basketball-reference.com
Last scanned Jun 22, 2026
basketball-reference.com received 66 out of 100 in its WCAG 2.2 accessibility review performed on June 22, 2026, meeting some requirements but with room for improvement. The review identified 10 distinct accessibility violations totalling 3513 instances, including 13 critical, 3499 serious, 1 moderate issues. The most pressing issues include touch targets too small (WCAG 2.5.8), 3291 instances; nested interactive controls causing focus issues (WCAG 4.1.2), 132 instances; and links without accessible names (WCAG 2.4.4, 4.1.2), 43 instances. The assessment covered 10 pages across 455 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. With 88 third-party requests from 6 vendors, the site may not meet GDPR and ePrivacy consent requirements.
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Key Accessibility Issues
3513 violations found across 10 rules — 13 critical, 3499 serious, 1 moderate, 0 minor
Ensure touch target have sufficient size and space
WCAG 2.5.8 · 3291 instances found
Ensures interactive controls are not nested as they are not always announced by screen readers or can cause focus problems for assistive technologies
WCAG 4.1.2 · 132 instances found
Ensures links have discernible text
WCAG 2.4.4, 4.1.2 · 43 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures <iframe> and <frame> elements have an accessible name
WCAG 4.1.2 · 21 instances found
Ensures select element has an accessible name
WCAG 4.1.2 · 12 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures every ARIA button, link and menuitem has an accessible name
WCAG 4.1.2 · 6 instances found
Ensures <li> elements are used semantically
WCAG 1.3.1 · 5 instances found
Ensures <img> elements have alternate text or a role of none or presentation
WCAG 1.1.1 · 1 instance found · How to fix →
Ensures the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds
WCAG 1.4.3 · 1 instance found · How to fix →
Heading level skipped from <h2> to <h4>
WCAG 1.3.1 · 1 instance found · How to fix →
Cookie Consent & Compliance
basketball-reference.com does not appear to use a consent management platform. With 88 third-party requests from 6 vendors and 3 cookies detected, the site may not be compliant with GDPR Article 6 and ePrivacy Directive Article 5(3) requirements for prior consent. Learn about cookie consent requirements.
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Third-Party Trackers
88 requests detected from 6 vendors — Freestar, Google LLC, Google, HubSpot, HubSpot Inc....
Third-Party Trackers
88 requests detected from 6 vendors — Freestar, Google LLC, Google, HubSpot, HubSpot Inc....
Analytics
11
Marketing
24
Necessary
2
Functional
0
Other
0
| Vendor | Category | Type | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freestar | Advertising | script | a.pub.network |
| Google LLC | Analytics | script | www.googletagmanager.com |
| Essential | script | i.ytimg.com | |
| Essential | script | www.gstatic.com | |
| Essential | script | yt3.ggpht.com | |
| Essential | script | jnn-pa.googleapis.com | |
| HubSpot | Essential | script | perf-na1.hsforms.com |
| Google LLC | Marketing | iframe | www.youtube.com |
| HubSpot Inc. | Marketing | script | js.hs-scripts.com |
| HubSpot Inc. | Marketing | script | js.hubspot.com |
| Google LLC | Necessary | script | fonts.gstatic.com |
| Other | script | googleads.g.doubleclick.net | |
| Other | script | region1.google-analytics.com | |
| Osano | Other | script | cmp.osano.com |
Cookies
3 cookies detected — 1 necessary, 0 analytics, 0 marketing
Cookies
3 cookies detected — 1 necessary, 0 analytics, 0 marketing
Total
3
Necessary
1
Functional
0
Analytics
0
Marketing
0
Unknown
2
| Name | Domain | Category | Provider | Expiry | Secure | HttpOnly | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | .basketball-reference.com | Necessary | Cloudflare | Expired | ✓ | ✓ | 1st |
| is_live | www.basketball-reference.com | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| srcssfull | www.basketball-reference.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
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