List Of Sports - Sports Physical
The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category. There are many more sports to be added. This system has a disadvantage because some sports may fit in more than one category.
According to the World Sports Encyclopedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games.
Physical sports
Air sports
- 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
Archery
- Field archery
- Flight archery
- Gungdo
- Indoor archery
- KyÅ«dÅ
- Popinjay
- Target archery
Ball-over-net games
- 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 family
- 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
- 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 â" two salos (bases)
- The Massachusetts Game â" four bases
- Matball
- Oina
- Old cat â" variable
- Over-the-line â" qv
- Palant
- Pesäpallo â" four bases
- Punchball
- Rounders â" four bases or posts
- Scrub baseball â" four bases (not a team game per se)
- Stickball â" variable
- Stool ball â" two stools
- Tee-ball
- Town ball â" variable
- Vigoro â" two wickets
- Wireball
- Wiffleball
Baton twirling
- Baton twirling
Acro Sports
- Cheerleading
- gymnastics
- acro
- dancing
- ball acro
- Ballet
Board sports
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
Catch games
- Dodgeball
- Ga-ga
- Keep away
- Kin-Ball
- Newcomb ball
- Quidditch
- Rundown (a.k.a. Pickle)
- Yukigassen
Climbing
- 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
Cycling
Sports using bicycles or unicycles.
Bicycle
- 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
Skibob
- Skibobbing
Unicycle
- 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.
Grappling
- Aiki-jūjutsu
- Aikido
- Jujutsu
- Judo
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Judo
- 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
- YaÄlı GüreÅ
- Greek wrestling
- Amateur wrestling
Striking
- Choi Kwang-Do
- Cockfighting
- Boxing
- Bokator
- Capoeira
- Fujian White Crane
- Karate
- KenpÅ
- 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
Mixed or hybrid
- 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
- ShidÅkan Karate
- ShÅrin-ryÅ« ShidÅkan
- Shoot boxing
- Shootfighting
- Shorinji Kempo
- Systema
- T'ai chi ch'uan
- Vajra-mushti
- Vale tudo
- Vovinam
- Xingyiquan
Weapons
- Axe throwing
- BattÅjutsu
- Boffer fighting
- Eskrima
- Egyptian stick fencing
- Fencing
- Gatka
- HojÅjutsu
- IaidÅ
- Iaijutsu
- JÅdÅ
- Jogo do pau
- JÅ«kendÅ
- Juttejutsu
- Kendo
- Kenjutsu
- Krabi-krabong
- Kung fu
- KyÅ«dÅ
- Kyūjutsu
- Modern Arnis
- Naginatajutsu
- Nguni stick-fighting
- Okinawan kobudÅ
- Shurikenjutsu
- Silambam
- SÅjutsu
- Sword fighting
- Wushu
- Kumdo
- Wing Chun
Skirmish
- Airsoft
- Laser tag
- Paintball
Cue sports
- 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 caromâ"pocket games
- English billiards
- Bottle pool
- Cowboy
- Obstacle variations
- Bagatelle
- Bar billiards
- Bumper pool
- Table Sports
- Foosball
Equine sports
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
Fishing
- Angling
- Big-game fishing
- Casting
- Noodling
- Spearfishing
- Sport fishing
- Surf fishing
- Rock fishing
- Fly fishing
- Ice fishing
Flying disc sports
- 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
Football
- 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
- Five-a-side 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
- Eton College
- 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)
- American football
- 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
Golf
- Match play
- Skins game
- Stroke play
- Team play
- Shotgun start
- Speed golf
- Miniature golf
Gymnastics
- 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
Hunting
Sometimes considered blood sports.
- Beagling
- Big game hunting
- Deer hunting
- Fox hunting
- Hare coursing
- Wolf hunting
Ice sports
- Bandy
- Rink bandy
- Broomball
- Curling
- Ice hockey
- Ringette
- Ice yachting
- Figure skating
Kite sports
- Kite buggy
- Kite fighting
- Kite landboarding
- Kitesurfing
- Parasailing
- Snow kiting
- Sport kite (Stunt kite)
Mixed discipline
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
Orienteering family
- Geocaching
- Orienteering
- Rogaining
- Letterboxing
- Waymarking
Pilota family
- 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
Racquet (or racket) sports
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
Remote control
- Model aerobatics
- RC racing
- Robot combat
- Slot car racing
Rodeo-originated
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
Running
- Endurance
- 5K run
- 10K run
- Cross-country running
- Half marathon
- Marathon
- Road running
- Tower running
- Ultramarathon
- Sprint
- Hurdles
Sailing
- Ice yachting
- Land sailing
- Land windsurfing
- Sailing
- Windsurfing
- Kiteboarding
- Dinghy sailing
Snow sports
Skiing
- Alpine skiing
- Cross-country skiing
- Freestyle skiing
- Nordic combined
- Nordic skiing
- Ski jumping
- Skijoring
- Ski touring
- Speed skiing
- Telemark skiing
Sled sports
- Bobsleigh
- Luge
- Skibobbing
- Skeleton
- Toboggan
Shooting sports
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
Stacking
- Card stacking
- Dice stacking
- Sport stacking
Stick and ball games
- Hornussen
Hockey
- 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
- Lacrosse
- Box lacrosse
- Field lacrosse
- Women's lacrosse
- Intercrosse
Polo
- Polo
- Bicycle polo
- Canoe polo
- Cowboy polo
- Elephant polo
- Horse polo
- Segway polo
- Yak polo
Street sports
- Free running
- Freestyle footbag
- Freestyle football
- Powerbocking
- Parkour
- Scootering
- Street workout
Tag games
- British bulldogs (American Eagle)
- Capture the flag
- Hana Ichi Monme
- Hide and seek
- Jugger
- Kabaddi
- Kho kho
- Kick the can
- Oztag
- Red rover
- Tag
Walking
- 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
Aquatic & paddle sports
These sports use water (a river, pool, etc.).
Canoeing
- Canoeing
- Outrigger canoeing
Kayaking
- Creeking
- Flyak
- Freeboating
- Sea kayaking
- Squirt boating
- Surf kayaking
- Whitewater kayaking
Rafting
- Rafting
- White water rafting
Rowing
- Rowing (sport)
- Gig racing
- Coastal and ocean rowing
- Surfboat
- Single scull
Other paddling sports
- Dragon boat racing
- Stand up paddle boarding
Aquatic ball sports
Surface
- Water polo
- Canoe polo
- Waboba
Underwater
- Underwater football
- Underwater rugby
- Underwater hockey
Competitive swimming
- 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
- Diving
- Cliff diving
Weightlifting
- Basque traditional weightlifting
- Bodybuilding
- Highland games
- Olympic weightlifting
- Powerlifting
- Strength athletics (strongman)
- Steinstossen
Motorized sports
Auto racing
- 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
Motorboat racing
- Drag boat racing
- F1 powerboat racing
- Hydroplane racing
- Jet sprint boat racing
- Offshore powerboat racing
- Personal water craft
Motorcycle racing
- 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
ATV racing
- All-terrain vehicle competition
Marker sports
- Airsoft
- Archery
- Paintball
- Darts
Musical sports
- Color guard (flag spinning)
- Drum corps
- Indoor percussion
- Marching band
Fantasy Sports
Sports seen in Movies/Books/Video Games/ETC.
- Quidditch
- Hunger Games(Gladiating)
- Pod Racing
- Mortal Kombat(MMA)
Imaginary Sports
Sports That you Or others have came up
- Cylinder
- Stairball
- Wrangleball
Other
- Stihl Timbersports Series
Overlapping sports
Sports falling into two or more categories.
- Tennis
- Polocrosse
- Badminton
- Polo
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
Other
- Debating
- Quizzing
Speedcubing
- Speedcubing
- 2x2x2
- 3x3x3
- 4x4x4
- 5x5x5
- 6x6x6
- 7x7x7
Strategy board games
- 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)
Competitive model sports
- Model aircraft racing
- Model yacht racing
- Neppis
- Slot car racing
Different classification
Potentially other sports are listed here.
Air sports
- 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
Electronic sports
Sports played using electronic devices.
- Combat robot
- Contesting
- Geo caching
- Radio-control vehicles
Endurance sports
- Chariot racing
- Cross-country skiing
- Running
- Cycling
- Rowing
- Swimming
- Wheelchair racing
- Wood chopping
Goal sports
Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.
- Basketball family
- Football family
- Handball family
- Hockey family
- Lacrosse
- Polo
Performance sports
- Marching band
- Drum corps
Skating sports
- 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
Snowsports
- Boardercross
- Freestyle snowboarding
- Snowboarding
- Ski flying
- Skibob
- Snowshoeing
- Skiboarding
See #Skiing
Strength sports
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
Table sports
- 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
Target sports
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
Team sports
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
Windsports
Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):
- Kite flying
- Parachuting
- Hot Air Balloon Racing
Fictional sports
- 43-Man Squamish
- Calvinball
- Quidditch (Harry Potter)
- Guyball
Miscellaneous sports
- 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
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