto-generate game recaps + box scores within seconds of final whistle
• Sportsbooks (B2B) — secondary data feed for cross-checking primary Sportradar feeds
• DFS optimizers — pull live injury status to update Sunday morning lineups
• NFL-data podcasts / newsletters — pull yesterday's box scores into the Monday morning email

Quick Start

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nexgendata/nfl-scoreboard").call(run_input={
    "season": 2026,
    "week": 8,
    "includeBoxScore": True,
    "includeOdds": True
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["home_team"]["abbreviation"], item["home_score"], "vs",
          item["away_team"]["abbreviation"], item["away_score"])

Pricing

Pay-per-event:

• Actor Start: small fixed charge per run (memory-scaled)
• Per game / query: $1 per 1,000 results

No subscription, no minimum.

Related NexGenData Actors

Use case	Actor
NHL live scores & box scores	nhl-scoreboard
NBA live scores & standings	nba-scoreboard
Sports intelligence MCP for AI agents	sports-mcp-server
ESPN content scraper	espn-scraper
Reddit subreddit trend tracker (r/nfl)	reddit-subreddit-trends
Google Trends keyword interest	google-trends-scraper
News content + sentiment MCP	news-mcp-server
YouTube channel + video metadata MCP	youtube-media-mcp-server

FAQ

How frequently is live data refreshed during games? Polling runs every ~30 seconds during in-progress games. Pre-game and post-final, the cadence drops to once per minute.

Can I get historical seasons? Yes — season parameter accepts any year back through the modern era; box scores and standings are available for all years.

Do you cover preseason? Yes — set season_type to preseason.

Output formats? JSON, CSV, Excel, and the Apify dataset API.

Is this legal? Yes. All data points come from publicly accessible scoreboards and box-score endpoints.

About NexGenData

NexGenData publishes 260+ buyer-intent actors covering SEC filings, YC alumni, lead generation, competitive intelligence, stock fundamentals across 30+ exchanges, and more. All pay-per-result. Browse the full catalog at https://apify.com/nexgendata?fpr=2ayu9b

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How NexGenData Pricing Works

Every NexGenData actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for results that actually land in your dataset. No monthly minimum, no seat fees, no surprise overage bills.

• Actor Start: a single-event charge each time you spin the actor up (scaled to memory size)
• Result / item: charged per item written to the default dataset
• No charge for retries, internal proxy rotation, or failed sub-requests — those are absorbed by the platform

Apify Platform Bonus

New to Apify? Sign up with the NexGenData referral link — you get free platform credits on signup (enough for several thousand free results) and you help fund the maintenance of this actor fleet.

Integration Surface

Every actor in the NexGenData catalog can be triggered from:

• Apify console — point-and-click run
• Apify API — REST + webhooks
• Apify Python / JS SDKs — programmatic batch
• Zapier, Make.com, n8n — official integrations
• MCP — many actors are exposed as MCP tools for Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor agents
• Schedules — built-in cron for daily / weekly / monthly runs
• Webhooks — POST results to any HTTPS endpoint on dataset write

Support

NexGenData maintains 260+ Apify actors and ships updates regularly. Bug reports via the Apify console issues tab get a response within 24 hours. Roadmap requests are welcome — high-demand features ship in the next version.

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