Open-source library Free
awesome-soccer-analytics
Curated list of soccer-analytics resources (not actively updated).
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- ★ 633
Free / open source
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Open-source soccer analytics libraries
Python, R and JavaScript packages for loading, modelling and visualising soccer data, with GitHub stars and last commit refreshed automatically.
22 listings · verified 2026-10-18
| Tool | Type | xG | API | Liga MX | Liga MX Femenil | Free tier | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| awesome-soccer-analytics | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| d3-soccer | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| databallpy | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| Edd Webster football_analytics | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| floodlight | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| ggsoccer | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| itscalledsoccer | Open-source library | Yes | Yes | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| kloppy | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| LanusStats | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| LaurieOnTracking | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| matplotsoccer | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| mplsoccer | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| ScraperFC | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| Soccer Analytics Handbook | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| socceraction | Open-source library | Yes | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| soccerAnimate (Dato-Futbol) | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| soccerdata | Open-source library | Yes | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| statsbombpy | Open-source library | Yes | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| StatsBombR | Open-source library | Yes | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| understatAPI | Open-source library | Yes | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| unravelsports | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
| worldfootballR | Open-source library | — | — | — | — | Yes | Free / open source |
Open-source library Free
d3-soccer
D3.js plugin for visualising event-stream soccer data in the browser.
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- API —
- Liga MX —
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- ★ 78
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
databallpy
Python package to read, preprocess, visualise and synchronise soccer event and tracking data.
- xG —
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 106
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
Edd Webster football_analytics
Collection of football analytics projects and a curated list of public resources.
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- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 2,813
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
floodlight
Python package for streamlined analysis of sports tracking and event data.
- xG —
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 133
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
ggsoccer
R package for plotting soccer event data on pitches with ggplot2.
- xG —
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 206
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
itscalledsoccer
Python wrapper for the American Soccer Analysis API (MLS, NWSL, USL, MLS Next Pro).
- xG Yes
- API Yes
- Liga MX —
- Women's Yes
- ★ 61
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
kloppy
Python library that standardises soccer tracking and event data from many providers into one model.
- xG —
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 565
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
LanusStats
Spanish-language Python scraping library for FBref, FotMob, SofaScore, 365Scores and Transfermarkt.
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- API —
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- ★ 137
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
LaurieOnTracking
Tutorial code (Friends of Tracking) for working with Metrica tracking data in Python.
- xG —
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 362
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
matplotsoccer
Python package to visualise soccer event data.
- xG —
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 147
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
mplsoccer
Python library for drawing football pitches, shot maps, radars and pizza charts with matplotlib.
- xG —
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 550
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
ScraperFC
Python package for scraping soccer data from Capology, ClubElo, FBref, Sofascore, Transfermarkt and Understat.
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- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 417
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
Soccer Analytics Handbook
Getting-started guide and notebooks for soccer analytics.
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- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 1,713
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
socceraction
Python library that converts event data to SPADL and values player actions with VAEP or xT.
- xG Yes
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 818
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
soccerAnimate (Dato-Futbol)
R package by the Spanish-language Dato Fútbol project for animating tracking data.
- xG —
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 132
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
soccerdata
Python scrapers for Club Elo, ESPN, FBref, Football-Data.co.uk, Sofascore, SoFIFA, Understat and WhoScored returning pandas DataFrames.
- xG Yes
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 2,116
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
statsbombpy
Official Python client to stream StatsBomb open data (free) or API data (with credentials).
- xG Yes
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's Yes
- ★ 747
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
StatsBombR
Official R package to stream StatsBomb data from the API or the free open-data repository.
- xG Yes
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's Yes
- ★ 312
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
understatAPI
Python package for scraping data from understat.com.
- xG Yes
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 48
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
unravelsports
Python package with intermediate steps to turn raw sports (tracking) data into analysis-ready information, incl. graph neural network tooling.
- xG —
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 249
Free / open source
Open-source library Free
worldfootballR
R package for extracting football data from FBref, Transfermarkt and Understat.
- xG —
- API —
- Liga MX —
- Women's —
- ★ 598
Free / open source
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