---
title: "WC2026 stat leaders (aggregated from our match stats)"
method: GET
path: "/v1/wc2026/stat-leaders"
tags: ["nerd"]
---

# WC2026 stat leaders (aggregated from our match stats)

`GET /v1/wc2026/stat-leaders`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.bigballsdata.com`
- URL: `https://api.bigballsdata.com/v1/wc2026/stat-leaders`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - HTTP bearer

Canonical-for-us tournament leaderboard, aggregated from our own
per-fixture wc2026_player_match_stats (not the upstream topscorers
blob behind /v1/wc2026/leaders). Sums each player across the tournament
and supports a ?category sort, including minutes and matches which the
blob route does not carry. Flat data[] shape: rank, player_name, team,
goals, assists, minutes, matches. Returns { data: [], updated_at: null }
before the first post-match ingest. 5-minute Redis cache.

## Query parameters

- `category` 'goals' | 'assists' | 'minutes' | 'matches'
- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

ok

- object

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