The catalogue
14 sports, 76 competitions
The rail at the top of every page carries five of these. The rest live here, with the weight of what the desk actually holds for each one.
Every sport on the desk
381,126 contests · 5,801 clubs and sides
Football
236,811
45 competitions
Formula 1
23
1 competition
Basketball
45,248
4 competitions
American Football
7,915
2 competitions
Ice Hockey
2,600
3 competitions
Baseball
87,062
1 competition
MMA
140
1 competition
Tennis
1,201
2 competitions
Golf
35
2 competitions
Rugby
54
7 competitions
Cricket
3
4 competitions
Lacrosse
6
2 competitions
Australian Rules
9
1 competition
Chess
19
1 competition
Counts are contests held on record, not fixtures scheduled: a sport with a large number behind it has an archive you can read back through, not merely a busy weekend. Every figure was collected by machine — see the source and licence register.