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Blog » APIs » Top 6+ Best NFL APIs for Developers to Tackle (Updated for 2021)
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Top 6+ Best NFL APIs for Developers to Tackle (Updated for 2021)

By RapidAPI Staff // January 8, 2021

NFL Season is returning soon.

Are you prepared to kick off the season with the best NFL APIs?

NFL APIs

With the many available APIs out there, you can now retrieve all kinds of statistical data to get more insight on:
  • NFL Standings
  • Injuries
  • Individual Game or Player statistics
  • NFL Fantasy Sports details
  • and more.

What is the best NFL & Football API?

After reviewing all the NFL & Football APIs, we found these 6 APIs to be the very best and worth mentioning:

  • Football Sentiment API
  • TheRundown API
  • Live Sports Odds API
  • NFLArrest API
  • Sports Scores API
  • AllSportDB API

Our Top 6 Best Sports APIs for 2021

Football SentimentBest for Sentiment Analysis of NFL TeamsConnect to API
TheRundownBest for Real-time Odds and ScoresConnect to API
Live Sports OddsBest for Odds Data from Top BookmakersConnect to API
NFLArrestBest for NFL Arrest DataConnect to API
Sports ScoresBest for Event & Score DataConnect to API
AllSportDBBest for Calendar & Event DataConnect to API

Our Top Picks for Best NFL & Football APIs

As the NFL season quickly approaches, here are a few APIs that could help you analyze NFL data or enrich your football sports website, software, or mobile app:

1. Football Sentiment

The Football Sentiment API returns sentiment analysis data on NFL teams.

This is made by pulling online data and passing it through a network which outputs scores between -1 (most negative) and +1 (most positive). The main usefulness of this API is to find team sentiment which ultimately may move a line before a game starts. This is no way intended as a predictor of the result of a game, but rather whether a bet should be placed now or later depending on the direction of sentiment.

Football Sentiment

Popularity Score: 4.8/10

Best For
Sentiment Analysis of NFL Teams


Connect to API

2. TheRundown

Get real-time odds and sports scores from major sportsbooks for the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA, and much more.

There are over a dozen sportsbooks currently integrated with many more to come, including:

  • 5Dimes
  • Pinnacle (includes in-play!)
  • Matchbook (includes in-play!)
  • Betcris
  • Lowvig
  • TheGreek (shutdown)
  • Justbet
  • Tigergaming
  • RedZone (includes in-play!)
  • Betonline
  • Bookmaker
  • Sportsbetting
  • Intertops
  • YouWager (new!)

TheRundown

Popularity Score: 9.4/10

Best For
Real-time Odds and Scores


Connect to API

3. Live Sports Odds

Similar to TheRundown, the Live Sports Odds API provides Odds data via API for leagues including the NFL, NBA, MLB, EPL, AFl, and loads more.

This API also includes top bookmakers from UK, US, and Australia.

Browse their Python and NodeJS code samples to get started.


Live Sports Odds

Popularity Score: 8.7/10

Best For
Odds Data from Top Bookmakers


Connect to API

4. NFLArrest

Ever wondered which crimes certain NFL players have committed?

Check out this NFL Arrest API, which provides updated data on which players and teams have been arrested or commited a crime in recent times.

Search by crime, teams, players, positions and more.


NFLArrest

Popularity Score: 6.7/10

Best For
NFL Arrest Data


Connect to API

5. Sports Scores

This Sports Scores API allows developers to search for events by Sport.

Search events by league, country, and more.


Sports Scores

Popularity Score: 8.7/10

Best For
Event & Score Data


Connect to API

6. AllSportDB

The AllSportDB.com API allows developers to access the data visible at https://allsportdb.com/.

Using the API you can get sports and calendar data.

Preview their NFL data here.


AllSportDB

Popularity Score: 6.3/10

Best For
Calendar & Event Data


Connect to API

Using the NFL APIs

NFL API Keys

To get started with using the available NFL APIs on RapidAPI.com, all you need to do is sign up for a free account and you'll be assigned an API Key.

* - some APIs might require additional API tokens or credentials.

NFL API SDKs

Many of the NFL APIs are available in the following SDKs:

  • NodeJS
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Objective-C
  • Java (Android)
  • C# (.NET)
  • cURL

Read more about using RapidAPI SDKs here.

Now you're ready to tackle the new NFL season.

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Do you agree with our list of the Best NFL APIs? How do you use the NFL APIs? Let us know in the comments below.

Summary: Best NFL APIs for Developers

APIMain FunctionalityPopularity ScoreLatencySuccess Rate
Football Sentiment APISentiment for NFL Teams4.8/10363ms99%
TheRundown APIReal-time odds and scores (NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, etc)9.4/10501ms96%
Live Sports Odds APIOdds Data for NFL, NBA, MLB (top bookmakers)8.7/10137ms100%
NFLArrest APIArrest Data for NFL Teams6.7/10560ms100%
Sports Scores APISport results, fixtures, and live data8.7/10125ms100%
AllSportDB.com APISports API access to AllSportDB.com6.3/10735ms100%

NFL Season is returning soon.

Are you prepared to kick off the season with the best NFL APIs?

Related: Check out the Top Superbowl APIs

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  1. Catabatic Technology says

    November 5, 2018 at 4:55 am

    Very useful article…

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