Sports Anime on Netflix

Teenage boys Peco and Smile grew up playing table tennis together and now face grueling competition, forcing them to grow as both athletes and men.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Netflix ID: 80169477 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Five middle school basketball stars went to separate high schools, and now Tetsuya Kuroko and Seirin High are making their play for glory.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 2.9/5
Netflix ID: 80063153 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Gifted pitcher Aoba grows closer to her older sister Wakaba's friend Ko after Wakaba's death. Ko is secretly training to fulfill Wakaba's dream.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Netflix ID: 80161920 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Former ace runner Kakeru grudgingly returns to the sport when college senior Haiji recruits him to an unlikely team with one goal: the Hakoden relay.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix ID: 81145654 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Scouted for his potential, brash left-handed pitcher Eijun Sawamura joins baseball powerhouse Seido High to become the undisputed ace of the team.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix ID: 81424512 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Young Goro Honda battles tragedy and hardship to follow in his baseball player father's footsteps, starting with kindergarten and Little League.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Netflix ID: 80152611 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Baseball ace Kazuya, his slacker twin brother and the girl next door have been always been inseparable, but as they grow older, new challenges arise.

Year: 1985
IMDb: 8
Netflix ID: 81086888 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A timid, anime-loving teen gets drawn into a school cycling club, where his new friends help him face tough challenges to develop his racing talent.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80061943 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Created for the 50th anniversary of manga 'Ashita No Joe,' mechanized human fighters known as Megalo Boxers battle each other for boxing supremacy.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 80987707 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Kuroko reunites with the 'Generation of Miracles' when former rivals are humiliated in an exhibition game against a notorious street basketball team.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.9
Runtime: 01:30:16
Netflix ID: 80991755 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A meek guy with untapped potential joins his high school's highly-ranked soccer team and forms unbreakable bonds with his unique teammates.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 80116834 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A college student joins the local diving club after meeting some rowdy upperclassmen. New adventures in booze and the ocean await.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 81169530 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two stepbrothers vow to bring their school's baseball team to the Summer Koshien National Championship, honoring their fathers' legacy 30 years later.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 81046488 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Gifted with speed and agility, a bullied teen aims to reinvent himself by joining his high school's undermanned American football team.

Year: 2005
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 81422700 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After going their separate ways, four childhood friends now in high school reunite to restore the Iwatobi Swim Club back to its former glory.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix ID: 80186018 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Tennis prodigiy Ryoma Echizen enters the tennis powerhouse Seishun Academy. Once he fights his way onto the team, the game will never be the same.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix ID: 80185867 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Middle school freshmen Haruka and Makoto join the school swim team, and have to join forces with their new teammates to win.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 7.3
Runtime: 01:50:47
Netflix ID: 80187571 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Sora joins the high school basketball club, but his unmotivated teammates don't care about the game. To get anywhere, he has to change their minds.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix ID: 80245713 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Tennis prodigy Ryoma Echizen returns from the U.S. to attend the U-17 Japan representative selection camp with fellow teammates of Seishun Academy.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix ID: 80992003 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After target panic drives him from archery in middle school, Minato decides to return to the sport when his friends join the high school kyudo club.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix ID: 81416630 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

College student Ami falls in love with a cute folding bike and takes up cycling as a sport thanks to her best friend. They even form their own team!

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix ID: 81032456 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When tragedy and the search for his real father bring him to Manila, a basketball star finds a home on an unlikely team of misfits in search of glory.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 6.1
Netflix ID: 81322032 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The lifelong friendship between the Uesugi twins and Minami, the girl next door, grows into something more when they enter high school.

Year: 1986
IMDb: 6
Runtime: 01:33:38
Netflix ID: 81086991 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Kenji meets Sumiaki on his first day of high school. After playing a pickup rugby game, they both join the team's quest for glory.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 2.8
Netflix ID: 81000388 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this film version of the TV anime's Season 1 first half, an intrepid but short-in-stature junior high schooler joins the volleyball team.

Year: 2015
Netflix rating: 2.8/5
Runtime: 01:28:46
Netflix ID: 80134173 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the second compilation movie of the TV series' first season, Hinata and team face stiff competition at the Miyagi Prefecture Inter-High qualifiers.

Year: 2015
Netflix rating: 2.7/5
Runtime: 01:27:49
Netflix ID: 80134174 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Inspired by a championship match he sees on TV, junior high schooler Hinata joins a volleyball club and begins training, despite his short height.

Year: 2014
Netflix rating: 2.9/5
Netflix ID: 80090673 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After Sakamichi and the Sohoku team win the Inter High tournament, they receive an invitation to compete against their rivals in a race in Kumamoto.

Year: 2015
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 01:29:57
Netflix ID: 80142132 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Born into baseball royalty, young Daigo Shigeno dreams of becoming a professional baseball player like his former MLB playing father before him.

Year: 2018
Netflix ID: 80996823 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Size matters in the world of sumo, but not to Ushio Hinomaru, who doesn’t let his small demeanor stop him from aiming for the top of his sport!

Year: 2018
Netflix ID: 81033796 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The Karasuno High School volleyball team faces Aoba Johsai High in the Spring High preliminaries. They're stronger than ever, and it's time to show it.

Year: 2017
Runtime: 01:29:32
Netflix ID: 81030151 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

With a trip to the national championships on the line, the Karasuno High volleyball team faces Shiratorizawa High, the best team in the prefecture.

Year: 2017
Runtime: 01:28:54
Netflix ID: 81030152 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Now in his senior year, Tatsuya is thrown an unexpected curveball when an alumnus with a chip on his shoulder takes over as head coach of the team.

Year: 1987
Runtime: 01:22:50
Netflix ID: 81086994 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After the sudden death of his twin brother, Tatsuya takes up baseball in his place while Minami becomes a rising star in rhythmic gymnastics.

Year: 1986
Runtime: 01:19:32
Netflix ID: 81086992 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After a stellar minor league season, Goro returns to Fukuoka, recalling the crucial juncture he faced in his baseball career there as a fifth grader.

Year: 2008
Runtime: 01:43:46
Netflix ID: 81259794 · Watch on Netflix

29-year old Aragaki's coach and his daughter Rei both want him to retire from world-class gymnastics, until a chance meeting changes their lives.

Year: 2020
Netflix ID: 81349350 · Watch on Netflix

Two childhood friends in Fukui enter the same high school, bringing their considerable skills to the weak but ambitious volleyball team.

Year: 2021
Netflix ID: 81392167 · Watch on Netflix

A genius gamer with a knack for solving puzzles finds her true calling when she joins her high school's competitive sport climbing team.

Year: 2020
Netflix ID: 81403488 · Watch on Netflix

After quitting soccer and vowing never to play sports again, high school student Tatsuya becomes intrigued by the full-contact team sport kabaddi.

Year: 2021
Netflix ID: 81445654 · Watch on Netflix

Enraptured by the sport, a novice joins his high school's small rhythmic gymnastics team. Together, they strive to give it their all.

Year: 2021
Netflix ID: 81444703 · Watch on Netflix

It’s Haruka’s last summer in high school and he feels lost. With the help of his swim teammates, can he find the focus to dive into his future?

Year: 2017
Runtime: 01:34:53
Netflix ID: 81446930 · Watch on Netflix

Despite their promise to pursue their swimming goals together, Rin’s ambitions and Sosuke’s hidden circumstances strain their unbreakable bond.

Year: 2017
Runtime: 01:38:35
Netflix ID: 81446931 · Watch on Netflix