# NFL Preseason Odds API

The Odds API covers NFL preseason odds for live and upcoming games in a simple JSON API.

Not a developer? Current NFL preseason odds can also be accessed in Excel or Google Sheets. For website owners, the odds widget brings bookmaker odds into websites with a simple HTML tag.

This page describes NFL preseason odds. Regular season NFL odds are explained here

# Features

NFL preseason odds are covered for live and upcoming games.
Featured markets, including moneyline, spreads, totals are covered for several bookmakers. See the full list of bookmakers.
Additional markets (such as player props) are not covered for NFL preseason since bookmakers usually have very limited coverage for the preseason. This may change in future. The API provides extensive coverage of regular season NFL markets, including player props, game props, and more
Odds are refreshed at regular intervals. More information on update intervals can be found here.
NFL preseason scores are covered, with final scores available for games completed up to 3 days ago.
Current odds data and scores are available on all usage plans, including the free usage plan.
Historical NFL preseason odds data is available on paid usage plans. Historical odds for featured markets (moneyline, spreads, totals) are available from mid-2020. More information on historical odds data can be found here.
The API response includes deep links to bookmaker websites.

# Querying NFL Preseason Odds

# Query Featured NFL Markets

Featured markets (moneyline, spreads and totals) can be queried using the odds endpoint. For additional markets including player props, use the event-odds endpoint.

Parameters

To query current NFL preseason odds for featured markets, the following parameters need to be provided:

sport In this case americanfootball_nfl_preseason
regions Regions of bookmakers to return, for example us
markets For example, h2h for moneyline, spreads and totals
apiKey Get a free API key

See the documentation for more options

Example API Request

https://api.the-odds-api.com/v4/sports/americanfootball_nfl_preseason/odds?regions=us&markets=h2h,spreads,totals&oddsFormat=american&apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY

Example API Response

The API will return live and upcoming NFL games, including start times, home and away teams, and odds from bookmakers for the specified regions and markets.

[{
    "id": "a2c9f28280b60a277e237c7bb40b0d3c",
    "sport_key": "americanfootball_nfl_preseason",
    "sport_title": "NFL Preseason",
    "commence_time": "2025-08-15T23:01:00Z",
    "home_team": "Atlanta Falcons",
    "away_team": "Tennessee Titans",
    "bookmakers": [
        {
            "key": "fanduel",
            "title": "FanDuel",
            "last_update": "2025-08-13T03:25:36Z",
            "markets": [
                {
                    "key": "h2h",
                    "last_update": "2025-08-13T03:25:36Z",
                    "outcomes": [
                        {"name": "Atlanta Falcons", "price": 198},
                        {"name": "Tennessee Titans", "price": -240}
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "key": "spreads",
                    "last_update": "2025-08-13T03:25:36Z",
                    "outcomes": [
                        {"name": "Atlanta Falcons", "price": -108, "point": 5.5},
                        {"name": "Tennessee Titans", "price": -112, "point": -5.5}
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "key": "totals",
                    "last_update": "2025-08-13T03:25:36Z",
                    "outcomes": [
                        {"name": "Over", "price": -105, "point": 38.5},
                        {"name": "Under", "price": -115, "point": 38.5}
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        ...

The usage cost of the API call in this example is

usage cost = [number of markets] x [number of regions] = 3 x 1 = 3 credits

See the API documentation for details.

# Other Sports

See the full list of sports covered by The Odds API.

# NFL Preseason Odds API

# Features

# Querying NFL Preseason Odds

# Query Featured NFL Markets

# Other Sports

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