ESPN athlete API

One ESPN athlete: position, team, jersey, age, height, college, draft and season stat line.

Ask your agent

“Call espn/athlete with id 1966 and summarize what comes back.”

Works in any MCP client connected to https://data.openkrill.app/mcp. Install in one line.

Path: espn/athlete
MCP tool: call_endpoint
Credits: 1
Cache: 15 min

Parameters

idstring, required	ESPN athlete id, such as 1966 for LeBron James
leaguestring, optional	ESPN sport/league path, default basketball/nba

Response

data.resources[] uses the same keys as every other platform: author, engagement, metadata, with ESPN-only fields under extras. A failed upstream call is never billed.

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MCP tool call

{
  "name": "call_endpoint",
  "arguments": {
    "path": "espn/athlete",
    "params": {
      "id": "1966"
    }
  }
}

curl

curl "https://data.openkrill.app/v1/espn/athlete?id=1966" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "espn",
  "endpoint": "espn/athlete",
  "data": {
    "resources": [
      { "id": …, "title": …, "text": …, "url": …,
        "author": {…}, "engagement": {…},
        "metadata": {…}, "extras": {…} }
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "cached": false
}