A side-by-side look at the BirdieAPI and Stat Api — Sports Data MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose BirdieAPI for sports work; choose Stat Api — Sports Data for sports over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
BIRDIEAPI_API_KEY.list_tournaments, search_players, get_schedule.list_leagues, list_tables, describe_table.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | B BirdieAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Sports | Sports |
| Quality signal | 48/100 · Fair | 48/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Freemium | Not declared |
| Required env vars | BIRDIEAPI_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 14 | 10 |
| Full listing | View BirdieAPI | View Stat Api — Sports Data |
list_tournamentsA season's tournaments with dates, winner, purse and coursessearch_playersFind players by nameget_scheduleTournaments this week and coming up, with the host courseget_leaderboardA tournament's full leaderboard: position, rounds, total, earnings and pointsget_scorecardA player's hole-by-hole scorecard for a tournament, with par and yardageget_courseA course as set up for a tournament: par and yards per hole and how each hole playedget_ratingsOur strokes-versus-field rating: every active player, field-strength adjustedget_playerProfile, rating, season lines and recent finishesget_player_resultsA player's tournaments and rounds by season, with strokes versus the fieldget_player_statsA player's season stats: scoring, birdies, par-3/4/5 scoring, driving, greens, puttingget_course_historyA player's record at one tournament or course, every yearget_head_to_headTwo players' finishes and rounds in every tournament they both playedlist_leaguesAll leagues/data groups (nfl, nba, mlb, nhl, pga, dfs, kalshi, polymarket, reference) with table countslist_tablesEvery queryable table in one league, one-line summary eachdescribe_tableFull contract for a table: fields, types, accepted filters and operators, page limits, a runnable examplequery_tableQuery any table with filters (`field__gte`, `__between`, `__like`, …) and keyset paginationget_recordFetch a single row by primary keysearch_playersTypo-tolerant player-name searchgames_on_dateGames on one calendar date (US-Eastern)game_marketsKalshi/Polymarket contracts linked to a specific gamegraphql_queryRelational queries — game → teams → players → odds in one callapi_usageYour key's plan, quota used/remaining, and reset datePaste 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.
No confirmed install command for BirdieAPI yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"stat-api-sports-data-2": {
"url": "https://api.stat-api.com/mcp"
}
}
}