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CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD) API

College football and basketball stats API with a free tier and cheap paid tiers

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About CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD) API

CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD) offers an API and a CSV exporter for college football play-by-play, box scores, team and player metrics, predicted points and win probability. The same key now works with its College Basketball API. A free key allows 1,000 calls a month, and Patreon-backed tiers raise limits and add live data and GraphQL. Client libraries such as cfbd-python are maintained on GitHub.

Features

  • Play-by-play and box scores
  • Team and player efficiency metrics
  • Predicted points and win probability
  • CSV data exporter
  • GraphQL on higher tiers
  • College basketball API on the same key

Sports and sites covered

Works with

Not tied to a specific DFS site.

Pricing

Free, or $1/mo

Free 1,000 calls/mo; Academic (.edu) free 3,000; Patreon tiers $1-$30/mo for 5k-500k calls

Prices as listed on collegefootballdata.com when we checked. Confirm current pricing on their site.

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Sources and corrections

Last checked Oct 3, 2026. We build every listing from the sources below and recheck them regularly. If something about CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD) API has changed, let us know.