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Sports Reference API

Sports Reference (sports-reference.com) has 2 public methods: get player career statistics and list season leaders. Each costs 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.

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Methods

2

  • Get player career statistics

    Finds a player on Basketball, Pro Football, Baseball or Hockey Reference and returns regular-season career statistics, awards and a season-by-season record.

    Returns player, sport, positions, teams, years active, awards, seasons with stats, career totals

    Readsports-reference.com/get_player_career

  • List season leaders

    Lists league leaders for a season and statistic in NBA basketball, NFL football, MLB baseball or NHL hockey. If no season is given, it uses the latest season with published leaders.

    Returns sport, league, season, stat name, leaders page link, leaders (rank, player, team, value, player link)

    Readsports-reference.com/list_season_leaders