Ball Ranks vs Ball Ranks
A side-by-side look at the Ball Ranks and Ball Ranks MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Ball Ranks for sports work over a hosted endpoint; choose Ball Ranks for sports. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Ball Ranks when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Sports domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- Its auth model fits you: API key required.
- You want tools like
get_week_rankings, get_season_rankings, get_player_rankings.
Choose Ball Ranks when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Sports domain.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Sports | Sports |
| Quality signal | 76/100 · Great | 31/100 · Emerging |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | — |
| Auth | API key required | No auth required |
| Pricing | Freemium | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Verified | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 0 |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 1 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 4 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Ball Ranks | View Ball Ranks |
Tools & capabilities
Ball Ranks tools 4
get_week_rankingsReturn published weekly fantasy football rankings for one position, week, and scoring format. Use this for start/sit comparisons or a ranked position list. This tool does not support basketball.get_season_rankingsReturn a paginated Ball Ranks season ranking board for fantasy basketball or football. Basketball uses nine-category per-game rankings; football accepts standard, half-PPR, or PPR scoring.get_player_rankingsLook up one player's published Ball Ranks season ranking by player ID or slug. Use this when the user asks where a specific player ranks.get_player_projectionsLook up one player's published season projection, or a weekly football projection, by player ID or slug. Weekly projections require scope=weekly and a week number.
Ball Ranks tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Ball Ranks
{
"mcpServers": {
"ball-ranks": {
"url": "https://ballranks.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Ball Ranks
No confirmed install command for Ball Ranks yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Frequently asked questions
Ball Ranks is categorized under Sports and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Ball Ranks belongs to Sports and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Pick Ball Ranks for sports work and Ball Ranks for sports.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client. Ball Ranks has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
Ball Ranks is listed as freemium — a free tier with paid plans. Auth: api key required. Ball Ranks has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add ball-ranks and ball-ranks-2 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Ball Ranks has a quality signal of 76/100 (Great) with 3 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Ball Ranks has 31/100 (Emerging) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.
