Best Sports Streaming Service for 2026

YouTube TV costs $83 a month, though new subscribers can get a discount for the first few months. And it offers skinny bundles starting at $55 a month based on different genres and sports.

YouTube TV offers four RSNs, along with FS1, FS2, ESPN and all of the major national networks. The standard package includes just about every league channel with the exception of the NHL Network. There is an additional Sports Plus package, but it doesn’t offer much other than Tennis Channel and NFL Red Zone, so you might be able to skip it.

Plug in your ZIP code on YouTube TV’s welcome page to see which local networks and RSNs are available in your area.

Peacock, owned by NBC, offers some live sports to go along with its on-demand entertainment. The $11-a-month Premium tier gives you access to the NBA playoffs through the Western Conference Finals as well as English Premier League soccer, select WWE events, Indy Car races and some PGA golf tournaments. The service also airs a few other less popular sports, such as rugby, figure skating, cycling and track and field. Access to Sunday Night Football is great during the NFL season, but for most of the year, the platform is best suited for soccer and wrestling fans. You can upgrade to the Premium Plus plan at $17 per month to stream ad-free.

Prime Video will show first- and second-round games through May 17.

Prime Video is included with an Amazon Prime subscription for $15 a month or $139 a year. You can also subscribe only to Prime Video for $9 a month.

Hulu Plus Live TV offers an interesting middle ground for sports fans. On the one hand, the service lacks the ability to get many league-owned channels, but on the other, it comes automatically bundled with an ESPN Unlimited subscription. 

Hulu Plus Live TV costs $90 a month and carries five RSNs along with all the major networks, plus ESPN, FS1 and FS2. It also offers the NFL Network, but even the Sports add-on lacks the MLB, NHL, NBA or Tennis channels. The biggest appeal of the add-on is the inclusion of NFL Red Zone. Otherwise, it doesn’t bring much value to the package. 

The inclusion of the Disney bundle might make Hulu Plus Live TV more appealing than some of the other services on this list. Not only do you get full access to the sports on ESPN Unlimited, but you also get Disney Plus. Perhaps Hulu Plus Live TV could be a good compromise for sports fans who are also Disney lovers or who share a house with those who are. 

Click the “View all channels in your area” link at the bottom of Hulu Plus Live TV’s to see which local networks and RSNs are available where you live.

ESPN’s direct-to-consumer streaming service comes in two flavors. The ESPN Unlimited plan costs $30 a month (or $300 a year) and lets you stream all ESPN linear networks: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN Deportes, SEC Network and ACC Network. You also get access to programming on ESPN on ABC, ESPN Plus, ESPN3, SECN Plus and ACCNX.

There is also a $13-a-month ESPN Select plan that is like a rebranding of ESPN Plus. It offers you access to thousands of live games — including small college conferences, whose games you can’t watch anywhere else — but not the NFL or NBA.

An ESPN Unlimited subscription encompasses a lot of sports — more than 47,000 live events a year, according to ESPN. There’s the NFL and WWE with recent major deals, and ESPN’s rights portfolio also includes the “NBA; NHL; MLB; WNBA; UFC; UFL; SEC; ACC; Big 12; College Football Playoff; 40 NCAA championships, including the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship; LaLiga, Bundesliga, NWSL and FA Cup soccer; Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open tennis; The Masters, PGA Championship, PGA Tour and TGL golf” and more, according to the company.

For NFL fans, this ESPN Unlimited lets you watch every Monday Night Football game and the ManningCast during the regular season, as well as one Wild Card playoff game.

For NBA fans, an ESPN Unlimited subscription will let you watch 80 regular-season games — that includes games shown on ESPN and ABC. It will show Wednesday night doubleheaders throughout the season before adding Friday night doubleheaders and Saturday night and Sunday afternoon games starting midseason.

DirecTV has grown to offer streaming-only packages, including its new-ish MySports subscription for $70 a month.

It’s the priciest of the five major live TV streaming services, but it’s also the one with the most RSNs and offers the most for sports fanatics. Its cheapest signature offering is the $85-a-month Entertainment package that includes the major networks as well as ESPN and FS1. You’ll need to move up to the Choice plan to get any available RSN and many league channels, such as the Big Ten Network and NBA TV. You can use its channel lookup tool to see which local channels and RSNs are available in your area.

If you don’t mind fewer channels, check out the MySports Genre Pack, a budget-friendly option with 20-plus channels and access to ESPN Unlimited at no extra charge. Channels include NBC, FS1 and NBA TV.

Fubo starts at $56 a month for its Sports bundle, but you’ll need the $74-a-month Pro plan to get most of the RSNs if offers. It includes ESPN, but not TBS and TNT, though that’s less of an issue now that the NBA has parted ways with Turner. It also has most of your local networks, like ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox, along with FS1, FS2, BeIn Sports, the Big 10 and the Golf Channel. 

You’ll have to pay an extra $8 a month for the Fubo Extra Package or the $105-a-month Elite streaming tier, which includes Sports Plus for the NHL, NBA, MLB, SEC, PAC 12 and Tennis channels. Check out which local networks and RSNs FuboTV offers here.

The Sling TV packages don’t have a ton to offer any but the most casual fan. Sling Blue currently lacks a single RSN, but you can use it to watch some national broadcasts. Sling TV’s Orange plan includes ESPN, while the Blue plan has FS1 and the NFL Network — but neither gives you access to ABC, which could be a problem for many fans.

The Sports Extra add-on, which costs $11 a month for either the Blue or Orange plan or $15 for the combined Orange and Blue plan, offers the NBA, NHL and MLB channels, along with the PAC 12, BeIn Sports and Tennis Channel, among others.

The individual plans start at $46 a month each, and the combined Orange and Blue plan starts at $61 a month (in some regions, it’s a little more). You can see which local channels you get here.

Sling is unique among live TV streaming services with its one-day pass for $5 for watching a specific game on a specific night. There are also weekend and week passes, which could be useful for watching the end of, say, a golf or tennis tournament.