Top 13 Epic Sports Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with sports and falls in the over 100,000 words range.
From The Sidelines
by suffocatingspring
When long-time enemies, Bakugo Katsuki--the all-star athlete and rascal of Ise--and Izuku Midoriya, the town sweetheart, are paired together for a long-term project, the quiet beachside town of Ise suddenly gets a bit louder.In which, Katsuki is an asshole pole vaulter, Izuku is going to fail psycho
Force of Gravity
by oceanfruit
Will loved ordinary things, an uneventful existence was something he craved. Sadly, when Mike Wheeler walks into his life, Will’s easy going path snaps right in half. A passion he could never imagine overtaking his whole being. It was too bad their friend groups hated each other and his sister had a
Sweater Weather
by lumosinlove
Remus works for the Gryffindor Lions as a physical trainer, and has been half in love with Sirius Black, the Lions' heartthrob captain, for a while now, but he never expected Sirius to return the feelings. Read if you like cute nicknames, slow burn, and pining. Yep. That's it.There's some nice OC's
stay the night
by lynnearlington
"The National City Lakehawks," Jack says. He flips the cover of the binder over. "Who is this?"“Kara Danvers,” Lena answers. It’s the only player she can name off the team at this point and that’s only because any sort of research into the Lakehawks seems to start and end with the same girl.ORThe fi
Soft Hands, Fast Feet, Can't Lose
by dolce_piccante
American Uni AU. Harry Styles is a frat boy football star from the wealthy Styles Family athletic dynasty. A celebrity among football fans, he knows how to play, he knows how to party, and he knows how to fuck (all of which is well known among his legion of admirers). Louis Tomlinson is a student an
Bloodsport
by isthatyoularry
How come falling in love with the person he hated most was so easy? Who the hell did this guy think he was? How could he stand there on the pavement, gorgeous and beautiful, and make Harry fall back into a swirl of desire, when fifteen minutes ago he made his skin prickle with hurt? God, he hated hi
Run at the Cup.
by TheHomelyBadger
“So that’s why I bring Violet Wickett up,” says the first, feminine voice, “because there’s two things that have defined Vi her entire career. How hard she plays as a forward, especially on defence, and her rivalry with Caitlyn Kiramman.” “See, if I’m Mel Medarda, I’m not even giving Wickett another
Camp Folktale, Summer of ‘86
by cairparavels
When Steve applies for a summer camp per Dustin's request, he doesn’t expect to have the most interesting summer of his life.Featuring a sulky metalhead who hates Steve for no reason, eight kids set on driving Steve to an early grave, Robin Buckley’s ability to charm any girl she wants, and Steve’s
In the Sin Bin
by otppurefuckingmagic
As the goalie for the New York City Blazing Angels, Alec Lightwood thinks he's finally found the team he can go all the way to the championship cup with. Then his agent and financial advisor are arrested for stealing their clients' money, and Alec is forced to take on a side job doing endorsement de
Keeping Me Alive
by MartinaKL
A boy who lost everything and is still fighting for his chance at a better life.A ballerina who wants to make her dream come true.A soldier running away from a terrible truth.A multilingual girl, abandoned by her own family, trying to find her place in a world.A talented musician who struggles to ov
It's a Long Fall from the Top
by GlobalBingBong
“Winning a World Cup is never easy, but it’s remarkable that you unseated probable GOAT, Caitlyn Kiramman, to do so. How do you feel about that?”Vi shrugs. “I don’t really know who she is.”ORVi gets plucked from the streets of the young nation of Zaun and thrust into the international sport climbing
all the ways we collide
by destinesiv
Gai doesn’t expect the past to find him on a college field, but when Kakashi Hatake steps out of the tunnel, everything he once tried to outrun rushes back to meet him.Old comparisons. Old shadows. Old echoes of the boy he used to be.Three years apart, and now the field holds its breath as something
Зоны ответственности
by ohmyshep
Он шёл по пустому коридору, и его шаги эхом отражались от стен. Нёвиллет никак не уходил из мыслей. Засел под кожей, как пропущенный гол ‒ чистый, меткий и бесповоротный. И уже неважно, кто его забил и каким образом, потому что он ‒ на табло. Ризли — восходящая звезда хоккея и председатель студенчес
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About Sports
Fic where the game matters: training arcs, tournaments, rivalries across the net or the pitch, and the particular intimacy of teammates who sweat and lose and win together. Native to sports anime fandoms and exported everywhere as the sports AU.
Sport gives stories built-in stakes, structure, and physicality — and there is no faster way to bond or break characters than a match point.
Common scenarios: Rival aces meeting again in the national semifinals years after middle school, or a figure skater and their coach rebuilding a career one season at a time.
About This List
This list of 13epic Sports fanfics spans 3,544,063 total words. Kudos range from 31 on the newest entries to 58,464 on the most established. 69% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (6 of 13 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Sports · Alternate Universe - College/University · Enemies to Lovers · Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Slow Burn.
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