Sports Data Scraper — Teams, Players & Fixtures

Team profiles, player profiles and fixtures/results across football, basketball, NFL, baseball and more — in one actor, six modes. From TheSportsDB. Free public test key, or bring your own for full rate.

Search teams and players, list a whole league's teams, or pull fixtures — a day's events, or a team's next/last matches — all normalized into clean, consistent rows.

What you get

Teams (type: "team") — id, name, league, sport, formedYear, stadium, location, country, website, description, badge

Players (type: "player") — id, name, team, sport, position, nationality, birthDate, birthLocation, height, weight, thumb

Events (type: "event") — id, event, league, sport, season, date, time, homeTeam, awayTeam, homeScore, awayScore, venue, status

Output sample

{
  "type": "team",
  "id": "133604",
  "name": "Arsenal",
  "league": "English Premier League",
  "sport": "Soccer",
  "formedYear": "1886",
  "stadium": "Emirates Stadium",
  "location": "London, England",
  "country": "England",
  "website": "www.arsenal.com",
  "description": "Arsenal Football Club is a professional football club…",
  "badge": "https://www.thesportsdb.com/images/media/team/badge/….png"
}

Modes

• search-team — search teams by name (teams).
• search-player — search players by name (players).
• league-teams — every team in a league (league).
• events-day — all fixtures on a date, optionally filtered by sport.
• team-next / team-last — a team's upcoming or most recent matches (teamIds).

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search-team	One of the six modes above
teams	array	["Arsenal"]	Team names (search-team)
players	array	—	Player names (search-player)
league	string	—	League name (league-teams)
teamIds	array	—	TheSportsDB team IDs (team-next/team-last)
date	string	—	YYYY-MM-DD (events-day)
sport	string	—	Optional sport filter (events-day)
apiKey	string (secret)	3 (test key)	Your TheSportsDB key
maxResults	integer	100	Cap for list modes

Example input

{
  "mode": "search-team",
  "teams": ["Arsenal", "Real Madrid", "Lakers"]
}

Fixtures on a date:

{ "mode": "events-day", "date": "2026-08-01", "sport": "Soccer" }

Why this actor

• Six modes, one shape — teams, players and fixtures normalized consistently.
• Multi-sport — football/soccer, basketball, NFL, baseball and more.
• Media included — team badges and player thumbnails for app UIs.
• Works with the free test key out of the box; add your own for full rate.

Pricing

Pay per result — $1.50 per 1,000 results (one team/player/event = one result). No subscription or platform fees.

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Notes & limits

• Data is TheSportsDB's API. The default public test key "3" is rate-limited — add your own free key (kept secret) for full throughput and premium endpoints.
• Field completeness varies by team/player/sport (some profiles are sparse).
• This actor is an independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by TheSportsDB.