The Premier League API for developers ballers.

Live EPL scores, pre-match and in-play odds, standings, and end-of-match stats down to xG and possession. Sub-100ms REST.

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Premier League · all 20 clubs

Seasons: 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26, 2026-27

13
seasons in the archive
4,610 finished games, back to 2014-15

How far back the English Premier League archive goes

13 seasons are on record, back to 2014-15 — 4,610 finished games you can query today. One route serves the full span. These figures are measured from the customer-facing routes listed below, so this page cannot silently drift from the product.

ArchiveRouteSeasonsReaches back toFinished games
English Premier League/v1/matches132014-15 – 2026-274,610

What each plan reaches

Edge & Pro
all 13 seasons
Solo & Trio
5 seasons
Free
the current season

Edge and Pro reach everything listed above. Solo and Trio reach five seasons. Free covers the current season.

What you get, by plan

One row per capability, not per field per endpoint. Season spans are counted from rows that are actually populated, and each capability names the simplest endpoint that returns it.

Offensive stats

CapabilityFreeSoloTrioEdgeProEndpoint
AppearancesPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/players/{id}/club-form
AssistsPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/players/{id}/club-form
GoalsPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/players/{id}/club-form
Key passesPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/players/{id}/club-form
Minutes playedPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/players/{id}/club-form
Shots on targetPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/players/{id}/club-form

Defensive stats

CapabilityFreeSoloTrioEdgeProEndpoint
Red cardsPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/players/{id}/club-form
Yellow cardsPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/players/{id}/club-form

Ratings and derived intelligence

CapabilityFreeSoloTrioEdgeProEndpoint
Current Elo rating—PENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/teams/{id}/elo
Elo rating history—PENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/teams/{id}/elo
Match rating (season average)—PENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/players/{id}/club-form

Images and identity

CapabilityFreeSoloTrioEdgeProEndpoint
Player namePENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDINGPENDING/v1/leagues/39/top-scorers

Measured against production on 2026-09-13. A capability appears here only when it has rows, an endpoint that returns it, and a source we may both serve and quote.

Stats included

Every soccer stat field the API returns today — 82 in total, grouped by how they are produced. Each group carries its own freshness, because a sport is rarely uniformly current.

Season player stats

Post-game

Written after the game ends — not a live in-game feed. Last ingested 2026-09-15.

Endpoint
/v1/players/:id/stats
Last updated
2026-09-15

Fields (42)

Shooting
Dribbles Attempted, Shots on Target, Shots, Npxg, XG, XG Buildup, XG Chain
Scoring
Match Rating, Goals, Npg
Passing
Assists, Pass Accuracy, Key Passes, Passes, Xa
Possession
Dribbled Past, Dribbles Completed
Defending
Duels, Duels Won, Blocks, Interceptions, Tackles
Goalkeeping
Goals Conceded, Saves
Discipline
Red Cards, Yellow Cards, Second Yellow (red), Fouls Committed, Fouls Drawn, Penalties Conceded, Penalties Missed, Penalties Saved, Penalties Scored, Penalties Won
Appearances
Appearances, Starts, Minutes Played, Unused Substitute, Substituted On, Substituted Off, Games, Minutes

Team stats (per game)

Post-game

Written after the game ends — not a live in-game feed. Last ingested 2026-09-16.

Endpoint
/v1/matches/:id/statistics
Last updated
2026-09-16

Fields (40)

Shooting
Shot %, Shots on Target, Total Shots
Scoring
Final Score Ft Away, Final Score Ft Home, Final Score, Tournament Topscorers
Passing
Accurate Crosses, Accurate Long Balls, Accurate Passes, Cross Accuracy %, Long-Ball Accuracy %, Pass Accuracy %, Total Crosses, Total Long Balls, Total Passes
Possession
Momentum, Possession %, Team Form, Team Match Stats, Won Corners
Defending
Blocked Shots, Effective Clearances, Effective Tackles, Interceptions (defensive), Tackle %, Total Clearance, Total Tackles
Goalkeeping
Saves (goalkeeper)
Discipline
Fouls Committed, Offsides, Penalty Goals, Penalty Shots, Red Cards, Yellow Cards
Appearances
Average Positions, Best Players, Away Lineup, Home Lineup, Player Match Stats

Not included

  • Not shown here — team_per_game_advanced: advanced team stats that no route currently serves.
  • Not shown here — injuries: injury reports — reference data with its own endpoint.

Missing a stat?

We build what people actually ask for. If a field you need is not on this page, tell us — requests are how we decide what to add next.

Name the field or the endpoint shape. Specifics help more than categories.

Goes straight to the team as a product signal. No newsletter, no account, nothing else done with your address.

What you can build

  • Live score widget

    Embed real-time EPL scores and goal events on any site.

  • Matchday companion

    Confirmed lineups, formations and live scores side by side with the game.

  • Fantasy / FPL tool

    Per-player season stats (goals, assists) and injury status in one feed. Player-season xG is on the Solo plan and above.

  • Betting research tool

    Pre-match and in-play odds across major books with against-the-spread splits.

  • Table tracker

    Full Premier League table, refreshed within 60 seconds of a final whistle.

  • xG analytics dashboard

    Player-season xG, xA, npxG and xG chain across twelve seasons, for season-over-season analysis. Needs the Solo plan or above.

Walk through it end to end:

Endpoints

On the gateway at api.bigballsdata.com. Authenticate with the bearer token from /dashboard/keys. Click any endpoint to see every field it returns.

6 endpoints · 83 documented fields. Click any row to see every field it returns.

CurrentResults through · next fixture · odds partial

Read live from GET /v1/coverage — the same endpoint you can call yourself. Dates are absolute, not a build timestamp.

Start on the free tier

100 requests per minute and 250 per day, free — the highest per-minute burst of any free sports API we checked. Burst is what matters when something asks several questions in a row and waits on each answer.

  • Every sport and league we cover — the paid tiers add history depth and premium fields, not more leagues.
  • Calls are counted one for one — no credit weighting, no markets-times-regions arithmetic.
  • Link GitHub and the daily cap goes to 500.
  • No credit card.
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Or ask your AI tool directly

Connect your account to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity or any other MCP-compatible tool and ask for soccer data in conversation — scores, standings, player stats and Elo ratings, with no API key to paste and no code to write. Your plan and limits carry over exactly as they do here.

Connect your AI tool →

Integrate in a few lines

Node.js, @bigballsdata/sdktypescript
import { BigBallSportsClient } from '@bigballsdata/sdk';

const client = new BigBallSportsClient(process.env.BBS_API_KEY!);

const matches = await client.matches.list({ sport: 'football', league: 'epl', status: 'live' });
for (const m of matches.data) {
  console.log(m.home, m.away, m.scores?.value?.home, '-', m.scores?.value?.away);
}

Free covers a real app. Scale when you need to.

250 req/day free (500 with GitHub). Production starts at $49/mo. Live WebSocket push on Pro+.

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Frequently asked

Is the Premier League API free?
Yes. It covers all 20 clubs, scores, lineups, stats, standings, and scoring events. There is a free tier; pricing lists what each plan covers. The full minute-by-minute stream is Pro; odds require the Edge plan ($149/mo) or higher. Free keys get 250 req/day (500 with GitHub). No credit card.
Does it include xG?
Yes, on the Solo plan and above. /v1/matches/:id/statistics returns per-team expected goals (the route is Free; the expected_goals field is Solo+, so Free keys get the rest of the team stats without it), and /v1/leagues/:id/xg-leaders returns the player-season xG leaderboard (Solo+). /v1/stored/matches/:id/stats does not carry xG.
Are confirmed lineups available?
Yes. Starting XIs surface in the lineups endpoint, typically around 60 minutes before kickoff, including bench and substitutions.
Do you cover EPL cup competitions?
League fixtures are the primary coverage. FA Cup and EFL Cup matches involving Premier League clubs surface through the same endpoints when upstream covers them.

Explore EPL teams

20 captured team profiles. Dated previews, not live data.

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