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33.3% of the 36 Sportssites we tested run a managed anti-bot or WAF. That is a homepage-level reading — the listing, search, and account pages people actually scrape are usually more protected.
Vendors in this category
| Site | Protected | Anti-bot / WAF |
|---|---|---|
| 365scores.com | Open | — |
| as.com | Protected | DataDome |
| atptour.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| baseball-reference.com |
| Protected |
| Cloudflare |
| bet365.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| bleacherreport.com | Open | — |
| cbssports.com | Open | — |
| cricbuzz.com | Open | — |
| draftkings.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| espn.com | Protected | AWS WAF + 1 more |
| espncricinfo.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| fanduel.com | Open | — |
| fifa.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| flashscore.com | Open | — |
| formula1.com | Open | — |
| fotmob.com | Open | — |
| foxsports.com | Open | — |
| gazzetta.it | Open | — |
| goal.com | Open | — |
| kicker.de | Protected | DataDome |
| lequipe.fr | Open | — |
| livescore.com | Open | — |
| marca.com | Open | — |
| mlb.com | Open | — |
| nba.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| nbcsports.com | Open | — |
| nfl.com | Open | — |
| nhl.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| premierleague.com | Open | — |
| sbnation.com | Open | — |
| si.com | Open | — |
| skysports.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| sofascore.com | Open | — |
| strava.com | Open | — |
| uefa.com | Open | — |
| williamhill.com | Open | — |
Compare with the rest of the full Anti-Bot Adoption Index (of 1005 reachable top sites, 57.2% are protected).