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

Air sports
Lima Lima aerobatics team performing over Louisville.
  • Aerobatics
  • Air racing
    • Cluster ballooning
    • Hopper ballooning
Wingsuit flying

Aquatic and paddle 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

Canoeing

Kayaking
Main article: Kayaking

Rafting
Rafting

Rowing

Other paddling 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
  • Cliff diving
  • Diving

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

Ball games
Main article: List of ball games

Bat-and-ball games
Main article: Bat-and-ball games
Awaiting a pitch: batter, catcher, and umpire in baseball

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
Tyrone try for a goal against Westmeath in a Gaelic football match

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

Stick and ball family
Hockey
Ice hockey players Roman Hamrlik and Joffrey Lupul dueling for position
Hurling and shinty
Cillian Buckley in action for Kilkenny against Galway in a hurling league game
Lacrosse
Polo

Net and wall games
An international match of volleyball.

Games involving opponents hitting a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:

A game of squash

Games involving opponents hitting a ball against a wall/walls using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:

Pilota family
Valencian pilota.

Sports that use a netted racket

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

Cycling
A track cycling Race
Main article: Cycle sport

Sports using bicycles or unicycles.

Bicycle
Main article: Bicycle

Skibob

Unicycle
Main article: Unicycle

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
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

Gymnastic
Trampoline gymnast Jason Burnett at 2008 Canadian National Championships
Main article: Gymnastics

Ice sports

Kite sports

Marker 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

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

Motorboat racing
Main article: Offshore powerboat racing

Motorcycle racing
MotoGP racing
Main article: Motorcycle racing

ATV racing
ATV racing on a motocross track

Musical

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.

Running
200 meters sprint
Main article: Running

Sailing
Windsurfing
Main article: Sailing

Snow sports
  • Broomball (outdoors, snow)
  • Snow baseball (Indian variant of Baseball played during winters)

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

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

Individual

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

Stacking

Street sports

Strength sports

Tag games
Main article: Tag (game) § Variants

Walking

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

Overlapping sports

Sports falling into two or more categories.

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.

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

Esports
Main articles: Esports and List of esports games

Speedcubing

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

Different classification

Potentially other sports are listed here.

Air sports

Athletics (track and field)
Pole vault

Electronic sports

Sports played using electronic devices.

Endurance sports

Skating sports

Snowsports
A snowboarder and a skier
A ski jumper using the V-style
Freestyle skiing

See #Skiing

Strength sports

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

Arm wrestling

Table sports

Target sports

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

Cue sports
Pool balls
Snooker.
Main article: Cue sports

Golf
Main article: Golf

Team sports

Sports that involve teams.

Match of lacrosse
Jack and Jill competition, Lumberjack World Championships, Hayward, Wisconsin, 2007.

Windsports

Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

Fictional sports

Fictional sports that are played in real life:

Miscellaneous sports
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.
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