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Sports (Specialties, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Sports (Specialties, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $42.83, median 6 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $24.92 – $75 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Specialties (660), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $42.83 its median price beats 95% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 88% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 6 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Sports best sellers
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Collegiate Capitalism: The Battle For the Future of College Sports
by Donald Remy
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews22
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Sport Law
by Anita M. Moorman
- List rank#2
- Price$77.82
- Rating4.4
- Reviews33
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Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
by Greg Larson
- List rank#3
- Price$24.39
- Rating4.5
- Reviews275
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How to Play the Game: What Every Sports Attorney Needs to Know, Third Edition
by Darren Heitner
- List rank#4
- Price$77.08
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Paid to Play: NIL, Revenue Sharing, Collectives, and the New Economy of College Sport
by Gigi Romano
- List rank#5
- Price$24.99
- Reviews-
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Case Studies in Sport Law With Web Resource
by Andrew T. Pittman
- List rank#6
- Price-
- Rating3.4
- Reviews8
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The Truth about the O.J. Simpson Trial: By the Architect of the Defense
by F. Lee Bailey
- List rank#7
- Price$29.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews272
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Course Correction: A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX
by Ginny Gilder
- List rank#8
- Price$20
- Rating4.4
- Reviews98
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Legal Decisions That Shaped Modern Baseball
by Patrick K. Thornton
- List rank#9
- Price$39.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3
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Routledge Handbook of Sport Security (Routledge International Handbooks)
by Stacey A. Hall
- List rank#10
- Price$227
- Reviews-
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Sports
FAQ
Is Sports a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 6 reviews and sells for $42.83.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Sports?
The median best seller has 6 reviews, and 93% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Sports best sellers cost?
The median price is $42.83; half of the best sellers are priced between $24.92 and $75.
Can new books break into Sports?
6% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.