Name | Category | Sport | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Real - Social live sports (Android) | Apps | Multiple sports | Social live sports app for Android | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vg.real&hl=en_US |
Real - Social live sports (iOS) | Apps | Multiple sports | Social live sports app for iOS | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/real-sports/id1514546162 |
Plain Text Sports | Websites | Multiple sports | Fast, ad free box scores | https://plaintextsports.com/ |
StatMuse | Websites | Multiple sports | Query stats using natural language | https://statmuse.com |
Inpredictable | Websites | Multiple sports | Comprehensive rankings and stats for many sports | https://www.inpredictable.com |
DSA Labs | Websites | Multiple sports | Rankings and simulators for many major sports | https://www.dsa-labs.com/rankings |
Sumer Brain | Websites | NFL | ChatGPT for NFL stats | https://sumersports.com/sumerbrain/ |
nfeloapp | Websites | NFL | Data Driven NFL Predictions | https://www.nfeloapp.com/ |
RBSDM | Websites | NFL | Advanced box scores for every NFL game | https://rbsdm.com/ |
CFB Text | Websites | CFB | Free, ad free box scores (inspired by plaintextsports) | https://cfbtxt.com/ |
MLB Pitch Profiler | Websites | Baseball | Advanced pitcher stats for specific games | https://www.mlbpitchprofiler.com/ |
Baseball Savant | Websites | Baseball | Baseball stats on everything imaginable | https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/ |
Texas Leaguers Spin | Websites | Baseball | Pitch spin visualizer | https://scout.texasleaguers.com/spin |
NHL Savant | Websites | Hockey | NHL analytics, betting, and stats platform | https://dpk1212.github.io/nhl-savant/#/ |
Evollve | Websites | College Volleyball | Advanced stats for college volleyball | https://evollve.net/ |
Agent MMA | Websites | UFC/MMA | MMA/UFC stats on individual fighters and matches | https://agentmma.com/ |
Sports Data Verse | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Open source sports analytics and data organization | https://www.sportsdataverse.org/ |
CRAN Sports Analytics | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Comprehensive list of R packages targeted at sports analytics | https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/SportsAnalytics.html |
nflverse | Coding Packages | NFL | General NFL stats | https://nflverse.nflverse.com/ |
nflseedR | Coding Packages | NFL | Simulate NFL seasons | https://nflseedr.com/ |
nflfastR | Coding Packages | NFL | NFL play by play data | https://nflfastr.com/ |
MLB-StatsAPI | Coding Packages | MLB | MLB stats API wrapper | https://github.com/toddrob99/MLB-StatsAPI |
NFLverse Discord | Communities | NFL | NFLverse community | https://t.co/1ikOye0sAG |
Michael MacKelvie | Accounts to follow | Multiple sports | YouTube channel | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkv6xZ98rkJjHZLtYlAqJmg |
Ben Baldwin | Accounts to follow | NFL | The Athletic - X/Twitter | https://x.com/benbbaldwin |
Sam Hoppen | Accounts to follow | NFL | ESPN Bet - X/Twitter | https://x.com/SamHoppen |
Robby | Accounts to follow | NFL | Creator of nfelo - X/Twitter | https://x.com/greerreNFL |
Anthony Reinhard | Accounts to follow | NFL | statbutler.com - X/Twitter | https://x.com/reinhardNFL |
Sam Schwartzstein | Accounts to follow | NFL | Analytics expert for Prime Video and Thursday Night Football - X/Twitter | https://x.com/schwartzsteins |
Sam Bruchhaus | Accounts to follow | NFL | SumerSports - X/Twitter | https://x.com/sambruchhaus |
Sebastian | Accounts to follow | NFL | Maintains nflverse - X/Twitter | https://x.com/mrcaseb |
nflreadr | Coding Packages | NFL | Efficiently downloads pre-computed nflfastR data frames from GitHub | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=nflreadr |
nfl4th | Coding Packages | NFL | Calculate optimal Fourth Down decisions in the National Football League | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=nfl4th |
nflplotR | Coding Packages | NFL | Functions for making NFL data visualization in ggplot2 easier | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=nflplotR |
NFLSimulatoR | Coding Packages | NFL | Tools for simulating plays and drives, and evaluating in-game strategies | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=NFLSimulatoR |
ffscrapr | Coding Packages | NFL | Access fantasy football APIs including MFL, Sleeper, ESPN, and Fleaflicker | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ffscrapr |
cfbfastR | Coding Packages | CFB | Scrape college football play-by-play data from 2004 to present | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=cfbfastR |
worldfootballR | Coding Packages | Soccer | Clean football data from FBref, Transfermarkt, Understat and fotmob | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=worldfootballR |
ggsoccer | Coding Packages | Soccer | Functions for visualizing soccer event data in ggplot2 | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ggsoccer |
footBayes | Coding Packages | Soccer | Fit soccer models (Poisson, Skellam, Student's t) and predict match outcomes | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=footBayes |
itscalledsoccer | Coding Packages | Soccer | Access American soccer (MLS, NWSL, USL) data through ASA API | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=itscalledsoccer |
Lahman | Coding Packages | Baseball | Historical MLB season-level data going back to 1871 | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=Lahman |
baseballr | Coding Packages | Baseball | Extract and analyze baseball data from Baseball Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Savant | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=baseballr |
retrosheet | Coding Packages | Baseball | Download game logs, rosters, and play-by-play files from Retrosheet.org | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=retrosheet |
mlbplotR | Coding Packages | Baseball | Tools for visualizing MLB analysis with ggplot2 and gt | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=mlbplotR |
hoopR | Coding Packages | Basketball | Access men's college basketball and NBA data from ESPN and NBA Stats API | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=hoopR |
wehoop | Coding Packages | Basketball | Access women's college basketball and WNBA data from ESPN and WNBA Stats API | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=wehoop |
BasketballAnalyzeR | Coding Packages | Basketball | Data and functions to analyze and visualize basketball data | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=BasketballAnalyzeR |
euroleaguer | Coding Packages | Basketball | Retrieve data from EuroLeague and EuroCup API | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=euroleaguer |
fastRhockey | Coding Packages | Hockey | API wrappers for NHL and Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=fastRhockey |
nhlapi | Coding Packages | Hockey | Access to data exposed by the NHL API | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=nhlapi |
cricketdata | Coding Packages | Cricket | Obtain international cricket data from ESPNCricinfo and Cricsheet | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=cricketdata |
yorkr | Coding Packages | Cricket | Analyze statistics of cricket players and teams based on Cricsheet data | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=yorkr |
f1dataR | Coding Packages | Formula 1 | Historical F1 data from Ergast and lap-by-lap telemetry from 2018 onward | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=f1dataR |
fitzRoy | Coding Packages | Australian Rules Football | Scrape and process Australian Football League (AFL) data | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=fitzRoy |
teamcolors | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Color palettes, ggplot2 themes, and logos for professional sports teams | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=teamcolors |
sportyR | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Create ggplot2 representations of sports playing surfaces for plotting tracking data | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=sportyR |
BradleyTerry2 | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Fit Bradley-Terry models to paired comparison data for rankings | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=BradleyTerry2 |
elo | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Methods for estimating the Elo rating in sports | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=elo |
PlayerRatings | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Implementations of Elo, Glicko, Glicko-2, and Stephenson rating systems | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=PlayerRatings |
gsisdecoder | Coding Packages | NFL | Decode NFL Player IDs for use with nflfastR | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=gsisdecoder |
fastrmodels | Coding Packages | NFL | Models required by nflfastR for predictions | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=fastrmodels |
socceR | Coding Packages | Soccer | Evaluate soccer predictions and simulate matches and tournaments | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=socceR |
footballpenaltiesBL | Coding Packages | Soccer | Data and plotting for penalty kicks in German Bundesliga (1963-2017) | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=footballpenaltiesBL |
FPLdata | Coding Packages | Soccer | Retrieve player attributes from Fantasy Premier League | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=FPLdata |
EUfootball | Coding Packages | Soccer | European football match results for top leagues (2010-2020) | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=EUfootball |
bundesligR | Coding Packages | Soccer | Final standings of German Bundesliga from 1964 to 2016 | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=bundesligR |
ggfootball | Coding Packages | Soccer | Scrape and visualize football match shots data from Understat | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ggfootball |
mlbstats | Coding Packages | Baseball | Vector-based computation of traditional and sabermetric baseball statistics | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=mlbstats |
BAwiR | Coding Packages | Basketball | Collection of tools to analyze basketball data with focus on scraping and visualization | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=BAwiR |
AdvancedBasketballStats | Coding Packages | Basketball | Calculate and analyze basketball statistics for players, teams, lineups, and plays | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=AdvancedBasketballStats |
uncmbb | Coding Packages | Basketball | University of North Carolina Men's Basketball Results since 1949-50 | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=uncmbb |
NBAloveR | Coding Packages | Basketball | R interface to Basketball Reference API with analysis functions | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=NBAloveR |
nblR | Coding Packages | Basketball | Play-by-play, shooting locations, and box scores for Australian NBL | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=nblR |
ceblR | Coding Packages | Basketball | Box-score and play-by-play data from Canadian Elite Basketball League | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ceblR |
chess | Coding Packages | Chess | Wrapper for python-chess, reads and writes PGN files and SVGs | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=chess |
bigchess | Coding Packages | Chess | Read/write PGN files, API to UCI engines, handles multiple files efficiently | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=bigchess |
ChessGmooG | Coding Packages | Chess | FIDE Ratings for chess players for 2015 and 2020 | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ChessGmooG |
cricketr | Coding Packages | Cricket | Analyze cricket performances based on ESPN Cricinfo Statsguru data | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=cricketr |
howzatR | Coding Packages | Cricket | Functions for calculating various cricket statistics | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=howzatR |
rbedrock | Coding Packages | Esports | Data analysis and management of Minecraft (Bedrock Edition) | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rbedrock |
ROpenDota | Coding Packages | Esports | Extract Dota2 data from OpenDota API | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ROpenDota |
opendotaR | Coding Packages | Esports | Extract Dota2 data from OpenDota API | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=opendotaR |
RDota2 | Coding Packages | Esports | Extract Dota2 data from Steam API | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RDota2 |
trackeR | Coding Packages | GPS Tracking | Analyze running, cycling and swimming data from GPS-enabled devices | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=trackeR |
trackeRapp | Coding Packages | GPS Tracking | App for analyzing workout data from GPS tracking devices | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=trackeRapp |
rStrava | Coding Packages | GPS Tracking | Access Strava activity data from the Strava API | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rStrava |
Athlytics | Coding Packages | GPS Tracking | Fetch data via rStrava and calculate sports science metrics | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=Athlytics |
NHLData | Coding Packages | Hockey | NHL game scores dating back to 1917, stored by season | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=NHLData |
nhlscraper | Coding Packages | Hockey | Wrap NHL and ESPN endpoints, includes play-by-play logs and odds | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=nhlscraper |
nrlR | Coding Packages | Rugby | Scrape rugby data including player stats, match results, and coaching data | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=nrlR |
runexp | Coding Packages | Softball | Estimate runs scored in softball using Markov chains and simulation | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=runexp |
SwimmeR | Coding Packages | Swimming | Read swimming results and convert times between SCY, SCM, and LCM | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=SwimmeR |
combinedevents | Coding Packages | Track and Field | Calculate scores for combined events based on IAAF scoring tables | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=combinedevents |
ncaavolleyballr | Coding Packages | Volleyball | Extract team records and player statistics for NCAA volleyball | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ncaavolleyballr |
colorr | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Color palettes for EPL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and NFL teams | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=colorr |
nbapalettes | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Color palettes inspired by NBA team jersey colors | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=nbapalettes |
gameR | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Color palettes inspired by video games | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=gameR |
SportsTour | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Display tournament fixtures using knock-out and round robin methods | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=SportsTour |
ProSportsDraftData | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Draft data for NFL, NBA, and NHL | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ProSportsDraftData |
injurytools | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Analyze, visualize, and model sports injuries | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=injurytools |
ISAR | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Datasets from 'Introduction to Sports Analytics using R' textbook | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ISAR |
oddsapiR | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Access sports odds from The Odds API | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=oddsapiR |
odds.converter | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Convert between different sports betting odds types | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=odds.converter |
implied | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Convert between bookmaker odds and probabilities | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=implied |
pinnacle.data | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Pinnacle market odds including 2016 MLB season wagering lines | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=pinnacle.data |
RKelly | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Compute Kelly criterion for betting and outcome probabilities | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RKelly |
welo | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Weighted Elo rating system for sports | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=welo |
EloOptimized | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Optimized Elo rating implementation | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=EloOptimized |
EloChoice | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Elo ratings for choice data | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=EloChoice |
EloRating | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Animal dominance hierarchies by Elo rating | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=EloRating |
piratings | Coding Packages | Soccer | Pi-ratings for determining team ability in association football | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=piratings |
mvglmmRank | Coding Packages | Multiple sports | Multivariate generalized linear mixed models for ranking teams | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=mvglmmRank |
Analytics with Avery - Player Cards | Websites | Hockey | NHL player cards showing in depth stats on individual players | https://analyticswithavery.com/player_cards |
Darts Database | Websites | Darts | Darts Database is the ultimate source for darts results | https://dartsdatabase.co.uk |
CFB Graphs | Websites | CFB | Advanced college football analytics | https://www.cfb-graphs.com |
BCF Toys | Websites | CFB | Advanced college football data analysis | https://bcftoys.com |
BeSoccer | Websites | Soccer | Advanced soccer analytics with the largest database in the world of football | https://www.besoccer.com/ |
Boxing Data | Websites | Boxing | Access the most complete Boxing data - from upcoming fights and fighter stats to live results and punch-by-punch analysis | https://boxing-data.com/ |
Sports Info Solutions | Websites | Multiple sports | Data provider for analytics for baseball, basketball and football | https://www.sportsinfosolutions.com/ |
PFF (Pro Football Focus) | Websites | NFL | Premium NFL analytics with player grades, advanced stats, and detailed play-by-play data | https://www.pff.com/ |
NFL Next Gen Stats | Websites | NFL | Official NFL tracking data providing advanced metrics using player shoulder pad chips | https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats |
NFL Game Data | Websites | NFL | Simple, elegant site linking to various NFL data sources and game information | https://nflgamedata.com/schedule.php |
Spartera | Websites | Multiple sports | Sports marketplace to buy and sell sports insights on demand | https://marketplace.spartera.com |