r/sportsanalytics

21k members
r/sportsanalytics is a subreddit with 21k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses football, analytics, prediction, data, and world cup, and they frequently recommend/review visualization tool and resources.
We're a subreddit for quantitative nerds who love sports. Our goal is to showcase and discuss interesting links regarding the use of data and analytics in sports. Think of us like /r/sabermetrics, but not specific to baseball. We have a preference for articles that show their work, especially if they include links to their source data.

Popular Themes in r/sportsanalytics

#1
Solution Requests
: "Made a website to show Statsbomb Open Data - Feedback Highly Appreciated"
8 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I'm a physics student and I built a deterministic UFC prediction model using match-level differentials instead of individual ratings. It just called the Pyfer upset. I'm looking for advice and technical feedback."
7 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I built a no-login World Cup 2026 predictor — quick pick or full bracket"
4 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "What is the biggest pain point in hockey video analysis workflows today?"
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "Building a football player development system — looking for ideas on structure and features"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/sportsanalytics

#1

Football

: "i created a free, open source database of Football/soccer entity id lookups"
79 posts
#2

Analytics

: "I built a fully automated Analytics product for Danish Superliga — with NO recurring cost"
51 posts
#3

Prediction

: "Built a free AFL Prediction app using a 6-domain walkforward model - looking for feedback"
43 posts
#4

Data

: "Spent months building a clean MLB Database — free sample if anyone wants it"
26 posts
#5

World Cup

: "World Cup 2026 Predictor which will autofill bracket based on match scores"
26 posts
#6

Soccer

: "Looking for a few people who enjoy analysing football (Soccer) data"
25 posts
#7

Model

: "Modelling the 2026 FIFA World Cup"
25 posts
#8

Stats

: "I built a predictive model for football match Stats (shots, corners, fouls) across 20,000 matches. The strongest predictor ended up being ELO from chess. [OC]"
22 posts
#9

Api

: "Football (Soccer) data Api"
18 posts
#10

Mlb

: "Spent months building a clean Mlb database — free sample if anyone wants it"
18 posts

Products Discussed in r/sportsanalytics

#1
Apache Superset
4.0 from 1 review
#2
Tableau
5.0 from 1 review

Resources

1 review
#1
MightyTips
4.0 from 1 review

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Yearly
+8k members(65.1%)

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Last updated: June 11, 2026