Sports Data API — scores, standings, rosters (no key)

Get live sports data over a clean HTTP API — scores, fixtures, standings, teams, rosters, schedules, player profiles and news — across dozens of sports and leagues. Aggregated from a public sports-data source, wrapped so you get clean JSON without an API key, a portal, or the reverse-engineering. Set sport + league on any call and reuse the same endpoints everywhere. Pay per query.

• ⚽🏀🏈 Multi-sport — soccer, basketball (NBA), football (NFL), baseball (MLB), hockey (NHL), tennis, and more
• 🔴 Live scoreboard — fixtures & live scores with teams, logos, venue, broadcasts and betting odds
• 📊 Standings — full league tables (W/D/L, GF/GA, points, rank, streak)
• 👥 Teams & rosters — team profiles, colors/logos, full squads with bios & stats
• 📅 Schedules and 🧑 player profiles and 📰 news
• ⚡ HTTP API (Standby) + usable from AI agents (MCP)

Sample output (scoreboard)

{
  "ok": true, "sport": "soccer", "league": "eng.1", "count": 1,
  "events": [{
    "id": "704...", "date": "2026-09-17T19:00Z", "status": "Full Time", "completed": true,
    "venue": "Gtech Community Stadium",
    "competitors": [
      { "team": "Brentford", "abbrev": "BRE", "homeAway": "home", "score": "1" },
      { "team": "Chelsea", "abbrev": "CHE", "homeAway": "away", "score": "2", "winner": true }
    ],
    "odds": [{ "provider": "DraftKings", "details": "CHE -1.5", "overUnder": 2.5 }]
  }]
}

How to use

HTTP API (Standby — recommended)

Base URL: https://synthetic-ia--sports-data-api.apify.actor with header Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>.

Endpoint	Body	Does
POST /scoreboard	{ sport, league, dates? }	Fixtures & live scores
POST /summary	{ sport, league, event }	Full match sheet (stats, events, lineups, commentary)
POST /standings	{ sport, league, season? }	League table
POST /teams	{ sport, league, teamId? }	Team list or one team
POST /roster	{ sport, league, teamId }	Squad
POST /schedule	{ sport, league, teamId }	Team fixtures
POST /athlete	{ sport, league, athleteId }	Player profile & stats
POST /news	{ sport, league }	Articles
GET /	—	Endpoint list & sport/league examples

GET /scoreboard?sport=soccer&league=eng.1 also works (query-string form).

# Today's Premier League scores
curl -X POST ".../scoreboard" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"sport":"soccer","league":"eng.1"}'

# NBA standings
curl -X POST ".../standings" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"sport":"basketball","league":"nba"}'

# A team's roster
curl -X POST ".../roster" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"sport":"football","league":"nfl","teamId":"12"}'

sport / league codes

Same endpoints, just swap the pair:

• Soccer: soccer/esp.1 (LaLiga), soccer/eng.1 (Premier League), soccer/ita.1, soccer/ger.1, soccer/fra.1, soccer/uefa.champions, soccer/conmebol.libertadores
• US: basketball/nba, football/nfl, baseball/mlb, hockey/nhl, basketball/mens-college-basketball
• …and many more sports and leagues covered.

Input (one-shot run)

Set operation (scoreboard/summary/standings/teams/roster/schedule/athlete/news), sport, league, and the id/date the operation needs. The result is saved to the run's key-value store as OUTPUT and pushed to the dataset.

Pricing

Per query from $0.01 (drops to $0.003 on higher tiers). Platform usage included. One /scoreboard call returns a whole day's matches for a single query fee.

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FAQ

Do I need an API key? No — we handle the data source for you; you just call this API.

Which sports? Dozens — soccer, basketball, football, baseball, hockey, tennis and more. Pass the sport/league code.

How current is it? Live/near-live.

Legal

This Actor returns data aggregated from a public sports-data source and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any sports league, team, or data provider. Field shapes are best-effort and can change. Logos, photos and articles belong to their respective owners and licensors — you are responsible for using them within their rights and for your own use case.