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. Former reference version, How many sports are there in the world? (). See . Acrobatic arts
Acrobatics Acrobalance Adagio Acro dance Acroyoga Artistic cycling Color guard (flag spinning) Dancing Dancesport Ballroom dancing Standard Latin Salsa Breakdancing Acrobatic rock and roll Wheelchair dancesport Dragon dance and Lion dance Gloving Cheerleading Figure skating High kick Motorcycle stunt riding Paragliding Pole sports Pole dance Quadrobics Slackwire Slacklining Tightrope walking Trampolining 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 World Chase Tag Air sports
Aerobatics 3D Aerobatics Competition aerobatics Air racing Drone racing Airspeeder Formula One Air Racing Formula V Air Racing Red Bull Air Race World Championship Hot air ballooning Cluster ballooning Hopper ballooning Gliding Hang gliding Powered hang glider Human-powered aircraft Kiteboarding Model aircraft Parachuting BASE jumping Canopy piloting Skysurfing Wingsuit flying Airplane wingsuit formation Bodyflight (indoor skydiving) Paragliding Powered paragliding (paramotoring) Ultralight aviation Animal sports
Bovines
Bull-leaping Course landaise Jallikattu Recortes Bull wrestling Bataille de Reines Combat de Reines Tōgyū Idi probak Kambala Pacu jawi Running of the bulls Yak polo Yak racing Yak skiing Dog sports
Sports in which dogs participate. Baiting Dog fighting Venatio Hog-dog rodeo Sheepdog trial Treibball Heelwork to music Musical canine freestyle Obedience trial Rally obedience Schutzhund Bikejoring Canicross Carting Dog scootering Mushing Skijoring Weight pulling Dachshund racing Greyhound racing Shepherd's Shemozzle Sled dog racing Terrier racing Beagling Coon hunting Coursing Drag hunting Earthdog trial Field trial Fox hunting Hare coursing Hound trailing Hunting the clean boot Lure coursing Nosework Tracking trial Trail hunting Dock jumping Dog surfing Agility Dog show Dog skateboarding Disc dog Flyball Junior showmanship Puppy Bowl 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 Hunting by cheetah 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 Indian rodeo Pole bending Roping Breakaway Roping Tie-down Roping Team roping Steer roping Steer riding Steer wrestling Others
Elephants Elephant football Elephant polo Elephant racing Camel Camel racing Robot jockey Camel polo Camel wrestling Other ungulates Goat racing Pig racing Ram fighting Small mammals Cat agility Ferret-legging Hamster racing Malaysian monkey toss Rabbit show jumping Rat agility Thailandian monkey ball Birds Bird singing contest Cockfighting Flying duck race Ostrich racing Pigeon racing Pigeon-shooting Vinkensport Herpetiles Alligator wrestling Frog jumping contest Rattlesnake round-up Toad Day Out Turtle racing Invertebrates Cricket-spitting Insect fighting Cricket fighting Ethiopian worm walk Snail racing Spider fighting Worm charming
Athletics
Jumping Long jump Standing long jump Triple jump Standing triple jump High jump Standing high jump Pole vault Vertical jump Throwing Boomerang Discus Hammer throw Javelin Shot put Parasports Club throw Softball throw Throws pentathlon Traditional Keg-tossing Weight over bar Weight throw Running
Endurance Middle-distance 500 metres 600 metres 800 metres 1000 metres 1500 metres 1600 meters Mile run 2000 metres 3000 metres 3200 meters Two miles Long-distance 5000 metres 10,000 metres 20,000 metres Road running Marathon Half marathon Ultramarathon 5K run 10K run 15K run 20K run 25K run 10-mile run One hour run Cross country running Tower running Snowshoe running Fell running Trail running Mountain running Racewalking Mile walk 3000 metres 5000 metres 10,000 metres 20,000 metres 35 kilometres 50 kilometres 50 miles 100 kilometres Skyrunning Sprint 60 metres 100 metres 200 metres 200 metres straight 400 metres 50 metres 55 metres 60-yard dash 100-yard dash 440-yard dash 150 metres 300 metres Historic Stadion Diaulos Relay race 4 × 100 4 × 200 4 × 400 4 × 800 4 × 1500 4 × mile Sprint medley relay Distance medley relay Swedish relay Marathon race walk mixed relay Ekiden River to River Relay Hurdles 60 metres 100 metres 110 metres 400 metres 300 metres 80 metres Low hurdles Steeplechase 2000 metres steeplechase 3000 metres steeplechase Shuttle hurdle relay
Combined
Pentathlon Throws pentathlon Women pentathlon Hexathlon Heptathlon Octathlon Decathlon Tetradecathlon Icosathlon 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 Barnstorming Banana Ball Cosmic baseball Beeball Blind baseball Beep baseball Chapitas College baseball Extreme Baseball Half-rubber Historic Knickerbocker Rules The Massachusetts Game – four bases Town ball – variable Vintage base ball Indian Ball Japanese-style baseball No base running Corkball – four bases Fuzzball (sport) Wiffleball Over-the-line Sandlot ball Sans bat Baseball5 Bolita de cancha Cuatro esquinas Hotbox Kickball Matball Pelotica de goma Punchball Rigoball Stoop ball Wireball 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 Women baseball Brännboll – four bases British baseball (Pêl-Fas) – four posts Elle Pesäpallo – four bases Rap7 ball Rounders – four bases or posts GAA rounders ThèqueCricket-like Cricket – two creases Backyard cricket Club cricket First-class cricket Test cricket Timeless Test French cricket Ice cricket Indoor cricket Indoor cricket (UK variant) Kilikiti Kwik cricket Last man stands cricket Limited overs cricket List A cricket ODI Short form cricket 100-ball cricket T10 cricket Twenty20 T20I Parasports Blind cricket Deaf cricket One-armed versus one-legged cricket Table Cricket Sans bat Kick-it cricket Leg cricket Single wicket Continuous cricket Tip-and-Run cricket Softball cricket Tennis ball cricket Tape ball cricket Trobriand cricket Windball cricket Women cricket Women Test Women ODI Women T20 Bete-ombro Crocker Plaquita Stoolball – two stools Vigoro – two wickets WicketLongball Danish longball Lapta – two salos (bases) Oină Palant Schlagball Other games Bat and trap Gillidanda Old cat – variable Pärk Billiards Cue sports
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 New Zealand Indoor Bowls Curling Crokicurl Wheelchair curling Ice stock sport Jeu provençal (boule lyonnaise) Marbles Pétanque Taistelupetankki Raffa Shuffleboard Bowling
Candlepin bowling Duckpin bowling Five-pin bowling Nine-pin bowling Ten-pin bowling Trick bowling Turkey bowling Basque bowls Bolo palma Fowling Skittles Finnish skittles Mölkky Table skittles Devil among the tailors Dodgeball
Beach dodgeball Extreme Dodgeball Dandy shandy Gaga Maram Pitti Prisonball Seven stones Spud Golf
Sports which score is counted in reference to par
Backyard golf Beach golf Chuiwan Clock golf Codeball Dart golf Disc golf Farmersgolf Footgolf Four-ball golf Foursomes Fungo golf GolfCross Ground golf Hickory golf Indoor golf Long drive Match play Miniature golf Park golf Pitch and putt PowerPlay Golf Sholf Shotgun start Skins game Snow golf Speed golf Stableford Stroke play Par Swingolf Topgolf Urban golf
Invasion games
Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals. Basketball
Basketball 3x3 basketball Beach basketball Biddy Basketball College 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 Netball Fast5 netball Indoor netball Walking netball Wheelchair netball Varsity netball Canoe polo Cestoball Dueball Flickerball Horseball Korfball Beach korfball Pato Ringball 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 Kirkwall 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
Handball
Czech handball Field handball Indoor handball Beach handball Wheelchair handball One goal 4x4 Rollball Visual impaired Goalball Torball Water polo Inner tube water polo Beach water polo Stick and Ball Sports that use some kind of sticks for scoring goals. Bando Hockey
Traditional/historic 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 Special hockey College ice hockey Ringette Sans skates Broomball Moscow broomball Spongee Power hockey Ring-goal Roller hockey Inline hockey Blind inline hockey 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 Women's shinty Composite rules shinty-hurling Iomain Lacrosse
Indigenous North American stickball Field lacrosse Box lacrosse Women's lacrosse Lacrosse sixes Intercrosse Wheelchair lacrosse College lacrosse Polocrosse Segway rugpolocrosse Polo
Auto polo Chovgan Sagol kāngjei Arena polo Beach polo Bicycle polo Hardcourt Bike Polo Camel polo Cowboy polo Elephant polo Hobby horse polo Roda Polo Segway polo