---
title: "List boxing and MMA athlete profiles"
method: GET
path: "/v1/athletes"
tags: ["combat"]
---

# List boxing and MMA athlete profiles

`GET /v1/athletes`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.bigballsdata.com`
- URL: `https://api.bigballsdata.com/v1/athletes`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - HTTP bearer

Requires `sport=boxing` or `sport=mma`. Returns stored profiles with
names, biographical fields and available physical attributes. Records
may be null when no verified record is loaded. `meta.total` counts the
filtered population; `data` holds the requested page.

## Query parameters

- `sport` 'boxing' | 'mma', required
- `name` string
- `limit` integer
- `offset` integer
- `page` integer

## Response `200`

Athlete profiles in the selected sport.

- object
  - `data` object[], required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `nationality` string, nullable
    - `dob` string, date, nullable
    - `height_cm` number, nullable
    - `reach_cm` number, nullable
    - `stance` string, nullable
    - `weight_class` string, nullable
    - `current_ranking` integer, nullable
    - `record` object, nullable
    - `photo_url` string, nullable
    - `external_ids` object
  - `meta` object, required
    - `count` integer, required
    - `total` integer, required
    - `limit` integer, required
    - `offset` integer, required
    - `records_available` boolean, required
  - `error` unknown, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Missing or invalid sport or paging query.
- `403`: The key does not include the requested sport.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/bigballsdata/apis/big-ball-sports-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/bigballsdata/apis/big-ball-sports-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/bigballsdata/apis/big-ball-sports-api/revisions/31fb54ac414e?raw)