NFL & NCAAFB APIs – League Leaders Endpoint

We've added League Leaders endpoints for our NFL and NCAA Football APIs. These endpoints provide seasonal league leaders across passing, rushing, receiving, defense, scoring, kicking, punting, and returns (NFL only) statistical categories. Each category contains individual leaderboards for specific statistics such as passing yards, touchdowns, tackles, and field goal percentage. See below for a detailed breakdown of all available leaderboard statistics by API.

NFL league leaders are available from 2000-present, while NCAA Football league leaders are available from 2013-present.

NFL Leaderboard Stats

Category	Leaderboard Statistics
passing	`passing_yards`, `completions`, `passing_attempts`, `completion_percentage`, `passing_touchdowns`, `interceptions`, `passing_yards_per_game`, `yards_per_attempt`, `passer_rating`, `passing_first_downs`, `air_yards`, `passing_longest`, `sacks`, `int_touchdowns`
rushing	`rushing_yards`, `rushing_attempts`, `rushing_touchdowns`, `yards_per_rush`, `rushing_yards_per_game`, `rushing_longest`, `rushing_first_downs`
receiving	`receptions`, `receiving_yards`, `receiving_touchdowns`, `yards_per_reception`, `receiving_yards_per_game`, `targets`, `receiving_longest`, `yards_after_catch`, `receiving_first_downs`
defense	`tackles`, `sacks_defense`, `interceptions_defense`, `passes_defended`, `forced_fumbles`, `fumble_recoveries`, `qb_hits`, `tackles_for_loss`, `safeties`
scoring	`touchdowns_total`, `points`, `points_per_game`, `return_touchdowns`, `scrimmage_yards`
kicking	`field_goals_made`, `field_goal_percentage`, `field_goal_longest`, `extra_points`, `touchbacks`, `field_goals_made_50_plus`
punting	`punts`, `punting_yards`, `gross_avg_yards`, `net_avg_yards`, `punts_inside_20`, `touchbacks_punting`, `longest_punt`
returns	`kick_returns`, `kick_return_yards`, `kick_return_average`, `kick_return_longest`, `punt_returns`, `punt_return_yards`, `punt_return_average`, `punt_return_longest`

NCAA Football Leaderboard Stats

Category	Leaderboard Statistics
passing	`passing_yards`, `completions`, `passing_attempts`, `completion_percentage`, `passing_touchdowns`, `interceptions`, `passing_yards_per_game`, `yards_per_attempt`, `passer_rating`
rushing	`rushing_yards`, `rushing_attempts`, `rushing_touchdowns`, `yards_per_rush`, `rushing_yards_per_game`, `rushing_longest`
receiving	`receptions`, `receiving_yards`, `receiving_touchdowns`, `yards_per_reception`, `receiving_yards_per_game`
defense	`tackles`, `sacks_defense`, `interceptions_defense`, `passes_defended`, `forced_fumbles`, `fumble_recoveries`
scoring	`touchdowns_total`, `points`, `points_per_game`, `return_touchdowns`, `scrimmage_yards`
kicking	`field_goals_made`, `field_goal_percentage`, `field_goal_longest`, `extra_points`
punting	`punts`, `punting_yards`, `gross_avg_yards`, `net_avg_yards`, `punts_inside_20`

⭐ Benefit

Use the new League Leaders endpoints to build seasonal leaderboards, player profiles, and statistical comparisons across a wide variety of player metrics.

📋 Recommended Actions

Integrate the new League Leaders endpoint into your application to display seasonal player leaderboards.
Review the available leaderboard categories and statistics to identify those relevant to your use case.
Update your integration to retrieve league leader data for supported NFL and NCAA Football seasons.

☑️ Sample Requests:

curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.sportradar.com/nfl/official/trial/v7/en/seasons/2025/REG/leaders.json \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.sportradar.com/ncaafb/trial/v7/en/seasons/2025/REG/leaders.json \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

🔢 Products

Sport	Product	Version(s)
American Football	NFL API	v7
American Football	NCAA Football API	v7

🔁 Endpoints Affected

⚙️ Return Samples

<category name="return_touchdowns" type="total" sort_direction="desc">
    <leader rank="1" tied="true" value="4">
        <player id="ebb93930-8f46-11ec-9f33-1965c9c46e44" full_name="Kaden Wetjen" position="WR" status="NWT"/>
        <team id="a2ee495d-37c7-45ac-ac3d-d3a492a219c1" name="Hawkeyes" alias="IOWA" market="Iowa"/>
    </leader>
    <leader rank="1" tied="true" value="4">
        <player id="2cd0b900-8a17-11ec-afc6-9b22751babf7" full_name="Bugs Mortimer" jersey_number="9" position="WR" status="ACT"/>
        <team id="52f28fe6-2823-4f26-80ce-605a04e624da" name="Lumberjacks" alias="SFA" market="Stephen F. Austin"/>
    </leader>
    <leader rank="3" tied="true" value="3">
        <player id="88537560-0d02-11ed-b6f6-c769f537fe7f" full_name="Elijah Kennedy" jersey_number="88" position="WR" status="ACT"/>
        <team id="b38454be-5f7b-4da0-915e-f5ec909e6fa0" name="Aggies" alias="NCAT" market="North Carolina A&amp;T"/>
    </leader>

"categories": [
    {
        "name": "passing",
        "categories": [
            {
                "name": "passing_yards",
                "type": "total",
                "sort_direction": "desc",
                "leaders": [
                    {
                        "rank": 1,
                        "tied": false,
                        "value": "4707",
                        "player": {
                            "id": "ade43b1a-0601-4672-83b6-d246bc066a19",
                            "full_name": "Matthew Stafford",
                            "jersey_number": "9",
                            "position": "QB",
                            "status": "ACT",
                            "sr_id": "sr:player:830989"
                        },
                        "teams": [
                            {
                                "id": "2eff2a03-54d4-46ba-890e-2bc3925548f3",
                                "name": "Rams",
                                "alias": "LA",
                                "market": "Los Angeles",
                                "sr_id": "sr:competitor:4387"
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "rank": 2,
                        "tied": false,
                        "value": "4564",
                        "player": {
                            "id": "aba8f925-ffbf-4654-bfa7-a25d3d237494",
                            "full_name": "Jared Goff",
                            "jersey_number": "16",
                            "position": "QB",
                            "status": "ACT",
                            "sr_id": "sr:player:986879"
                        },
                        "teams": [
                            {
                                "id": "c5a59daa-53a7-4de0-851f-fb12be893e9e",
                                "name": "Lions",
                                "alias": "DET",
                                "market": "Detroit",
                                "sr_id": "sr:competitor:4419"
                            }
                        ]
                    },