diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 7d26c8a..e02aebe 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ PROVIDER_REQUEST_RETRIES=3
 PROVIDER_REQUEST_RETRY_SLEEP=1
 CELERY_TASK_TIME_LIMIT=1800
 CELERY_TASK_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT=1500
+API_THROTTLE_ANON=100/hour
+API_THROTTLE_USER=1000/hour
diff --git a/apps/api/__init__.py b/apps/api/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/apps/api/apps.py b/apps/api/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a79077a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class ApiConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+    name = "apps.api"
diff --git a/apps/api/permissions.py b/apps/api/permissions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8b9425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/permissions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from rest_framework.permissions import BasePermission
+
+
+class ReadOnlyOrDeny(BasePermission):
+    def has_permission(self, request, view):
+        return request.method in ("GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS")
diff --git a/apps/api/serializers.py b/apps/api/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eaddf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+from datetime import date
+
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+from apps.competitions.models import Competition, Season
+from apps.players.models import Player
+from apps.stats.models import PlayerSeason
+from apps.teams.models import Team
+
+
+class CompetitionSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    country = serializers.CharField(source="country.name", allow_null=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Competition
+        fields = [
+            "id",
+            "name",
+            "slug",
+            "competition_type",
+            "gender",
+            "level",
+            "country",
+            "is_active",
+        ]
+
+
+class TeamSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    country = serializers.CharField(source="country.name", allow_null=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Team
+        fields = ["id", "name", "short_name", "slug", "country", "is_national_team"]
+
+
+class SeasonSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Season
+        fields = ["id", "label", "start_date", "end_date", "is_current"]
+
+
+class PlayerListSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    nationality = serializers.CharField(source="nationality.name", allow_null=True)
+    nominal_position = serializers.CharField(source="nominal_position.code", allow_null=True)
+    inferred_role = serializers.CharField(source="inferred_role.name", allow_null=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Player
+        fields = [
+            "id",
+            "full_name",
+            "birth_date",
+            "nationality",
+            "nominal_position",
+            "inferred_role",
+            "height_cm",
+            "weight_kg",
+            "dominant_hand",
+            "is_active",
+        ]
+
+
+class PlayerAliasSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    alias = serializers.CharField()
+    source = serializers.CharField(allow_blank=True)
+    is_primary = serializers.BooleanField()
+
+
+class PlayerSeasonStatSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    season = serializers.CharField(allow_null=True)
+    team = serializers.CharField(allow_null=True)
+    competition = serializers.CharField(allow_null=True)
+    games_played = serializers.IntegerField()
+    minutes_played = serializers.IntegerField()
+    points = serializers.DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2, allow_null=True)
+    rebounds = serializers.DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2, allow_null=True)
+    assists = serializers.DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2, allow_null=True)
+    steals = serializers.DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2, allow_null=True)
+    blocks = serializers.DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2, allow_null=True)
+    turnovers = serializers.DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2, allow_null=True)
+    fg_pct = serializers.DecimalField(max_digits=5, decimal_places=2, allow_null=True)
+    three_pct = serializers.DecimalField(max_digits=5, decimal_places=2, allow_null=True)
+    ft_pct = serializers.DecimalField(max_digits=5, decimal_places=2, allow_null=True)
+    player_efficiency_rating = serializers.DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2, allow_null=True)
+
+
+class PlayerDetailSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    nationality = serializers.CharField(source="nationality.name", allow_null=True)
+    nominal_position = serializers.CharField(source="nominal_position.name", allow_null=True)
+    inferred_role = serializers.CharField(source="inferred_role.name", allow_null=True)
+    age = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+    aliases = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+    season_stats = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Player
+        fields = [
+            "id",
+            "full_name",
+            "birth_date",
+            "age",
+            "nationality",
+            "nominal_position",
+            "inferred_role",
+            "height_cm",
+            "weight_kg",
+            "dominant_hand",
+            "aliases",
+            "season_stats",
+        ]
+
+    def get_age(self, obj):
+        if not obj.birth_date:
+            return None
+        today = date.today()
+        return today.year - obj.birth_date.year - (
+            (today.month, today.day) < (obj.birth_date.month, obj.birth_date.day)
+        )
+
+    def get_aliases(self, obj):
+        return PlayerAliasSerializer(obj.aliases.all(), many=True).data
+
+    def get_season_stats(self, obj):
+        rows = (
+            PlayerSeason.objects.filter(player=obj)
+            .select_related("season", "team", "competition", "stats")
+            .order_by("-season__start_date", "-id")
+        )
+        payload = []
+        for row in rows:
+            stats = getattr(row, "stats", None)
+            payload.append(
+                {
+                    "season": row.season.label if row.season else None,
+                    "team": row.team.name if row.team else None,
+                    "competition": row.competition.name if row.competition else None,
+                    "games_played": row.games_played,
+                    "minutes_played": row.minutes_played,
+                    "points": getattr(stats, "points", None),
+                    "rebounds": getattr(stats, "rebounds", None),
+                    "assists": getattr(stats, "assists", None),
+                    "steals": getattr(stats, "steals", None),
+                    "blocks": getattr(stats, "blocks", None),
+                    "turnovers": getattr(stats, "turnovers", None),
+                    "fg_pct": getattr(stats, "fg_pct", None),
+                    "three_pct": getattr(stats, "three_pct", None),
+                    "ft_pct": getattr(stats, "ft_pct", None),
+                    "player_efficiency_rating": getattr(stats, "player_efficiency_rating", None),
+                }
+            )
+        return PlayerSeasonStatSerializer(payload, many=True).data
diff --git a/apps/api/urls.py b/apps/api/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f3be6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from django.urls import path
+
+from .views import (
+    CompetitionListApiView,
+    PlayerDetailApiView,
+    PlayerSearchApiView,
+    SeasonListApiView,
+    TeamListApiView,
+)
+
+app_name = "api"
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("players/", PlayerSearchApiView.as_view(), name="players"),
+    path("players/<int:pk>/", PlayerDetailApiView.as_view(), name="player_detail"),
+    path("competitions/", CompetitionListApiView.as_view(), name="competitions"),
+    path("teams/", TeamListApiView.as_view(), name="teams"),
+    path("seasons/", SeasonListApiView.as_view(), name="seasons"),
+]
diff --git a/apps/api/views.py b/apps/api/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc4d64e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from rest_framework import generics
+from rest_framework.pagination import PageNumberPagination
+from rest_framework.throttling import AnonRateThrottle, UserRateThrottle
+
+from apps.competitions.models import Competition, Season
+from apps.players.forms import PlayerSearchForm
+from apps.players.models import Player
+from apps.players.services.search import apply_sorting, base_player_queryset, filter_players
+from apps.teams.models import Team
+
+from .permissions import ReadOnlyOrDeny
+from .serializers import (
+    CompetitionSerializer,
+    PlayerDetailSerializer,
+    PlayerListSerializer,
+    SeasonSerializer,
+    TeamSerializer,
+)
+
+
+class ApiPagination(PageNumberPagination):
+    page_size = 20
+    page_size_query_param = "page_size"
+    max_page_size = 100
+
+
+class ReadOnlyBaseAPIView:
+    permission_classes = [ReadOnlyOrDeny]
+    throttle_classes = [AnonRateThrottle, UserRateThrottle]
+
+
+class PlayerSearchApiView(ReadOnlyBaseAPIView, generics.ListAPIView):
+    serializer_class = PlayerListSerializer
+    pagination_class = ApiPagination
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        form = PlayerSearchForm(self.request.query_params or None)
+        queryset = base_player_queryset()
+        if form.is_valid():
+            queryset = filter_players(queryset, form.cleaned_data)
+            queryset = apply_sorting(queryset, form.cleaned_data.get("sort", "name_asc"))
+        else:
+            queryset = queryset.order_by("full_name", "id")
+        return queryset
+
+
+class PlayerDetailApiView(ReadOnlyBaseAPIView, generics.RetrieveAPIView):
+    serializer_class = PlayerDetailSerializer
+    queryset = Player.objects.select_related(
+        "nationality",
+        "nominal_position",
+        "inferred_role",
+    ).prefetch_related("aliases")
+
+
+class CompetitionListApiView(ReadOnlyBaseAPIView, generics.ListAPIView):
+    serializer_class = CompetitionSerializer
+    queryset = Competition.objects.select_related("country").order_by("name")
+
+
+class TeamListApiView(ReadOnlyBaseAPIView, generics.ListAPIView):
+    serializer_class = TeamSerializer
+    queryset = Team.objects.select_related("country").order_by("name")
+
+
+class SeasonListApiView(ReadOnlyBaseAPIView, generics.ListAPIView):
+    serializer_class = SeasonSerializer
+    queryset = Season.objects.order_by("-start_date")
diff --git a/apps/players/services/search.py b/apps/players/services/search.py
index 25248f2..fdd1674 100644
--- a/apps/players/services/search.py
+++ b/apps/players/services/search.py
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 from datetime import date, timedelta
 
-from django.db.models import Case, ExpressionWrapper, F, FloatField, Max, Q, Value, When
+from django.db.models import (
+    Case,
+    DecimalField,
+    ExpressionWrapper,
+    F,
+    FloatField,
+    IntegerField,
+    Max,
+    Q,
+    Value,
+    When,
+)
 from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce
 
 from apps.players.models import Player
@@ -106,14 +117,42 @@ def filter_players(queryset, data: dict):
     )
 
     queryset = queryset.annotate(
-        games_played_value=Coalesce(Max("player_seasons__games_played"), Value(0)),
+        games_played_value=Coalesce(
+            Max("player_seasons__games_played"),
+            Value(0, output_field=IntegerField()),
+            output_field=IntegerField(),
+        ),
         mpg_value=Coalesce(Max(mpg_expression), Value(0.0)),
-        ppg_value=Coalesce(Max("player_seasons__stats__points"), Value(0.0)),
-        rpg_value=Coalesce(Max("player_seasons__stats__rebounds"), Value(0.0)),
-        apg_value=Coalesce(Max("player_seasons__stats__assists"), Value(0.0)),
-        spg_value=Coalesce(Max("player_seasons__stats__steals"), Value(0.0)),
-        bpg_value=Coalesce(Max("player_seasons__stats__blocks"), Value(0.0)),
-        top_efficiency=Coalesce(Max("player_seasons__stats__player_efficiency_rating"), Value(0.0)),
+        ppg_value=Coalesce(
+            Max("player_seasons__stats__points"),
+            Value(0, output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2)),
+            output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2),
+        ),
+        rpg_value=Coalesce(
+            Max("player_seasons__stats__rebounds"),
+            Value(0, output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2)),
+            output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2),
+        ),
+        apg_value=Coalesce(
+            Max("player_seasons__stats__assists"),
+            Value(0, output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2)),
+            output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2),
+        ),
+        spg_value=Coalesce(
+            Max("player_seasons__stats__steals"),
+            Value(0, output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2)),
+            output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2),
+        ),
+        bpg_value=Coalesce(
+            Max("player_seasons__stats__blocks"),
+            Value(0, output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2)),
+            output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2),
+        ),
+        top_efficiency=Coalesce(
+            Max("player_seasons__stats__player_efficiency_rating"),
+            Value(0, output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2)),
+            output_field=DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2),
+        ),
     )
 
     return queryset.distinct()
diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index 0f098e8..4cd767e 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.sessions",
     "django.contrib.messages",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "rest_framework",
+    "apps.api",
     "apps.core",
     "apps.users",
     "apps.players",
@@ -123,3 +125,17 @@ PROVIDER_MVP_DATA_FILE = os.getenv(
 )
 PROVIDER_REQUEST_RETRIES = int(os.getenv("PROVIDER_REQUEST_RETRIES", "3"))
 PROVIDER_REQUEST_RETRY_SLEEP = float(os.getenv("PROVIDER_REQUEST_RETRY_SLEEP", "1"))
+
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    "DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES": [
+        "apps.api.permissions.ReadOnlyOrDeny",
+    ],
+    "DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES": [
+        "rest_framework.throttling.AnonRateThrottle",
+        "rest_framework.throttling.UserRateThrottle",
+    ],
+    "DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES": {
+        "anon": os.getenv("API_THROTTLE_ANON", "100/hour"),
+        "user": os.getenv("API_THROTTLE_USER", "1000/hour"),
+    },
+}
diff --git a/config/urls.py b/config/urls.py
index 20d1a1a..4526a0d 100644
--- a/config/urls.py
+++ b/config/urls.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.urls import include, path
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+    path("api/", include("apps.api.urls")),
     path("", include("apps.core.urls")),
     path("users/", include("apps.users.urls")),
     path("players/", include("apps.players.urls")),
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 1070d58..f008adc 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Django>=5.1,<6.0
+djangorestframework>=3.15,<4.0
 psycopg[binary]>=3.2,<4.0
 gunicorn>=22.0,<23.0
 celery[redis]>=5.4,<6.0
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba3b803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+from datetime import date
+
+import pytest
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+from apps.competitions.models import Competition, Season
+from apps.players.models import Nationality, Player, Position, Role
+from apps.teams.models import Team
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_players_api_list_and_detail(client):
+    nationality = Nationality.objects.create(name="Italy", iso2_code="IT", iso3_code="ITA")
+    position = Position.objects.create(code="PG", name="Point Guard")
+    role = Role.objects.create(code="playmaker", name="Playmaker")
+
+    player = Player.objects.create(
+        first_name="Marco",
+        last_name="Rossi",
+        full_name="Marco Rossi",
+        birth_date=date(2001, 1, 5),
+        nationality=nationality,
+        nominal_position=position,
+        inferred_role=role,
+        height_cm=190,
+        weight_kg=84,
+    )
+
+    list_response = client.get(reverse("api:players"), data={"q": "rossi"})
+    assert list_response.status_code == 200
+    assert list_response.json()["count"] == 1
+
+    detail_response = client.get(reverse("api:player_detail", kwargs={"pk": player.pk}))
+    assert detail_response.status_code == 200
+    assert detail_response.json()["full_name"] == "Marco Rossi"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_lookup_list_endpoints(client):
+    nationality = Nationality.objects.create(name="Spain", iso2_code="ES", iso3_code="ESP")
+    Competition.objects.create(
+        name="Liga ACB",
+        slug="liga-acb",
+        competition_type=Competition.CompetitionType.LEAGUE,
+        gender=Competition.Gender.MEN,
+        country=nationality,
+    )
+    Team.objects.create(name="Madrid Flight", slug="madrid-flight", country=nationality)
+    Season.objects.create(label="2025-2026", start_date=date(2025, 9, 1), end_date=date(2026, 6, 30), is_current=True)
+
+    assert client.get(reverse("api:competitions")).status_code == 200
+    assert client.get(reverse("api:teams")).status_code == 200
+    assert client.get(reverse("api:seasons")).status_code == 200
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_api_is_read_only(client):
+    response = client.post(reverse("api:players"), data={"q": "x"})
+    assert response.status_code == 403