2025 Season Roundup
It's been a busy year for us on the AFL API and if you haven't been following on mid-season, here's a round up of what's been added from post-season 2024 to right now.
New API Features
Tier 2 Competitions
We have added the Tier 2 competitions listed in the table below to the AFL API. Tier 2 marks the use of multiple League Levels for the first time, so note that some competitions require you to use a Level Id other than 1.
All match endpoints are available to Tier 2 matches, though due to each competition's smaller data set, they return less information compared to AFL or AFLW matches. Starting with 2026, we will be providing the Tier 2 Advanced data set to selected competitions.
More information about the Tier 2 Advanced Data Set can be found here.
Seasons 2024 and 2025 are currently available for each of these competitions. Their future seasons will be available going forward.
| Competition | League | Id | Level | Id | Advanced Data Set? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFL | Victorian Football League | 5 | Seniors | 1 | Yes - 2026 |
| VFLW | Victorian Football League Womens | 6 | Seniors | 1 | |
| U18 Champs | Under 18 Championship | 8 | Under-18 | 5 | Yes - 2024* |
| U18 Champs AFLW | AFLW Under 18 Championship | 9 | Under-18 | 5 | Yes - 2024* |
| U16 Champs | Under 16 Championship | 18 | Under-16 | 3 | |
| U16 Champs AFLW | AFLW Under 16 Championship | 19 | Under-16 | 3 | |
| Coates Talent League Boys | Coates Talent League Boys | 10 | Under-18 | 5 | Yes - 2026 |
| Coates Talent League Girls | Coates Talent League Girls | 11 | Under-18 | 5 | |
| AIS Academy | AFL AIS Academy | 14 | Under-18 | 5 | |
| SANFL | South Australian National Football League | 12 | Seniors | 1 | Yes - 2026 |
| SANFL Reserves | South Australian National Football League | 12 | Reserves | 2 | Yes - 2026 |
| SANFL U16 | South Australian National Football League | 12 | Under-16 | 3 | |
| SANFL U18 | South Australian National Football League | 12 | Under-18 | 5 | Yes - 2026 |
| SANFLW | South Australian National Football League Womens | 13 | Seniors | 1 | |
| WAFL | West Australian Football League | 16 | Seniors | 1 | Yes - 2026 |
| WAFL Reserves | West Australian Football League | 16 | Reserves | 2 | Yes - 2026 |
| WAFL Colts | West Australian Football League | 16 | Under-19 | 6 | Yes - 2026 |
| WAFLW | West Australian Football Womens | 17 | Seniors | 1 | |
| Interstate Matches | State League Representative Matches | 20 | Seniors | 1 |
Match Statistics Flow Endpoint
We added a new stats flow endpoint in August which returns all the timecoded occurrences of metric values in a match. Helpful if you want to track when we recorded Long Down the Line kicks happening, which is not easy to determine from match transactions alone.
Match Stoppages Endpoint
Back in November 2024 we added the stoppages endpoint, which returns all the timecoded occurrences of each stoppage in a match, along with a wealth of detail, including details on the stoppage exit.
Centre Bounce Zone
At the very end of 2024 we introduced the Centre Bounce zone to the API, providing the ability to filter match stats to those that happened at centre bounces, and adding this zone to all applicable endpoints.
Indigenous All Stars Match
We provided the 2025 Toyota AFL Indigenous All Stars Match live from the AFL API last February. Should these matches occur again in future the API is ready to support them.
Endpoint Enhancements
We improved a bunch of existing endpoints throughout the last year too - here's the highlights.
| Endpoint | Improvement | When |
|---|---|---|
| League Levels | Tier Classification | v1.58 - Jul 2025 |
| Match | Last Statistic Update timestamp | v1.46 - Oct 2024 |
| Match | Win/Loss/Draw result | v1.53 - Apr 2025 |
| Match Shots | Behind Shot Result | v1.54 - May 2025 |
| Match Shots | Shot Pressure | v1.62 - Oct 2025 |
| Match Statistics Leaders | Groundball Get Leaders | v1.54 - May 2025 |
| Match Statistics Leaders | Stoppage-related Leaders | v1.60 - Aug 2025 |
| Match Statistics Leaders | Filter by Period and Top X Leaders | v1.61 - Sep 2025 |
| Match Stoppages | Physical Zone | v1.51 - Mar 2025 |
| Match Venue | Interstate Travel | v1.52 - Apr 2025 |
| Season Fixture | Round Number Filter | v1.55 - Jun 2025 |
New Metrics
We've added dozens of new metrics to the API this year - too many to list in detail here, so here's the links to details in each release they were added.
Going forward, we will indicate which competitions support each new metric, based on them being AFL, AFLW, Tier 2 Standard or the Tier 2 Advanced Data Set.
| Metric | When |
|---|---|
| First Possession from Stoppage Outcome | v1.60 - Aug 2025 v1.61 - Sep 2025 v1.62 - Oct 2025 |
| Forward Kick Percentage | v1.46 - Oct 2024 |
| Inside 50 Target Chance Percentage | v1.48 - Dec 2024 |
| Intercept Chain Source & Outcome | v1.55 - Jun 2025 v1.56 - Jun 2025 v1.57 - Jul 2025 v1.58 - Jul 2025 v1.60 - Aug 2025 v1.62 - Oct 2025 |
| Kick-In Launch Locations | v1.48 - Dec 2024 |
| Kick Set/Non-Set Pressure | v1.46 - Oct 2024 |
| Player Rating Percentage | v1.51 - Mar 2025 |
| Pre-Clearance Contested Possession Situation | v1.58 - Jul 2025 |
| Post-Clearance Contested Possession Type | v1.59 - Jul 2025 |
| Points Above Expected Set/Non-Set Pressure | v1.61 - Sep 2025 |
| Points from Shot Type | v1.55 - Jun 2025 |
| Score Involvement Percentage | v1.47 - Nov 2024 |
| Shot At Goal Expected Goal & Points | v1.60 - Aug 2025 |
| Shot At Goal Type | v1.54 - May 2025 v1.56 - Jun 2025 |
| Squad Pressure Act Type Percentage | v1.57 - Jul 2025 |