Chicago Bears

Find the team by name

Set BBS_API_KEY to your own API key. Name search can match aliases; confirm the returned identity before using an ID. For a broader catalogue, follow limit and offset and read pagination.total rather than treating one page as the full list.

curl 'https://api.bigballsdata.com/v1/teams?sport=american_football&league=nfl&name=Chicago+Bears&limit=2' -H "x-api-key: $BBS_API_KEY"

Fetch this team

curl 'https://api.bigballsdata.com/v1/teams/3dc6948f-61cc-40ea-aa45-572af4745c8c?sport=american_football' -H "x-api-key: $BBS_API_KEY"

Captured on 2026-10-03T16:48:17.511Z. This is a selected-field excerpt of a real response, not live data or the complete response. Match totals cover all finished matches held for this team; they are not a current-season record or a claim of complete historical coverage.

{
  "data": {
    "id": "3dc6948f-61cc-40ea-aa45-572af4745c8c",
    "name": "Chicago Bears",
    "short_name": "CHI",
    "sport": "american_football",
    "league": "NFL",
    "stats": {
      "matches_played": 112,
      "matches_with_scores": 112,
      "wins": 45,
      "draws": 0,
      "losses": 67
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "stats_scope": "all finished matches held for this team"
  }
}