XML Feed Customer Documentation

XML Basketball Boxscore Feed

This feed includes post-game boxscores for all regular season, playoff and all-star (NBA only) games.

This feed includes in-progress boxscores for NBA and NCAAB games only. For NBA, all regular season, playoff and all-star games are included. For NCAAB, top-25 regular season and all playoff games are included.

Some data may not be available while the game is in-progress.

Feed Information

(warning) Note that the URLs listed above are not valid; keywords in parentheses must be replaced with real values.

Common Data

League Data

Item

 

Notes

Sport Id

 

Sport Name

 

League Id

 

League Name

 

League Short Name

 

Season Data

Item

 

Notes

Id

 

Name

 

Start Date

 

End Date

 

Team Data

(warning) Included for both the home and visitor teams.

Item

 

Notes

Id

 

Display Name

 

Player Data

(warning) Included for all players involved in the game.

Item

 

Notes

Id

 

First Name

 

Last Name

 

City

 

State

For Canada, USA only.

Country

 

Venue Data

Item

 

Notes

Id

 

Name

 

Short Name

 

City

 

State

For Canada, USA only.

Country

 

Timezone

 

Capacity

Season-specific.

Field Type

Football and Baseball only.

 

Game Info

Item

 

Notes

Id

 

Start date/time

 

Continue Date

Continue date, if the game is/was suspended

Name

Name of event (if applicable)

Status

Scheduled, etc.

Game Type

Regular season, etc.

Neutral Site?

True/false

Day Game?

True/false

Date/time TBD?

True/false

Attendance

Typically not available until the game is complete.

QA Status

Post game metadata describing the completeness and verification of game statistics (verified/finalized)

Starting Lineup

(warning) Included for both home and visitor teams.

Item

NBA

WNBA

NCAAB

WNCAAB

Notes

Status

Starter, etc.  In-Progress: Available as players enter the game

Position

(error)

(error)

Data available for starters only.  In-Progress: Available as players enter the game

Official Info

Item

NBA

WNBA

NCAAB

WNCAAB

Notes

Official #1

 

Official #2

 

Official #3

 

Gaming Info

Item

NBA

WNBA

NCAAB

WNCAAB

Notes

Visitor Team Rotation Number

(error)

 

Home Team Rotation Number

(error)

 

Visitor Team Closing Spread

(error)

 

Home Team Closing Spread

(error)

 

Over/Under

(error)

 

Team Stats

(warning) Included for both home and visitor teams.

Stat

Description

NBA

WNBA

NCAAB

WNCAAB

Comments

assists

Assists

(error)

 

attendance_totalTotal Attendance

(error)

(error)

(error)

 

blocks

Blocked Field Goal Attempts

(error)

 

coach_technical_foulsCoach Technical Fouls

(error)

(error)

 

field_goals_attempted

Field Goals Attempted

(error)

 

field_goals_made

Field Goals Made

(error)

 

fouls_personal

Personal Fouls

(error)

 

fouls_technical

Technical Fouls

(error)

(error)

 

free_throws_attempted

Free Throws Attempted

(error)

 

free_throws_made

Free Throws Made

(error)

 

games_lost

Games Lost

 

games_played

Games Played

 

games_won

Games Won

 

points

Points

 

points_biggest_lead

Biggest points Lead

(error)

(error)

 

points_fast_break

Fast Break Points

(error)

(error)

 

points_half_1

First Half Points

(error)

(error)

(error)

 

points_half_2

Second Half Points

(error)

(error)

(error)

 

points_highest

Highest Point Total

 

points_in_paint

Points in Paint

(error)

(error)

 

points_overtime

Total Overtime Points

 

points_overtime_?

Points for each Overtime

Only games since 2009/10 seasons.  "?" denotes overtime number (ex: points_overtime_1)

points_quarter_1

First Quarter Points

(error)

 

points_quarter_2

Second Quarter Points

(error)

 

points_quarter_3

Third Quarter Points

(error)

 

points_quarter_4

Fourth Quarter Points

(error)

 

points_unansweredUnanswered Points

(error)

(error)

(error)

 

rebounds_defensive

Defensive Rebounds

(error)

 

rebounds_offensive

Offensive Rebounds

(error)

 

rebounds_team

Team Rebounds

(error)

 

steals

Steals

(error)

 

three_point_field_goals_attempted

3-Point Field Goals Attempted

(error)

 

three_point_field_goals_made

3-Point Field Goals Made

(error)

 

turnovers

Turnovers

(error)

 

Player Stats

(warning) Included for both home and visitor teams.

Stat

Description

NBA

WNBA

NCAAB

Notes

assists

Assists

 

blocks

Blocked Shots

 

disqualificationsNumber of Disqualifications

(error)

(error)

 

field_goals_attempted

Field Goals Attempted

 

field_goals_made

Field Goals Made

 

fouls_personal

Personal Fouls

 

fouls_technical

Technical Fouls

(error)

 

free_throws_attempted

Free Throws Attempted

 

free_throws_made

Free Throws Made

 

games_played

Games Played

Post-Game only

games_started

Games Started

(error)

Post-Game only

plus_minus

Plus Minus Total

(error)

 

points

Points

 

points_highest

Highest Point Total

 

rebounds_defensive

Defensive Rebounds

 

rebounds_offensive

Offensive Rebounds

 

seconds_played

Seconds Played

 

steals

Steals

 

three_point_field_goals_attempted

3-Point Field Goals Attempted

 

three_point_field_goals_made

3-Point Field Goals Made

 

turnovers

Turnovers