A focused Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides comprehensive NBA player statistics from basketball-reference.com. This server
Nba Player Stats MCP MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. A focused Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides comprehensive NBA player statistics from basketball-reference.com. This server specializes in delivering detailed player stats including career stats, season comparisons, advanced.
Once Nba Player Stats MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Per — Game Averages**: Traditional per-game statisticsAll — Time Rankings**: Where players rank in NBA historyPrerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverTesting — The Testing tool exposed by this serverTroubleshooting — The Troubleshooting tool exposed by this serverThe server ships on PyPI as nba-player-stats-mcp, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Nba Player Stats MCP's toolset — Per, All, Prerequisites and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by ziyadmir; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Per | Game Averages**: Traditional per-game statistics |
| All | Time Rankings**: Where players rank in NBA history |
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Testing | The Testing tool exposed by this server. |
| Troubleshooting | The Troubleshooting tool exposed by this server. |
### Configure Claude Desktop
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"nba-player-stats": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["path/to/basketball/src/server.py"],
"cwd": "path/to/basketball"
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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