aid: highlightly
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/highlightly/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Highlightly
kind: company
description: Highlightly is a real-time sports data and highlights API covering football,
  basketball, American football, hockey, baseball, cricket, rugby, volleyball, and
  handball across 950+ leagues. Its REST APIs serve live scores, matches, standings,
  team and player statistics, head-to-head records, odds, and on-demand video highlight
  clips, available directly via highlightly.net hosts or through RapidAPI.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Sports
- Sports Data
- Live Scores
- Odds
- Highlights
created: '2026-06-25'
modified: '2026-06-25'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: highlightly:matches-fixtures
  name: Highlightly Matches & Fixtures API
  tags:
  - Matches
  - Fixtures
  - Sports
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  properties:
  - url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/highlightly-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: List and retrieve matches and fixtures per sport with filtering by league,
    date, season, and team, plus per-match lineups, live events, and head-to-head
    and last-five-games records.
- aid: highlightly:live-scores
  name: Highlightly Live Scores API
  tags:
  - Live Scores
  - Real Time
  - Sports
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  properties:
  - url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/highlightly-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Real-time match state and live in-game events surfaced through the matches
    and events endpoints, with timezone-aware filtering by date and league.
- aid: highlightly:standings
  name: Highlightly Standings API
  tags:
  - Standings
  - Leagues
  - Sports
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  properties:
  - url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/highlightly-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: League table standings keyed by league and season, alongside country
    and league catalog endpoints with logos.
- aid: highlightly:statistics
  name: Highlightly Statistics API
  tags:
  - Statistics
  - Teams
  - Players
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  properties:
  - url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/highlightly-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Team and per-match statistics plus player summaries, player statistics,
    and box scores for detailed sports analytics.
- aid: highlightly:odds
  name: Highlightly Odds API
  tags:
  - Odds
  - Betting
  - Bookmakers
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  properties:
  - url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/highlightly-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Pre-match and live betting odds filtered by match, league, bookmaker,
    and odds type, with a supporting bookmakers catalog.
- aid: highlightly:highlights
  name: Highlightly Highlights API
  tags:
  - Highlights
  - Video
  - Clips
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  properties:
  - url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/highlightly-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: On-demand video highlight clips filtered by match, league, team, and
    date, including per-highlight metadata and a geo-restriction checker.
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/highlightly
- type: Website
  url: https://highlightly.net/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/highlightly-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/highlightly-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/highlightly-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com