🏈 ESPN Sports Scraper

Get ESPN sports data for NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, college football and basketball, and soccer (MLS, Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Champions League, Liga MX and any other ESPN league): live scores and schedules, standings, team and player box scores, play-by-play, betting odds and futures, injury reports, season player stats and game logs, rosters, transactions, news and college rankings. Pick a date or a date range and the box scores for those games come in the same run. No login or API key required.

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What data does it extract?

Every record has a recordType and the league it belongs to.

Data type (modes)	recordType	One row per	Highlights
scoreboard	game	game	score, status, period-by-period scores, team leaders, team stats, venue, TV, odds, recap
standings	standing	team	W-L-T, win %, games behind, streak, home / road / last-10 records, seed
teams	team	team	name, abbreviation, colors, logo, links
gameSummary	game_summary	game	team box score, win probability, odds and against-the-spread, season series, injuries, game info
playerBoxScores	player_boxscore	player per game	every stat column ESPN shows (PTS, REB, AST, +/-, C/ATT, YDS, TD…), starter, did-not-play
playByPlay	play	play	period, clock, team, play type and description, running score, scoring play, yards and down & distance (football)
odds	odds	sportsbook per game	spread, total, over/under prices, moneylines, favorite, opening and closing lines
playerGameLogs	player_gamelog	game per player	every game of the season for the players you choose: date, opponent, result, full stat line
transactions	transaction	transaction	date, team and description (signings, trades, releases, call-ups)
futures	future	sportsbook × candidate	season-long markets: champion, conference, MVP and other awards, with odds
injuries	injury	injured player	status (Out, Questionable, IR…), injury type, date, comment
playerStats	player_stats	player	season stats by category, in ESPN's leaders order
rosters	roster_player	player	jersey, position, age, height, weight, college, experience, injury status
news	news	article	headline, description, date, type, teams and players mentioned, link, image
rankings	ranking	ranked team	AP / Coaches poll rank, previous rank, points, first-place votes, record (college)

Example: player box score

{
  "recordType": "player_boxscore",
  "league": "basketball/nba",
  "eventId": "401909853",
  "gameName": "Milwaukee Bucks at Miami Heat",
  "gameDate": "2026-10-24T22:00Z",
  "teamName": "Milwaukee Bucks",
  "athleteName": "Giannis Antetokounmpo",
  "position": "F",
  "starter": true,
  "stats": { "MIN": "25", "PTS": "14", "FG": "4-11", "3PT": "0-1", "FT": "6-8", "REB": "6", "AST": "3", "+/-": "-20" }
}

Football box scores group stats by unit, so keys are prefixed: "passing C/ATT", "rushing YDS", "receiving TD"…

Example: injury report

{
  "recordType": "injury",
  "league": "football/nfl",
  "teamName": "Baltimore Ravens",
  "athleteName": "Olaivavega Ioane",
  "position": "G",
  "status": "Questionable",
  "injuryType": "questionable",
  "date": "2026-10-25T18:45Z",
  "shortComment": "Ioane (knee) has been ruled out for the remainder of Sunday's game against the Bengals."
}

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Available leagues

Shortcuts: nfl, nba, wnba, mlb, nhl, ncaaf, ncaab, ncaaw, mls, epl, laliga, bundesliga, seriea, ligue1, ucl, ligamx. Any other ESPN league works with its path, e.g. soccer/ned.1 or soccer/bra.1.

Not every league publishes every data type: injury reports exist for NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB and NHL; season player stats for the US leagues and college; rankings for college. The run log says when a league has no data for a type.

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Quick start — copy an input and run

Today's NFL scores (fastest first run)

{ "leagues": ["nfl"], "modes": ["scoreboard"] }

Last Sunday's NFL games with every player's stats

{ "leagues": ["nfl"], "modes": ["scoreboard", "playerBoxScores"], "date": "2026-10-25" }

A week of NBA results

{ "leagues": ["nba"], "modes": ["scoreboard"], "dateFrom": "2026-10-20", "dateTo": "2026-10-26" }

Injury reports for four leagues

{ "leagues": ["nfl", "nba", "mlb", "nhl"], "modes": ["injuries"] }

Top 100 NBA players by season stats

{ "leagues": ["nba"], "modes": ["playerStats"], "maxPlayers": 100 }

Rosters for specific teams

{ "leagues": ["nba", "nfl"], "modes": ["rosters"], "teams": ["LAL", "BOS", "KC"] }

Betting odds and play-by-play for last Sunday's NFL games

{ "leagues": ["nfl"], "modes": ["odds", "playByPlay"], "date": "2026-10-25" }

Championship and MVP futures

{ "leagues": ["nfl", "nba", "nhl"], "modes": ["futures"] }

A player's game-by-game season (IDs come from rosters, box scores or the player's ESPN URL)

{ "leagues": ["nba"], "modes": ["playerGameLogs"], "athleteIds": ["3032977"] }

Every signing and trade this season

{ "leagues": ["nba", "mlb"], "modes": ["transactions"] }

College football rankings and news

{ "leagues": ["ncaaf"], "modes": ["rankings", "news"] }

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Who uses this, and for what

• Fantasy sports and betting research — player box scores, injury status and odds in one dataset
• Sports analytics — season player stats, period scores and team stats across leagues
• Media and apps — live scores, schedules, recaps and news feeds
• Daily automation — schedule a run each morning for yesterday's results and the latest injury report

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How to use

1. Add one or more leagues (shortcut or ESPN path)
2. Choose the data to fetch
3. Optional: a date or a date range (up to 31 days) for scores and box scores; teams for rosters; max players for season stats
4. Click Start and export as JSON, CSV or Excel

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
leagues	array	required	League shortcuts or ESPN paths
modes	array	["scoreboard"]	Data types (see table above)
date	string	today	Single day YYYY-MM-DD for scores and box scores
dateFrom / dateTo	string	—	Date range, up to 31 days
maxGamesForDetails	integer	30	Max games per league for game summaries, player box scores, play-by-play and odds
athleteIds	array	—	ESPN player IDs for player game logs
eventIds	array	—	Specific ESPN game IDs for box scores
teams	array	all	Teams for rosters (abbreviation, name or ID)
maxPlayers	integer	100	Players per league for season stats
includeActiveInjuries	boolean	false	Also list healthy players with practice notes
newsLimit	integer	25	News articles per league

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Performance & cost

Run	Records	Time (measured)
4 leagues × scores + standings + teams	~260	~8 s
NFL Sunday: scores + game summaries + player box scores	~800	~10 s
NBA, 6 days of scores	~45	~12 s
Injuries + season stats + standings, 3 leagues	~530	~11 s
NFL: odds + play-by-play for 4 games + all futures	~1,150	~19 s
NBA: transactions + futures + 2 players' game logs + 3 games' play-by-play and odds	~2,190	~23 s

Leagues are fetched in parallel. If ESPN briefly fails a request, it is retried automatically, and a league with an error never stops the others.

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Pricing

This actor uses Pay Per Event (PPE) pricing: $0.001 per record returned — the same price for every data type, with no extra charge for box scores or injuries.

Request	Records	Estimated cost
One league's scores for a day	~5–15	~$0.005–0.015
NBA standings	30	~$0.03
NFL injury report	~275	~$0.28
NFL Sunday: every player's box score	~770	~$0.77
Scores + standings + injuries, NBA and NFL	~360	~$0.36

You can cap any run with the Max results limit — it stops exactly there and never charges for more.

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FAQ

Why did I get 0 games? That league had no games on that date (off-season or rest day). Standings, teams, rosters and season stats work year-round.

How many rows does play-by-play return? About 150–175 plays per NFL game and 450–500 per NBA game. Use maxGamesForDetails to control how many games are included.

Which leagues have odds and futures? Game odds are available for the major US leagues and most soccer leagues ESPN covers. Futures exist for NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and college sports; most soccer leagues have none.

Why are position and starter empty in some box scores? ESPN publishes them for basketball, hockey and baseball box scores, but not for football player stats.

Can I get historical games? Yes — pass a past date or a date range.

Do I need an ESPN account or key? No. Everything comes from ESPN's public data.

Why is a field null? Because that sport or that game does not publish it (for example, soccer has no home/road standings split, and odds only exist where ESPN carries lines). Nothing is guessed.

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Keywords

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Disclaimer

This actor collects only publicly available sports data. It is not affiliated with ESPN and does not constitute betting or financial advice. Use the data in compliance with the applicable terms and regulations in your jurisdiction.

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Changelog

Version	Date	Changes
2.1	2026-10-27	Betting odds, play-by-play, player game logs, transactions and futures. Odds per sportsbook with opening and closing lines; every play of a game with running score (and down & distance in football); game-by-game season logs for chosen players; all signings, trades and releases; championship, conference and award futures.
2.0.1	2026-10-27	Price lowered to $0.001 per record (was $0.002) — every data type included.
2.0	2026-10-26	Player box scores, injury reports, season player stats, rosters, news and college rankings. Pick data types from a list (text inputs from earlier runs still work). Date ranges up to 31 days. Box scores are fetched automatically for the games of the selected dates — no need to copy game IDs. More league shortcuts (WNBA, MLS, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Champions League, Liga MX, women's college basketball). Requests that fail briefly are retried, leagues run in parallel, and the log summarizes what each league returned. recapHeadline is now filled; the always-empty team venue field was removed.
1.1	2026-08-18	Period-by-period scores, game leaders, team box-score totals, recaps, and split records in standings.