Get NBA standings

GET/v1/nba/standings

Conference and division standings, playoff seeding, magic numbers, and play-in tournament implications.

Code samples

# Get live scores across every league
curl "https://api.sportapi.io/v1/nba/scores/live" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"

# Response
{
  "games": [{
    "game_id": "0022500412",
    "status": "in_progress",
    "period": 3, "clock": "07:42",
    "home": { "team": "BOS", "score": 78 },
    "away": { "team": "LAL", "score": 71 },
    "last_play": "J. Tatum makes 3-pt jumper from 25 ft"
  }]
}

Query parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`season`	string	No	Season filter, defaults to current
`group`	string	No	conference \| division \| league

Response

{
  "season": "2024-25",
  "conferences": [
    {
      "name": "East",
      "teams": [
        { "team": "BOS", "w": 46, "l": 13, "pct": 0.780, "gb": 0, "seed": 1, "playoff_clinched": true }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Error responses

Status	Code	Description
401	`unauthorized`	Missing or invalid API key
403	`tier_insufficient`	Your plan tier doesn't include this resource
429	`rate_limited`	Exceeded rate limit; honor Retry-After
500	`internal_error`	Server error; retry with exponential backoff