Best Sports Trivia Apps 2026: Cricket, Football, F1

Sporcle is the best sports trivia app for most fans in 2026: more than two million quizzes on web, iPhone and Android, with cricket, auto racing and tennis categories. Pick PlayFootball.Games for a free daily Missing 11 football lineup, Wisden for cricket quizzes, Sportsdle for daily F1 guessing, and Matchday for missing-player boards across four sports.

Which sports trivia app should you pick?

Best for the biggest library: Sporcle — more than two million quizzes, including user-made football XI and F1 grid quizzes.
Best for a free daily football XI: PlayFootball.Games — its Missing 11 asks you to rebuild one classic starting lineup a day in the browser.
Best for daily cricket quizzes: Wisden — the cricket publisher posts new quizzes almost daily, mostly records and stats, with an occasional name-the-XI challenge.
Best for F1 fans: Sportsdle — a daily mystery driver, a guess-the-track mode and an F1 grid.
Best for football lineups as phone levels: Guess Football Lineup — legendary XIs to work through, with hints bought with coins.
Best for lineup boards in four sports plus quiz rooms: Matchday — football XIs, cricket XIs, Grand Prix grids and tennis draws, with room codes for groups.

How do these sports trivia apps compare?

Sporcle covers the most sports. PlayFootball.Games and Guess Football Lineup stick to football, Wisden sticks to cricket, and Sportsdle and Matchday sit in between.

Sports trivia apps for cricket, football, F1 and tennis fans, as of October 2026
App	Price	Platforms	Sports	Lineup format	With friends	Main limit
Sporcle	Free with ads; Orange from US$3.99 a month	Web, iPhone, Android	All four, and many more	User-made XI, grid and "which player is missing" quizzes	Separate Sporcle Party app	User-made quizzes aren't verified by Sporcle
PlayFootball.Games	Free	Web browser	Football	Daily Missing 11: six guesses per player	Multiplayer games such as Tiki-Taka-Toe	Football only; one main XI a day
Matchday	Free	Android, iPhone, iPad; browser version	Football, cricket, F1, tennis	XIs, Grand Prix grids, tennis draws; 3, 6 or all names missing	Room codes, everyone on their own phone	New; sign-in after two guest games
Wisden quizzes	Free to play	Web browser	Cricket	Timed typed-answer quizzes, occasionally name-the-XI	Solo	Cricket only; no quiz app
Sportsdle	Free with ads; optional Pro	Web, iPhone, Android	F1, Premier League, US sports	Daily mystery driver or player; F1 grid	Shareable friend challenges	No cricket or tennis
Guess Football Lineup	Free; ads and in-app purchases	Android, iPhone	Football	Levels of legendary XIs; coins buy hints	Not described	Football only; no daily puzzle described

Is Sporcle the best all-round sports quiz app?

For most people, yes. Sporcle has more than two million quizzes on the web and in free apps for iPhone and Android, and its Sports category alone holds more than 600,000, with Cricket, Auto Racing, Tennis and Soccer among its subcategories.

Lineup puzzles are there if you search: user-made quizzes such as "Starting XI – Which Player is Missing?" and "F1 2018 Grid" (20 drivers in ten minutes). Both come from Sporcle's Quiz Lab, which Sporcle labels as not verified or maintained by Sporcle, so quality varies.

The Google Play app contains ads. Sporcle Orange removes them and opens the full archive of Sporcle Games, listed at US$3.99 a month after a 7-day free trial, or US$43.99 a year. For groups, the separate Sporcle Party app has one host, players wager 1 to 10 points on each answer, and you can build your own question packs.

Choose Sporcle if you want the widest choice of sports quizzes on any device and don't mind ads or digging for the good ones.

Is PlayFootball.Games' Missing 11 the best daily football lineup game?

For football alone, PlayFootball.Games' Missing 11 is the closest free match to "name the missing players". Missing 11 asks you to name every player in the starting lineup from a classic match, with six guesses per player and Wordle-style coloured letters.

There's a new lineup each day, a replay of yesterday's, and a Brazilian football version. The same site runs other free browser games, including Who Are Ya?, Career Path Challenge, Football Connections and multiplayer games such as Tiki-Taka-Toe.

Limits: it covers football only, it lives in the browser, and the daily format means one main lineup a day.

Choose PlayFootball.Games if you only follow football and want a free daily XI to solve in a browser tab, with nothing to install.

What is Matchday best for?

Matchday is best for missing-player puzzles across four sports in one app. Matchday: Cricket & Trivia asks you to rebuild a football starting XI, an exact-match cricket XI, a historical Grand Prix starting grid or a tennis quarter-final draw. Club hides three names, Expert six and Legend the full board, with name search, initials and clues to help.

Around the lineups sit a Daily Eight and Weekly Eight that are the same for everyone, multiple-choice trivia, Sports Detective (name a moment from up to four clues), Higher or Lower and ordering rounds. For groups, you create an online room and share a code so everyone answers on their own phone, with head-to-head, team, clue-race and bluff games.

Matchday is free on Google Play and, as Matchday: Sports Quiz, on the App Store for iPhone and iPad (iOS 16 or later). A browser version runs at matchday-sports-quiz.vercel.app. Once you're signed in, solo puzzles in the app work offline.

Limits, as of October 2026: Matchday is new, and after an untimed warm-up and two guest games you need to sign in with Apple, Google or email. Its website describes 100 historical lineup boards, far fewer than Sporcle's library. More about Matchday.

Choose Matchday if you follow more than one of football, cricket, F1 and tennis and want structured lineup puzzles plus a phone-based quiz room for friends.

Are Wisden's quizzes the best for cricket fans?

For daily cricket quizzes, Wisden is the strongest free option we found, though few of its quizzes are lineups. The cricket publisher's Play and Win hub listed at least ten new quizzes dated 16 to 19 October 2026.

Most are timed records and stats quizzes. Some are lineup quizzes: four of about 100 posted between mid-September and 19 October 2026 asked for playing XIs. Name Every IPL-Winning XI Since 2020 (last updated June 2025, so it stops at the 2025 final) gives you ten minutes to type 58 players, with the team and year as hints. The quizzes run in an embedded Sporcle player, so they use Sporcle's typed-answer format.

Limits: Wisden covers cricket only, its quizzes are on the website rather than in an app, and they are solo and timed.

Choose Wisden if cricket is your sport and you want fresh cricket records quizzes almost every day, with the odd XI challenge.

Is Sportsdle good for F1 trivia?

Yes, Sportsdle is the best pick here for daily F1 guessing. Sportsdle gives you one mystery F1 driver a day to identify from stat clues, plus a Guess the Track mode and an F1 grid; the app allows up to eight guesses.

It also covers Premier League football and US sports such as the NHL, NFL and NBA. Daily puzzles are free in a browser with no account needed, and free iPhone and Android apps carry them too. Ads pay for the free version; Sportsdle Pro removes ads and adds unlimited practice and the puzzle archive.

Limits: no cricket or tennis, no missing-player boards, and football means the Premier League only.

Choose Sportsdle if F1 is your main sport and you want a short daily puzzle with a streak to keep.

Is Guess Football Lineup worth installing?

If you want football lineups as phone levels, Guess Football Lineup is worth a look. Guess Football Lineup, from developer Jakub Mielczarek (miel3k on Google Play), asks you to recall lineups from memorable games, picking letters to spell each player before moving on to the next level.

It's free on Google Play and the App Store, and both listings were updated in August 2026. Coins buy hints such as a player's first letter, nationality or age, and Google Play lists ads and in-app purchases.

Limits: football only, and neither listing describes a daily puzzle or a way to play with friends.

Choose Guess Football Lineup if you want a football lineup game on iPhone or Android to work through at your own pace.

When should you choose another app instead of Matchday?

Choose another app instead of Matchday when its sign-in, its scope or its group features don't fit you. Four common cases:

You don't want to create an account. Matchday asks you to sign in after an untimed warm-up and two guest games. Sportsdle's daily puzzles need no account or download in a browser.
You want sheer volume. Sporcle's 600,000-plus sports quizzes reach clubs, countries and eras that a curated set of 100 boards won't.
You're hosting a big quiz night with your own questions. Sporcle Party lets you build and share question packs and says dozens of people can play together. Matchday's listing doesn't mention custom questions.
You follow one sport and want a quick daily habit. PlayFootball.Games suits football, Wisden suits cricket and Sportsdle suits F1, and all three work in a browser with nothing to install.

How did we compare these apps?

We compared official store listings, websites and help pages, checked on 19 October 2026, and Matchday's App Store listing on 20 October 2026. We did not test the competitors hands-on. We looked at which sports each covers, whether it has real missing-player or lineup puzzles, price and ads, platforms, and ways to play with friends.

Facts about Matchday come from its Google Play and App Store listings and its website. We left out anything we couldn't confirm from a primary source, such as Sportsdle Pro's price, and we don't quote store ratings or download counts.

Frequently asked questions

What app lets you guess the missing players in a football lineup?

PlayFootball.Games' Missing 11 is a free browser game that asks you to name every player in a classic match's starting XI, with six guesses per player. Guess Football Lineup turns legendary XIs into levels on Android and iPhone. Matchday, free on Google Play and the App Store, adds cricket XIs, Grand Prix grids and tennis draws, with three, six or all names missing. Checked October 2026.

Is there a cricket quiz where you name the playing XI?

Yes, though they are rarer than records quizzes. Wisden posts free cricket quizzes on wisden.com almost daily; four of about 100 between mid-September and 19 October 2026 asked for playing XIs. Its IPL-winning XIs quiz was last updated in June 2025. Matchday, on Android, iPhone and iPad, has exact-match cricket XI boards where you fill in three, six or all eleven missing names, with initials and clues.

Is Matchday available on iPhone?

Yes. Since 19 October 2026, Matchday has been free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad (iOS 16 or later), listed as Matchday: Sports Quiz. It is also on Google Play as Matchday: Cricket & Trivia and in a browser at matchday-sports-quiz.vercel.app. Each offers an untimed warm-up and two guest games before you sign in with Apple, Google or email.

Is Sporcle free?

Sporcle is free to play on the web and in its iPhone and Android apps, and the Google Play app shows ads. Sporcle Orange, the optional membership, removes ads and opens the full archive of Sporcle Games. Sporcle's memberships page lists it at US$3.99 a month after a 7-day free trial, or US$43.99 a year, as of October 2026.

Which sports quiz app can a group play on their own phones?

Matchday: Cricket & Trivia lets you create an online room and share a code so everyone answers on their own phone, with head-to-head, team, clue-race and bluff games across football, cricket, F1 and tennis. Sporcle Party, free on iPhone and Android, has one host, players wager 1 to 10 points per answer, and you can build your own question packs.

Is there a Wordle-style F1 game?

Sportsdle is a daily Wordle-style game with an F1 mode: you identify one mystery driver a day from stat clues, with up to eight guesses in the app. It also has a Guess the Track mode and an F1 grid. Daily puzzles are free in a browser and in iPhone and Android apps, with ads; Sportsdle Pro removes ads and adds unlimited practice.

Sources

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Matchday: Sports Quiz (App Store listing) · Apple App Store / Vidit Chopra · checked 20 October 2026
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F1 2018 Grid · Sporcle · checked 19 October 2026
Sporcle Party: The Trivia Party with Friends · Sporcle · checked 19 October 2026
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Guess Football Lineup (Google Play listing) · Google Play / miel3k · checked 19 October 2026
Guess Football Lineup (App Store listing) · Apple App Store / Jakub Mielczarek · checked 19 October 2026