Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Baseball Reference

The 20 closest sports statistics database alternatives to Baseball Reference, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 5 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Baseball Reference? The closest matches are Major League Baseball, Statista and National Basketball Association. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Baseball Reference

Baseball Reference baseball-reference.com

Wikidata: Baseball statistics website

Top 10K · #5,625 English 5 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

A free online database of baseball statistics covering Major League Baseball players, teams, seasons, records, draft history, awards, and advanced sabermetric metrics, plus minor league and other leagues' data.

Who it’s for
Baseball fans, fantasy players, researchers, journalists
Business model
Advertising and subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Baseball Reference’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

kicker.deIMDbSofascoreFlashscoreBleacher ReportCBS SportsLiveScoreNational Basketball AssociationStatistaMajor League Baseball

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Baseball Reference

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Baseball Reference, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English

We can’t read baseball-reference.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Major League Baseball mlb.com Top 1K English

    MLB.com | The Official Site of Major League Baseball

    Coverage includes audio and video clips, interviews, statistics, schedules and exclusive stories.

  2. 02
    Statista statista.com Top 1K English

    Statista - The Statistics Portal for Market Data, Market Research and Market Studies

    Find statistics, consumer survey results and industry studies from over 22,500 sources on over 60,000 topics on the internet's leading statistics database

  3. 03

    North American professional basketball league

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    Liquipedia liquipedia.net Top 10K English

    Liquipedia

    esports encyclopedia

  5. 05
    LiveScore livescore.com Top 10K English

    Live Football Scores, Fixtures & Results | LiveScore

    Get Live Football Scores and Real-Time Football Results with LiveScore! We cover all Countries, Leagues and Competitions in unbeatable detail. Click Now!

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    CBS Sports cbssports.com Top 10K English

    CBS Sports | News, live scores, schedules, Fantasy, and more

    CBS Sports delivers today's top sports news, live scoring, stats and player info for NFL, NBA, MLB and more of your favorite leagues.

  7. 07
    Football.com football.com Top 10K

    Football.com - Live Scores & Stats

    Football and Basketball live scores and results on Football.com. Check out matches today, fixtures, league tables, standings, statistics, and more. Stay updated with real-time scores, in-depth match analysis, player statistics, team performance, and upcoming fixtures. Whether you're a fan of the Premier League, NBA, UEFA, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, or any other major league, Football.com offers comprehensive coverage to keep you informed. Explore detailed game summaries, historical data, and expert commentary to enhance your sports experience. Follow your favorite teams and leagues

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    Bleacher Report bleacherreport.com Top 10K English

    Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.

    Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.

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    theScore thescore.com Top 10K English

    Sports Scores, News & Schedules | theScore

    Live sports scores, breaking news, schedules, and updates across the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAAs and more. Stay up to date with every game on theScore.

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    Flashscore flashscore.com Top 1K English

    Football Live Scores, Latest Football Results | Flashscore.com

    Football live scores page on Flashscore.com offers all the latest football results from more than 1000+ football leagues all around the world including EPL, LaLiga, Serie A, Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League and more. Find all today's/tonight's football scores on Flashscore.com.

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    365scores.com Top 10K English
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    Sports Illustrated si.com Top 10K English

    Sports Illustrated

    Sports Illustrated, SI.com provides sports news, expert analysis, highlights, stats and scores for the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, college football, soccer, fantasy, gambling and more

  13. 13
    Sofascore sofascore.com Top 1K

    Croatian sports statistics website

  14. 14
    IMDb imdb.com Top 1K

    online database of information related to films, television series, and video games

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    kicker.de Top 10K English

    kicker.de

    German association football website

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    themoviedb.org Top 10K English

    free, collaborative database about films

  17. 17
    Championat championat.com Top 10K Russian

    Чемпионат

    sports website

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    FOX Sports foxsports.com Top 10K English

    FOX Sports News, Scores, Schedules, Odds, Shows, Streams & Videos | FOX Sports

    Watch FOX Sports and view live scores, odds, team news, player news, streams, videos, stats, standings & schedules covering NFL, MLB, NASCAR, INDYCAR, NBA, NHL, college sports & more!

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    netkeiba.com Top 10K

    horse racing related database, news, and information

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    nhl.com Top 10K English

    Official Site of the National Hockey League | NHL.com

    The official National Hockey League website including news, rosters, stats, schedules, teams, and video.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to baseball-reference.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Baseball Reference uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Baseball Reference is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

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