Daily Sync of NFL Players from Sleeper API to Airtable for Fantasy Football

Description

Sleeper NFL Players Sync

This template uses the Sleeper API to fetch the complete list of NFL players and stores them in an Airtable base. It’s built to run daily and ensures you have the most up-to-date player list for fantasy football workflows

What it Does

Maintain a current player list for fantasy league automations for Sleeper app users / NFL fantasy football managers
Pull Sleeper player IDs once daily instead of every request
Build smarter workflows using Airtable as your structured dataset
Create a subworkflow in n8n for even more Sleeper app workflows
Setup Instructions

Install n8n (Cloud or self-hosted)
Import the template JSON
Create Airtable Credentials:
Generate an API key at airtable.com/account
Connect your base and table (you’ll be prompted to do this in n8n)
If you would like to customize how you store data please feel free to use what works best for you
Match your fields with the data you're storing:
player_id (text/number)
full_name
position
team
etc.

Activate your workflow

Remember, you can customize how you trigger this workflow and where you store the data if you choose to do so.

Notes

Sleeper's player API returns 6,000+ entries, including inactive players, retired players, etc. You can filter this down as needed via position, status, or metadata.
Airtable record limit on the free tier is 1,000 rows per base — consider upgrading or filtering further.
Be careful of rate limits: both Sleeper and Airtable have them (but this workflow stays well within safe boundaries).
The Airtable node can be replaced with other data storage nodes (Google Sheets, Excel, etc) if you prefer

Difficulty Rating & Comment (from the author)

2 out of 10 if this ain't you're first rodeo, respectfully.
If you use Sleeper for fantasy football, lets go win some games!