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# BigDataBall: Sports Data in Excel

## Sitemaps
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## Pages
- [Tennis Stats Central – Demo](https://www.bigdataball.com/tennis-demo/): When you subscribe to an ATP/WTA in-season plan, you can download weekly updated datasets as long as your subscription stays active.
- [Tennis In-Season Plans](https://www.bigdataball.com/tennis-subscribe/): ATP in-season plans unlocks access to twice a week updated match-by-match tournament & match info, stats with odds that includes moneyline (winner), spread and totals.
- [NCAA College Football Data](https://www.bigdataball.com/datasets/ncaa/cfb-data/): CFB Team Sample
- [NCAA College Basketball Data](https://www.bigdataball.com/datasets/ncaa/cbb-data/): CBB Team Sample
- [Tennis Stats Central](https://www.bigdataball.com/tennis-stats-central/): Please sign-in to unlock if you have an active plan for the tennis in-season datasets!
- [Tennis Data](https://www.bigdataball.com/datasets/tennis-data/): There is a plethora of information about tennis matches and players, but not all of it is reliable or up-to-date. It's so crucial to use high-quality tennis data when doing research or placing wagers on tennis matches. Having access to accurate and reliable tennis datasets can help you make better decisions. As soon as you start the tennis dataset, you can import into a data analysis tool, such as Excel, R, or Google Sheets. Besides the analysis, creating visualizations is also a good idea. To draw conclusions and test hypotheses from the data, statistical methods like regression analysis and hypothesis testing can be useful.
- [Help Center](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/): We have created helpful posts/guides about how things work, and how to resolve common issues. Before submitting a ticket, please review the following topics that can provide immediate help.
- [NHL Data](https://www.bigdataball.com/datasets/nhl-data/): There is a wealth of information about NHL hockey games and players, but not all of it is accurate or current. When conducting research or making informed decisions regarding NHL games, it is essential to utilize high-quality NHL data. Having access to reliable and accurate hockey datasets can significantly improve your individual decision-making. Once any of the BigDataBall's NHL datasets has been into a data analysis tool such as Excel, R, or Google Sheets, you can conduct in-depth analysis and generate insightful visualizations. Statistical methods such as regression analysis and hypothesis testing can be useful when using data to derive conclusions and test hypotheses.
- [Schedule Spreadsheets in Excel](https://www.bigdataball.com/schedule-spreadsheets/): NFL Schedule Sample
- [Sports Data In Excel](https://www.bigdataball.com/sports-datasets/)
- [MLB Data](https://www.bigdataball.com/datasets/mlb-data/): BigDataBall does the collection, cleaning and unifying of the various MLB stats, odds and fantasy data obtained across many sources and enriches it in a xlsx output format. Datasets enables doing MLB data analytics at your own convenience and easiness of using Excel spreadsheet. Our MLB data is used by individuals such as bettors/fantasy players, data journalists, and academic researchers.
- [WNBA Data](https://www.bigdataball.com/datasets/wnba-data/): The information inside BigDataBall's WNBA datasets is invaluable for analyzing WNBA games, players. With a little to no Excel skills, BigDataBall's WNBA datasets can be very helpful in understanding the WNBA and making educated choices about the women's basketball sport.
- [NFL Data](https://www.bigdataball.com/datasets/nfl-data/): NFL datasets datasets include a wide range of NFL game-by-game team stats & betting odds, detailed information about NFL player game-logs, daily fantasy sports (DFS) salary & fantasy points data, and play-by-play (or drive-by-drive) data. Because of how accurate and reliable these datasets are, all use them all the time. Whether you're a beginner just starting out with data-driven sports analysis or a seasoned pro, BigDataBall NFL databases in Excel will help you find trends, spot player performance trajectories, figure out how a team performs, and do a lot more. By looking at NFL schedule and box scores data, you can learn a lot about how an NFL team is doing, how each player is different positions doing, and how the game changes in different splits.
- [NBA Data](https://www.bigdataball.com/datasets/nba-data/): BigDataBall is your one-stop-shop for data & insights on the NBA. Cleaning, enriching, and organizing all the noisy data collected across many sources are on us so, you can spend your time doing what you do best: Analyzing NBA data in your own way.
- [Discounts](https://www.bigdataball.com/coupons/): In case you purchased any 'season pass' for any sports in the previous seasons, get your discount to renew your in-season plan with 10% OFF.
- [Sports Datasets](https://www.bigdataball.com/datasets/): Sports Datasets Coverage: BigDataBall covers a wide range of sports & leagues (NBA, WNBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, NCAAB, NCAAF, Tennis (ATP & WTA)) with four different types of game-by-game data: team stats/scores and odds, player stats, daily fantasy (DFS) salary and fantasy points data, and play-by-play (or pitch-by-pitch, drive-by-drive, point-by-point) data. Get a thorough understanding of your favorite sport's environment and analyze various areas of the game by accessing datasets in a friendly spreadsheet format. Digital delivery of the datasets is made through our website or if you want, you can prefer getting the files pushed to your device via Dropbox or Google Drive shared folders.
- [NBA Regular Season Schedule](https://www.bigdataball.com/nba-regular-season-schedule/): NBA 2025-2026 schedule features regular season and in-season tournament (NBA Cup) games. NBA schedule spreadsheets in Excel include the game date, game-time (both eastern and local times provided), team, opponent team, rest days (for both own team and opponent), tournament group and venue information in chronological order.

## Help Center
- [Automate Your Excel Workflow: Accessing Google Drive Files with Python](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/automate-your-excel-workflow-on-google-drive/): Instead of manually downloading BigDataBall's in-season Excel files, let's automate that using Google Drive! This post will guide you through automating this process using Python, making your workflow smoother and more efficient.
- [Canceling monthly subscriptions](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/subscription-cancellation/): It's super easy to cancel your monthly in-season plan at any time! No questions asked and you can do it yourself whenever you want.
- [Changes in NBA Play-By-Play Dataset](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/changes-in-nba-pbp/): We are launching an updated version of our play-by-play dataset that includes new columns and slight modifications to the to existing columns.
- [I have a correction for the datasets](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/report-data-issue/): Please feel free to submit a ticket for the issues you've identified in the datasets.
- [Creating shot charts using play-by-play data](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/create-nba-shot-charts/): Let's install the packages we need and call the libraries.
- [Generate NBA boxscores using play-by-play data](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/generate-nba-boxscores/): This content is created by our friend Alex Cheng. You can generate boxscores in Python using BigDataBall's play-by-play data. He has shot a screencast exclusively for us. Alex's other works can be accessed at his blog.
- [Calculate NBA plus minus (+/-) using play-by-play data](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/calculate-nba-plus-minus/): This content is created by our friend Alex Cheng. On his blog, he posted a walkthrough guide about calculating plus-minus in Python with using BigDataBall's play-by-play datasets and shot a screencast video exclusively for us.
- [Payment error at the checkout](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/checkout-payment-error/): If you encounter an error that reads:
- [Predicting the outcome of games](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/predicting-outcome-of-sports/): Predicting the outcome of sports games has been the focus of a great deal of data science. And without a doubt, their ability to do predictions with higher accuracy than the bettors help them sustain the business. Sports offer a ton of in-game and post-game raw data that can be leveraged to make more accurate predictions and to make money as well. Bettors need to beat oddsmakers who also use data analytics to predict the outcome of every game: This academic study has been completed by Hans Manner in 2015 with the help of BigDataBall data.
- [Accessing in-season data after the season](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/accessing-datasets-after-season/): It's very important for you to mind the expiration date and get a copy of the data before the expiry date.
- [Does an inseason plan include all past games?](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/inseason-plan-includes/): The following chart will assist you in understanding the logic behind the in-season data delivery:
- [Adding a new column](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/adding-new-columns/): Ever wanted to calculate a metric that is not included in the original dataset template? It is very easy to add a new column to a BigDataBall spreadsheet.
- [#N/A errors in DFS salaries explained](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/na-errors-dfs-explained/): At BigDataBall, we only support "CLASSIC" style salaries and positions.  On the weekends and on special days like Christmas, MLK, if there is an afternoon game, DraftKings, or the other operators can sometimes prefer not to include the earliest game in any classic slate.
- [Introduction to predictive analytics](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/dfs-predictive-analytics/): In this guide, we will try to execute a multiple linear regression in Excel and our aim is to help you interpret the results statistically.
- [How to calculate aggregated stats](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/calculating-aggregated-stats/): By default, BigDataBall provides game-by-game logs. In case you'd like to have a season averages table using the logs, follow this walkthrough.
- [Suggesting new ideas for the datasets](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/suggest-new-ideas/): At BigDataBall, we die for any feedback and value new ideas more than any other achievement. Please feel free to share your thoughts with us.
- [Converting date formats in Excel](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/converting-dates-excel/): We use the MM/DD/YYYY format in the datasets. This might not be the date format you'd like, but with this guide, you can learn how to convert the cell value to any date format or convert date to text.
- [I can’t open downloaded dataset, Excel says “Corrupted File”](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/downloaded-file-is-corrupted/): Your internet connection might possibly be the issue. If Excel says the file is corrupted, then the downloading was done in an unsafe manner.
- [Can I get a refund?](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/refund-policy/): There is simply a NO REFUND policy as BigDataBall provides you with exporting digital goods to your device. Though, you might want to read how we treat possible cases which are explained below.
- [How will your purchase be shown on your card statement?](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/card-charge-statement/): The payment will appear on your bank/card statement as:
- [Getting your invoice](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/invoice-upon-purchase/): Upon purchase, there are two options to get your invoice document:
- [How to apply discounts?](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/discounts-given/): We have discounts based on your shopping cart and based on dataset types you want to purchase. You can check out the page where our all discounts are explained in detail.
- [Accessing historical datasets / schedules you purchased](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/accessing-historical-datasets/): Upon purchase, we guarantee a secure and instant delivery experience. There are three ways for you to get the data you bought:
- [Accessing in-season data during the season](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/accessing-inseason-datasets/): 1.A.) If you have signed up before: You can access stats any time you want by just signing in. Then click your stats central page which is under the 'user-icon' menu at the upper-right of website.
- [How to make secure payments?](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/payment-options/): We have integrated our website with the global leaders in payments. Your payment is processed over a secure SSL connection and encrypted with AES-256 which makes your transaction completely safe.
- [How does BigDataBall work?](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/how-bigdataball-works/): The year 2010 was the beginning of our journey, and we got our start by providing coverage of the NBA on our reference website, NBAstuffer, for a small group of researchers who required assistance with sports data analysis. Throughout the years, our users have consistently urged us to broaden our coverage to include additional sports. As a result, in 2014, we launched a new brand called "BigDataBall." We have been able to add the WNBA and NFL in 2017, followed by MLB in 2018, the NHL in 2019, tennis & soccer in 2022, and college basketball and football in 2023. This came about after years of work and preparation.
- [Understanding Odds: How to Build a Betting Strategy](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/betting-strategy-analyzing-odds/): It is a good idea to make use of sports data when betting on the point spread bets, or O/U. You can use BigDataBall datasets for NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL, and MLB to go beyond simply placing bets. Figure out how large of a margin of victory can be realistically and compare it to what bookmakers set in order to make an educated bet. You always need to put serious effort into your research and get some experience to have a combination of knowledge of becoming proficient at betting. Over the course of time, you will become aware of what works for you and what constitutes a successful sports betting strategy. When it comes to making an educated bet, you have to perform data analysis:
- [I didn’t receive an email after purchase](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/no-email-after-purchase/): If you have already checked your JUNK/SPAM folder and there's still no email from BigDataBall, just let us know. We guarantee to resolve all issues within 12 hours.
- [How to purchase a BigDataBall dataset?](https://www.bigdataball.com/help/how-to-purchase/): There are 3 different ways you can get in-season data:

## Products
- [NFL 2026 Schedule](https://www.bigdataball.com/nfl-2026-schedule/): About the NFL 2026 Season The 2026 NFL season will mark the 107th year of the National Football League. The regular season is scheduled to kick off on September 9, 2026, and conclude on January 10, 2027. The postseason will begin on January 16, 2027 culminating in Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on February 14, 2027. You can download NFL 2026 regular season schedule spreadsheet to start planning your season The reigning champion Seattle Seahawks take center stage this Wednesday night on NBC and Peacock, followed by a historic Thursday night clash in Melbourne, Australia. The excitement continues with a full slate of high-stakes action throughout the day on Sunday. How the NFL 2026 Schedule is determined? It's a complex scheduling challenge each season, balancing over 26,000 variables like stadium logistics, travel, primetime slots, competitive equity, and key rivalries. To find the best possible schedule each year, the league utilizes high-performance computing resources. 32 NFL teams play 17 games and has one "bye week". Each team plays the other three teams in its division twice, one game against each of the four teams from a division in its own conference, one game against each of the four teams from a division in the other conference, and one game against each of the remaining two teams in its conference that finished in the same position in their divisions the previous season. The team that finished fourth in its division would play all three other teams in its conference.
- [WNBA 2026 Schedule](https://www.bigdataball.com/wnba-2026-schedule/): Notes for the 2026 Season: - The 2026 Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) season marks a historic milestone as the league celebrates its 30th anniversary. - Following a verbal agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the regular season is officially scheduled to tip off on May 8. This year, the league continues its rapid expansion, growing from 13 to 15 teams with the addition of the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo, following the successful debut of the Golden State Valkyries in 2025. - Each team will play 44 games, 22 on the road, 22 at home. - On April 3, an expansion draft was held to allow the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo to build their inaugural rosters. The two teams alternated selections from the existing franchises, with the exception of the Chicago Sky. Notably, Portland did not select a player from the Las Vegas Aces, while Toronto did not draft anyone from the Seattle Storm.
- [NHL 2025-2026 Regular Season Schedule](https://www.bigdataball.com/nhl-2025-2026-schedule/): The 2025-2026 NHL season opens on October 7th with a nationally televised triple-header: ESPN carries the games in the U.S., while Sportsnet and TVA Sports air them in Canada. It has 1312 in total, each team plays 41 road games and 41 home games (except the Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins as they play 2 neutral games against each other on November in Sweden. NHL Scheduling Formula = 26 Division Games + 24 Conference/Non-Division Games + 32 Non-Conference Games Utah Hockey Club team officially revealed their permanent name as the "Utah Mammoth". The 2025-26 schedule has two international games in Sweden On November 14th and 16th. A 19-day break will occur in February for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
- [NFL 2025 Schedule](https://www.bigdataball.com/nfl-2025-schedule/): About the NFL 2025 Season The upcoming 2025 NFL season will be the 106th of the NFL, you can download NFL 2025 regular season schedule spreadsheet to start planning your season The NFL has unveiled 18-week NFL 2025 regular-season schedule in which the opener game (Cowboys @ Eagles) at 8:20 PM ET is scheduled for September 4, 2025 and the regular season concludes on January 4, 2026. How the NFL Determines 2025 Season Schedule It's a complex scheduling challenge each season, balancing over 26,000 variables like stadium logistics, travel, primetime slots, competitive equity, and key rivalries. To find the best possible schedule each year, the league utilizes high-performance computing resources. 32 NFL teams play 17 games and has one "bye week". Each team plays the other three teams in its division twice, one game against each of the four teams from a division in its own conference, one game against each of the four teams from a division in the other conference, and one game against each of the remaining two teams in its conference that finished in the same position in their divisions the previous season. The team that finished fourth in its division would play all three other teams in its conference.
- [WNBA 2025 Schedule](https://www.bigdataball.com/wnba-2025-schedule/): The 2025 WNBA season runs May 16 to September 11, with 13 teams each playing 44 regular season games. The season includes the Commissioner's Cup tournament and July All-Star break. The defending champion New York Liberty and seven other teams will qualify for playoffs, culminating in the first-ever best-of-7 WNBA Finals.
- [NFL 2024 Schedule](https://www.bigdataball.com/nfl-2024-schedule/): About the NFL 2024 Season On May 16th, 2024 the NFL has unveiled NFL 2024 regular-season schedule. The National Football League season 2024 is scheduled to start on September 5, 2024 and conclude on January 5, 2025. In the released NFL schedule, we see Green Bay at Philadelphia on September 6 playing an international game in Sao Paolo that would be the first ever NFL regular season matchup played in Brazil, South America. Another first time thing in league history, Christmas Day will feature two games on December 25th falls on a Wednesday, and the NFL has scheduled two matchups for the holiday: Kansas City at Pittsburgh and Baltimore at Houston. The season will continue for 18 weeks. Each of the 32 NFL teams in the divisions plays 17 games and has one "bye week". Each team plays the other three teams in its division twice, one game against each of the four teams from a division in its own conference, one game against each of the four teams from a division in the other conference, and one game against each of the remaining two teams in its conference that finished in the same position in their divisions the previous season (e.g., the team that finished fourth in its division would play all three other teams in its conference). The upcoming 2024 NFL season will be the 105th of the NFL, you can download NFL 2024 regular season schedule spreadsheet to start planning your actions.
- [WNBA 2024 Schedule](https://www.bigdataball.com/wnba-2024-schedule/): The WNBA 2024 season (Women's National Basketball Association) will be its 28th season. The defending champions are the Las Vegas Aces. What Changed in Commissioner's Cup? The WNBA is changing the format of the Commissioner's Cup tournament starting in 2024 for the league's 28th season. Each team will play a total of 5 Commissioner's Cup games - one against each in-conference opponent. The Cup games will be played during a dedicated two-week period from June 1-13 as part of the 40-game schedule. Teams will play either 3 Cup games at home and 2 on the road, or 2 at home and 3 on the road. The teams with the best records in Cup games from each conference will advance to the Commissioner's Cup Championship on June 25. The Championship game will be hosted by the team with the best overall Cup record. The prize pool for the winning team is $500,000. So the new format focuses the Cup games into a condensed period and guarantees each team faces all in-conference opponents once.
- [NHL 2023-2024 Regular Season Schedule](https://www.bigdataball.com/nhl-2023-2024-schedule/): NHL 2023–24 NHL regular season begins October 10th, 2023 and end on April 18th, 2024. It has 1312 in total, each team plays 41 road games and 41 home games NHL Scheduling Formula = 26 Division Games + 24 Conference/Non-Division Games + 32 Non-Conference Games NHL 2024 Playoffs to begin shortly afterwards regular season NHL 2024 Finals to be held in June.
- [NFL 2023 Schedule](https://www.bigdataball.com/nfl-2023-schedule/): About the NFL 2023 Season On May 11th, 2023 the NFL has unveiled NFL 2023 regular-season schedule. The National Football League season 2023 is scheduled to start on September 7, 2023, with the defending champion of Super Bowl LVII, Chiefs, hosting the NFL Kickoff Game. The season is scheduled to conclude on January 7, 2024. The season will continue for 18 weeks. Each of the 32 NFL teams in the divisions plays 17 games and has one "bye week". All games during the final weekend will be intra-division contests. Each team plays the other three teams in its division twice, one game against each of the four teams from a division in its own conference, one game against each of the four teams from a division in the other conference, and one game against each of the remaining two teams in its conference that finished in the same position in their divisions the previous season (e.g., the team that finished fourth in its division would play all three other teams in its conference). After regular season, the postseason is planned to begin on January 14, and it will culminate with Super Bowl LVIII, the league championship game, on February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. The new 2023 NFL season will be the 104th of the NFL, giving football fans a lot of games to watch when they download NFL 2023 regular season schedule spreadsheet.
- [WNBA 2023 Schedule](https://www.bigdataball.com/wnba-2023-schedule/): What Changed?

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