Aerobatics
Air racing
Cluster ballooning
Hopper ballooning
Gliding
Hang gliding
Powered hang glider
Human powered aircraft
Model aircraft
Parachuting
Banzai skydiving
BASE jumping
Skydiving
Skysurfing
Wingsuit flying
Paragliding
Powered paragliding
Paramotoring
Ultralight aviation
Field archery
Flight archery
Gungdo
Indoor archery
Kyūdō
Popinjay
Target archery
Badminton
Ball badminton
Biribol
Bossaball
Fistball
Footbag net
Football tennis
Footvolley
Hooverball
Padel
Peteca
Pickleball
Platform tennis
Sepak takraw
Sipa
Throwball
Volleyball
Beach volleyball
Water volleyball
Paralympic volleyball
Wallyball
Basketball
Beach basketball
Deaf basketball
Streetball
Water basketball
Wheelchair basketball
Cestoball
Korfball
Netball
Fastnet
Indoor netball
Ringball
Slamball
Bat-and-ball (safe haven)
Baseball
Softball
Slow pitch
Fast-pitch softball
16-inch softball
Bat and trap
British baseball - four posts
Brännboll - four bases
Corkball - four bases (no base-running)
Cricket - two creases
Indoor cricket
Limited overs cricket
One Day International
Test cricket
Twenty20
Danish longball
Kickball
Kilikiti
Lapta – two salos (bases)
The Massachusetts Game – four bases
Matball
Oina
Old cat – variable
Over-the-line – qv
Palant
Pesäpallo – four bases
Punchball
Rounders – four bases or posts
Scrub baseball – four bases (not a team game per se)
Stickball – variable
Stool ball – two stools
Tee-ball
Town ball – variable
Vigoro – two wickets
Wireball
Wiffleball
Baton twirling
Cheerleading
gymnastics
acro
dancing
ball acro
Ballet
Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.
Skateboarding
Scootering
Casterboarding
Freeboard (skateboard)
Longboarding
Streetboarding
Skysurfing
Streetluge
Snowboarding
Mountainboarding
Sandboarding
Snowkiting
Surfing
Wakesurfing
Bodyboarding
Riverboarding
Skimboarding
Windsurfing
Wakeboarding
Kneeboarding
Dodgeball
Ga-ga
Keep away
Kin-Ball
Newcomb ball
Quidditch
Rundown (a.k.a. Pickle)
Yukigassen
Rock climbing
Bouldering
Deep-water soloing
Sport climbing
Traditional climbing
Aid climbing
Ice climbing
Mixed climbing
Abseiling
Mountaineering
Other
Canyoning (Canyoneering)
Hiking
Rope climbing
Pole climbing
Coasteering
Sports using bicycles or unicycles.
Artistic cycling
BMX
Cyclo-cross
Cross-country mountain biking
Cycle polo
Cycle speedway
Downhill mountain biking
Dirt jumping
Freestyle BMX
Hardcourt Bike Polo
Road bicycle racing
Track cycling
Underwater cycling
Skibobbing
Unicycling
Mountain unicycling
Unicycle trials
Unicycle hockey
Unicycle basketball
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.
Aiki-jūjutsu
Aikido
Jujutsu
Judo
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Sambo (martial art)
Sumo
Wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling
Freestyle wrestling
Folk wrestling
Boli Khela
Collar-and-elbow
Cornish Wrestling
Dumog
Glima
Gouren
Kurash
Lancashire wrestling
Catch wrestling
Malla-yuddha
Mongolian wrestling
Pehlwani
Professional wrestling
Schwingen
Shuai Jiao
Ssireum
Varzesh-e Pahlavani
Yağlı Güreş
Greek wrestling
Choi Kwang-Do
Cockfighting
Boxing
Bokator
Capoeira
Fujian White Crane
Karate
Kenpō
Kickboxing
Lethwei
Muay Thai
Pradal serey
San shou
Savate
Shaolin kung fu
Sikaran
Silat
Subak
Taekkyeon
Taekwondo
Taido
Tang Soo Do
Wing Chun
Zui quan
Baguazhang
Bando
Bartitsu
Bujinkan
Hapkido
Hwa Rang Do
Jeet Kune Do
Kajukenbo
Kalarippayattu
Krav Maga
Kuk Sool Won
MCMAP
Mixed martial arts
Northern Praying Mantis
Ninjutsu
Pankration
Pencak Silat
Sanshou
Shidōkan Karate
Shōrin-ryū Shidōkan
Shoot boxing
Shootfighting
Shorinji Kempo
Systema
T'ai chi ch'uan
Vajra-mushti
Vale tudo
Vovinam
Xingyiquan
Zen Bu Kan Kempo
Axe throwing
Battōjutsu
Boffer fighting
Eskrima
Egyptian stick fencing
Fencing
Gatka
Hojōjutsu
Iaidō
Iaijutsu
Jōdō
Jogo do pau
Jūkendō
Juttejutsu
Kendo
Kenjutsu
Krabi-krabong
Kung fu
Kyūdō
Kyūjutsu
Modern Arnis
Naginatajutsu
Nguni stick-fighting
Okinawan kobudō
Shurikenjutsu
Silambam
Sōjutsu
Sword fighting
Wushu
Kumdo
Wing Chun
Skirmish
Airsoft
Laser tag
Paintball
Carom billiards
Three-cushion
Five-pins
Balkline and straight rail
Cushion caroms
Four-ball (yotsudama)
Artistic billiards
Novuss (and cued forms of carrom)
Pocket billiards (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
Sinuca brasileira
Six-red snooker
Snooker plus
Hybrid carom–pocket games
English billiards
Bottle pool
Cowboy
Obstacle variations
Bagatelle
Bar billiards
Bumper pool
Table Sports
Foosball
Sports using a horse.
Buzkashi
Barrel racing
Campdrafting
Cirit
Charreada
Chilean rodeo
Cross country
Cutting
Dressage
Endurance riding
English pleasure
Equitation
Eventing
Equestrian vaulting
Gymkhana
Harness racing
Horse racing
Horseball
Hunter
Hunter-jumpers
Jousting
Pato
Reining
Rodeo
Show jumping
Steeplechase
Team penning
Tent pegging
Western pleasure
Angling
Big-game fishing
Casting
Noodling
Spearfishing
Sport fishing
Surf fishing
Rock fishing
Fly fishing
Ice fishing
Beach ultimate
Disc dog
Disc golf
Disc golf (urban)
Dodge disc
Double disc court
Flutterguts
Freestyle
Freestyle competition
Goaltimate
Guts
Hot box
Ringo
Ultimate
Cylinder
Ancient games
Chinlone
Cuju
Episkyros
Harpastum
Kemari
Ki-o-rahi
Marn Grook
Woggabaliri
Yubi lakpi
Medieval football
Ba game
Caid
Calcio Fiorentino
Camping (game)
Chester-le-Street
Cnapan
Cornish hurling
Haxey Hood
Knattleikr
La soule
Lelo burti
Mob football
Royal Shrovetide Football
Uppies and Downies
Association football
Jorkyball
Paralympic football
Powerchair Football
Reduced variants
Five-a-side football
Beach soccer
Futebol de Salão
Futsal
Papi fut
Indoor soccer
Masters Football
Street football
Freestyle football
Keepie uppie
Swamp football
Three sided football
Australian football
Nine-a-side footy
Rec footy
Metro footy
English school games
Eton College
Field game
Wall game
Harrow football
Gaelic football
Ladies' Gaelic football
Gridiron football
American football
Eight-man football
Flag football
Indoor football
Arena football
Nine-man football
Six-man football
Sprint football
Touch football
Canadian football
Street football (American)
Rugby football
Beach rugby
Rugby league
Masters Rugby League
Mini footy
Mod league
Rugby league nines
Rugby league sevens
Tag rugby
Touch football
Wheelchair rugby league
Rugby union
American flag rugby
Mini rugby
Rugby sevens
Tag rugby
Touch rugby
Rugby tens
Snow rugby
Hybrid codes
Austus
Eton wall game
International rules football
Samoa rules
Speedball
Universal football
Volata
Match play
Skins game
Stroke play
Team play
Shotgun start
Speed golf
Miniature golf
Acrobatic gymnastics
Aerobic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics
Balance beam
Floor
High bar
Parallel bars
Pommel horse
Still rings
Uneven bars
Vault
Juggling
Rhythmic gymnastics
Ball
Club
Hoop
Ribbon
Rope
Rope jumping
Slacklining
Trampolining
Trapeze
Flying trapeze
Static trapeze
Tumbling
Handball family
Goalball
Tchoukball
Team handball
Beach handball
Czech handball
Field handball
Torball
Water polo
hitball
Sometimes considered blood sports.
Beagling
Big game hunting
Deer hunting
Fox hunting
Hare coursing
Wolf hunting
Bandy
Rink bandy
Broomball
Curling
Ice hockey
Ringette
Ice yachting
Figure skating
Kite buggy
Kite fighting
Kite landboarding
Kitesurfing
Parasailing
Snow kiting
Sport kite (Stunt kite)
Decathlon, heptathlon, and the pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five component contests that are scored together using one points system.
Adventure racing
Biathlon
Duathlon
Decathlon
Heptathlon
Icosathlon
Modern pentathlon
Pentathlon
Tetrathlon
Triathlon
Woodsman
Geocaching
Orienteering
Rogaining
Letterboxing
Waymarking
American handball
Australian handball
Basque pelota
Jai alai
Fives
Eton Fives
Rugby Fives
Frisian handball
Four square
Gaelic handball
Jeu de paume
Palla
Patball
Valencian pilota
Sports where a player uses a racquet (or racket) to hit a ball or other objects. Racket sports are games in which players use rackets to hit a ball or other object.
Badminton
Ball badminton
Basque pelota
Frontenis
Xare
Beach tennis
Fives
Matkot
Padel
Paleta Frontón
Pelota mixteca
Pickleball
Platform tennis
Qianball
Racketlon
Racquetball
Racquets
Real tennis
Soft tennis
Speed-ball
Speedminton
Squash
Hardball squash
Squash tennis
Stické
Table tennis
Tennis
Model aerobatics
RC racing
Robot combat
Slot car racing
Sports that have originated from rodeos in the old Western Americas.
Bullriding
Barrel Racing
Bronc Riding
Saddle Bronc Riding
Roping
Calf Roping
Team Roping
Steer Wrestling
Goat Tying
Endurance
5K run
10K run
Cross-country running
Half marathon
Marathon
Road running
Tower running
Ultramarathon
Sprint
Hurdles
Ice yachting
Land sailing
Land windsurfing
Sailing
Windsurfing
Kiteboarding
Dinghy sailing
Alpine skiing
Cross-country skiing
Freestyle skiing
Nordic combined
Nordic skiing
Ski jumping
Skijoring
Ski touring
Speed skiing
Telemark skiing
Bobsleigh
Luge
Skibobbing
Skeleton
Toboggan
Sports using a firearm.
Clay pigeon shooting
Skeet shooting
Trap shooting
Sporting clays
Target shooting
Field target
Fullbore target rifle
High power rifle
Benchrest shooting
Metallic silhouette
Practical shooting
Cowboy action shooting
Metallic silhouette shooting
Card stacking
Dice stacking
Sport stacking
Stick and ball games
Hornussen
Hockey
Ball hockey
Bando
Bandy
Rink bandy
Broomball
Moscow broomball
Field hockey
Indoor field hockey
Floorball
Ice hockey
Pond hockey
Power hockey
Ringette
Sledge hockey
Underwater ice hockey
Roller hockey
Inline hockey
Roller hockey (Quad)
Skater hockey
Rossall Hockey
Spongee
Street hockey
Underwater hockey
Unicycle hockey
Hurling and shinty
Cammag
Hurling
Camogie
Shinty
Composite rules shinty-hurling
Lacrosse
Box lacrosse
Field lacrosse
Women's lacrosse
Intercrosse
Polo
Bicycle polo
Canoe polo
Cowboy polo
Elephant polo
Horse polo
Segway polo
Yak polo
Free running
Freestyle footbag
Freestyle football
Powerbocking
Parkour
Scootering
Street workout
British bulldogs (American Eagle)
Capture the flag
Hana Ichi Monme
Hide and seek
Jugger
Kabaddi
Kho kho
Kick the can
Oztag
Red rover
Tag
Hiking
Backpacking (wilderness)
Racewalking
Bushwhacking
Walking
Wall-and-ball
Games involving opponents hitting a ball against a wall/walls using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded.
American handball
Australian handball
Basque pelota
Butts Up
Chinese handball
Fives
Gaelic handball
International fronton
Jorkyball
Racquetball
Squash
Squash tennis
Suicide (game)
Valencian frontó
Wallball
Wallyball
These sports use water (a river, pool, etc.).
Canoeing
Outrigger canoeing
Creeking
Flyak
Freeboating
Sea kayaking
Squirt boating
Surf kayaking
Whitewater kayaking
Rafting
White water rafting
Rowing (sport)
Gig racing
Coastal and ocean rowing
Surfboat
Single scull
Dragon boat racing
Stand up paddle boarding
Surface
Water polo
Canoe polo
Waboba
Underwater
Underwater football
Underwater rugby
Underwater hockey
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Butterfly stroke
Freestyle swimming
Individual medley
Synchronized swimming
Medley relay
Kindred activities
Bifins (finswimming)
Surface finswimming
Subsurface and recreational
Apnoea finswimming
Aquathlon (underwater wrestling)
Freediving
Immersion finswimming
Scuba diving
Spearfishing
Snorkelling
Sport diving (sport)
Underwater hockey
Underwater orienteering
Underwater photography (sport)
Underwater target shooting
Diving
Cliff diving
Basque traditional weightlifting
Bodybuilding
Highland games
Olympic weightlifting
Powerlifting
Strength athletics (strongman)
Steinstossen
Autocross (a.k.a. Slalom)
Autograss
Banger racing
Board track racing
Demolition derby
Desert racing
Dirt track racing
Drag racing
Drifting
Folkrace
Formula racing
Formula Libre
Formula Student
Hillclimbing
Ice racing
Kart racing
Land speed records
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
Snowmobile racing
Sports car racing
Sprint car racing
Street racing
Stock car racing
Time attack
Tractor pulling
Touring car racing
Truck racing
Vintage racing
Wheelstand competition
Drag boat racing
F1 powerboat racing
Hydroplane racing
Jet sprint boat racing
Offshore powerboat racing
Personal water craft
Auto Race
Board track racing
Cross-country rally
Endurance racing
Enduro
Freestyle motocross
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Grasstrack
Hillclimbing
Ice racing
Ice speedway
Indoor enduro
Motocross
Motorcycle drag racing
Motorcycle speedway
Off-roading
Rally raid
Road racing
Superbike racing
Supercross
Supermoto
Supersport racing
Superside
Track racing
Trial
TT racing
Free-style moto
All-terrain vehicle competition
Airsoft
Archery
Paintball
Darts
Color guard (flag spinning)
Drum corps
Indoor percussion
Marching band
Sports seen in Movies/Books/Video Games/ETC.
Quidditch
Hunger Games(Gladiating)
Pod Racing
Mortal Kombat(MMA)
Stihl Timbersports Series
Sports falling into two or more categories.
Tennis
Polocrosse
Badminton
Polo
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.
Debating
Quizzing
Speedcubing
2x2x2
3x3x3
4x4x4
5x5x5
6x6x6
7x7x7
Arimaa
Backgammon
Chess
Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess)
Losing chess
Checkers
Chinese checkers
Diplomacy
Dominoes
Draughts
Go
Go-Moku
Jacquet
Mancala
Mahjong
Risk
Scrabble
Shogi
Sholo Guti
Sogo (Score four)
Stratego
Sudoku
Xiangqi (Chinese chess)
Model aircraft racing
Model yacht racing
Neppis
Slot car racing
Potentially other sports are listed here.
Banzai skydiving
Bungee jumping
Hot air ballooning
Athletics (track and field)
Steeplechase
Cross country
Jumping
Triple jump
Long jump
High jump
Pole vault
Throwing
Discus
Hammer throw
Javelin
Shot put
Racewalking
Sports played using electronic devices.
Combat robot
Contesting
Geo caching
Radio-control vehicles
Video gaming
Chariot racing
Cross-country skiing
Running
Cycling
Rowing
Swimming
Wheelchair racing
Wood chopping
Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.
Basketball family
Football family
Handball family
Hockey family
Lacrosse
Polo
Quidditch
Marching band
Drum corps
Aggressive inline skating
Artistic roller skating
Figure skating
Freestyle slalom skating
Ice dancing
Ice skating
Inline speed skating
Rinkball
Rink hockey
Roller derby
Roller skating
Short track speed skating
Skater hockey
Speed skating
Synchronized skating
Boardercross
Freestyle snowboarding
Snowboarding
Ski flying
Skibob
Snowshoeing
Skiboarding
See #Skiing
Sports mainly based on sheer power.
Arm wrestling
Olympic weightlifting
Powerlifting
Rock climbing
Strongman
Thumb wrestling
Toe wrestling
Tug-o-war
Wood chopping
Wood splitting
Zourkhaneh
Air hockey
Backgammon
Beer Pong
Connect Four
Cue sports
Draughts (a.k.a. checkers)
Dominoes
Headis
Janggi
Mahjong (a.k.a. Taipei)
Reversi (a.k.a. Othello)
Shogi
Scrabble
Subbuteo
Table football
Table hockey
Table tennis (a.k.a. ping pong)
Xiangqi
Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.
Archery
Axe throwing
Bocce
Bocce volo
Boccia
Bolas criollas
Boules
Bowling
Bowls a.k.a. lawn bowls
Calva
Cornhole
Croquet
Cue sports
Darts
Golf
Horseshoes (horseshoe throwing)
Jeu provençal (boule lyonnaise)
Knife throwing
Kubb
Matball
Pall mall
Pétanque
Pitch and putt
Shooting
Shuffleboard
Skittles
Skee ball
Trugo
Woodball
Sports that involve teams.
Basketball family
Bat and ball games
Bowling
Basque pelota
Bunnock
Camogie
Football family
Gateball
Gaelic football
Handball
Hardcourt Bike Polo
Hockey family
Horseshoe
Hurling
Kickball
Lacrosse
Mesoamerican ballgame
Newcomb ball
Polo
Paintball
Quidditch
Ringette
Rowing
Sepak takraw
Ultimate (sport)
Underwater football
Woodsman
Volleyball
Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):
Kite flying
Parachuting
Hot Air Balloon Racing
43-Man Squamish
Calvinball
Quidditch (Harry Potter)
Guyball
Chess boxing
Competitive eating
Egg and spoon race
Extreme ironing
Ferret legging
Footbag (hacky sack)
Haggis hurling
Lumberjack sports
Aizkolaritza
Axe throwing
Logrolling
Wood chopping
Wood splitting
Patball
Ringette
Sack race
Soap shoes
Tennikoit
Tetherball
Three-legged race
Wallball
Wife-carrying
Object spinning
Plate spinning
Padiddling
