The following is a list of sports and games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 known indigenous sports and sporting games.
Acrobatic arts
Cheerleading
Breakdancing
Color guard (flag spinning)
Dancing
Cheerleading
Dancesport
Dragon dance and Lion dance
Figure skating
Freerunning
High kick
Paragliding
Parkour
Pole sports
Quadrobics
Stunt
Trampolining
Air sports
Aerobatics
Air racing
-Cluster ballooning
-Hopper ballooning
-Drone racing
Wingsuit flying
Gliding
Hang gliding
-Powered hang glider
Human-powered aircraft
Model aircraft
Parachuting
-BASE jumping
-Skysurfing
-Wingsuit flying
-Bodyflight (indoor skydiving)
Paragliding
-Powered paragliding (paramotoring)
Ultralight aviation
Animal sports
Bovines
Recortes
Bull-leaping
Course landaise
Jallikattu
Recortes
Bullfighting
Spanish-style bullfighting
Combat de Reines
Idi probak
Kambala
Pacu jawi
Running of the bulls
Tōgyū
Yak polo
Yak racing
Yak skiing
Dog sports
Sports in which dogs participate.
Equines
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
Organized horse fighting
Pato
Pleasure driving
Reining
Rodeo
Show hunter (British)
Show jumping
Steeplechase
Sur-papakh
Team penning
Tent pegging
Western pleasure
Fishing
Angling
Big-game fishing
Casting
Noodling
Spearfishing
Sport fishing
Surf fishing
Rock fishing
Fly fishing
Ice fishing
Bass fishing
Hunting
Sometimes considered blood sports.
Beagling
Big game hunting
Boar hunting
Deer hunting
Fox hunting
Wolf hunting
Rodeo-originated
Sports that have originated from rodeos in the old Western Americas.
Barrel racing
Bronc riding
Saddle Bronc Riding
Bareback Bronc Riding
Bull riding
Miniature Bull Riding
Charrería
Jaripeo
Chilean rodeo
Goat tying
Pole bending
Roping
Breakaway Roping
Tie-down Roping
Team roping
Steer roping
Steer riding
Steer wrestling
Others
Elephants
Elephant football
Elephant polo
Elephant racing
Other ungulates
Camel racing
Robot jockey
Camel wrestling
Goat racing
Pig racing
Ram fighting
Birds
Bird singing contest
Cockfighting
Flying duck race
Ostrich racing
Pigeon racing
Pigeon-shooting
Vinkensport
Invertebrates
Cricket-spitting
Insect fighting
Cricket fighting
Snail racing
Spider fighting
Worm charming
Small mammals
Cat agility
Ferret-legging
Hamster racing
Rabbit show jumping
Rat agility
Herpetiles
Alligator wrestling
Frog jumping contest
Rattlesnake round-up
Toad Day Out
Turtle racing
Athletics
Jumping
Triple jump
Long jump
High jump
Pole vault
Vertical jump
Throwing
Boomerang
Club throw
Discus
Hammer throw
Javelin
Shot put
Softball throw
Throws pentathlon
Running
Endurance
5K run
10K run
Cross country running
Half marathon
Marathon
Road running
Ekiden
Tower running
Ultramarathon
Snowshoe running
Fell running
Trail running
Mountain running
Racewalking
Skyrunning
Sprint
Hurdles
Steeplechase
Combined
Decathlon
Heptathlon
Icosathlon
Pentathlon
Tetradecathlon
Ball games
Bat-and-ball games (safe haven games)
Games in which the objective of the offensive team is to reach safe havens to score runs, and of the defense to prevent it.
Baseball like (roundball)
Baseball
Blind baseball
Beep baseball
Chapitas
Corkball – four bases (no base-running)
Fuzzball (sport)
Extreme Baseball
Half-rubber
Historic
Knickerbocker Rules
The Massachusetts Game – four bases
Town ball – variable
Vintage base ball
Indian Ball
Japanese-style baseball
Over-the-line – qv
No use of bat
Baseball5
Bolita de cancha
Kickball
Matball
Cuatro esquinas
Hotbox
Pelotica de goma
Punchball
Stoop ball
Wireball
Sandlot ball
Scrub baseball – four bases (not a team game per se)
Snow baseball
Softball
16-inch softball
Fast-pitch softball
Stickball – variable
Vitilla - three bases
Tee-ball
Wiffleball
Brännboll – four bases
British baseball (Pêl-Fas) – four posts
Elle
Pesäpallo – four bases
Rap7 ball
Rounders – four bases or posts
GAA rounders
Thèque
Cricket like
Bete-ombro
Cricket – two creases
Backyard, Beach and Street cricket
Blind cricket
Club cricket
Deaf cricket
French cricket
Ice cricket
Indoor cricket
Indoor cricket (UK variant)
Kilikiti
Kwik cricket
Last man stands cricket
Leg cricket (no use of bat)
Limited overs cricket
One Day International
List A cricket
Short form cricket
100-ball cricket
T10 cricket
Twenty20
Twenty20 International
One-armed versus one-legged cricket
Single wicket/Double wicket
Softball cricket
Table Cricket
Tape ball cricket
Tennis ball cricket
Test cricket
First-class cricket
Timeless Test
Trobriand cricket
Windball cricket
Women cricket
Crocker
Plaquita
Stoolball – two stools
Vigoro – two wickets
Wicket
Longball
Danish longball
Lapta – two salos (bases)
Oină
Palant
Schlagball
Other games
Bat and trap
Gillidanda
Old cat – variable
Pärk
Billiards
Cue sports
Carom billiards
Straight rail
Balkline
One-cushion carom
Three-cushion billiards
Five-pins
Four-ball
Artistic 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
American snooker
Power Snooker
Sinuca brasileira
Six-red snooker
Snooker plus
Snooker Shoot Out
Tenball
Hybrid carom–pocket games
English billiards
Bottle pool
Cowboy
Obstacle variations
Bagatelle
Bar billiards
Bumper pool
Table Sports
Foosball
Ground billiards
Pall-mall
Croquet
Roque
Gateball
Trucco
Woodball
Boules sports
Games which the objective is to throw, roll or slide balls as closely as possible to a jack or target.
Bocce
Bocce volo
Boccia
Bolas criollas
Boules
Bowls a.k.a. lawn bowls
Curling
Crokicurl
Wheelchair curling
Ice stock sport
Jeu provençal (boule lyonnaise)
Marbles
Pétanque
Taistelupetankki
Raffa
Shuffleboard
Bowling
Bowling
Candlepin bowling
Duckpin bowling
Five-pin bowling
Nine-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling
Trick bowling
Turkey bowling
Basque bowls
Bolo palma
Fowling
Skittles
Table skittles
Devil among the tailors
Dodgeball family
Dandy shandy
Gaga
Maram Pitti
Prisonball
Seven stones
Spud
Golf
Sports which score is counted in reference to par
Beach golf
Clock golf
Codeball
Dart golf
Disc golf
Footgolf
Fungo golf
GolfCross
Hickory golf
Indoor golf
Long drive
Match play
Miniature golf
Park golf
Pitch and putt
Sholf
Shotgun start
Skins game
Snow golf
Speed golf
Stroke play
Swingolf
Topgolf
Urban golf
Invasion games
Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.
Basketball family
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Basketball
3x3 basketball
Beach basketball
Biddy Basketball
Deaf basketball
Donkey basketball
Hotshot
One-on-one
Piterbasket
Pop-A-Shot
Rezball
Roller basketball
Six-on-six basketball
Slamball
Streetball
Super Shot
Twenty-one
Unicycle basketball
Water basketball
Wheelchair basketball
Canoe polo
Cestoball
Dueball
Flickerball
Horseball
Korfball
Beach korfball
Netball
Fast5 netball
Indoor netball
Walking netball
Pato
Ringball
Football family
Several codes of football
Historical
Ancient games
Aqsaqtuk
Chinlone
Cuju
Episkyros
Harpastum
Kemari
Ki-o-rahi
Marn Grook
Pasuckuakohowog
Phaininda
Tepuk
Woggabaliri
Yubi lakpi
Medieval football
Ba game
Bottle-kicking
Caid
Calcio Fiorentino
Camping (game)
Cnapan
Cornish hurling
Haxey Hood
Knattleikr
La soule
Lelo burti
Mob football
Shrove Tuesday games
Atherstone Ball Game
Royal Shrovetide Football
Scoring the Hales
Sedgefield Ball Game
Shrove Tuesday Football Ceremony of the Purbeck Marblers
Uppies and Downies
English school games
Eton College
Field game
Wall game
Harrow football
Winchester College football
Modern codes
Association football
Circle rules football
Jorkyball
Old rules
Cambridge rules
Sheffield Rules
Paralympic football
Amputee football
Blind football
CP football
Powerchair Football
Wheelchair soccer
Reduced variants
3v3 Soccer
Beach soccer
Cageball
Crab soccer
Fireball
Five-a-side football
Futsal
Ice football
Indoor soccer
Masters Football
Minifootball
Papi fut
Roller soccer
Rush goalie
Seven-a-side football
Kings League
Sevens football
Socca
Walking football
Street football
Keepie uppie
Freestyle football
Hacky sack
Swamp football
Three sided football
Omegaball
Australian football
AFLX
Auskick
Footy 9s
Kick-to-kick
Lightning football
Metro footy
Nine-a-side footy
Rec footy (no tackle allowed)
Women's Australian rules football
Gaelic football
Ladies' Gaelic football
Gridiron football
American football
Non tackle variants
Flag football
Touch football
Reduced variants
Eight-man football
Arena football
Nine-man football
Six-man football
Sprint football
Street football (American)
Unicycle football
Wheelchair football
UFL rules football (2024)
Canadian football
Underwater football
Rugby football
Rugby league
Masters Rugby League
Mod league
Non tackle variants
American flag rugby
League tag
OzTag
Tag rugby
Touch football
Reduced variants
Rugby league nines
Rugby league sevens
Wheelchair rugby league
Rugby union
Beach rugby
Mini rugby
Non tackle variants
Tag rugby
Touch rugby
Reduced variants
Rugby sevens
Rugby X
Rugby tens
Snow rugby
Underwater rugby
Wheelchair rugby
Hybrid codes
Austus
Boston game
Forceback
Freeflyball
Fullball
International rules football
Kronum
Samoa rules
Speedball
Swedish football
Universal football
Vertiball
Volata
Handball family
A 7-meter throw in Handball.
Czech handball
Field handball
Indoor handball
Beach handball
Wheelchair handball
Rollball
Visual impaired
Goalball
Torball
Water polo
Stick and ball family
Sports that use some kind of sticks for scoring goals.
Hockey
Traditional/historic
Bando
Beikou
Chueca
Khong kangjei
Palin
Pelota purépecha
Field hockey
Beach hockey
Hockey5s
Hockey 9s
Indoor hockey
Minkey
Floor hockey
Ball hockey
Floorball
Foot hockey
Hoverboard hockey
On ice
Ice skates
Bandy
Rink bandy
Rinkball
Ice hockey
Blind hockey
Pond hockey
Shinny
Sledge hockey
Ringette
Sans skates
Broomball
Moscow broomball
Spongee
Power hockey
Ring-goal
Roller hockey
Inline hockey
Blind inline hockey[8]
Inline sledge hockey
Quad hockey
Rossall Hockey
Street hockey
Ultiglockey
Underwater
Underwater hockey
Underwater ice hockey
Unicycle hockey
Hurling and shinty
Cammag
Hurling
Camogie
Shinty
Composite rules shinty-hurling
Iomain
Lacrosse
Indigenous North American stickball
Field lacrosse
Box lacrosse
Women's lacrosse
Lacrosse sixes
Intercrosse
Wheelchair lacrosse
Polocrosse
Segway rugpolocrosse
Polo
A polo player.
Auto polo
Sagol kāngjei
Arena polo
Beach polo
Bicycle polo
Hardcourt Bike Polo
Cowboy polo
Elephant polo
Hobby horse polo
Segway polo
Snow polo
Unicycle polo
Yak polo
Other goal sports
Cycle ball
Anejodi
Angleball
Autoball
Cycleball
Elephant football
Foobaskill
Home Ball
Motoball
Nashball
Pearl ball
Pushball
Quidditch
Tennis polo
Treibball
Whirlyball
Net and wall games
Sports when players/teams score whenever the opponent fails to return validly the possession of ball/bird back.
Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely the body:
An international match of volleyball.
Badminton
Ball badminton
Fistball
Footbag net
Football tennis
Jianzi
Jokgu
Jollyball
Loofball
Miniten
Peteca
Pickleball
Qianball
Rocball
Sepak takraw
Sipa
Table tennis
Hardbat
Headis
Para table tennis
Tambourelli
Te ano
Tennikoit
Tennis
Beach tennis
Paddle tennis
Platform tennis
Soft tennis
Touchtennis
Wheelchair tennis
Teqball
Throwball
Volleyball
9-man
Beach volleyball
Biribol
Bossaball
Crossnet
Ecuavolley
Footvolley
Hooverball
Newcomb ball
Sitting volleyball
Snow volleyball
Wallyball
Water volleyball
Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball against walls or any rebounding surface using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:
360ball
American handball
Australian handball
Basque pelota
Frontenis
Jai alai
Butts Up
Chinese handball
Fives
Eton fives
Rugby fives
Four square
Gaelic handball
Kin-Ball
One-wall handball
One wall paddleball
Patball
Rackets
Racquetball
Roundnet
Squash
Squash tennis
Suicide (game)
Tchoukball
Valencian frontó
Wallball
Games that use both walls and net
Padbol
Padel
Real Tennis
Table squash
Wallyball
Pilota family
Valencian pilota.
American handball
Australian handball
Basque pelota
Jai alai
Chaza
Downball
Fives
Eton fives
Rugby fives
Frisian handball
Four square or FS Handball
Gaelic handball
Gain-ground
Balle à la main
Ballon au poing
International game
Jeu de paume
Longue paume
Palla
Pallone
Tamburello
Tambourelli
Patball
Roundnet
Valencian pilota
Llargues
Racket (or racquet) sports
Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports)
Sports that use a netted racket
Tennis
Badminton
Ball badminton
Frontenis
Battledore and shuttlecock
Crossminton (previously "Speedminton")
Qianball
Rackets
Racquetball
Real tennis
Road tennis
Soft tennis
Speed-ball
Squash
Hardball squash
Squash tennis
Stické
Tennis
Wheelchair tennis
Touchtennis
Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle
Table tennis
Basque pelota
Beach tennis
Downside ball game
Four wall paddleball
Hanetsuki
Jombola
Matkot
Miniten
One wall paddleball
Paddle ball
Paddle tennis
Padel
Paleta frontón
Pan Pong
Pelota mixteca
Pickleball
Platform tennis
Sphairee
Stoolball
Table squash
Table tennis (Ping Pong)
Para table tennis
Other ball sports
500
Hornussen
Jeu de mail
Keep away
Rondo
Kolf
Snookball
Yukigassen
Board sports
Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.
Hoverboarding
Kite landboarding
Land sailing
Land windsurfing
Skateboarding
Casterboarding
Freeboard (skateboard)
Freeskating
Longboarding
Mountainboarding
Snakeboarding
Streetboarding
Streetluge
Scootering
Skysurfing
Skwal
Snowboarding
Para-snowboarding
Sandboarding
Snowkiting
Snowskating
Surfing
Bodyboarding
Dog surfing
Kiteboarding
Riverboarding
Skimboarding
Standup paddleboarding
Wakesurfing
Windsurfing
Wakeboarding
Kneeboarding
Paddleboarding
Climbing
Canyoning
Competition climbing
Competition bouldering
Competition ice climbing
Competition lead climbing
Competition speed climbing
Ice climbing
Dry-tooling
Mixed climbing
Mountaineering
Alpine climbing
Expedition climbing
Paraclimbing
Rock climbing
Aid climbing
Big wall climbing
Bouldering
Deep-water soloing
Multi-pitch climbing
Sport climbing
Traditional climbing
Speed climbing
Solo climbing
Free solo climbing
Rope solo climbing
Top rope climbing
Other
Canyoning (Canyoneering)
Coasteering
Hiking
Pole climbing
Rope climbing
Sawanobori
Combat sports: wrestling and martial arts
A combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.
Grappling
Aiki-jūjutsu
Aikido
Aquathlon (underwater wrestling)
Arm Wrestling
Jujutsu
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
10th Planet Jiu Jitsu
Gyokushin-ryū Jujutsu
Hakkō-ryū
Judo
Kosen judo
Sambo (martial art)
Sumo
Wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling
Freestyle wrestling
Collegiate wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Beach wrestling
Belt wrestling
Catch wrestling
Folk wrestling
Alysh
Scottish backhold
Barróg
Bokh
Boli Khela
Bultong
Buno
Canarian wrestling
Collar-and-elbow
Cornish wrestling
Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling
Devon wrestling
Dumog
Gatta Gusthi
Glima
Gouren
Huka-huka
Karakucak
Kene
Kurash
Lancashire wrestling
Leonese wrestling
Lutte Traditionnelle
Malakhra
Malla-yuddha
Mongolian wrestling
Mukna
Naban
Narodno rvanje
Pehlwani
Ringen
Ristynės
Schwingen
Shuai jiao
Ssireum
Tegumi
Varzesh-e Pahlavani
Yağlı Güreş
Greek wrestling
Jacket wrestling
Mud wrestling
Professional wrestling
Submission wrestling
Striking
Adimurai
Bajiquan
Bokator
Boxing
Amateur boxing
Ancient Greek boxing
Bare-knuckle boxing
Chess boxing
Chivarreto boxing
Russian boxing
Capoeira
Choi Kwang-Do
Dambe
Fujian White Crane
Karate
Kenpō
Kickboxing
Lethwei
Muay Thai
Pradal serey
Savate
Shaolin kung fu
Shin-kicking
Sikaran
Silat
Subak
Taekkyeon
Taekwondo
Taidō
Tang Soo Do
Vovinam
Wing Chun
Mixed or hybrid
American Kenpo
ARB
Baguazhang
Bando
Bartitsu
Bujinkan
Hapkido
Chun Kuk Do
Hwa Rang Do
Jeet Kune Do
Kajukenbo
Kalaripayattu
Krav Maga
Kuk Sool Won
Luta livre
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
Shoot wrestling
Shorinji Kempo
Systema
Tai chi
Unifight
Vajra-mushti
Vale tudo
Xingyiquan
Zen Bu Kan Kempo
Weapons
Two kendōka.
Paintball
Boffer fighting
Buhurt
Cardboard Tube Fighting
Eskrima
Modern Arnis
German school of fencing
Guns
Airsoft
Laser tag
Paintball
Historical European martial arts
Hojōjutsu
Iaido
Iaijutsu
Jieitaikakutōjutsu
Jittejutsu
Jūkendō
Kapap
Kendo
Kenjutsu
Krabi–krabong
Kumdo
Kung fu
Kyūdō
Kyūjutsu
Medieval MMA
Naginatajutsu
Okinawan kobudō
Pillow Fight Championship
Shurikenjutsu
Silambam
Sōjutsu
Stick-fighting
Bartitsu
Bōjutsu
Canne de combat
Egyptian stick fencing
Gatka
Jōdō
Jogo do pau
lathi khela
Nguni stick-fighting
Quarterstaff
Singlestick
Swords
Academic fencing
Classical fencing
Fencing
Wheelchair fencing
Battōjutsu
Vajra-mushti
Wing Chun
Wushu
Other
Flying disc sports
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Crossbee
Disc dog
Disc golf
Disc golf (urban)
Double disc court
Freestyle
Fricket
Frisbee
Guts
Dodge disc
Flutterguts
KanJam
Polish horseshoes
Ultimate
Goaltimate
Hot box
KanJam
Schtick
Gymnastics
Aerial hoop
Aerial silks
Aerobic gymnastics
Aesthetic group gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics
Only men
High bar
Parallel bars
Pommel horse
Still rings
Only women
Balance beam
Uneven bars
Both men and women
Floor
Vault
Baton twirling
Calisthenics
Competitive yoga
Juggling
Mallakhamba
Parkour
Pole dance
Rhythmic gymnastics
Ball
Clubs
Hoop
Ribbon
Rope
Rope jumping
Rope climbing
Slacklining
TeamGym
Trampolining
Trapeze
Flying trapeze
Static trapeze
Tumbling
Wheel gymnastics
Cyr wheel
Kite sports
Hang gliding
Kite buggy
Kite fighting
Kite ice skating
Kite landboarding
Kitesurfing
Parasailing
Snowkiting
Sport kite (Stunt kite)
Mixed discipline
Decathlon, heptathlon, and the pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five-component contests that are scored together using one points system.
Adventure racing
Aquathlon
Biathlon
Duathlon
Decathlon
Heptathlon
Icosathlon
Laser-run
Modern pentathlon
Pentathlon
Racketlon
Tetrathlon
Triathle
Triathlon
Motorsports
Sports involving the use of motorized vehicles
Air racing
Motorboat racing
Formula 1 motorboat
Drag boat racing
F1 powerboat racing
Hydroplane racing
Jet sprint boat racing
Offshore powerboat racing
Personal watercraft
Terrestrial vehicles
Automobile
Autoball
Auto polo
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 Student
Formula Libre
Hillclimbing
Baseball racing
Kart racing
Land speed records
Lawn mower racing
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
Sports car racing
Sprint car racing
Street racing
Stock car racing
Time attack
Tractor pulling
Tractor race
Touring car racing
Truck racing
Vintage racing
Wheelstand competition
Motorcycle
MotoGP racing
Auto Race
Board track racing
Cross-country rally
Endurance racing
Enduro
Freestyle motocross
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Grasstrack
Hillclimbing
Ice speedway
Indoor enduro
Motoball
Motocross
Motorcycle drag racing
Motorcycle speedway
Off-roading
Rally raid
Road racing
Stunt riding
Superbike racing
Supercross
Supermoto
Supersport racing
Sidecar racing
Track racing
Trial
TT racing
Free-style moto
Others
ATV racing on a motocross track
All-terrain vehicle competition
Electric bike racing
Electric scooter racing
Electric skateboard racing
Electric unicycle race
Hoverboarding
Ice racing
Monowheel run
Rickshaw run
Segway polo
Snowmobiling
Snowmobile skipping
Whirlyball
Orienteering
Amateur radio direction finding (Radio Orienteering)
Geocaching
Geohashing
Letterboxing
Orienteering
Rogaining
Waymarking
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.
Freerunning
Martial Arts Tricking
Ninja Warrior
Obstacle racing (OCR)
Parkour
Trampolining
World Chase Tag
Pedal vehicle
Human-powered vehicles propelled by pedals
Cycling
Sports using bicycles, quadracycles, tricycles or unicycles.
Bicycle
A track cycling Race
Artistic cycling
BMX
Cycle ball
Cycle polo
Hardcourt Bike Polo
Cycle speedway
Cyclo-cross
Dirt jumping
Downhill mountain biking
Freestyle BMX
Freestyle fixed gear
Bike Trials
Mountain biking
Road bicycle racing
Track cycling
Underwater cycling
Quadracycle
Pedal car racing
Tricycle
Handcycle
Wheelchair racing
Unicycle
Mountain unicycle
Icetrack cycling
Mountain unicycling
Street unicycling
Unicycling
Unicycle basketball
Unicycle football
Unicycle hockey
Unicycle polo
Unicycle trials
Watercraft
Pedal boat racing
Racing
Running
Marathon
Sprint
Mascot race
Skating
Inline speed skating
Speed skating
Ice cross downhill
Shooting sports
Archery
Archery
Dartchery
Field archery
Flight archery
Gungdo
Indoor archery
Kyūdō
Match crossbow
Mounted archery
Popinjay
Run archery
Target archery
Gun sports
Sports using guns (firearms, air guns, etc.).
Individual
Skeet shooting
Clay pigeon shooting
Skeet shooting
Trap shooting
Sporting clays
Slingshotting
Bullseye shooting
Rifle
ISSF rifle events
Fullbore target rifle
High power rifle
Benchrest shooting
Paralympic rifle events
Handgun
ISSF pistol events
Paralympic pistol events
Field shooting
Precision rifle competition
Precision Rifle Series
Field target
Metallic silhouette shooting
ICFRA Palma and F-Class
Plinking
Practical shooting
International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC)
International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA)
Multigun
Cowboy action shooting
Olympic dueling
Athletic hybrid
Laser-run
Air baseball
Biathlon
Bowling
Field running
Ice baseball
Laser-run
Military patrol
Modern pentathlon
Moose biathlon
Orienteering shooting
Pistol skiing
Ski field shooting
Summer biathlon
Target sprint
Triathle
Underwater target shooting
Water baseball
Skirmish
Airsoft
Laser tag
Paintball
Skating sports
Ice skating
Figure skating
Ice dancing
Single skating
Pair skating
Synchronized skating
Four skating
Ice theatre
Hockey
Bandy
Rink bandy
Ice hockey
Ringette
Rinkball
Speed skating
Ice cross downhill
Ice skating marathon
Long-track speed skating
Short-track speed skating
Tour skating
Roller sports
Freestyle scootering
Roller skating
Artistic roller skating
Inline skating
Aggressive inline skating
Freestyle slalom skating
Inline figure skating
Inline speed skating
Inline hockey
Quad
Jam skating
Rink hockey
Roller derby
Road skating
Rollball
Roller basketball
Roller soccer
Vert skating
Roller skiing
Skateboarding
Casterboarding
Freeboard (skateboard)
Freestyle skateboarding
Grass surfing
Longboarding
Mountainboarding
Skateboarding trick
Skatepark
Slalom skateboarding
Snakeboarding
Street skateboarding
Streetluge
Vert skateboarding
Snow sports
Skiing
Freestyle skiing
Alpine skiing
Downhill
Super-G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Alpine skiing combined
Freestyle skiing
Aerials
Moguls
Halfpipe
Slopestyle
Ski cross
Ski ballet
Speed skiing
Monoski
Nordic skiing
Cross-country skiing
Ski jumping
Nordic combined
Telemark skiing
Para-alpine skiing
Ice sledge racing
Ski mountaineering
Ski touring
Skijoring
Teleboard
Sled sports
Skeleton
Bobsleigh
Jack jumping
Luge
Shovel racing
Skibobbing
Skeleton
Snow tubing
Toboggan
Stacking
Card stacking
Dice stacking
Jenga
Sport stacking
Strength sports
Strongman
Arm Wrestling
Thumb war
Toe Wrestling
Powerlifting
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Tag games
Kabaddi
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
Seven stones
Surr
Tag
World Chase Tag
Walking
Hiking
- Backpacking (hiking)
- Off-trail hiking
- Naked hiking
Racewalking
Walking
Water sports
For a more comprehensive list, see List of water sports.
These sports use water (a river, pool, etc.).
Paddling sports
Rafting
Canoeing
Canoeing
Outrigger canoeing
Kayaking
Creeking
Flyak
Freeboating
Sea kayaking
Squirt boating
Surf kayaking
Whitewater kayaking
Rafting
Rafting
White water rafting
Rowing
Rowing (sport)
Gig racing
Coastal and ocean rowing
Surfboat
Single scull
Other paddling sports
Dragon boat racing
Standup paddleboarding
Sailing
Windsurfing
Dinghy sailing
Ice yachting
Kiteboarding
Land sailing
Land windsurfing
Sailing
Windsurfing
Wing foiling
Yacht racing
Aquatic ball sports
-Surface
Water polo
Canoe polo
Stone skipping
Waboba
-Underwater
Underwater football
Underwater rugby
Underwater hockey
Underwater ice hockey
Competitive swimming
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Butterfly stroke
Freestyle swimming
Individual medley
Synchronized swimming
Medley relay
Kindred activities
Bifins (finswimming)
Surface finswimming
Subsurface and recreational
Snorkeling
Apnoea finswimming
Aquathlon (underwater wrestling)
Freediving
Georgian swimming
Immersion finswimming
Scuba diving
Snorkeling
Spearfishing
Sport diving (sport)
Suijutsu
Underwater orienteering
Underwater photography (sport)
Underwater target shooting
Diving
Cliff jumping
Diving
Weightlifting
Basque traditional weightlifting
CrossFit
Highland games
Kettlebell lifting
Olympic weightlifting
Powerlifting
Bodybuilding
Strength athletics (strongman)
Steinstossen
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
Contract bridge
Hanafuda
Poker
Classic poker
Omaha
Online poker
Texas hold'em
Skat
Truco
Whist
Combination puzzle
Speedcubing
- Tetrahedron
- -Pyraminx
- -Pyramorphix
Cube
- 2x2x2
- 3x3x3
- 3x3x3 One-Handed
- 4x4x4
- 5×5×5
- 6×6×6
- 7×7×7
- Skewb
- Square-1
Skewb Diamond (octahedron)
Dodecahedron
- Megaminx
- Pyraminx Crystal
- Skewb Ultimate
Dogic (icosahedron)
Other
- Rubik's Clock
Competitive model sports
RC aircraft
Mini 4WD
Model aircraft racing
Model yacht racing
Neppis
Remote control
Drone racing
Model aerobatics
RC racing
Robot competition
Robot combat
Robot boxing
Robot-sumo
Robot football
Soccer robot
Slot car racing
Esports
0 A.D. a real-time strategy game
Battle royale game
Digital collectible card game
Fighting game
First-person shooter
Multiplayer online battle arena
Real-time strategy
Real-time tactics
Rhythm game
Speedrunning
Sports video game
Third-person shooter
Tile-matching video game
Vehicle simulation game
- Combat flight simulation game
- Sim racing
Strategy board games
A game of Monopoly
Chaturanga
- Arimaa
- Chess
-Atomic chess
-Bughouse chess
-Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random Chess)
-Fast chess
-Losing chess
- Janggi
- Shōgi
- Xiangqi (Chinese chess)
Checkers
- International
- Canadian
- English
- Turkish
Chinese checkers
Diplomacy
Dominoes
Go
Go-Moku
Ludo
Mahjong
Mancala
Monopoly
Reversi
Risk
Scrabble
Sholo Guti
Sogo (Score four)
Stratego
Sudoku
Tables games
- Backgammon
- Jacquet
Yut
Other
Competitive programming
Debating
Fantasy sport
Quizzing
Capture the flag (cybersecurity)
Puzzles
Both physical and mind
Chess boxing
Dance pad
Electro-mechanical game
Fitness game
Phygital sport
Virtual reality game
Different classification
Potentially other sports are listed here.
Air sports
Banzai skydiving
Bungee jumping
Hot air ballooning
Indoor skydiving
Beach sports
Versions of sports played on sand
Beach basketball
Beach golf
Beach handball
Beach hockey
Beach rugby
Beach soccer
Beach tennis
Beach volleyball
Beach wrestling
Compromise rules
Composite rules shinty–hurling
Iomain
International game
International rules football
One-wall handball
Electronic sports
Sports played using electronic devices.
Capture the flag (cybersecurity)
Combat robot
Competitive programming
Contesting
Fitness game
Radio-control vehicles
Video gaming
Wire loop game
Endurance sports
Chariot racing
Cross-country skiing
Cycling
Iditarod
Long-distance running
Rowing
Swimming
Wheelchair racing
Woodchopping
Ice sports
Figure skating
- Four skating
- Ice dancing
- Ice theatre
- Pair skating
- Single skating
- Synchronized skating
Hockey
- Bandy
- -Rink bandy
- Broomball
- -Moscow broomball
- Ice hockey
- -Sledge hockey
- -Spongee
- Ringette
Ice cricket
Ice fishing
Ice football
Icetrack cycling
Ice yachting
Sled
- Bobsleigh
- Luge
- Skeleton
Speed skating
- Barrel jumping
- Ice cross downhill
- Long-track speed skating
- Short-track speed skating
Target
- Crokicurl
- Curling
- Ice stock sport
Marker sports
Airsoft
Archery
Paintball
Darts
Snow sports
A snowboarder and a skier
Boardercross
Freestyle snowboarding
Snowboarding
Ski flying
Skibob
Snowshoe running
Snow volleyball
Skiboarding
Street sports
Free running and jumping
Freestyle footbag
Freestyle football
Powerbocking
Parkour
Scootering
Street workout
Strength sports
Arm wrestling
Sports mainly based on sheer power.
Arm wrestling
CrossFit
High striker
Highland games
Caber toss
Sheaf toss
Stone put
Weight throw
Olympic weightlifting
Powerlifting
Rock climbing
Strongman
Thumb wrestling
Toe wrestling
Tug of war
Woodchopping
Wood splitting
Zourkhaneh
Calisthenics
Tabletop games
Air hockey
Backgammon
Beer pong
Carrom
Carrom Nok Hockey
Chaturanga and descendants
Connect Four
Crokinole
Cue sports (a.k.a. Billiards)
Draughts (a.k.a. checkers)
Dominoes
Mahjong
Paper football
Reversi (a.k.a. Othello)
Scrabble
Tabletop sports
Air hockey
Cue sports
Headis
Pinball
Table Cricket
Table hockey
Table Shuffleboard/Sling Puck
Table tennis (a.k.a. ping pong)
Tabletop football
Button football
Sports table football
Subbuteo
Table football
Teqball
Yahtzee
Target sports
Axe throwing at the Ming Culture Village, a theme park near the Yangshan Quarry, China
Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.
Angleball
Archery
Axe throwing
Boules
Bowling
Calva
Cornhole
Croquet
Cue sports
Curling
Darts
Golf
Horseshoes (horseshoe throwing)
Jukskei
KanJam
Knife throwing
Kubb
Lawn darts
Matball
Mölkky
Pall mall
Peashooter (toy)
Pitch and putt
Ring-goal
Ring toss
Shooting
Shuffleboard
Skittles
Skee ball
Snowball fight
Tejo
Trugo
Varpa
Water balloon
Team sports
Sports that involve teams.
Angleball
Basketball family
Basque pelota
Bat and ball games
Bowling
Bunnock
Camogie
Dodgeball
Football family
Gateball
Handball
Hardcourt Bike Polo
Hockey family
Horseshoe
Hurling
Kickball
Kin-Ball
Lacrosse
Loofball
Mesoamerican ballgame
Motoball
Newcomb ball
Paintball
Polo
Quidditch
Ringette
Roller derby
Rowing
Sepak takraw
Tchoukball
Ultimate
Volleyball
Whirlyball
Woodsman
Yukigassen
Wheelchair sports
Para-versions of sports played using wheelchairs
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair fencing
Wheelchair handball
Wheelchair pickleball
Wheelchair rugby
Wheelchair rugby league
Wheelchair tennis
Windsports
Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):
Kite flying
Parachuting
Hot air balloon racing
Indoor skydiving
Fictional sports
Fictional sports that are played in real life:
43-Man Squamish
Calvinball
Quidditch (Harry Potter)
Swiss Guyball
BASEketball
Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Hunger Games
Whack-bat
Blitzball
Fictional Martial Arts
Miscellaneous sports
Logrolling
Air guitar
Arctic sports
Chess boxing
Chicken fight
Competitive eating
Competitive math
Conker fighting
Cook-off
Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
Drum and bugle corps
Dwyle Flonking (sport)
Earthball
Egg and spoon race
Extreme ironing
Extreme Pogo
Ferret legging
Fierljeppen
Fingerboarding
Footbag (hacky sack)
Flair bartending
Guyball
Gurning
Haggis hurling
Hopscotch
Idiotarod
Jegichagi
Jeopardy!
Jump rope
Double Dutch
Lawn mower racing
Lumberjack sports
Aizkolaritza
Axe throwing
Logrolling
Wood chopping
Wood splitting
Marching
Marching band
Milk chugging
Object spinning
Padiddling
Plate spinning
Top
Patball
Pea shooting
Quiz Bowl
Redneck Games
Ring-goal
Ringette
Sack race
Soap shoes
Stihl Timbersports Series
Tennikoit
Tetherball
Three-legged race
Ultimate Tazer Ball
Wallball
Wheel of Fortune
Wife-carrying
Woodsman
Yoyoing
