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

Breakdancing

Color guard (flag spinning)

Dancing

Cheerleading

Dancesport

Dragon dance and Lion dance

Figure skating

Freerunning

High kick

Paragliding

Parkour

Pole sports

Stunt

Trampolining

Quadrobics
Air sports

Lima Lima aerobatics team

performing over Louisville.

Aerobatics

Air racing
Cluster ballooning

Hopper ballooning

Drone racing

Wingsuit flying

Gliding

Hang gliding
Powered hang glider

Human-powered aircraft

Model aircraft

Parachuting (Bodyflight)
Banzai skydiving

BASE jumping

Skysurfing

Wingsuit flying

Indoor skydiving
 Paragliding
Paramotoring

Ultralight aviation

Athletics

The three activities in Track and

field, from top-bottom: running,
jumping and throwing.

Jumping

Triple jump

Long jump
 High jump

Pole vault

Throwing

Boomerang

Club throw

Discus

Hammer throw

Javelin

Shot put

Running

Endurance
5K run

10K run

Cross country running

Half marathon

Marathon

Road running

Ekiden

Tower running

Ultramarathon

Snowshoe running

Fell running

Trail running

Mountain running

Racewalking

Skyrunning

Tower Running
 Sprint

Hurdles
Steeplechase

Combined

Decathlon

Heptathlon

Icosathlon

Pentathlon

Tetradecathlon

Ball games

Bat-and-ball games (safe haven sports)

The two major Bat and ball games,

from top-bottom: Baseball and
Cricket.
Baseball like Cricket like Schlagball like

Baseball Bete-ombro Danish longball

[2]
Blind baseball
Cricket – two creases Lapta – two
Beep baseball
Backyard, Beach and Street salos (bases)
Chapitas cricket
Schlagball
Corkball – four bases (no Blind cricket Other games
base-running)
Club cricket Bat and trap
Fuzzball (sport)
Deaf cricket Gillidanda
Extreme Baseball
French cricket Oină
Half-rubber
Ice cricket Old cat –
Indian Ball
variable
Indoor cricket
Over-the-line – qv
Indoor cricket (UK Pärk
No use of bat variant)
Stoop ball
Baseball5
Kilikiti
Kickball
Kwik cricket
Matball
Last man stands cricket
Cuatro esquinas
Leg cricket (no use of bat)
Pelotica de goma
Limited overs cricket
Punchball
One Day International
Stoop ball List A cricket

Wireball Short form cricket

100-ball cricket
Snow baseball
T10 cricket
Softball
16-inch softball Twenty20
Twenty20
Fast-pitch softball
International
Stickball – variable
Women cricket
Vitilla - three bases
One-armed versus one-legged
Tee-ball
cricket
Wiffleball
 Brännboll – four bases Single wicket/Double wicket

British baseball Softball cricket

Elle Tape ball cricket

Palant Tennis ball cricket

Pesäpallo – four bases Test cricket

First-class cricket
Rounders – four bases or posts
Trobriand cricket
Scrub baseball – four bases (not
a team game per se) Windball cricket

The Massachusetts Game – four Crocker

bases
Plaquita
Town ball – variable
Stoolball – two stools

Vigoro – two wickets

Billiards

Cue sports
 The three main family of Cue sports,
from top-bottom: Carom, Pocket
billards and Snooker.

Carom billiards Pool

Straight rail Eight-ball

Balkline Blackball (a.k.a. British eight-ball pool)

One-cushion carom Nine-ball

Three-cushion billiards Straight pool (14.1 continuous)

Five-pins One-pocket

Four-ball Three-ball

Artistic billiards Seven-ball

Novuss (and cued forms of carrom) 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 Obstacle variations
Sinuca brasileira Bagatelle

Six-red snooker Bar billiards

Snooker plus Bumper pool

Hybrid carom–pocket games Table Sports

English billiards Foosball

Bottle pool

Cowboy

Ground billiards

Croquet
Roque

Gateball

Trucco

Woodball

Lawn bowls

Boules sports

Bocce

Bocce volo

Boccia

Bolas criollas

Boules
 Bowls a.k.a. lawn bowls

Curling
Wheelchair curling

Jeu provençal (boule lyonnaise)

Pétanque

Raffa

Shuffleboard

Bowling

Candlepin bowling

Duckpin bowling

Five-pin bowling

Nine-pin bowling

Ten-pin bowling

Trick bowling

Turkey bowling

Dodgeball family

Dandy shandy

Gaga

Maram Pitti

Prisonball

Seven stones

Spud
Golf

Golf player using a putter to score

Beach golf Park golf

Clock golf Pitch and putt

Codeball Sholf

Dart golf Shotgun start

Disc golf Skins game

Footgolf Snow golf

GolfCross Speed golf

Hickory golf Stroke play

Indoor golf Swingolf

Long drive Topgolf

Match play Urban golf

Miniature golf

Invasion games

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.

Basketball
3x3 basketball

Beach basketball

Deaf basketball

Donkey basketball

Rezball

Streetball

Unicycle basketball

Water basketball

Wheelchair basketball

Canoe polo

Cestoball

Dueball

Flickerball

Horseball

Korfball
 Netball
Fastnet

Indoor netball

Walking netball

Pato

Ringball

Slamball

Football family

Association Association football Association Gridiron football Gridiron football

football (soccer) (beach) football (Futsal) (American) (Canadian)

Rugby football Rugby football Australian rules Gaelic football International rules
(League) (Union) football (GAA) football

Several codes of 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

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
Association football Street football
Circle rules football Keepie uppie
Freestyle football
Jorkyball
Hacky sack
Paralympic football
Amputee football Swamp football

Blind football Three sided football

Omegaball
CP football
Australian football
Powerchair Football
AFLX
Wheelchair soccer
Auskick
Reduced variants
Kick-to-kick
Beach soccer
Lightning football
Crab soccer
Metro footy
Fireball
Nine-a-side footy
Five-a-side football
Rec footy (no tackle allowed)
Futsal
Women's Australian rules football
Ice football
Gaelic football
Indoor soccer
Ladies' Gaelic football
Masters Football

Minifootball

Papi fut

Roller soccer

Rush goalie

Seven-a-side football
Kings League

Socca

Walking football
Gridiron football Rugby football
American football Rugby league
non tackle variants Masters Rugby League
Flag football
Mod league
Touch football
Non tackle variants
Reduced variants American flag rugby
Eight-man football
League tag
Arena football
OzTag
Nine-man football
Tag rugby
Six-man football
Touch football
Sprint football
Reduced variants
Street football (American) Rugby league nines

Unicycle football Rugby league sevens

Wheelchair football Wheelchair rugby league

XFL rules football (2001, 2020) Rugby union

Beach rugby
Canadian football
Mini rugby
Underwater football
Non tackle variants
Tag rugby

Touch rugby

Reduced variants
Rugby sevens
Rugby X

Rugby tens

Snow rugby

Underwater rugby

Wheelchair rugby
 Hybrid codes
Austus

Boston game

International rules football

Samoa rules

Speedball

Swedish football

Universal football

Volata

Handball family

A 7-meter throw in Handball.

Beach handball

Czech handball

Field handball

Rollball

Water polo

Para sports
Goalball

Torball

Wheelchair handball

Stick and ball family

Hornussen

hurling/camogie
Hockey

The two major sports in the Hockey family, from

left-right: field and ice hockey.

Ball hockey Palin

Bando Ringette
Gym ringette
Bandy
Rink bandy Ring-goal

Beikou Rinkball

Broomball Roller hockey

Roller hockey (quad)
Field hockey
Beach hockey Inline hockey

Hockey 9s Inline sledge hockey

Indoor hockey Inline skater hockey

Minkey Moscow broomball

Floorball Rossall Hockey

Floor hockey Spongee

Foot hockey Street hockey

Ice hockey Underwater hockey

Pond hockey
Underwater ice hockey
Power hockey
Unicycle hockey
Shinny

Sledge hockey

Underwater ice hockey

Hurling and shinty

Cammag
 Hurling
Camogie

Shinty

Composite rules shinty-hurling

Iomain
Lacrosse

Match of lacrosse

Box lacrosse

Field lacrosse

Intercrosse

Lacrosse sixes

Polocrosse

Women's lacrosse

Polo

A polo player.

Arena polo
Beach polo

Bicycle polo

Cowboy polo
 Elephant polo

Hobby horse polo

Segway polo

Snow polo

Yak polo
Other

Anejodi
Angleball

Car soccer

Cycleball

Elephant football

Foobaskill

Kronum

Motoball

Pushball

Quidditch

Tennis polo

Whirlyball

Net and wall games

An international match of volleyball.

Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of
equipment, or merely the body:

Badminton Ball badminton

Fistball Tennikoit

Footbag net Tennis

Beach tennis
Football tennis
Paddle tennis
Footvolley
Platform tennis
Hooverball
Wheelchair tennis
Jianzi
Teqball
Jokgu
Throwball
Loofball
Volleyball
Miniten
9-man
Peteca
Beach volleyball
Pickleball
Biribol
Rocball
Bossaball
Sepak takraw
Crossnet
Sipa
Ecuavolley
Table squash
Newcomb ball
Table tennis
Sitting volleyball
Hardbat
Snow volleyball
Para table tennis
Wallyball
Tambourelli
Water volleyball
Te ano

A game of squash
Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball against walls o any rebounding surface using a
racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:

360ball[3] One-wall handball

American handball Patball

Australian handball Rackets

Basque pelota Racquetball

Frontenis
Roundnet
Jai alai
Squash
Butts Up Squash tennis

Chinese handball Suicide (game)

Fives Tchoukball

Four square Valencian frontó

Gaelic handball Wallball

Kin-Ball

Games that use both walls and net

Padbol

Padel

Real Tennis

Wallyball

Pilota family

Valencian pilota.

American handball

Australian handball

Basque pelota
 Jai alai

Downball

Fives
Eton fives

Rugby fives

Frisian handball

Four square or FS Handball

Gaelic handball

Gain-ground
Balle à la main

Ballon au poing

International game

Jeu de paume
Longue paume

Palla

Pallone
Tamburello
Tambourelli

Patball

Roundnet

Valencian pilota
Llargues

Racket (or racquet) sports

Tennis
Sports that use a netted racket
Badminton

Ball badminton

Frontenis

Battledore and shuttlecock

Crossminton (previously "Speedminton")

Qianball

Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports)

Rackets

Racquetball

Real tennis

Road tennis

Soft tennis

Speed-ball

Squash
Hardball squash

Squash tennis

Stické

Tennis
Wheelchair tennis

Touchtennis

Table tennis
Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle
Basque pelota

Beach tennis

Downside ball game

Four wall paddleball

Hanetsuki

Jombola

Matkot

Miniten

One wall paddleball

Paddle ball

Paddle tennis

Padel

Paleta frontón

Pan Pong

Pelota mixteca

Pickleball

Pitton

Platform tennis

Sphairee

Stoolball

Table squash

Table tennis (Ping Pong)

Para table tennis
Board sports

Skateboard vert jump at the Sprite

urban games 2006 in London.

Snowboard figure at the 2008

Shakedown

Surfing in Hawaii

Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.

Hoverboarding

Skateboarding
Casterboarding

Fingerboarding
Fingerbmx-ing
 Fingersnowboarding

Finger surfboarding

Handboarding

Freeboard (skateboard)

Freeskating

Longboarding

Snakeboarding

Streetboarding

Scootering

Skysurfing

Skwal

Streetluge

Snowboarding
Mountainboarding

Para-snowboarding

Sandboarding

Snowkiting

Snowskating

Surfing
Bodyboarding

Dog surfing

Kiteboarding

Riverboarding

Skimboarding

Standup paddleboarding

Wakesurfing

Windsurfing
Land windsurfing
 Wakeboarding
Kneeboarding

Paddleboarding

Climbing

Canyoning

Competition climbing
Competition bouldering

Competition ice climbing

Competition lead climbing

Competition speed climbing

Ice climbing
Dry-tooling

Mixed climbing

Mountaineering
Alpine climbing

Expedition climbing

Paraclimbing

Rock climbing
Aid climbing

Big wall climbing

Bouldering

Deep-water soloing

Multi-pitch climbing
 Sport climbing

Traditional climbing

Speed climbing

Solo climbing
Free solo climbing

Rope solo climbing

Top rope climbing

Other
Canyoning (Canyoneering)

Coasteering

Hiking

Pole climbing

Rope climbing

Sawanobori

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

Two men compete in freestyle

wrestling.

Aiki-jūjutsu Jujutsu

Aikido Judo
Brazilian jiu-jitsu Folk wrestling
Boli Khela
Sambo (martial art)
Cornish wrestling
Sumo
Devon wrestling
Wrestling
Dumog
Amateur wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling Glima

Freestyle wrestling Gouren

Kurash

Lancashire wrestling

Malla-yuddha

Mongolian wrestling

Pehlwani

Schwingen

Shuai jiao

Ssireum

Varzesh-e Pahlavani

Yağlı Güreş

Catch wrestling

Collar-and-elbow

Collegiate wrestling

Greek wrestling

Mud wrestling

Professional wrestling
Striking

A kick in kickboxing.

Bajiquan Pradal serey

Bare knuckle boxing Savate

Bokator Shaolin kung fu

Boxing Shin-kicking

Capoeira Sikaran

Chess boxing Silat

Choi Kwang-Do Subak

Fujian White Crane Taekkyeon

Karate Taekwondo

Kenpō Taidō

Kickboxing Tang Soo Do

Lethwei Vovinam

Muay Thai Wing Chun

Mixed or hybrid

Ground fighting in MMA.

American Kenpo Baguazhang

 Bando Pencak Silat

Bartitsu Sanda

Bujinkan Shidōkan Karate

Hapkido Shōrin-ryū Shidōkan

Chun Kuk Do Shooto

Hwa Rang Do Shoot boxing

Jeet Kune Do Shootfighting

Kajukenbo Shorinji Kempo

Kalaripayattu Systema

Krav Maga Tai chi

Kuk Sool Won Unifight

Marine Corps Martial Arts Program Vajra-mushti

Mixed martial arts Vale tudo

Northern Praying Mantis Xingyiquan

Ninjutsu Zen Bu Kan Kempo

Pankration

Weapons and kicking

Axe throwing at the Ming Culture

Village, a theme park near the
Yangshan Quarry, China
 Two kendōka.

Battōjutsu Kenjutsu

Bōjutsu Krabi–krabong

Boffer fighting Kumdo

Buhurt Kung fu

Canne de combat Kyūdō

Cardboard Tube Fighting Kyūjutsu

Eskrima Medieval MMA

Egyptian stick fencing Modern Arnis

Fencing Naginatajutsu

Gatka Nguni stick-fighting

Historical European martial arts Okinawan kobudō

Hojōjutsu Pillow Fight Championship

Iaido Shurikenjutsu

Iaijutsu Silambam

Jōdō Sōjutsu

Jogo do pau Sword fighting

Jūkendō Wing Chun

Jittejutsu Wushu

Kendo lathi khela

Other

Flying disc sports

 Australia vs Canada ultimate players
WUGC 2012 in Japan. Ultimate
Canada

Disc dog

Disc golf

Disc golf (urban)

Dodge disc

Double disc court

Freestyle

Fricket

Frisbee

Goaltimate

KanJam

Guts

Flutterguts

Hot box

Schtick

Ultimate
Gymnastics

Balance beam Uneven bars Floor Vault

Horizontal bar Parallel bars Pommel horse Still rings

Artistic gymnastics apparatuses

The five Rhythmic gymnastics apparatuses, from left-right: ball, clubs, hoop, ribbon
and rope.

Acrobatic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics

Only men
Aerial hoop
High bar
Aerial silks
Parallel bars
Aerobic gymnastics
Pommel horse

Still rings

Only women
Balance beam

Uneven bars

Both men and women

Floor

Vault

Calisthenics

Competitive yoga
 Juggling Rope jumping

Mallakhamba Rope climbing

Parkour Slacklining

Pole dance Baton twirling

Rhythmic gymnastics Trampolining

Ball
Trapeze
Clubs Flying trapeze

Hoop Static trapeze

Ribbon Tumbling

Rope Wheel gymnastics

Kite sports

Hang gliding

Kite buggy

Kite fighting

Kite landboarding

Kitesurfing

Parasailing

Snowkiting

Sport kite (Stunt kite)

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.

Adventure racing

Aquathlon

Biathlon

Duathlon

Decathlon

Heptathlon

Icosathlon

Modern pentathlon

Pentathlon

Racketlon

Tetrathlon

Triathlon

Motorsports

Sports involving the use of motorized vehicles

Air racing

Formula 1 motorboat

Motorboat racing

Drag boat racing

F1 powerboat racing
 Hydroplane racing

Jet sprint boat racing

Offshore powerboat racing

Personal watercraft

Terrestrial vehicles

Automobile

The start of a Formula One race in

2008

Autocross (a.k.a. Slalom) Hillclimbing

Autograss Baseball racing

Banger racing Ice racing

Board track racing Kart racing

Car soccer Land speed records

Demolition derby Lawn mower racing

Desert racing Legends car racing

Dirt track racing Midget car racing

Drag racing Monster truck

Drifting Mud bogging

Endurance racing Off-road racing

Folkrace Pickup truck racing

Formula racing Production car racing

Formula Libre Race of Champions

Formula Student Rally raid

 Rallycross Stock car racing

Rallying Time attack

Regularity rally Tractor pulling

Road racing Tractor race[4]

Short track motor racing Touring car racing

Sports car racing Truck racing

Sprint car racing Vintage racing

Street racing Wheelstand competition

Motorcycle

MotoGP racing

Auto Race Motocross

Board track racing Motorcycle drag racing

Cross-country rally Motorcycle speedway

Endurance racing Off-roading

Enduro Rally raid

Freestyle motocross Road racing

Grand Prix motorcycle racing Superbike racing

Grasstrack Supercross

Hillclimbing Supermoto

Ice racing Supersport racing

Ice speedway Sidecar racing

Indoor enduro Track racing

Motoball Trial
 TT racing Free-style moto

Others

ATV racing on a motocross track

All-terrain vehicle competition

Electric unicycle race

Rickshaw run

Snowmobile skipping

Whirlyball

Orienteering

Amateur radio direction finding (Radio Orienteering)

Geocaching

Geohashing

Letterboxing

Orienteering

Rogaining

Waymarking

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

Trampolining

World Chase Tag

Pedal vehicle

Human-powered vehicles propelled by pedals

Cycling

Sports using bicycles, quadracycles, tricycles or unicycles.

Bicycle

A track cycling Race

Artistic cycling

BMX

Cycle ball

Cycle polo
Hardcourt Bike Polo

Cycle speedway

Cyclo-cross

Dirt jumping

Downhill mountain biking

 Freestyle BMX

Freestyle fixed gear

Bike Trials

Mountain biking

Road bicycle racing

Track cycling

Underwater cycling

Quadracycle

Pedal car racing

Tricycle

Handcycle

Wheelchair racing

Unicycle

Mountain unicycling

Street unicycling

Unicycling

Unicycle basketball

Unicycle hockey

Unicycle trials

Watercraft

Pedal boat racing

Racing

Running
Marathon

Sprint

Mascot race

Skating
 Inline speed skating

Speed skating

Snow sports

Skiing

A ski jumper using the V-style

Freestyle skiing

Alpine skiing
Downhill

Super-G

Giant slalom

Slalom

Alpine skiing combined

Freestyle skiing
Aerials

Moguls

Halfpipe

Slopestyle
 Ski cross

Ski ballet

Speed skiing

Monoski

Nordic skiing
Cross-country skiing

Ski jumping

Nordic combined

Telemark skiing

Para-alpine skiing

Ice sledge racing

Ski mountaineering

Ski touring

Skijoring

Teleboard

Sled sports

United States Air Force Major Brady

Canfield, 2003 U.S. skeleton
champion, shows his takeoff form.

Bobsleigh
 Jack jumping

Luge

Shovel racing

Skibobbing

Skeleton

Toboggan

Shooting sports

Archery

Members of the Gotemba Kyūdō

Association demonstrate Kyūdō.

Archery

Dartchery

Field archery

Flight archery

Gungdo

Indoor archery

Kyūdō

Match crossbow

Mounted archery

Popinjay

Run archery

Target archery
Gun sports

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

Individual

Clay pigeon shooting

Skeet shooting

Trap shooting

Sporting clays

Slingshotting

Bullseye shooting
Rifle
ISSF rifle events

Fullbore target rifle

High power rifle

Benchrest shooting

Paralympic rifle events

Handgun
ISSF pistol events

Paralympic pistol events

Field shooting
Precision rifle competition

Precision Rifle Series

Field target

Metallic silhouette shooting

ICFRA Palma and F-Class

Plinking

Practical shooting
International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC)

International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA)

 Multigun

Cowboy action shooting

Olympic dueling

shoot the chicken

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

Airsoft

Laser tag

Paintball

Stacking

Card stacking

Dice stacking
 Sport stacking

Strength sports

Strongman

Arm Wrestling

Thumb war

Toe Wrestling

Powerlifting

Wrestling

Tag games

Atya patya

Bo-taoshi

British Bulldog (American Eagle; Australian Dingo)

Capture the flag

Darebase

Hana Ichi Monme

Hide-and-seek

Jugger

Kabaddi

Kho kho

Kick the can

Langdi

Marco Polo

Oztag

Red Rover

Seven stones
 Surr

Tag

World Chase Tag

Walking

Hiking
Backpacking (hiking)

Off-trail hiking

Naked hiking

Racewalking

Walking

Water sports

These sports use water (a river, pool, etc.).

Paddling sports

Canoeing

Canoeing

Outrigger canoeing
Kayaking

Creeking

Flyak

Freeboating

Sea kayaking

Squirt boating

Surf kayaking

Whitewater kayaking
Rafting

Rafting

Rafting

White water rafting

Rowing

Rowing (sport)

Gig racing

Coastal and ocean rowing

Surfboat

Single scull
Other paddling sports

Dragon boat racing

Standup paddleboarding
Sailing

Windsurfing

Dinghy sailing

Ice yachting

Kiteboarding

Land sailing

Land windsurfing

Sailing

Windsurfing

Wing foiling

Yacht racing
Aquatic ball sports

Greece – Hungary water polo match

(World Junior Championship 2004
Naples, Italy)

Surface

Water polo

Canoe polo

Stone skipping

Waboba
Underwater

Underwater football

Underwater rugby

Underwater hockey

Underwater ice 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

Snorkeling

Sport diving (sport)

Underwater orienteering

Underwater photography (sport)

Underwater target shooting

Diving

Cliff jumping

Diving
Weightlifting

North Korean weightlifter Pak Hyon-

suk performing the snatch, one of the
two lifts in the sport of Olympic
weightlifting.

Basque traditional weightlifting

CrossFit

Highland games

Kettlebell lifting

Olympic weightlifting

Powerlifting

Bodybuilding

Strength athletics (strongman)

Steinstossen

Sports involving animals

Dog sports

Sports in which dogs participate.

Equestrian sports

Horse racing at Arlington Park, 2007

Sports using a horse.

Buzkashi Horse racing

Barrel racing Horse polo, or polo

Campdrafting Horseball

Cirit Jineteada gaucha

Charreada Jousting

Chilean rodeo Mounted games

Chuckwagon racing Mounted archery

Cross country Pato

Cutting Pleasure driving

Dressage Reining

Endurance riding Rodeo

English pleasure Show hunter (British)

Equitation Show jumping

Eventing Steeplechase

Equestrian vaulting Sur-papakh

Gymkhana Team penning

Harness racing Tent pegging

Hobby horse polo Western pleasure

Trick riding
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

Deer hunting

Fox hunting

Wolf hunting

Rodeo-originated

Sports that have originated from rodeos in the old Western Americas.

Bull riding

Miniature Bull Riding

Barrel racing

Bronc riding
 Saddle Bronc Riding

Bareback Bronc Riding

Pole bending

Roping
Breakaway Roping

Tie-down Roping

Team roping

Steer roping

Steer riding

Steer wrestling

Goat tying

Others

Bull-leaping

Camel racing

Elephant
Elephant football

Elephant 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

Contract bridge

Hanafuda

Poker
Classic poker
 Omaha

Online poker

Texas hold'em

Skat

Truco

Whist

Combination puzzle

Speedcubing
2x2x2

3x3x3
3x3x3 One-Handed

4x4x4

5×5×5

6×6×6

7×7×7

Dogic

Megaminx

Pyraminx

Pyraminx Crystal

Pyramorphix

Rubik's Clock

Skewb

Skewb Diamond

Skewb Ultimate

Square-1

Esports

Battle royale game

 Combat flight simulation game

Digital collectible card game

Fighting game

First-person shooter

Multiplayer online battle arena

Real-time strategy

Real-time tactics

Rhythm game

Sim racing

Sports video game

Third-person shooter

Tile-matching video game

Virtual reality game

Strategy board games

A game of mahjong being played in

Hangzhou, China

Arimaa Checkers

Backgammon
 Chess Ludo
Atomic chess
Mahjong
Bughouse chess
Mancala
Chess960 (also known as Fischer
Reversi
Random Chess)
Risk
Losing chess
Scrabble
Chinese checkers
Shōgi
Diplomacy
Sholo Guti
Dominoes
Sogo (Score four)
Go
Stratego
Go-Moku
Sudoku
Jacquet
Xiangqi (Chinese chess)
Janggi
Yut

Other

Competitive programming

Debating

Fantasy sport

Quizzing

Bible Quizzing

Capture the flag (cybersecurity)

Competitive model sports

Mini 4WD

Model aircraft racing

Model yacht racing

Neppis
Remote control

Drone racing

Model aerobatics

RC racing

Robot combat

Robot football

Slot car racing

Overlapping sports

Sports falling into two or more categories.

Chess boxing

Phygital sport

Different classification

Potentially other sports are listed here.

Air sports

Banzai skydiving

Bungee jumping

Hot air ballooning

Indoor skydiving

Beach sports

Versions of sports played on sand

Beach golf

Beach handball

Beach soccer

Beach tennis
 Beach volleyball

Beach wrestling

Compromise rules

Composite rules shinty–hurling

Iomain

International game

International rules football

One-wall handball

Electronic sports

Sports played using electronic devices.

Capture the flag (cybersecurity)

Combat robot

Competitive programming

Contesting

Fitness game

Radio-control vehicles

Video gaming

Wire loop game

Endurance sports

Chariot racing

Cross-country skiing

Cycling

Iditarod

Long-distance running

Rowing

Swimming

Wheelchair racing
 Woodchopping

Ice sports

Bandy
Rink bandy

Barrel jumping

Bobsleigh

Broomball

Crokicurl

Curling

Figure skating
Four skating

Ice dancing

Ice theatre

Pair skating

Single skating

Synchronized skating

Ice cross downhill

Ice football

Ice hockey
Sledge hockey

Spongee

Ice stock sport

Ice fishing

Ice yachting

Luge

Moscow broomball

Ringette

Skeleton
 Speed skating
Long-track speed skating

Short-track speed skating

Marker sports

Airsoft

Archery

Paintball

Darts

Skating sports

Bandy
Rink bandy

Figure skating
Single skating

Pair skating

Ice dancing

Synchronized skating

Four skating

Ice theatre

Ice cross downhill

Ice dancing

Ice hockey

Ice skating

Inline skating
Aggressive inline skating

Freestyle slalom skating

Inline speed skating

Roller in-line hockey

Inline skater hockey

 Roller skating
Artistic roller skating

Roller derby

Rink hockey

Ringette

Rinkball

Speed skating
Ice skating marathon

Long-track speed skating

Short-track speed skating

Tour skating

Snow sports

A snowboarder and a skier

Boardercross

Freestyle snowboarding
Snowboarding

Ski flying

Skibob

Snowshoe running

Snow volleyball

Skiboarding

See #Skiing
Street sports

Free running and jumping

Freestyle footbag

Freestyle football

Powerbocking

Parkour

Scootering

Street workout

Strength sports

Arm wrestling

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

Arm wrestling
CrossFit

High striker

Highland games
Caber toss

Sheaf toss

Stone put

Weight throw

Olympic weightlifting

Powerlifting

Rock climbing
 Strongman

Thumb wrestling

Toe wrestling

Tug of war

Woodchopping

Wood splitting

Zourkhaneh

Calisthenics

Table sports

Air hockey

Backgammon

Beer pong

Carrom

Carrom Nok Hockey

Chess

Connect Four

Crokinole

Cue sports (a.k.a. Billiards)

Draughts (a.k.a. checkers)

Dominoes

Headis

Janggi

Mahjong

Paper football

Reversi (a.k.a. Othello)

Scrabble

Shogi
 Subbuteo

Table football

Table hockey

Table tennis (a.k.a. ping pong)

Table Shuffleboard/Sling Puck

Teqball

Xiangqi

Target sports

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

Angleball Lawn darts

Archery Matball

Axe throwing Mölkky

Boules Pall mall

Bowling Peashooter (toy)

Calva Pitch and putt

Cornhole Ring-goal

Croquet Ring toss

Cue sports Shooting

Curling Shuffleboard

Darts Skittles

Golf Skee ball

Horseshoes (horseshoe throwing) Snowball fight

Jukskei Tejo

KanJam Trugo

Knife throwing Varpa

Kubb Water balloon

Team sports

Cillian Buckley in action for Kilkenny

against Galway in a hurling league
game

Sports that involve teams.

Angleball Horseshoe

Basketball family Hurling

Basque pelota Kickball

Bat and ball games Kin-Ball

Bowling Lacrosse

Bunnock Loofball

Camogie Mesoamerican ballgame

Dodgeball Motoball

Football family Newcomb ball

Gateball Paintball

Handball Polo

Hardcourt Bike Polo Quidditch

Hockey family Ringette

 Roller derby Volleyball

Rowing Whirlyball

Sepak takraw Woodsman

Tchoukball Yukigassen

Ultimate

Wheelchair sports

Para-versions of sports played using wheelchairs

Wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair fencing

Wheelchair handball

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair rugby league

Wheelchair tennis

Windsports

Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

Kite flying

Parachuting

Hot air balloon racing

Indoor skydiving

Fictional sports

Fictional sports that are played in real life:

43-Man Squamish

Calvinball

Quidditch (Harry Potter)

Swiss Guyball

BASEketball
 Brockian Ultra-Cricket

Hunger Games

Whack-bat

Blitzball

Fictional Martial Arts

Miscellaneous sports

Jack and Jill competition, Lumberjack

World Championships, Hayward,
Wisconsin, 2007.

Logrolling

Air guitar Drum and bugle corps

Arctic sports Dwyle Flonking (sport)

Cheese rolling Earthball

Chess boxing Egg and spoon race

Chicken fight Extreme ironing

Competitive eating Extreme Pogo

Competitive math Ferret legging

Conker fighting Fierljeppen

Cook-off Footbag (hacky sack)

 Guyball Patball

Haggis hurling Pea shooting

Hopscotch Quiz Bowl

Jegichagi Redneck Games

Jeopardy! Ring-goal

Jump rope Ringette

Double Dutch
Sack race
Lawn mower racing
Soap shoes
Lumberjack sports
Stihl Timbersports Series
Aizkolaritza
Tennikoit
Axe throwing
Tetherball
Logrolling
Three-legged race
Wood chopping
Ultimate Tazer Ball
Wood splitting
Wallball
Marching
Wife-carrying
Marching band
Woodsman
Milk chugging
Yoyoing
Object spinning
Padiddling

Plate spinning

Top

See also

Individual sport

Lists of sports video games

List of game genres

Team sport
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