---
title: "SofaScore trending players"
method: GET
path: "/sofascore/trending-players"
tags: ["SofaScore"]
---

# SofaScore trending players

`GET /sofascore/trending-players`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sofascore/trending-players`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Returns a sport's trending top players: standout performers from recent matches with the player, team, the match and that match's numbers as a snake_case metric map (`rating`, `minutes_played`, `goals` and more; the metric set depends on the sport and position). The `sport` enum accepts `football` and `basketball`, the sports for which SofaScore publishes this list. Returns 404 when SofaScore has no trending players for the sport right now.

## Query parameters

- `sport` 'football' | 'basketball', required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- SofascoreTrendingPlayersResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` SofascoreTrendingPlayersResponse
    - `count` integer
    - `fetched_at` string
    - `players` SofascoreTrendingPlayer[]
      - `event` SofascoreEventSummary
        - `away_score` SofascoreScoreLine
          - `current` integer: Current score, which is the final score once the match is over.
          - `period1` integer: Score in the first period.
          - `period2` integer: Score in the second period.
        - `away_team` SofascoreTeamRef
          - `country` string: Country the team belongs to.
          - `id` integer: SofaScore team id. Use it with the team endpoints.
          - `name` string: Full team name.
          - `national` boolean: True for a national team.
          - `short_name` string: Shortened team name.
          - `slug` string: URL slug of the team on SofaScore.
        - `home_score` SofascoreScoreLine
          - `current` integer: Current score, which is the final score once the match is over.
          - `period1` integer: Score in the first period.
          - `period2` integer: Score in the second period.
        - `home_team` SofascoreTeamRef
          - `country` string: Country the team belongs to.
          - `id` integer: SofaScore team id. Use it with the team endpoints.
          - `name` string: Full team name.
          - `national` boolean: True for a national team.
          - `short_name` string: Shortened team name.
          - `slug` string: URL slug of the team on SofaScore.
        - `id` integer: SofaScore event id. Use it with the event endpoints.
        - `slug` string: URL slug of the match on SofaScore.
        - `start_time` string: Start time in UTC (RFC 3339).
        - `start_timestamp` integer: Start time as a Unix timestamp in seconds.
        - `status` SofascoreEventStatus
          - `code` integer: SofaScore's numeric status code, for example 0 for not started and 100 for ended.
          - `description` string: Status as displayed, for example "Ended".
          - `type` string: Status group, for example `notstarted`, `inprogress` or `finished`.
        - `tournament` SofascoreTournamentRef
          - `category` string: Category the tournament sits under, usually a country or region.
          - `id` integer: SofaScore id of the tournament the match is filed under. The seasons, standings and round endpoints take `unique_tournament_id` instead.
          - `name` string: Tournament name.
          - `slug` string: URL slug of the tournament on SofaScore.
          - `unique_tournament_id` integer: Id of the parent competition. This is the tournament id the tournament-seasons, standings and round-events endpoints take.
          - `unique_tournament_name` string: Name of the parent competition.
        - `winner_code` integer: Result code: 1 when the home side won, 2 when the away side won, 3 for a draw. Omitted until the match is decided.
      - `player` SofascorePlayerBrief
        - `id` integer
        - `jersey_number` string
        - `name` string
        - `position` string
        - `short_name` string
        - `slug` string
      - `statistics` object
      - `team` SofascoreTeamRef
        - `country` string: Country the team belongs to.
        - `id` integer: SofaScore team id. Use it with the team endpoints.
        - `name` string: Full team name.
        - `national` boolean: True for a national team.
        - `short_name` string: Shortened team name.
        - `slug` string: URL slug of the team on SofaScore.
    - `source_url` string
    - `sport` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `503`: Service Unavailable

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