Sports data,
sourced at the source.
FirstBuzzer is a sports-data broker. We deliver a low-latency scoring feed and a deep historical archive for every game — collected and consensus-verified by people in the stands, streamed to you over WebSocket and API.
Real-time, historical, and the trust to use both.
FB Live
Low-latency scoring feed for every game — WebSocket + webhooks.
- Consensus-verified events
- Provisional & confirmed tiers
- Per-game subscriptions
FB Archive
The full historical record — every sport, every game, queryable by API.
- Backtesting & research
- Bulk + point queries
- Stable schema, versioned
FB Scores
Play-by-play collected in the stands by our spotter network.
- Human-sourced at the source
- Multi-reporter capture
- Reconciled post-game
FB Verify
Reputation-weighted consensus + confidence metadata on every event.
- Agreement % per event
- Reporter reputation
- Fraud-resistant by design
Built for engineers.
Authenticate once. Pull live events over WebSocket, fetch historical data over REST, or receive webhooks the moment an event is confirmed. Same schema across real-time and archive.
Explore the Developer Hub →# Live scoring events (WebSocket)
wscat -c wss://api.firstbuzzer.com/v1/stream?sport=nba \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FB_API_KEY"
# Historical: every event for a game
curl https://api.firstbuzzer.com/v1/games/nba_401766/events \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FB_API_KEY"
From marquee leagues to the long tail.
We prioritize the games with real market liquidity, then expand. NHL, MLB, NBA, NCAAB, soccer across 350+ leagues, tennis, and more — with per-game endpoints for each.
See coverage →Crowdsourced — and more trustworthy for it.
Every event is the agreement of independent, reputation-weighted in-venue reporters, reconciled against the official record after the game. You get speed and receipts: agreement %, reporter count, and latency on every event.
How consensus works →
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