A side-by-side look at the DunkAPI 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 DunkAPI 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.
DUNKAPI_API_KEY.list_teams, search_players, list_games.list_leagues, list_tables, describe_table.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | D DunkAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | DUNKAPI_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 | 18 | 10 |
| Full listing | View DunkAPI | View Stat Api — Sports Data |
list_teamsTeam ids, abbreviations and colours for a seasonsearch_playersFind players by namelist_gamesGames with scores by season, date, range or teamget_scheduleUpcoming games with the median line across sportsbooksget_standingsStandings from every final game: overall, conference, home, away, last 10get_injuriesThe latest injury report: status, injury and expected return (NBA, WNBA)get_ratingsOur team Elo ratings, rankedget_gameOne game: both box scores, every player's line, each book's line, win probabilityget_playerProfile, per-season averages and shooting splits, last 10 gamesget_player_gamesA player's full game logget_leadersSeason leaders per game, by percentage or in totalget_team_statsPace, offensive, defensive and net rating, and the four factorslist_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 DunkAPI 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"
}
}
}