Player Injury Data API Documentation

Description

This endpoint returns all the up-to-date news & data on player injuries for every sport and game, including injury status & injury type.

REQUIREMENT

You'll need a license key to use OpticOdds' API. You can get one by contacting us at www.opticodds.com.

API Endpoint

https://api.opticodds.com/api/v2/injuries

Parameters

key (required)

Your OpticOdds API license key.

sport

NOTE

You can pass in multiple of this parameter.

The sport you want to receive injuries for. We support the following:

• football
• basketball
• baseball
• mma
• boxing
• hockey
• soccer
• tennis
• golf
• motorsports
• esports
• wrestling
• aussie-rules
• rugby
• lacrosse
• cricket
• volleyball
• politics

league

NOTE

You can pass in multiple of this parameter.

The league you want to receive injuries for (e.g. NBA)

team_id

The team you want to injuries for.

include_team_info

Specify this parameter if you want the team information to be included as part of the response.

Example Response

{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "0050D1E47240",
            "player_id": "51DF6ECFCAF6",
            "player_name": "Joe Jones",
            "number": "52",
            "position": "LB",
            "injury_status": "Questionable",
            "injury_type": "Hamstring",
            "sport": "football",
            "league": "NFL"
        },
        {
            "id": "005660728B2B",
            "player_id": "4FAC41736FE8",
            "player_name": "K.J. Henry",
            "number": "55",
            "position": "DE",
            "injury_status": "Inactive",
            "injury_type": "Coach's Decision",
            "sport": "football",
            "league": "NFL"
        },
        {
            "id": "00AA2C97E495",
            "player_id": "C2840385E676",
            "player_name": "Avonte Maddox",
            "number": "29",
            "position": "CB",
            "injury_status": "IR",
            "injury_type": "Pectoral",
            "sport": "football",
            "league": "NFL"
        },
        {
            "id": "00DB7E7FFAED",
            "player_id": "4A910E9C644A",
            "player_name": "Kirk Cousins",
            "number": "8",
            "position": "QB",
            "injury_status": "Questionable",
            "injury_type": "Achilles",
            "sport": "football",
            "league": "NFL"
        },
        ...
    ]
}

Example Response with include_team_info

{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "0050D1E47240",
            "player_id": "51DF6ECFCAF6",
            "player_name": "Joe Jones",
            "number": "52",
            "position": "LB",
            "injury_status": "Questionable",
            "injury_type": "Hamstring",
            "sport": "football",
            "league": "NFL",
            "team_info": {
                "id": "24988863B4CB",
                "team_name": "Tennessee Titans",
                "team_city": "Tennessee",
                "team_mascot": "Titans",
                "team_abbreviation": "TEN",
                "sport": "football",
                "league": "NFL"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "005660728B2B",
            "player_id": "4FAC41736FE8",
            "player_name": "K.J. Henry",
            "number": "55",
            "position": "DE",
            "injury_status": "Inactive",
            "injury_type": "Coach's Decision",
            "sport": "football",
            "league": "NFL",
            "team_info": {
                "id": "C921828AB706",
                "team_name": "Washington Commanders",
                "team_city": "Washington",
                "team_mascot": "Commanders",
                "team_abbreviation": "WSH",
                "sport": "football",
                "league": "NFL"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "00AA2C97E495",
            "player_id": "C2840385E676",
            "player_name": "Avonte Maddox",
            "number": "29",
            "position": "CB",
            "injury_status": "IR",
            "injury_type": "Pectoral",
            "sport": "football",
            "league": "NFL",
            "team_info": {
                "id": "EDCC2866B795",
                "team_name": "Philadelphia Eagles",
                "team_city": "Philadelphia",
                "team_mascot": "Eagles",
                "team_abbreviation": "PHI",
                "sport": "football",
                "league": "NFL"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "00DB7E7FFAED",
            "player_id": "4A910E9C644A",
            "player_name": "Kirk Cousins",
            "number": "8",
            "position": "QB",
            "injury_status": "Questionable",
            "injury_type": "Achilles",
            "sport": "football",
            "league": "NFL",
            "team_info": {
                "id": "24E4EA618C5E",
                "team_name": "Minnesota Vikings",
                "team_city": "Minnesota",
                "team_mascot": "Vikings",
                "team_abbreviation": "MIN",
                "sport": "football",
                "league": "NFL"
            }
        },
        ...
    ]
}