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Players statistics

Last but not least, you can retrieve player statistics. The fundamentals and steps are the same as for the team endpoint. First, you can use one of our players' endpoints. For example, the Player by ID endpoint:

No physical or tracking data. The Football API does not provide distance covered, sprint counts, top speed, or any other GPS/tracking-derived metric, for any competition. Player statistics are limited to on-ball and event-derived data: shots, passes, crosses, tackles, interceptions, clearances, duels, dribbles, fouls, big chances, minutes played, rating, and xG.

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/players/{id}?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN

Let's say you want the statistics of James Tavernier (id 758). You can use the statistics include:

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/players/758
?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN&include=statistics
{
  "data": {
    "id": 758,
    "sport_id": 1,
    "country_id": 462,
    "nationality_id": 462,
    "city_id": null,
    "position_id": 25,
    "detailed_position_id": 154,
    "type_id": 25,
    "common_name": "J. Tavernier",
    "firstname": "James",
    "lastname": "Tavernier",
    "name": "James Tavernier",
    "display_name": "James Tavernier",
    "image_path": "https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images/soccer/players/22/758.png",
    "height": 182,
    "weight": 75,
    "date_of_birth": "1991-10-31",
    "gender": "male",
    "statistics": [
      {
        "id": 27324842,
        "player_id": 758,
        "team_id": 62,
        "season_id": 825,
        "position_id": 25,
        "jersey_number": 2
      },
      {
        "id": 216445028,
        "player_id": 758,
        "team_id": 62,
        "season_id": 1929,
        "position_id": null,
        "jersey_number": 2
      },

Now, just like in the previous section, you need to add details to retrieve the statistics values and type to retrieve the name of the statistics: 

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/players/758
?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN&include=statistics.details.type
{
  "data": {
    "id": 758,
    "sport_id": 1,
    "country_id": 462,
    "nationality_id": 462,
    "city_id": null,
    "position_id": 25,
    "detailed_position_id": 154,
    "type_id": 25,
    "common_name": "J. Tavernier",
    "firstname": "James",
    "lastname": "Tavernier",
    "name": "James Tavernier",
    "display_name": "James Tavernier",
    "image_path": "https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images/soccer/players/22/758.png",
    "height": 182,
    "weight": 75,
    "date_of_birth": "1991-10-31",
    "gender": "male",
    "statistics": [
      {
        "id": 27324842,
        "player_id": 758,
        "team_id": 62,
        "season_id": 825,
        "position_id": 25,
        "jersey_number": 2,
        "details": [
          {
            "id": 23799175,
            "player_statistic_id": 27324842,
            "type_id": 52,
            "value": {
              "total": 1,
              "goals": 1,
              "penalties": 0
            },
            "type": {
              "id": 52,
              "name": "Goals",
              "code": "goals",
              "developer_name": "GOALS",
              "model_type": "statistic",
              "stat_group": "offensive"
            }
          },
          {
            "id": 2926412,
            "player_statistic_id": 27324842,
            "type_id": 59,
            "value": {
              "in": 1,
              "out": 1
            },
            "type": {
              "id": 59,
              "name": "Substitutions",
              "code": "substitutions",
              "developer_name": "SUBSTITUTIONS",
              "model_type": "statistic",
              "stat_group": "overall"
            }
          },
          //And more

Please check the response carefully to see the correct values for the types.

Including .type is not recommended as an include on any endpoint. Types are used throughout the entire API. We recommend retrieving all types from the types endpoint and storing them in your database or other data structure. Only include the type if no other option is available or when testing the API.

Filtering player statistics

The API returns all the available season statistics for the requested player. Only interested in some of the seasons? You can use a filter to only retrieve stats for a specific season.

  1. Add the parameter &filters=

  2. Select the entity you want to filter on

  3. Select the field you want to filter on

  4. Fill in the IDs you're interested in

Let's say you're only interested in the statistics of the 2022/2023 season (id: 19735). This will result in the following steps:

  1. Add the parameter &filters=

  2. Select the entity you want to filter on: playerStatistic

  3. Select the field you want to filter on: Seasons

  4. Fill in the IDs you're interested in: 19735

Are you only interested in a specific statistic, like key passes? Add another filter to your request:

  1. Add the parameter &filters=

  2. Select the entity you want to filter on: playerStatisticDetail

  3. Select the field you want to filter on: Types

  4. Fill in the IDs you're interested in: 117 for key passes (find all player stat types in the Player Statistics Types Reference)

It's important to note that you can retrieve statistics from multiple entities. Therefore, you also need to specify for which entity you want to filter the statistics. You can do this by prefixing the filter with the entity's name. So in our case: playerStatisticDetail

Are you interested in player statistics for a specific fixture? Check our fixture statistics tutorial.

Interested in coaches and referees? You can use the same steps as for the player's statistics tutorial. Simply change the entity from players to referees or coaches and use the according endpoints.

Coach example:

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/coaches/{ID}?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN&include=statistics.details.type

Referee example:

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/referees/{ID}?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN&include=statistics.details.type

See also

Prerequisites

Reference

Related Tutorials

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