🏥 Sports Injury Reports API (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA)

An ultra-fast, HTTP-only Apify Actor that extracts real-time sports injury reports across major sports leagues including NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and WNBA.

Designed for daily fantasy sports (DFS) players, sports betting algorithms, sports analytics platforms, and automated lineup optimizers.

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⚡ Features

• Multi-League Coverage: Support for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA, and College Football (NCAAF).
• Comprehensive Injury Data: Extract diagnosis, injury type (e.g. Ankle, Knee, Hamstring), side (Left/Right), return date projections, and fantasy status (GTD, O, IR).
• Analyst & Beat Writer Notes: Includes the latest injury updates, medical notes, surgery reports, and quotes from sources like RotoWire and team beat writers.
• Zero Browser Overhead: HTTP-only direct JSON ingestion. Execution takes < 3 seconds for entire league rosters.
• Granular Filters: Filter by league, team abbreviation, injury status (Out, Questionable, Doubtful, Day-to-Day), and player name.

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
leagues	Array of String	No	Target leagues to scrape. Default: all major leagues.	["NBA", "NFL", "MLB", "NHL", "WNBA"]
statuses	Array of String	No	Filter by injury status.	["Out", "Questionable", "Doubtful"]
teams	Array of String	No	Filter by team names or abbreviations.	["LAL", "BOS", "KC", "SF"]
athletes	Array of String	No	Filter by specific player names or fragments.	["Patrick Mahomes", "Luka Doncic"]
maxItems	Integer	No	Maximum number of records to return. Default: 2000.	500
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Apify proxy configuration (residential/datacenter).	{ "useApifyProxy": true }

Example Input

{
  "leagues": ["NBA", "NFL"],
  "statuses": ["Out", "Questionable"],
  "teams": ["LAL", "KC"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

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📤 Output Format

Each record pushed to the dataset represents an injured athlete:

{
  "athleteId": "4712863",
  "athleteName": "Mouhamed Gueye",
  "firstName": "Mouhamed",
  "lastName": "Gueye",
  "jersey": "18",
  "position": "Forward",
  "positionAbbreviation": "F",
  "headshotUrl": "https://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/nba/players/full/4712863.png",
  "athleteUrl": "https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4712863/mouhamed-gueye",
  "teamId": "1",
  "teamName": "Atlanta Hawks",
  "teamAbbreviation": "ATL",
  "teamLocation": "Atlanta",
  "teamLogoUrl": "https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nba/500/atl.png",
  "league": "NBA",
  "sport": "basketball",
  "injuryStatus": "Day-To-Day",
  "injuryType": "Foot",
  "injuryLocation": "Leg",
  "injuryDetail": "Fracture",
  "injurySide": "Left",
  "returnDate": "2026-10-15",
  "fantasyStatus": "GTD",
  "updateDate": "2026-07-19T00:14Z",
  "shortComment": "Gueye underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a fractured left foot that he suffered during a workout last week.",
  "longComment": "Gueye will be re-evaluated by medical staff in 3-to-4 months, which means he'll miss all of training camp and preseason...",
  "source": "RotoWire",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-19T08:28:40.123456+00:00"
}

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🎯 Use Cases

1. DFS Lineup Optimization: Automatically filter out "Out" or "Doubtful" players in PrizePicks, Underdog Fantasy, DraftKings, and FanDuel lineup builders.
2. Sports Betting Models: Track injury news before Vegas lines shift; quantify the point spread impact when star quarterbacks or point guards are ruled out.
3. Sports Media & News Aggregators: Power real-time injury tracker widgets and alerts for fantasy leagues and sports publications.
4. AI Agents: Provide live injury status to LLM agents for predictive sports intelligence.

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🛡️ Disclaimer

Unofficial scraper collecting publicly accessible sports reporting data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by ESPN or any professional sports league.