Research Guides: Sport Management: Data Sources

Free Data Sources

Forbes Sports Money
Sports Reference
Breaks down statistics by sport.
spotrac
Data on professional player contracts, salaries, transactions, and more.
NCAA Statistics for All Sports
National Collegiate Athletic Association statistics by student-athletes and division.
Sports Media Watch
Television ratings for many sports.

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Statista is a statistics portal that integrates data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets on over 60,000 topics from 18,000 sources.

Baseball Reference
Reference source for current and historical players, teams, scores, and administrators.
Baseball Savant
Search MLB.com's StatCast database of metrics, including perceived velocity, spin rate, exit velocity, hit distance, launch angle, etc.
Cot's Baseball Contracts
Track major league contracts, bonuses, service time, and franchise values.
Major League Baseball Statistics
Yahoo MLB Statistics

College Basketball Reference
Current and historical college basketball players, schools, scores, and leaders.
Pro Basketball Reference
Includes statistics, scores, and history for the NBA, ABA, WNBA, NBL, G League, Olympics, and top European players.
National Basketball Association (NBA) Statistics
Statistics on players, teams, scores, leaders, and more.

College Football Reference
Source for current and historical college football players, schools, scores, and leaders.
National Football League Statistics
Includes player stats, team stats, "next gen stats," weekly leaders, history, and a player search.
Pro Football Reference
"The complete source for current and historical NFL, AFL, and AAFC players, teams, scores, and leaders."
Yahoo Sports NCAAF Statistics
College-level statistics by player, team, leaders. Users can create customized data dashboards.
Yahoo Sports NFL Statistics
Statistics by player, team, leaders. Users can create customized data dashboards.
NFL NextGen Stats
Statistics on top plays, passing, rushing, and receiving.
College Football TV Rankings
Ratings by week

National Hockey League Statistics
Statistics on leaders, players, and teams.
Gear Geek National Hockey League (NHL) Statistics
Database of player equipment information: sticks, gloves, pants, skates, and helmets.

Major League Soccer Statistics
Statistics and information on goals and plays, player rankings, team totals, and more from 1996-2018.
SoccerSTATS
International data on leagues, matches, statistics.

FloTrack
Includes track, field, XH, road results, and rankings.
Roller Derby Flat Track Stats
Statistics on women's flat track roller derby from WFTDA.
USA Track and Field
Track and Field statistics, records, and lists.
World Tennis Association Statistics
Statistics from WTA on rankings, tournaments, scores, players from 2010 to 2019.
Racing Reference
Data on racing by driver, owner, track, and more.