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Sports Reference API: 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.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Stat, requiredstat

Statistic in plain words. Example: points per game.

points per game

Sport, requiredsport

Sport: basketball, football, baseball, or hockey. Example: basketball.

basketball

One of basketball, football, baseball, hockey.

Season optionalseason

Year the season ends, for example 2025. Defaults to the latest season with stats.

2025

Whole number 1900 or more.

Max Results optionalmax_results

Number of leaders to list, for example 10. Default 10, maximum 50.

50

Whole number from 1 to 50. Default 10.

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "sport": "basketball",  "league": "NBA",  "season": 2025,  "leaders": [    {      "rank": 1,      "team": "OKC",      "value": 32.7,      "player": "Shai Gilgeous-Alexander",      "player_link": "https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gilgesh01.html"    },    {      "rank": 2,      "team": "MIL",      "value": 30.4,      "player": "Giannis Antetokounmpo",      "player_link": "https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/antetgi01.html"    },    {      "rank": 3,      "team": "DEN",      "value": 29.6,      "player": "Nikola Jokić",      "player_link": "https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jokicni01.html"    }  ],  "stat_name": "Points Per Game",  "leaders_page_link": "https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2025_leaders.html#leaders_pts_per_g"}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
sports-reference.com/list_season_leaders
Returns
sport, league, season, stat name, leaders page link, leaders (rank, player, team, value, player link)

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method sports-reference.com/list_season_leaders with the inputs above.

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