ESPN Scraper: Box Scores & Player Stats (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL)

🎁 Free until 12 October 2026. Press Start — the prefilled input returns yesterday's games of five leagues in seconds.

Get scores, schedules and full player box scores from ESPN for the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA, college football and basketball, MLS and Europe's top soccer leagues. Pick recent days, any date range or whole seasons, and get one clean row per game — or one row per player per game with every box-score number ESPN shows.

Two outputs:

• Games — score, periods, status, teams, records, venue, attendance, broadcasts and the pre-game line for upcoming games
• Player stats — points, rebounds, assists and shooting splits; passing, rushing, receiving and defense; batting and pitching; time on ice, shots and faceoffs; soccer goals, shots and saves

No API key, no browser, no login — the Actor reads the same public JSON the ESPN website and app use.

What you get

Player stats — one row per player per game

Sport	Stats in each row
NBA, WNBA, college basketball	minutes, points, field goals made/attempted, 3-pointers, free throws, rebounds (offensive/defensive), assists, steals, blocks, turnovers, fouls, plus-minus
NFL, college football	completions, attempts, passing yards/TDs, interceptions thrown, sacks taken, QBR, passer rating; rushing attempts/yards/TDs; receptions, targets, receiving yards/TDs; tackles, sacks, passes defended, interceptions; kicking and punting; returns
MLB	batting: at-bats, runs, hits, RBIs, home runs, walks, strikeouts, AVG/OBP/SLG — pitching: innings (also as outs), hits, runs, earned runs, walks, strikeouts, home runs, pitches, strikes, ERA
NHL	goals, assists, shots, time on ice (total, power play, short-handed, even strength), shifts, hits, blocks, faceoffs won/lost, plus-minus, penalty minutes — goalies: saves, shots against, save %
Soccer	starter / sub, goals, assists, shots, shots on target, fouls, cards, offsides, saves, goals conceded

Every row also carries the game (ID, date, season, regular season or playoffs), the player's team, opponent, home or away, the final score and W/L, position, jersey and whether he started. Made–attempted pairs such as 6-16 are split into two numeric fields, minutes like 20:40 become 20.67, and baseball innings like 5.2 become 5.667 innings and 17 outs — ready for a spreadsheet or a model without cleaning.

Games — one row per game

League, season and season part, week (football), start time (UTC), status (finished, live, scheduled, postponed, cancelled), home and away team with ESPN IDs and abbreviations, score, period-by-period scores, winner, overtime flag, team records, venue, city, attendance, neutral site, conference game, TV broadcasts, the pre-game line (spread, total, moneylines) for upcoming games, and the ESPN link.

Leagues

US	Soccer
NFL · NBA · MLB · NHL · WNBA	MLS · NWSL · Liga MX
NCAA Football (all FBS games)	Premier League · EFL Championship
NCAA Men's Basketball (all Division I games)	LaLiga · Bundesliga · Serie A · Ligue 1 · Eredivisie
NCAA Women's Basketball (all Division I games)	UEFA Champions League · Europa League

Use cases

• Player props and fantasy models — every player's line in every game of a season, with minutes and starts, for NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL props or DFS projections
• Sports analytics and research — full seasons of box scores in minutes instead of scraping game pages one by one
• Apps, bots and dashboards — schedule a run with Recent days for yesterday's results and today's games
• Soccer line-ups — starters, substitutes, goals, shots and cards of every Premier League, LaLiga or MLS match

How to use it

1. Pick the leagues and what to save (games or player stats).
2. Choose which days: recent days (up to 30 back and 14 ahead), a date range, or full seasons.
3. Optionally filter teams (Lakers, LAL, Arsenal) or statuses, and set max rows.
4. Click Start, then download JSON, CSV or Excel, or read the dataset through the Apify API.

A full NBA regular season of player stats (about 1,230 games, 30,000 rows) takes a couple of minutes; a season of game results takes seconds. The run page shows the progress and the time left.

Input example — every player's box score from yesterday's NFL and MLB games

{
  "leagues": ["nfl", "mlb"],
  "output": "playerStats",
  "mode": "recent",
  "daysBack": 1
}

Input example — the whole 2024-25 NBA season, regular season and playoffs

{
  "leagues": ["nba"],
  "output": "playerStats",
  "mode": "seasons",
  "seasons": ["2024-25"],
  "seasonTypes": ["regular", "postseason"]
}

Input example — Premier League results of one team in a date range

{
  "leagues": ["epl"],
  "output": "games",
  "mode": "dates",
  "dateFrom": "2025-08-01",
  "dateTo": "2025-12-31",
  "teams": ["Arsenal"]
}

Output example — player stats (a real row)

{
  "league": "nba",
  "gameId": "401704627",
  "startTime": "2024-10-22T23:30:00Z",
  "season": 2025,
  "seasonType": "regular",
  "team": "Boston Celtics",
  "homeAway": "home",
  "opponent": "New York Knicks",
  "teamScore": 132,
  "opponentScore": 109,
  "result": "W",
  "athleteId": "4065648",
  "player": "Jayson Tatum",
  "position": "F",
  "starter": true,
  "didNotPlay": false,
  "stats": {
    "minutes": 30, "points": 37,
    "fieldGoalsMade": 14, "fieldGoalsAttempted": 18,
    "threePointFieldGoalsMade": 8, "threePointFieldGoalsAttempted": 11,
    "freeThrowsMade": 1, "freeThrowsAttempted": 2,
    "rebounds": 4, "assists": 10, "turnovers": 1, "steals": 1, "blocks": 1, "plusMinus": 26
  },
  "url": "https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401704627/knicks-celtics"
}

Output example — a game (a real row, shortened)

{
  "league": "nfl",
  "gameId": "401872953",
  "season": 2026,
  "seasonType": "regular",
  "week": 3,
  "startTime": "2026-09-27T17:00:00Z",
  "status": "finished",
  "homeTeam": "Buffalo Bills",
  "awayTeam": "Los Angeles Chargers",
  "homeScore": 24,
  "awayScore": 16,
  "winner": "home",
  "periods": [[0, 10], [10, 0], [0, 3], [14, 3]],
  "homeRecord": "3-0",
  "awayRecord": "0-3",
  "venue": "Highmark Stadium",
  "city": "Orchard Park"
}

Pricing

⏱️ Free until 12 October 2026 — during the launch period you only pay Apify's platform usage, typically well under $0.01 per run.

From 13 October 2026 you pay per row saved — platform usage included, nothing else:

Apify plan	Player stats, per 1,000 rows	Games, per 1,000 rows
Free	$0.50	$2.00
Starter	$0.45	$1.80
Scale	$0.40	$1.60
Business and higher	$0.35	$1.40

💡 A whole NBA regular season of player stats (about 30,000 rows) costs about $15 on the Free plan, and the monthly $5 credit covers about 10,000 player rows. Nothing is charged for games or players you filter out. Set a spending limit on the run for a hard cap — the Actor stops as soon as it is reached.

FAQ

Which season is "2025"? The label ESPN uses: the year the season ends for the NBA, NHL and college basketball (2025 = 2024-25), the year it starts for the NFL, college football and European soccer (2025 = 2025-26), and the calendar year for MLB, WNBA and MLS. Writing 2024-25 always works.

Are college games complete? Yes — the Actor asks ESPN for all FBS football and all Division I basketball games, not only the featured ones.

Do player rows include players who did not play? Not by default. Turn on Include players who did not play to get them with ESPN's reason (for example "COACH'S DECISION").

Is there play-by-play or historical betting odds? Not yet. ESPN only shows the pre-game line for upcoming games. For opening and closing odds from 40+ bookmakers see the NBA, NFL, MLB & NHL Odds Actor below.

How fresh is the data? As fresh as ESPN at the moment of the run — live games show the current score.

Which time zone? All timestamps are UTC.

Where does the data come from? From publicly available ESPN scoreboards and box scores. This Actor is not affiliated with ESPN.

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Changelog

• 0.1 — first release: games and player box scores for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA, college football and basketball and 12 soccer competitions; recent days, date ranges and full seasons; team filter; progress with time left on the run page.