American Football Odds API

The NFL board and the college board behave differently. Both come off the same endpoint.

3Tournaments with fixtures on the boardof 35 carried
348Fixtures, next 9 days2026-10-25 to 2026-11-03
100Market familiesfrom /v4/markets

Measured live at 2026-10-25 04:19 UTC. This page is regenerated from the API, so the numbers move.

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Quick start: American Football fixtures and prices

Copy it as it stands. It was run against the live API before this page rendered.

import datetime as dt
import time

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
BASE_URL = "https://api.oddspapi.io/v4"


def get(path, params):
    """The key is the query parameter apiKey, never a header.
    Read the status code first: a 429 body is valid JSON too."""
    query = dict(params, apiKey=API_KEY)
    for attempt in range(3):
        response = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/{path}", params=query, timeout=180)
        if response.status_code == 429:
            time.sleep(5 * (attempt + 1))
            continue
        if response.status_code == 404:
            return None
        response.raise_for_status()
        return response.json()
    raise RuntimeError("rate limited on /" + path)


# Fixtures for American Football. sportId 14 is the only filter here,
# so the from and to range has to stay under 10 days. Adding tournamentId
# lifts that cap.
fixtures = get("fixtures", {
    "sportId": 14,
    "from": "2026-10-25",
    "to": "2026-11-03",
}) or []
print(len(fixtures), "fixtures in the window")

# The same bet ships under more than one market id on several sports, so
# resolve the result market from /v4/markets by name and read every id that
# maps to it. Reading one id drops part of the board.
MAIN_MARKET_IDS = ["141", "143"]

# hasOdds is a flag, not a depth signal, and it is false on every finished
# fixture. Boards open on their own clock, so the fixtures nearest kick-off
# carry the prices, and a fixture already in play often has the result market
# suspended. Read the ones still ahead of us, soonest first.
now = dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z")
upcoming = sorted(
    (f for f in fixtures if f["hasOdds"] and f["startTime"] > now),
    key=lambda f: f["startTime"],
)
for fixture in upcoming[:10]:
    odds = get("odds", {
        "fixtureId": fixture["fixtureId"],
        "bookmakers": "pinnacle,bet365,draftkings",
    })
    boards = (odds or {}).get("bookmakerOdds") or {}
    printed = False
    for slug, board in boards.items():
        for market_id in MAIN_MARKET_IDS:
            market = board["markets"].get(market_id)
            if not market:
                continue
            # players is keyed "0" on a match market. On a player prop it is
            # keyed by player id, so never hardcode "0" outside this case.
            prices = {
                outcome_id: leg["players"]["0"]["price"]
                for outcome_id, leg in market["outcomes"].items()
                if leg["players"]["0"]["active"]
            }
            if prices:
                print(fixture["participant1Name"], "v",
                      fixture["participant2Name"], slug, market_id, prices)
                printed = True
    if printed:
        break
    time.sleep(1.0)

Run against the live API at 2026-10-25 04:19 UTC. First line of output: 348 fixtures in the window

American Football tournament pages

Tournaments carrying the most fixtures

Read from /v4/tournaments?sportId=14 at 2026-10-25 04:19 UTC. Pass the id straight to /v4/fixtures.

Tournament Category tournamentId Fixtures scheduled
NCAA, Regular Season USA 27653 1,436
NFL USA 31 178
CFL Canada 790 4

Bookmakers pricing American Football

256 bookmakers quoted, 87 independent prices, on New Orleans Saints v Pittsburgh Steelers, measured 2026-10-25 04:13 UTC. Identical price tuples are grouped before the second count, because distinct slugs publish the same price and cloneOf does not track that.

and 80 more on https://oddspapi.io/sportsbooks

Counted from one /v4/odds call with no bookmaker filter, on the main result market for the sport. Regional feeds of one brand are shown once and link to that brand.

Market families

Read off /v4/markets and filtered on the sport. A family that carries many market ids is a ladder, with one id per line, so resolve a market on its name and collect every id that maps to it.

Market family Market ids Type
Regular Time Result 1 Match market
Winner (incl. overtime) 1 Match market
Total (incl. overtime) 201 Match market
Over Under First Half 120 Match market
Over Under Second Half 120 Match market
Over Under Second Half (incl. overtime) 120 Match market
Over Under First Quarter 80 Match market
Over Under Fourth Quarter 80 Match market
Over Under Fourth Quarter (incl. overtime) 80 Match market
Over Under Second Quarter 80 Match market
Over Under Third Quarter 80 Match market
Handicap (incl. overtime) 281 Match market

Read the study

Free NFL Odds API guide. The measurements behind this page, written up in full.

Other sports

Questions developers ask

Which sportId do I pass for American Football?

14. Read the full list from /v4/sports; the ids are stable and the slug is on the same object.

How many bookmakers price a American Football fixture?

256 bookmakers quoted New Orleans Saints v Pittsburgh Steelers, and those group into 87 independent prices once identical price tuples are collapsed, measured 2026-10-25 04:13 UTC. Group the tuples before you average, because distinct slugs publish the same price.

How do I find the live tournaments for American Football?

Call /v4/tournaments?sportId=14 and keep the rows where futureFixtures is above one. 3 rows passed that test at 2026-10-25 04:19 UTC. Confirm a circuit against /v4/fixtures grouped on tournamentId, which is the reliable way to discover one.

Pull American Football prices yourself

One key, one fixture id, one JSON shape across every sport on this site. The free tier runs on the same endpoints as the paid one.

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