Sports technology company Sportradar has released its annual integrity report, showcasing its efforts to protect the integrity of sports and esports events that took place throughout 2025.
The Integrity in Action report reveals that the company monitored approximately 100,000 esports matches, flagging 34 matches deemed as ‘suspicious activity’ that were detected due to abnormal betting patterns.
Within the 2025 report, suspicious activity within esports matches is declining. In 2024, Sportradar flagged 41 matches across the year compared to 34 flagged in 2025, marking a decrease of 17%.
As a result of 34 out of 100,000 matches raising suspicion, esports scored a suspicion rate of 0.03%, making the industry one of the lowest out of the sports covered by Sportradar. Football has the highest suspicion rate at 0.31%, while basketball has the second highest at 0.29%.
The company gathers its data through a range of official data rights partnerships with several sporting leagues and federations, as well as collaborations with a range of betting and iGaming companies. In recent years, it has partnered with the likes of the NBA, NHL, Formula One, and FIFA to monitor the action taking place across the globe.
Sportsradar utilises a dedicated detection system that is triggered by certain activities while a sporting or esports event is taking place. Triggers range from unusually high bets or smaller, more coordinated wagers placed across several bookmakers.
Sportradar And Esports
Sportradar is no stranger to the world of esports. Since 2019, Sportradar has partnered with Riot Games to monitor the betting activity across regional and international League of Legends tournaments.
Despite the decline in cases, esports saw nine sanctions issued in 2025, making it the third most-sanctioned sport within the report.
In January 2025, Riot Games appointed Sportradar to investigate suspicious patterns during an LCO match between Antic Esports and Fury Global. As a result of the investigation, Dai Phu ‘Hoopa‘ Mong received a 12-month ban from competing.
December saw VALORANT player Joseph ‘Ban’ Seung-min issued a 12-month ban after a Sportradar investigation spotted breaches in match-fixing and match manipulation rules.
