# nfldb

A library to manage and update NFL data in a relational database.

Repository: https://github.com/BurntSushi/nfldb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nfldb
Language: Python
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-01-26T18:55:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4788, "days_push": 2045, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1082, forks 255 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:30.963162+00:00)

## What it is
A Python library (nflgame) providing an API to retrieve and read NFL Game Center JSON data, including real-time feeds useful for fantasy football, with a companion library (nfldb) for storing NFL data in a relational database. The project is explicitly unmaintained, with an actively maintained fork available.

## Use cases
- fetch nfl game stats in python
- get real-time nfl play-by-play data for fantasy football
- store nfl game data in a relational database
- query player statistics for nfl games
- analyze historical nfl game data

## When to choose
- you need quick access to NFL Game Center JSON data in Python and don't mind an unmaintained project
- you want to build fantasy football tools from real-time NFL feeds
- you need a simple way to persist NFL game data in a SQL database

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - use the maintained fork instead
- you need guaranteed API stability since NFL endpoints may change without fixes
- you need support for sports other than the NFL

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: api-framework, database, etl, data-science
- domain: sports, data-science, analytics
- platform: python, cli
- tags: nfl, sports-data, fantasy-football, game-center-json, unmaintained

## Member repositories
- BurntSushi/nfldb (main) score 23
- BurntSushi/nflgame (backend) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.963162+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:52:12.558584+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BurntSushi/nfldb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.963162+00:00, sha 45564745c34e)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/nflgame/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:09:41.148855+00:00, sha b4a9959577a1)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/nfldb/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:09:41.150457+00:00, sha 93336a35b7d9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.