---
title: "Rest-of-season points projection (Growth+, NFL/NBA/MLB)"
method: GET
path: "/v1/{sport}/players/{id}/projection"
tags: ["Multi"]
---

# Rest-of-season points projection (Growth+, NFL/NBA/MLB)

`GET /v1/{sport}/players/{id}/projection`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.playcallerapp.com`
- URL: `https://api.playcallerapp.com/v1/{sport}/players/{id}/projection`
- Auth: API key in header `X-PlayCaller-Key`

Simple, honest ROS projection: last-8-games fantasy-points average, extrapolated across the requested number of remaining weeks. `basis` is null (and projected fields are null) when there isn't enough recent game data — no fallback guess.

**Tier access:** Growth, Pro Insights, Syndicate Alpha

## Path parameters

- `sport` 'nfl' | 'nba' | 'mlb', required
- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `weeks` integer
- `scoring` string

## Response `200`

Projection

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `endpoint` string
  - `player` object
    - `id` string
    - `full_name` string
    - `position` string
    - `team` string
    - `sport` string
  - `projected_pts_per_week` number, nullable
  - `projected_total_pts` number, nullable
  - `remaining_weeks` integer
  - `scoring` string
  - `confidence_score` number, nullable
  - `basis` 'last_8_games_avg' | 'null', nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Sport not supported for projections
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key
- `402`: Growth tier or higher required
- `404`: Player not found
- `429`: Rate limit or monthly quota exceeded
- `500`: Internal server error

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