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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]

Acrobatic arts

Main article: List of acrobatic activities
Cheerleading

Air sports

Lima Lima aerobatics team performing over Louisville.
Main article: Air sports
Wingsuit flying

Athletics

Long jump
Triple jump
High jump
Pole vault
Discus throw
Javelin throw
Shot put
Hammer throw
100 meters
110 meters hurdles
The three activities in Track and field, from top-bottom rows: jumping, throwing and running.
Main articles: Sport of athletics and Track and field

Jumping

Throwing

Running

Main article: Running

Combined

Ball games

Main article: List of ball games

Bat-and-ball games (safe haven sports)

Main article: Bat-and-ball games
The two major Bat and ball games, from top-bottom: Baseball and Cricket.
Baseball like
Cricket like
Schlagball like
Other games

Billiards

Cue sports

Main article: Cue sports
The three main family of Cue sports, from top-bottom: Carom, Pocket billards and Snooker.

Ground billiards

Main article: Ground billiards
Lawn bowls

Boules sports

Main article: Boules

Bowling

Main article: Bowling
Bowling

Dodgeball family

Main article: Dodgeball

Golf

Main article: Golf
Golf player using a putter to score

Invasion games

Main article: Goal (sport)

Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.

Basketball family

Basketball player Dwight Howard making a slam dunk at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Football family

Main article: Football
Association football (soccer)
Association football (beach)
Association football (Futsal)
Gridiron football(American)
Gridiron football(Canadian)
Rugby football (League)
Rugby football (Union)
Australian rules football
Gaelic football (GAA)
International rules football
Several codes of football
Historical
Modern codes

Handball family

A 7-meter throw in Handball.
Main article: Handball

Stick and ball family

Hockey
The two major sports in the Hockey family, from left-right: field and ice hockey.
Main article: Hockey
Hurling and shinty
Lacrosse
Match of lacrosse
Main article: Lacrosse
Polo
A polo player.
Main article: Polo

Other

Net and wall games

Main article: Net and wall games
An international match of volleyball.

Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely the body:

A game of squash

Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball against walls o any rebounding surface using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:

Games that use both walls and net

Pilota family

Valencian pilota.

Racket (or racquet) sports

Tennis
Sports that use a netted racket
Table tennis
Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle

Board sports

Skateboard vert jump at the Sprite urban games 2006 in London.
Snowboard figure at the 2008 Shakedown
Surfing in Hawaii
Main article: Board sports

Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.

Climbing

Canyoning
Main article: Climbing

Combat sports: wrestling and martial arts

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
Two men compete in freestyle wrestling.

Striking

Main article: Strike (attack)
A kick in kickboxing.

Mixed or hybrid

Further information: Hybrid martial arts
Ground fighting in MMA.

Weapons and kicking

Axe throwing at the Ming Culture Village, a theme park near the Yangshan Quarry, China
Two kendōka.

Other

Main article: Blood sport

Flying disc sports

Australia vs Canada ultimate players WUGC 2012 in Japan. Ultimate Canada
Main article: Flying disc games

Gymnastics

Balance beam
Uneven bars
Floor
Vault
Horizontal bar
Parallel bars
Pommel horse
Still rings
Artistic gymnastics apparatuses
The five Rhythmic gymnastics apparatuses, from left-right: ball, clubs, hoop, ribbon and rope.
Main article: Gymnastics

Kite sports

Mixed discipline

The three components of triathlon: swimming, cycling, running

Decathlon, heptathlon, and the pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five-component contests that are scored together using one points system.

Motorsports

Main article: Motorsport

Sports involving the use of motorized vehicles

Air racing

Main article: Air racing
Formula 1 motorboat

Motorboat racing

Main article: Offshore powerboat racing

Terrestrial vehicles

Automobile

The start of a Formula One race in 2008
Main article: Auto racing

Motorcycle

MotoGP racing
Main article: Motorcycle sport

Others

ATV racing on a motocross track

Orienteering

Parkour/Freerunning

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.

Pedal vehicle

Human-powered vehicles propelled by pedals

Cycling

Main article: Cycle sport

Sports using bicycles, quadracycles, tricycles or unicycles.

Bicycle

A track cycling Race
Main article: Bicycle

Quadracycle

Tricycle

Unicycle

Main article: Unicycle

Watercraft

  • Pedal boat racing

Racing

Snow sports

Skiing

A ski jumper using the V-style
Freestyle skiing
Main article: Skiing

Sled sports

United States Air Force Major Brady Canfield, 2003 U.S. skeleton champion, shows his takeoff form.
Main article: Sledding

Shooting sports

Main article: Shooting sports

Archery

Members of the Gotemba Kyūdō Association demonstrate Kyūdō.
Main article: Archery

Gun sports

Sports using guns (firearms, air guns, etc.).

Individual

Athletic hybrid

Skirmish

Stacking

Strength sports

Tag games

Main article: Tag (game) § Variants

Walking

Water sports

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

Paddling sports

Canoeing

Kayaking

Main article: Kayaking

Rafting

Rafting

Rowing

Other paddling sports

Sailing

Windsurfing
Main article: Sailing

Aquatic ball sports

Greece – Hungary water polo match (World Junior Championship 2004 Naples, Italy)

Surface

Underwater

Competitive swimming

Main article: Competitive swimming

Kindred activities

Subsurface and recreational

Main articles: Underwater sports and Recreational diving

Diving

Weightlifting

North Korean weightlifter Pak Hyon-suk performing the snatch, one of the two lifts in the sport of Olympic weightlifting.
Main articles: Olympic weightlifting and Powerlifting

Sports involving animals

Main article: Animals in sport

Dog sports

Sports in which dogs participate.

Main article: List of dog sports

Equestrian sports

Horse racing at Arlington Park, 2007
Main article: List of equestrian sports

Sports using a horse.

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.

Others

Mind sports

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

Combination puzzle

Main article: Combination puzzle

Esports

Main articles: Esports and List of esports games

Strategy board games

A game of mahjong being played in Hangzhou, China
Main articles: Board Games and List of board games

Other

Competitive model sports

Remote control

Overlapping sports

Sports falling into two or more categories.

Different classification

Potentially other sports are listed here.

Air sports

Beach sports

Versions of sports played on sand

Compromise rules

Electronic sports

Sports played using electronic devices.

Endurance sports

Ice sports

Marker sports

Skating sports

Snow sports

A snowboarder and a skier

See #Skiing

Street sports

Strength sports

Arm wrestling

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

Table sports

Target sports

Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.

Team sports

Cillian Buckley in action for Kilkenny against Galway in a hurling league game
Main article: Team sport

Sports that involve teams.

Wheelchair sports

Para-versions of sports played using wheelchairs

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:

Miscellaneous sports

Jack and Jill competition, Lumberjack World Championships, Hayward, Wisconsin, 2007.
Logrolling

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)). See ISBN 9780760316825.
  2. ^ "Blind Baseball Rulebook" (PDF). World Baseball Softball Confederation.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Wood, Robert (2012-12-01). "360Ball - a cool new sport". Topend Sports. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  4. ^ Day, Lewin (2023-08-02). "What a Spectacle: Thai Farmers Drag Race Tuned Stand-Up Tractors". The Drive. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
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