Last week, we released a basic introduction to player statistics: passing, rushing and receiving statistics for a given player in a given game.

Today, we are updating the API with some great new features!

The initial release required a playerID and gameID, which requires an additional two requests. As promised, we’ve improved on this.

We’ve streamlined the process to allow you to search player stats by the player’s name, and the year/week of the game.

Here’s a quick example of searching for A.J. Green’s receiving stats for week 6 of this season:

“Defense wins championships”

We’ve also added defense statistics for individual players!

Here’s a quick example of Brandon Marshall’s (Denver linebacker) stats from week 6 of this season: