How to enable the Rocket League Stats API

Rocket League has a built-in Stats API: an official feature from Psyonix that streams live match data from the game to programs on your PC. Scores, the clock, players, goals with shot speed, saves, demos and more arrive as JSON messages the moment they happen. It's what powers custom broadcast HUDs, stream overlays and stat trackers.

It's switched off by default. Here's how to turn it on, check that it works, and fix the usual problems.

Enable it in 5 steps

1. Close Rocket League

   The game only reads the setting when it starts, so changes made while it's running do nothing until you restart.

2. Open the game's Config folder

   Go to <Install folder>\TAGame\Config. The default install folders are:

   • Epic Games: C:\Program Files\Epic Games\rocketleague\TAGame\Config
   • Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\rocketleague\TAGame\Config

   Installed somewhere else? In Steam, right-click Rocket League › Manage › Browse local files. In the Epic launcher, open your Library, click the three dots on Rocket League › Manage and click the folder icon next to the install location.

3. Open the Stats API ini file

   Open TAStatsAPI.ini in Notepad. If that file doesn't exist, use DefaultStatsAPI.ini. Files under Program Files are protected, so if Windows won't let you save, start Notepad with Run as administrator and open the file from there.

4. Set PacketSendRate

   Under the [TAGame.MatchStatsExporter_TA] section, set PacketSendRate to a number above 0. 30 is a good default for overlays:

   [TAGame.MatchStatsExporter_TA]
   PacketSendRate=30
   Port=49123
   WebPort=49124

   Save the file. Keep the section name exactly as it is.

5. Start the game and join a match

   Launch Rocket League and start a match. The game now listens on TCP port 49123 and a WebSocket on port 49124 on your PC and sends data while a match is in progress.

The settings explained

Check that it works

While you're in a match, open PowerShell and run:

Test-NetConnection 127.0.0.1 -Port 49123

If it says TcpTestSucceeded : True, the Stats API is on. Check the WebSocket the same way with -Port 49124.

Every message has the same shape: an event name plus its data.

{
  "Event": "GoalScored",
  "Data": { "MatchGuid": "…", "GoalSpeed": 112.4,
            "Scorer": { "Name": "PlayerA", "TeamNum": 0 } }
}

What data you get

UpdateState (at your PacketSendRate): every player's name, platform ID, team, score, goals, shots, assists, saves, touches and demos, plus the teams, score, clock, overtime and arena. Some fields, such as boost and speed, are only sent for your own team or while spectating.

Events (instantly): MatchCreated, MatchInitialized, CountdownBegin, RoundStarted, GoalScored, BallHit, CrossbarHit, ClockUpdatedSeconds, GoalReplayStart / End, MatchEnded, PodiumStart, MatchDestroyed, PlayerJoined / Left and StatfeedEvent, which covers saves, demos, MVP, hat tricks, aerial goals, flip resets and more.

Psyonix's full reference is on the official Stats API page.

Troubleshooting

Nothing connects on port 49123

Check that PacketSendRate is above 0, that you edited the file in the right install folder, and that you restarted the game afterwards. Data only flows while a match is running.

Windows won't let me save the file

Run Notepad as administrator, or copy the file to your desktop, edit it there and copy it back.

It stopped working after a game update

Open the ini again and check your settings are still there. If they were reset, set them again.

Another app is already using the port

Change Port or WebPort to a free number (Port and WebPort must be different) and point your tool at the new port.

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