The Unified API for Sports · SportsStack · SportsStack
The Unified Data Layer

The Unified API for Sports

One clean, real-time feed across every provider.

Build once, launch anywhere.

Problem

  • Fragmented providers with different schemas, IDs, and update patterns.
  • Switching providers leads to complex migrations
  • Slow time-to-market integrating a new dataset or sport takes weeks instead of days.
  • Relying on single providers lead to single points of failure

Why it matters

  • A bad foundation slows every team down
  • Clean data = faster shipping + better AI
  • Your engineers should be focused on your core competencies, not data pipelines.
  • You need highly available and reliable data to power your products and AI.

What it does

The essentials

Turns every provider feed into one clean schema
Generates universal IDs and schema across providers and sports
Produces a single, real-time source of truth
Enables provider switching and addition with no rewrites

How it works

Three simple steps

1
01

Ingest

Connect any sports data provider or internal feed in minutes.

  • Scores & Stats
  • Markets & Props
  • Content & Projections
2
02

Normalize

Clean schemas, standardize formats, and generate universal IDs.

  • Unified schemas
  • Universal IDs
  • Lineage metadata
3
03

Unify

Produce one consistent, cross-provider source of truth.

  • Conflict resolution
  • Provider proofs
  • Clean real-time API

Key capabilities

Built for sports

Universal IDs

One identity for every player, team, game, and market

Unified Schema

Clean, normalized stats, odds, and content

Provider-Agnostic API

Swap sources without changing your code

Real-Time Corrections

Fixes and updates flow automatically

Replay & Testing

Reproduce incidents instantly

Fallback Providers

Always-on continuity when a feed breaks

Results

Outcomes

80% faster integrations

Ship new data sources, leagues, and features in days, not months.

Zero-rewrite provider switching

Swap or add providers without touching your codebase.

One schema across the business

Product, engineering, trading, and analytics operate off the same truth.

AI-ready data foundation

Consistent, normalized data powering every model, workflow, and agent.

Customer outcomes

What teams say

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SportsGrid · Head of Product

Centralized every provider into one schema

SportsGrid now adds sports in a single flow, saving months of development time and letting the team switch providers seamlessly when contracts renew.

"

Rotobot · Head of Data

Compressed a year of odds work into one month

Rotobot accelerated odds-data integration by 80% and expects a 90% reduction in time and compute as refreshes now happen in minutes instead of days.

Use cases

Where it lands

Unified Odds & Markets Feed

One API for odds and markets across every provider with a unified schema and zero-rewrite switching.

ESPN-in-a-Box Experiences

Rich, integrated scores, stats, odds, and content so bettors can make confident decisions.

Why sportsstack

Don't Reinvent the Wheel

Feature SportsStack DIY / Legacy
Data Schema
One unified schema across all sports
Multiple schemas per provider
Provider Switching
Configuration-only, zero rewrites
Months of migration work
ID Management
Universal IDs, pre-mapped
Manual mapping, constant maintenance
Testing & Validation
Unified replay and logging to debug and test data issues
Reliant on provider specific replay tools, manual logging, and ad-hoc debugging
Latency
Best practices for each provider baked in
Custom integration work and tuning for each provider

Unify your data. Protect your ops. Engage your fans.