List_of_sports
The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category.
According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games.[1]
Main article: List of acrobatic activities
Main article: Air sports
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These sports use water (a river, pool, etc.).
For a more comprehensive list, see List of water sports.
Further information: Outline of kayaking and canoeing
Canoeing
Kayaking
Main article: Kayaking
Rafting
Rowing
Other paddling sports
Aquatic ball sports
Surface
Underwater
Competitive swimming
Main article: Competitive swimming
- Backstroke
- Breaststroke
- Butterfly stroke
- Freestyle swimming
- Individual medley
- Synchronized swimming
- Medley relay
Kindred activities
Subsurface and recreational
Main articles: Underwater sports and Recreational diving
Diving
Main article: Archery
Main article: List of ball games
Bat-and-ball games
Main article: Bat-and-ball games
- Baseball
- Bat and trap
- Bete-ombro
- Brännboll – four bases
- Corkball – four bases (no base-running)
- Cricket – two creases
- 100-ball cricket
- Backyard, Beach and Street cricket
- Blind cricket
- Club cricket
- Deaf cricket
- First-class cricket
- French cricket
- Ice cricket
- Indoor cricket
- Indoor cricket (UK variant)
- Kilikiti
- Kwik cricket
- Last man stands cricket
- Limited overs cricket
- List A cricket
- One-armed versus one-legged cricket
- One Day International
- Short form cricket
- Single wicket/Double wicket
- T10 cricket
- Tape ball cricket
- Tennis ball cricket
- Test cricket
- Trobriand cricket
- Twenty20
- Twenty20 International
- Windball cricket
- Danish longball
- Elle
- English baseball
- Kickball
- Lapta – two salos (bases)
- The Massachusetts Game – four bases
- Matball
- Oină
- Old cat – variable
- Over-the-line – qv
- Palant
- Pesäpallo – four bases
- Plaquita
- Punchball
- Rounders – four bases or posts
- Schlagball
- Scrub baseball – four bases (not a team game per se)
- Stickball – variable
- Stoolball – two stools
- Stoop ball
- Tee-ball
- Town ball – variable
- Vigoro – two wickets
- Vitilla
- Welsh baseball
- Wiffleball
- Wireball
Invasion games
Main article: Goal (sport)
Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.
Basketball family
Football family
Main article: Football
- Ancient games
- Medieval football
- Association football
- Australian football
- English school games
- Eton College
- Harrow football
- Gaelic football
- Gridiron football
- American football
- Eight-man football
- Flag football
- Indoor football
- Nine-man football
- Six-man football
- Sprint football
- Street football (American)
- Touch football
- Unicycle football
- XFL rules football (2001, 2020)
- Canadian football
- Underwater football
- American football
- Rugby football
- Hybrid codes
Handball family
Main article: Handball
Stick and ball family
Hockey
Hurling and shinty
Lacrosse
Polo
Net and wall games
Main article: Net and wall games
Games involving opponents hitting a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:
Games involving opponents hitting a ball against a wall/walls using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:
Pilota family
Racket (or racquet) sports
Sports that use a netted racket
- Badminton
- Ball badminton
- Frontenis
- Battledore and shuttlecock
- Crossminton (previously "Speedminton")
- Qianball
- Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports)
- Rackets
- Racquetball
- Real tennis
- Road tennis
- Soft tennis
- Speed-ball
- Squash
- Squash tennis
- Stické
- Tennis
- Tennis polo
- Touchtennis
Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle
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Main article: Board sports
Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.
Main article: Climbing
Main article: Cycle sport
Sports using bicycles or unicycles.
Bicycle
Main article: Bicycle
Skibob
Unicycle
Main article: Unicycle
Main articles: Combat sport and Martial arts
A combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.
Grappling
Main article: Grappling
- Aiki-jūjutsu
- Aikido
- Jujutsu
- Judo
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu
- Sambo (martial art)
- Sumo
- Wrestling
- Amateur wrestling
- Greco-Roman wrestling
- Freestyle wrestling
- Folk wrestling
- Boli Khela
- Catch wrestling
- Collar-and-elbow
- Collegiate wrestling
- Cornish wrestling
- Devon wrestling
- Dumog
- Glima
- Gouren
- Kurash
- Lancashire wrestling
- Malla-yuddha
- Mongolian wrestling
- Pehlwani
- Schwingen
- Shuai jiao
- Ssireum
- Varzesh-e Pahlavani
- Yağlı Güreş
- Greek wrestling
- Mud wrestling
- Oil wrestling
- Professional wrestling
Striking
Main article: Strike (attack)
Mixed or hybrid
Further information: Hybrid martial arts
- American Kenpo
- Baguazhang
- Bando
- Bartitsu
- Bujinkan
- Hapkido
- Chun Kuk Do
- Hwa Rang Do
- Jeet Kune Do
- Kajukenbo
- Kalaripayattu
- Krav Maga
- Kuk Sool Won
- Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
- Mixed martial arts
- Northern Praying Mantis
- Ninjutsu
- Pankration
- Pencak Silat
- Sanda
- Shidōkan Karate
- Shōrin-ryū Shidōkan
- Shooto
- Shoot boxing
- Shootfighting
- Shorinji Kempo
- Systema
- Tai chi
- Unifight
- Vajra-mushti
- Vale tudo
- Xingyiquan
- Zen Bu Kan Kempo
Weapons
- Battōjutsu
- Bojutsu
- Boffer fighting
- Buhurt
- Canne de combat
- Cardboard Tube Fighting
- Eskrima
- Egyptian stick fencing
- Fencing
- Gatka
- Historical European martial arts
- Hojōjutsu
- Iaidō
- Iaijutsu
- Jōdō
- Jogo do pau
- Jūkendō
- Jittejutsu
- Kendo
- Kenjutsu
- Krabi–krabong
- Kumdo
- Kung fu
- Kyūdō
- Kyūjutsu
- Medieval MMA
- Modern Arnis
- Naginatajutsu
- Nguni stick-fighting
- Okinawan kobudō
- Pillow Fight Championship
- Shurikenjutsu
- Silambam
- Sōjutsu
- Sword fighting
- Wing Chun
- Wushu
- lathi khela
Other
Main article: Blood sport
Main article: Flying disc games
Main article: Gymnastics
Decathlon, heptathlon, and the pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five-component contests that are scored together using one points system.
Main article: Motorsport
Sports involving the use of motorized vehicles
Auto racing
Main article: Auto racing
- Autocross (a.k.a. Slalom)
- Autograss
- Banger racing
- Board track racing
- Demolition derby
- Desert racing
- Dirt track racing
- Drag racing
- Drifting
- Endurance racing
- Folkrace
- Formula racing
- Formula Libre
- Formula Student
- Hillclimbing
- Baseball racing
- Ice racing
- Kart racing
- Land speed records
- Legends car racing
- Midget car racing
- Monster truck
- Mud bogging
- Off-road racing
- Pickup truck racing
- Production car racing
- Race of Champions
- Rally raid
- Rallycross
- Rallying
- Regularity rally
- Road racing
- Short track motor racing
- Snowmobile racing
- Sports car racing
- Sprint car racing
- Street racing
- Stock car racing
- Time attack
- Tractor pulling
- Touring car racing
- Truck racing
- Vintage racing
- Wheelstand competition
Motorboat racing
Main article: Offshore powerboat racing
Motorcycle racing
Main article: Motorcycle racing
- Auto Race
- Board track racing
- Cross-country rally
- Endurance racing
- Enduro
- Freestyle motocross
- Grand Prix motorcycle racing
- Grasstrack
- Hillclimbing
- Ice racing
- Ice speedway
- Indoor enduro
- Motocross
- Motorcycle drag racing
- Motorcycle speedway
- Off-roading
- Rally raid
- Road racing
- Superbike racing
- Supercross
- Supermoto
- Supersport racing
- Sidecar racing
- Track racing
- Trial
- TT racing
- Free-style moto
ATV racing
Sport Parkour and Freerunning are empirically measured competitions of skill, speed or style on an obstacle based course. Self expression, demonstration of control and power are measured.
Main article: Running
Main article: Sailing
- Broomball (outdoors, snow)
- Snow baseball (Indian variant of Baseball played during winters)
Skiing
Main article: Skiing
Sled sports
Main article: Sledding
Main article: Shooting sports
Sports using guns (firearms, air guns, etc.).
Individual
- Clay pigeon shooting
- Slingshotting
- Bullseye shooting
- Field shooting
- Practical shooting
- Match crossbow
- shoot the chicken
- paintball
Athletic hybrid
- Bowling
- Modern pentathlon
- Biathlon
- Summer biathlon
- Ski field shooting
- Field running
- Moose biathlon
- Target sprint
- Pistol skiing
- Orienteering shooting
- Military patrol
- Underwater target shooting
- Water baseball
- Air baseball
- Ice baseball
Skirmish
- Free running and jumping
- Freestyle footbag
- Freestyle football
- Powerbocking
- Parkour
- Scootering
- Street workout
Main article: Tag (game) § Variants
- Atya-patya
- Bo-taoshi
- British Bulldog (American Eagle; Australian Dingo)
- Capture the flag
- Darebase
- Hana Ichi Monme
- Hide and seek
- Jugger
- Kabaddi
- Kho kho
- Kick the can
- Langdi
- Marco Polo
- Oztag
- Red rover
- Tag
- World Chase Tag
Main articles: Olympic weightlifting and Powerlifting
Sports falling into two or more categories.
Main article: Animals in sport
Dog sports
Sports in which dogs participate.
Main article: List of dog sports
Equestrian sports
Main article: List of equestrian sports
Sports using a horse.
- Buzkashi
- Barrel racing
- Campdrafting
- Cirit
- Charreada
- Chilean rodeo
- Chuckwagon racing
- Cross country
- Cutting
- Dressage
- Endurance riding
- English pleasure
- Equitation
- Eventing
- Equestrian vaulting
- Gymkhana
- Harness racing
- Hobby horse polo
- Trick riding
- Horse racing
- Horse polo, or polo
- Horseball
- Jineteada gaucha
- Jousting
- Mounted games
- Mounted archery
- Pato
- Pleasure driving
- Reining
- Rodeo
- Show hunter (British)
- Show jumping
- Steeplechase
- Sur-papakh
- Team penning
- Tent pegging
- Western pleasure
Fishing
Main article: Fishing
Hunting
Main article: Hunting
Sometimes considered blood sports.
Rodeo-originated
Main article: Rodeo
Sports that have originated from rodeos in the old Western Americas.
Main article: Mind sports
Requiring little or no physical exertion or agility, mind sports are often not considered true sports. Some mind sports are recognised by sporting federations. The following list is intended to represent anything that is likely to be referred to as a mind sport, not to argue their validity as sports.
Card games
Main articles: Card game and List of card games
Esports
Main articles: Esports and List of esports games
Speedcubing
Strategy board games
Main articles: Board Games and List of board games
- Arimaa
- Backgammon
- Checkers
- Chess
- Atomic chess
- Bughouse chess
- Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random Chess)
- Losing chess
- Chinese checkers
- Diplomacy
- Dominoes
- Draughts
- Go
- Go-Moku
- Jacquet
- Janggi
- Ludo
- Mahjong
- Mancala
- Reversi
- Risk
- Scrabble
- Shōgi
- Sholo Guti
- Sogo (Score four)
- Stratego
- Sudoku
- Xiangqi (Chinese chess)
- Yut
Other
Remote control
Potentially other sports are listed here.
Air sports
Athletics (track and field)
Electronic sports
Sports played using electronic devices.
Endurance sports
Skating sports
Snowsports
See #Skiing
Strength sports
Sports mainly based on sheer power.
Table sports
- Air hockey
- Backgammon
- Beer Pong
- Carrom Nok Hockey
- Chess
- Connect Four
- Cue sports (a.k.a Billiards)
- Draughts (a.k.a. checkers)
- Dominoes
- Headis
- Janggi
- Mahjong
- Paper Football
- Reversi (a.k.a. Othello)
- Scrabble
- Shogi
- Subbuteo
- Table football
- Table hockey
- Table tennis (a.k.a. ping pong)
- Table Shuffleboard/Sling Puck
- Teqball
- Xiangqi
Target sports
Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.
- Archery
- Axe throwing
- Bocce
- Bocce volo
- Boccia
- Bolas criollas
- Boules
- Bowling
- Bowls a.k.a. lawn bowls
- Calva
- Cornhole
- Croquet
- Curling
- Darts
- Horseshoes (horseshoe throwing)
- Jeu provençal (boule lyonnaise)
- Jukskei
- KanJam
- Knife throwing
- Kubb
- Lawn darts
- Matball
- Mölkky
- Pall mall
- Peashooter (toy)
- Pétanque
- Pitch and putt
- Ring-goal
- Ring toss
- Shooting
- Shuffleboard
- Skittles
- Skee ball
- Snowball fight
- Tejo
- Trugo
- Varpa
- Woodball
- Water balloon
Cue sports
Main article: Cue sports
- Carom billiards
- Novuss (and cued forms of carrom)
- Pool
- Eight-ball
- Blackball (a.k.a. British eight-ball pool)
- Nine-ball
- Straight pool (14.1 continuous)
- One-pocket
- Three-ball
- Seven-ball
- Ten-ball
- Rotation
- Baseball pocket billiards
- Cribbage (pool)
- Bank pool
- Artistic pool
- Trick shot competition
- Speed pool
- Bowlliards
- Chicago
- Kelly pool
- Cutthroat
- Killer
- Russian pyramid
- Snooker
- Hybrid carom–pocket games
- Obstacle variations
- Table Sports
Golf
Main article: Golf
Team sports
Sports that involve teams.
- Basketball family
- Bat and ball games
- Bowling
- Basque pelota
- Bunnock
- Camogie
- Football family
- Gateball
- Handball
- Hardcourt Bike Polo
- Hockey family
- Horseshoe
- Hurling
- Kickball
- Lacrosse
- Loofball
- Mesoamerican ballgame
- Newcomb ball
- Polo
- Paintball
- Quidditch
- Ringette
- Roller derby
- Rowing
- Sepak takraw
- Ultimate (sport)
- Woodsman
- Volleyball
Windsports
Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):
Fictional sports
Main article: List of fictional games § Sports
Fictional sports that are played in real life:
- 43-Man Squamish
- Calvinball
- Quidditch (Harry Potter)
- Swiss Guyball
- BASEketball
- Brockian Ultra-Cricket
- Squid Game
- Hunger Games
- Whack-bat
- Blitzball
- Fictional Martial Arts
- Air guitar
- Arctic sports
- Cheese rolling
- Chess boxing
- Chicken fight
- Competitive eating
- Competitive math
- Conker fighting
- Drum and bugle corps
- Dwyle Flonking (sport)
- Earthball
- Egg and spoon race
- Extreme ironing
- Extreme Pogo
- Ferret legging
- Fierljeppen
- Footbag (hacky sack)
- Guyball
- Haggis hurling
- Hopscotch
- Jegichagi
- Jeopardy!
- Jump rope
- Lawn mower racing
- Lumberjack sports
- Marching
- Object spinning
- Patball
- Pea shooting
- Quadrobics
- Quiz Bowl
- Redneck Games
- Ring-goal
- Ringette
- Sack race
- Soap shoes
- Stihl Timbersports Series
- Tennikoit
- Tetherball
- Three-legged race
- Ultimate Tazer Ball
- Wallball
- Wife-carrying
- Woodsman
- Yoyoing
- Lipoński, Wojciech (2003). "Introduction". World Sports Encyclopedia. Ozgraf. ISBN 0760316821 – via Internet Archive. Former reference version, How many sports are there in the world? ("World Sports Encyclopedia". Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
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