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Find players with similar stat profiles (Pro Insights+)

Returns the N most similar players by cosine distance across an 8-dimension stat-profile vector:

  1. Average fantasy points
  2. Usage rate (snap% for NFL, minutes for NBA)
  3. Opportunity rate (target share for NFL, usage% for NBA)
  4. Average rushing yards
  5. Average receiving yards
  6. Consistency Score (from Alpha Metrics)
  7. Momentum Delta (normalized)
  8. Opportunity Ceiling (from Alpha Metrics)

Use case: "Find WRs with the same profile as CeeDee Lamb," "Identify breakout candidates with similar usage to Cooper Kupp Year 2," DFS stack-building, dynasty trade comps.

Tier access: Pro Insights, Syndicate Alpha

get/v1/players/similar/{id}

Request

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

Path parameters

idstring required

PlayCaller player ID to find comps for

Query parameters

sport'nfl' | 'mlb' | 'nba' required

Sport key (required — similarity is sport-scoped)

limitinteger

Number of similar players (default 10, max 25)

Response

Similar players ranked by cosine similarity

successboolean
countinteger

Example response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "similarity_score": 0.9342
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "sport": "nfl",
    "league": "nfl",
    "tier": "pro",
    "calls_remaining_this_month": 9843,
    "documentation_url": "https://playcallerapp.com/developer/docs"
  }
}

Changes

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