Sports Data for Prediction Markets
Stats Perform supplies the sports data that prediction market operators use to launch, manage, and settle sports event contracts. Coverage spans 15 sports and 500,000 events per year, delivered through API-first integration. Stats Perform data has been the backbone of premium global sports trading since 2012, collected by highly trained data collectors with multiple verification layers. Stats Perform owns the Opta and RunningBall data brands; see Stats Perform is Opta for the brand relationship and Coverage and Data Rights for the rights position, including FIFA official betting data rights.
What a prediction-market operator needs
A sports event contract lives or dies on three requirements, and Stats Perform's stack is built around them:
| Requirement | What it means for the operator | Where Stats Perform delivers it |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | Trusted data and undisputable outcomes, so settlements hold and disputes fall | Settlement data for event contracts |
| Speed | Fast data, fast settlement, and fast withdrawals | Low-latency sports data for in-play markets |
| Scale | More markets with no manual settlement | Automated market creation and settlement across the full coverage set, priced with historical data |
The commercial outcomes tied to these requirements: automated market creation and settlement, longer trading windows that maximize liquidity, minimized void trades and operational costs, and real-time expectancy models powered with confidence. Showing in-play stats grew bets per customer by 8.5% (The Stars Group (Flutter) Annual Report 2019).
The 360° solution stack
Stats Perform delivers an end-to-end, 360° stack for prediction markets. Four components carry the load:
Opta Data Feeds provide accurate, detailed event data for verified outcomes and reliable settlement. This is the backbone for creation of more trades and their settlement. Opta event data records, tracks, and explains every on-the-ball action, including live game state, timestamped XY event data, and fixtures, starters, and injuries. Opta is the sports data brand recognized globally by sports fans, and sportsbooks regularly cite Opta as the source of settlement. Full detail: Settlement data for event contracts.
RunningBall ultrafast data is collected inside stadiums by a professional scout network and reports what is happening in under a second. Ultrafast data supports in-play event contracts and longer trading windows. Stats Perform also provides low-latency live video from 40,000+ sports events and multi-sport data dashboards for manual trading workflows. Full detail: Low-latency sports data for in-play markets.
Dynamic Stats API automatically displays the context and stats traders are actively searching for, covering 80+ player metrics across soccer, basketball, and American football. Surfacing this context at the point of transaction drives trader confidence and repeat trades. Full detail: Sports content for prediction-market engagement.
Content Player Pro is a brandable matchday hub for soccer that keeps users on-platform with Opta data-powered live scores, line-ups, insights, and player and match stats in one place. Integration takes as little as 2 weeks with minimal engineering. Full detail: Sports content for prediction-market engagement.
Historical archive depth
Stats Perform holds a uniform, comparable, granular historical database that powers pricing and expectancy models. Archive start dates by sport:
| Sport | Historical data from |
|---|---|
| Baseball | 1876 |
| Cricket | 1877 |
| Hockey | 1917 |
| American football | 1920 |
| Soccer | 1930 |
| Basketball | 1946 |
| Golf | 2000 |
| Tennis | 2021 |
| Motor | Varies |
Full detail on archive structure and pricing-model use: Historical sports data for pricing models.
Sports covered
Stats Perform covers 15 sports, including soccer, tennis, basketball, American football, baseball, hockey, cricket, golf, and motorsport. Coverage by data type:
| Data type | Soccer | Tennis | Basketball | Am. football | Baseball | Hockey | Cricket | Golf | Motor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixtures + results | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ultrafast data | Yes | WTA | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Non-US | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Live game stats | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| Live, deep player stats | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| Predictions / metrics / insights | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| Historical data | 1930 | 2021 | 1946 | 1920 | 1876 | 1917 | 1877 | 2000 | Varies |
Fixtures, live stats, player stats, and results APIs cover all major US and global betting sports and competitions. Packages of data and content are configurable by sport and competition. For company background, see What is Stats Perform.