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League Leaders

NFL League Leaders provides NFL league leaders across passing, rushing, receiving, defensive, scoring, kicking, punting, and return statistical categories.

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Update Frequency

TTL / Cache: 15 minutes for current season

Data Updates: League leaders update around 20 minutes after a game moves to closed


Data Points

League
AttributeParent ElementTypeDescription
aliasleagueStringAlias of a league

ex. NFL
idleagueGUIDUnique ID of a league

ex. 3c6d318a-6164-4290-9bbc-bf9bb21cc4b8
nameleagueStringName of a league

ex. National Football League
idseasonGUIDUnique season ID

ex. 75749c10-56c1-4ae0-9d1e-2689708debdf
typeseasonStringType of the season

REG, PST
yearseasonIntegerYear of the season
Leader Categories
AttributeParent ElementTypeDescription
nameleague - categoryStringName of a statistical category containing one or more leaderboard statistics. See our FAQ for a complete list of available leaderboard stats.

passing,rushing, receiving, defense, scoring, kicking, punting, returns
nameleague - category - categoryStringName of a leaderboard statistic within a statistical category. Each statistic represents an individual player leaderboard. See our FAQ for a complete list of available leaderboard stats.

ex. passing_yards,rushing_yards, receiving_touchdowns, forced_fumbles, points_per_game, field_goal_percentage
typeleague - category - categoryStringThe calculation method used to rank players on the leaderboard.

total - Players are ranked by the cumulative total for the statistic.
average - Players are ranked by the average or rate for the statistic.
max - Players are ranked by the highest single recorded value for the statistic.
sort_directionleague - category - categoryStringOrder in which leaderboard entries are ranked.

ex. desc (descending order)
Leader Rankings
AttributeParent ElementTypeDescription
rankleague - category - leaderIntegerPlayer's rank within the leaderboard.
tiedleague - category - leaderBooleanIndicates whether the player is tied with one or more players for the displayed rank.
valueleague - category - leaderStringValue of the leaderboard statistic used to determine the player's rank.
Player
AttributeParent ElementTypeDescription
full_nameleader - playerStringFull name of a player

ex. Patrick Mahomes
idleader - playerGUIDUnique ID of a player

ex. 11cad59d-90dd-449c-a839-dddaba4fe16c
jersey_numberleader - playerIntegerJersey number of a player
positionleader - playerStringPosition of a player

See our FAQ for a list of valid positions
sr_idleader - playerStringUnique Sportradar ID of a player

ex. sr:player:1129537
statusleader - playerStringStatus of a player

ACT (Active), DUP (Duplicate Profile), EXE (Exempt), FRES (Reserve/Future), IR (Injured Reserve), IRD (Injured Reserve - Designated for Return), NON (Non-football related injured reserve), NWT (Not with team), PRA(Practice Squad), PRA_IR (Practice Squad Injured Reserve), PUP (Physically unable to perform), RET (Retired), SUS (Suspended), UDF (Unsigned draft pick), UFA (Unsigned free agent)
Team
AttributeParent ElementTypeDescription
aliasleader - teamStringAlias of a leader's team

ex. DET
idleader - teamGUIDUnique ID of a leader's team

ex. c5a59daa-53a7-4de0-851f-fb12be893e9e
marketleader - teamStringMarket name of a leader's team

ex. Detroit
nameleader - teamStringName of a leader's team

ex. Lions
sr_idleader - teamStringUnique Sportradar ID of a leader's team

ex. sr:competitor:4419

Path Params
string
enum
required
Defaults to trial

The access level of your API key

trial, production

Allowed:
string
enum
required
Defaults to en

2-letter code for supported languages

br (Brazilian Portuguese), da (Danish), de (German), en (English), es (Spanish), fi (Finnish), fr (French), it (Italian), ja (Japanese), nl (Dutch), no (Norwegian), se (Swedish), tr (Turkish)

string
enum
required
Defaults to 2025

Year of a season in YYYY format

Note: Season year is always the year a season begins. For example, 2024 for the 2024-25 season.

string
enum
required
Defaults to REG

Type of season

PRE (Preseason), REG (Regular Season), PST (Postseason)

Allowed:
string
enum
required
Defaults to json

Format returned

json, xml

Allowed:
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