# League standings

## Step 1: Gather the tools 

You are going to need the following tools:

* Sportmonks API token
* Code editor (Visual studio used in examples)
* Postman (optional)

You can find a link to another article where we discuss the tools in-depth on our [**Developer Tools Guide.**](https://docs.sportmonks.com/v2/how-to-guides/developer-tools)

## Step 2: Determine the league and season

What league and specifically what season interests you? For this guide, we’ll go with the 20/21 season of the **Scottish Premiership** **(league id: 501, season id: 17141).**

## Step 3: Choose the correct endpoint 

For seasonal standings, we simply have the endpoint: [**get standings by season** ](https://football-postman.sportmonks.com/#1f7623e4-59f9-489e-8692-f538e9b16654)**id.**

```javascript
https://soccer.sportmonks.com/api/v2.0/standings/season/17141?api_token={API_TOKEN}
```

You only need to parse a season id. Simple and straightforward, just the way we like it.

## Step 4: Analyze the response

```javascript
"data": [
        {
            "id": 77447501,
            "name": "1st Phase",
            "league_id": 501,
            "season_id": 17141,
            "round_id": 194976,
            "round_name": 9,
            "type": "Group Stage",
            "stage_id": 77447501,
            "stage_name": "1st Phase",
            "resource": "stage",
            "standings": {
                "data": [
                    {
                        "position": 1,
                        "team_id": 62,
                        "team_name": "Rangers",
                        "round_id": 194976,
                        "round_name": 9,
                        "group_id": null,
                        "group_name": null,
                        "overall": {
                            "games_played": 11,
                            "won": 9,
                            "draw": 2,
                            "lost": 0,
                            "goals_scored": 26,
                            "goals_against": 3
                        },
                        "home": {
                            "games_played": 5,
                            "won": 5,
                            "draw": 0,
                            "lost": 0,
                            "goals_scored": 14,
                            "goals_against": 0
                        },
                        "away": {
                            "games_played": 6,
                            "won": 4,
                            "draw": 2,
                            "lost": 0,
                            "goals_scored": 12,
                            "goals_against": 3
                        },
                        "total": {
                            "goal_difference": "23",
                            "points": 29
                        },
                        "result": "Championship Round",
                        "points": 29,
                        "recent_form": "WDWWW",
                        "status": null
                    },
                    {
                        "position": 2,
                        "team_id": 53,
                        "team_name": "Celtic",
                        "round_id": 194976,
                        "round_name": 9,
                        "group_id": null,
                        "group_name": null,
                        "overall": {
                            "games_played": 10,
                            "won": 8,
                            "draw": 1,
                            "lost": 1,
                            "goals_scored": 25,
                            "goals_against": 7
                        },
                        "home": {
                            "games_played": 5,
                            "won": 4,
                            "draw": 0,
                            "lost": 1,
                            "goals_scored": 14,
                            "goals_against": 5
                        },
                        "away": {
                            "games_played": 5,
                            "won": 4,
                            "draw": 1,
                            "lost": 0,
                            "goals_scored": 11,
                            "goals_against": 2
                        },
                        "total": {
                            "goal_difference": "18",
                            "points": 25
                        },
                        "result": "Championship Round",
                        "points": 25,
                        "recent_form": "WWWWL",
                        "status": null
                    },
```

We can see that the Rangers are in first place with 11 games played, nine won and two draws, and their number of accumulated points is 29.\
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They are followed by 2nd place Celtic, with ten games played, 8 won, one draw and one loss, and 25 points.\
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There is a lot more information regarding their standings that you can opt to use for your application. 

Need standings based on a group? In our [**leagues & topscorers standings tutorial**, ](https://docs.sportmonks.com/v2/tutorials/league-and-topscorers-standings)we discuss all the possibilities. 

{% content-ref url="../../tutorials/league-and-topscorers-standings" %}
[league-and-topscorers-standings](https://docs.sportmonks.com/v2/tutorials/league-and-topscorers-standings)
{% endcontent-ref %}