Categories

Coverage
Sport Event Statuses
Pagination
Past Season Data
Court Dimensions

Integration
Event Types
Probabilities
Standings / Tournaments

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Coverage

What leagues or tournaments do you cover for basketball?

You can find all the leagues we cover, as well as a breakdown of data offered, via our Coverage Matrix.

How do I find out the coverage for a particular match?

Find the node called coverage in any of the Summary, Lineups, or Timeline feeds. The attribute coverage.live reports if Sportradar has live coverage of the match or not.

Properties within the coverage node denotes specific coverage properties, and displays a boolean value if the coverage type is available. A list of possible properties and their definitions are listed below:

boxscore - Player statistics are available post-match.
lineups - Lineups are available, with starting players, pre-match.
match_clock - A running match clock is available.
stats_leaders - Live statistics leaders are available. leader_points, leader_assists, leader_rebounds.
time_played_minutes_and_seconds - Player statistic for minutes is available in minutes and seconds.
time_played_minutes_only - Player statistic for minutes is available however only in minutes.

Why do different groups have coverage information for a competition?

The notion of “groups” is versatile and is used to distinguish between playoffs, and our competition structures and is therefore necessary to describe coverage at a group level for consistency. Generally, however, within a competition in Basketball, there will be no difference between competition coverage.

How are “Live” endpoints handled in the API?

Sport Events appear in the feed 10 minutes before the scheduled start time and are removed 10 minutes after the Sport Event is ended. Live endpoints include: Live Summaries, Live Timelines, and Live Timelines Delta.

How will a sport event behave when it is not covered with live scores?

When a sport_event is not covered live, the status and match_status will remain as not_started until results are entered post-match.

<sport_event_status status="not_started" match_status="not_started"/>

Do you provide fixtures for future matches, before the competitors are known?

We provide future fixtures for playoff phase matches in select leagues*. These matches are created with placeholder competitors.

When a fixture is fully drawn the correct competitors overwrite the placeholder names and IDs, with the match ID remaining the same. Placeholder names may differ across competitions.

*Select leagues listed below:

Euroleague
Eurocup
Pro A
Liga ACB
BBL
TBSL
United League
A1
Liga ABA
NBL
Israel Super League
CBA

    <summary>
        <sport_event id="sr:sport_event:64700648" start_time="2025-12-06T00:00:00+00:00" start_time_confirmed="false">
            <sport_event_context>
                <sport id="sr:sport:1" name="Soccer"/>
                <category id="sr:category:26" name="USA" country_code="USA"/>
                <competition id="sr:competition:242" name="MLS" gender="men"/>
                <season id="sr:season:127179" name="MLS 2025" start_date="2025-02-22" end_date="2025-12-08" year="2025" competition_id="sr:competition:242"/>
                <stage order="2" type="cup" phase="playoffs" start_date="2025-10-23" end_date="2025-12-08" year="2025"/>
                <round name="mls_cup" cup_round_sport_event_number="1" cup_round_number_of_sport_events="1" cup_round_id="sr:cup_round:2465372"/>
                <groups>
                    <group id="sr:cup:176197" name="MLS 2025, Playoffs"/>
                </groups>
            </sport_event_context>
            <coverage type="sport_event">
                <sport_event_properties lineups="true" formations="true" venue="true" extended_play_by_play="true" extended_player_stats="true" extended_team_stats="true" lineups_availability="pre" ballspotting="true" commentary="true" fun_facts="true" goal_scorers="true" goal_scorers_live="true" scores="live" game_clock="true" deeper_play_by_play="true" deeper_player_stats="true" deeper_team_stats="true" basic_play_by_play="true" basic_player_stats="true" basic_team_stats="true"/>
            </coverage>
            <competitors>
                <competitor id="sr:competitor:1300002" name="MLS Cup Finalist 1" country="USA" country_code="USA" abbreviation="MLS" virtual="true" qualifier="home" gender="male"/>
                <competitor id="sr:competitor:1300004" name="MLS Cup Finalist 2" country="USA" country_code="USA" abbreviation="MLS" virtual="true" qualifier="away" gender="male"/>
            </competitors>
            <sport_event_conditions>
                <ground neutral="false"/>
            </sport_event_conditions>
        </sport_event>
        <sport_event_status status="not_started" match_status="not_started"/>
    </summary>

{
    "sport_event": {
        "id": "sr:sport_event:64700648",
        "start_time": "2025-12-06T00:00:00+00:00",
        "start_time_confirmed": false,
        "sport_event_context": {
            "sport": {
                "id": "sr:sport:1",
                "name": "Soccer"
            },
            "category": {
                "id": "sr:category:26",
                "name": "USA",
                "country_code": "USA"
            },
            "competition": {
                "id": "sr:competition:242",
                "name": "MLS",
                "gender": "men"
            },
            "season": {
                "id": "sr:season:127179",
                "name": "MLS 2025",
                "start_date": "2025-02-22",
                "end_date": "2025-12-08",
                "year": "2025",
                "competition_id": "sr:competition:242"
            },
            "stage": {
                "order": 2,
                "type": "cup",
                "phase": "playoffs",
                "start_date": "2025-10-23",
                "end_date": "2025-12-08",
                "year": "2025"
            },
            "round": {
                "name": "mls_cup",
                "cup_round_sport_event_number": 1,
                "cup_round_number_of_sport_events": 1,
                "cup_round_id": "sr:cup_round:2465372"
            },
            "groups": [
                {
                    "id": "sr:cup:176197",
                    "name": "MLS 2025, Playoffs"
                }
            ]
        },
        "coverage": {
            "type": "sport_event",
            "sport_event_properties": {
                "lineups": true,
                "formations": true,
                "venue": true,
                "extended_play_by_play": true,
                "extended_player_stats": true,
                "extended_team_stats": true,
                "lineups_availability": "pre",
                "ballspotting": true,
                "commentary": true,
                "fun_facts": true,
                "goal_scorers": true,
                "goal_scorers_live": true,
                "scores": "live",
                "game_clock": true,
                "deeper_play_by_play": true,
                "deeper_player_stats": true,
                "deeper_team_stats": true,
                "basic_play_by_play": true,
                "basic_player_stats": true,
                "basic_team_stats": true
            }
        },
        "competitors": [
            {
                "id": "sr:competitor:1300002",
                "name": "MLS Cup Finalist 1",
                "country": "USA",
                "country_code": "USA",
                "abbreviation": "MLS",
                "virtual": true,
                "qualifier": "home",
                "gender": "male"
            },
            {
                "id": "sr:competitor:1300004",
                "name": "MLS Cup Finalist 2",
                "country": "USA",
                "country_code": "USA",
                "abbreviation": "MLS",
                "virtual": true,
                "qualifier": "away",
                "gender": "male"
            }
        ],
        "sport_event_conditions": {
            "ground": {
                "neutral": false
            }
        }
    },
    "sport_event_status": {
        "status": "not_started",
        "match_status": "not_started"
    }
}

Integration

How can I find the values for various enum data points within the API?

Many enum values are listed in the FAQ below. For the most up-to-date values, please see the Schema
section of the OpenAPI specification here.

What format are date fields presented in?

Date values are presented in the ISO 8601 standard format.

Timestamp fields are in UTC. These could include scheduled start times or play-by-play event timestamps. Examples: scheduled="2024-02-11T23:30:00+00:00", created_at="2024-02-11T23:43:20+00:00"

Date-only fields reflect local league convention and are not UTC-adjusted. These could include season start dates and birth dates. Examples: start_date="2024-08-16", date_of_birth="1984-09-22"

How do I locate the TTL (Time to Live)/cache on an API endpoint?

The cache (in seconds) can be accessed in the returned header information on each RESTful API call, under cache-control.

ex. cache-control: max-age=1, public, s-maxage=1 or
cache-control: public, must-revalidate, max-age=120

Sport Event Statuses

What are the valid `sport_event_status` - `status` values?

not_started – The game is scheduled to be played
started – The game has begun
live – The game is currently in progress
postponed – The game has been postponed to a future date
suspended – The game began, but has been suspended to a later time
match_about_to_start – The game is about to begin
delayed – The game has been temporarily delayed and will be continued
interrupted – The game began, but coverage has stopped for a short time. Note that game scores may not be updated during this period, the last recorded game score will be displayed instead
cancelled – The game has been cancelled and will not be played
ended – The game is over
closed – The game results have been confirmed
abandoned – The game has been abandoned

What are the valid `sport_event_status` – `match_status` values?

1st_quarter
2nd_quarter
3rd_quarter
4th_quarter
1st_half
2nd_half
overtime
penalties
pause
awaiting_extra_time
awaiting_penalties
interrupted
not_started
aet
ended
postponed
cancelled
abandoned
start_delayed
started
live

Event Types

What are the possible event type values?

match_started
period_start
rebound
score_change
foul
ball_block
break_start
timeout
period_score
match_ended
attempt_missed
free_throws_awarded
steal
timeout_over
turnover
video_review
video_review_over
won_jump_ball

Pagination

How can I tell if an endpoint is paginated?

To determine if a RESTful API endpoint uses pagination, visit the endpoint's page on our developer portal, its OpenAPI specification, or check the X-Result and X-Max-Results headers in the API response.

X-Result: This header indicates the number of items returned for this request.
X-Max-Results: This header specifies the total number of items available for a specified request.

If both headers are present and the response data is truncated (i.e., X-Result value is less than X-Max-Results), you can infer that pagination is in use. To fetch the remaining data, make use of the limit and start query string parameters.

In the below Season Summary response, the header specifies 100 sports events are returned (x-result), but 381 sport events are available (x-max-results). Make an additional API request – such as appending &start=100 to the end of your call – to obtain additional events.

Response Header Sample
< HTTP/2 200 
< content-type: application/json
< content-length: 1725369
< date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:06:18 GMT
< x-amzn-requestid: c10fe405-ce81-46fb-a3db-38d153dd2a6c
< x-offset: 0
< x-amz-apigw-id: BNAvVGCUliAEKJA=
< cache-control: max-age=300, public, s-maxage=300
< x-result: 100
< etag: "341dc78002bc578c62a6878519ba0404"
< x-max-results: 381
< link: <https://schemas.sportradar.com/sportsapi/soccer/v4/schemas/season_summaries.json#>; rel="describedBy"
< x-amzn-trace-id: Root=1-673514c8-7a887f81636af0110ecce2d3
< x-amzn-remapped-date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:06:17 GMT
< vary: Accept-Encoding
< x-cache: Hit from cloudfront
< via: 1.1 f2f0cb8191da3bf07a9ca31ece94ab68.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
< x-amz-cf-pop: IAD61-P4
< x-amz-cf-id: 1cyji-XQZuBlAUsR8QoHdNLWD-jn1HvBC-ShaCMhXl5mMDiFTDRVyQ==
< age: 16

Why can't I find a particular match in the Daily Summaries, Season Summaries or Sport Events Updated endpoints?

These endpoints support pagination and return a select number of results by default. To return more matches, include an additional query string parameter. Visit an endpoint page for minimum and maximum result values.

Probabilities

What is the probabilities package?

The probabilities package is an add-on set of feeds that are an extension of the Season Probabilities feed in the main package (which already provides pre-match probabilities for the sport event winner market).

The main features of the Probabilities extension are: Live Probabilities that update throughout game, Season Outright Probabilities for the Tournament Winner market, and Live Probabilities Coverage indicator for the next 24 hours.

Is there Live Probability coverage for every game in the Global Basketball API?

Live Probability coverage depends on a number of factors and we can’t guarantee that every game will be covered for any given league. However, Sportradar aims to cover close to 100% of games from the following Tier 1 league: National Basketball Association (NBA) – USA

Can I utilize the Probabilities extension if I license the Sportradar NBA API?

If you have a license for our NBA API you can also integrate Live Probabilities by utilizing the ID Mapping Feeds available in Global Basketball v2 to connect games between the two products.

What are markets, and which ones are available?

A market represents a betting option for which we provide probability data. Over time, additional markets may be added to the API.

Currently, we offer one market: 3-way, which indicates the probability of each possible outcome — home win, away win, or draw.

What are the valid outcomes for probabilities?

home_team_winner
away_team_winner

Past Season Data

How do I access past seasons results and stats?

Use the Competition Seasons endpoint to locate the season_id for the season you want to access. Use that season_id to interrogate the various seasons endpoints.

Standings / Tournaments

What are the possible standings types I can observe in the Standings feed?

Listed below are the values for season_standing – type.

total
home
away
first_half_total
first_half_home
first_half_away
second_half_total
second_half_home
second_half_away

What are the possible values for `cup_round` – `state` in the Season Links feed?

Listed below are the values and definitions for cup_round - state. These can be leveraged to determine the status of a cup round.

empty - A matchup has been created but neither the match details nor the competitors are known.
unseeded_fixture - Match details are known but competitors are unknown.
partial_seeded - One competitor is known.
partial_seeded_fixture - Match details and one competitor are known.
seeded - Both competitors are known.
seeded_fixture - Match details and both competitors are known.
unstarted - Match(es) have been added.
on_going - The first match has started.
decided - The last match has ended.
winner - The winner is known.
cancelled – The matchup has been cancelled.

How are group IDs delivered in the stage array with the various types?

With the type of "league" they will have a sr:league prefix.
With the type of "cup" they will have a sr:cup prefix.

Court Dimensions

What is the scale of the X Y coordinates?

The court we use is 100 by 100.