Free Sports & Live Scores APIs
Football, basketball, Formula 1, and global athletic statistics
Sports & Live Scores API Comparison Overview
Top EndpointsAvailable Endpoints (18)
Football-Data.org
European football leagues, live match scores, standings, and player fixtures
API-Football
Comprehensive soccer data across 1,000+ leagues: live odds, stats, and lineups
TheSportsDB
Crowdsourced sports database with team logos, player photos, and league schedules
Balldontlie
Free NBA statistics REST API providing player stats, games, and averages
Ergast F1
Formula 1 historical championship standings, race results, and lap times
NHL API
Official NHL ice hockey game scores, team rosters, and real-time player stats
Chess.com API
Player rankings, live chess matches, tournaments, and club stats
The Odds API
Live sports betting odds aggregator across multiple bookmakers
MLB Stats
Official Major League Baseball statistics, live game feeds, and box scores
OpenLigaDB
German Bundesliga soccer match schedules, live scores, and tables
5Dollar Football API
Provides access to detailed football data, including live scores, fixtures, odds, and statistics for various leagues and teams. It allows users to retrieve information on matches, standings, and historical data for analysis in real-time or for backtesting purposes.
HQ Live Sports API
The HQ Live Sports API provides real-time predictions and live sports intelligence for various sports, enabling integration into websites or applications while keeping the prediction engine secure on the Intelligence HQ infrastructure. Users can access endpoints for predictions, scores, and standings across multiple sports with appropriate API key permissions.
Mentality Skill Training
This API provides resources and tools focused on improving mental skills and techniques for athletes. It offers structured training methods that cater specifically to enhancing cognitive abilities in sports.
MoviOdds Odds API
Provides live bet365 odds (pre-match and in-play) over REST and WebSocket for 24 sports. Returns every market plus price history, closing lines, results and futures.
Wahlumfragen Datenbank API
Die API von DAWUM stellt eine umfassende Datenbank für Wahlumfragen als JSON-Datei zur Verfügung. Sie ermöglicht den Zugriff auf aktuelle Umfrageergebnisse für verschiedene politische Parteien in Deutschland unter der Lizenz ODC-ODbL.
iSports API
The iSports API provides developers with access to various sports data, including live scores, statistics, and historical databases for football and basketball. Users can leverage this API to integrate real-time sports information into their applications, enhancing user engagement and experience.
About Free Sports & Live Scores APIs
This directory curates 18 verified public APIs in the Sports & Live Scores domain. Developers can build dashboards, mobile applications, automation bots, and microservices with these ready-to-integrate endpoints without upfront billing.
Do I need an API key?
Several APIs listed here operate as Zero-Auth services where you can execute queries directly. Others provide free developer tiers with an instant key upon registration.
Does FreeAPI support CORS?
Yes, all endpoints can be called through FreeAPI Smart Edge Gateway to bypass browser CORS headers and inspect live responses.