Sports riddles are a fun way to challenge your brain and test your knowledge about different sports. Here are 91 riddles about various sports along with their answers to see how many you can get right!
Sports Riddles – General
Let’s start with some general sports riddles that could apply to a variety of different sports and athletes.
#1
Riddle: What has 18 legs and catches flies?
Answer: A baseball team.
#2
Riddle: What bounces higher than a skyscraper?
Answer: A basketball.
#3
Riddle: I have a head and a tail but no body. What am I?
Answer: A coin toss.
#4
Riddle: What has rings but no fingers?
Answer: An Olympic gymnast.
#5
Riddle: What building has the most stories?
Answer: A stadium.
#6
Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge used by a boxer.
#7
Riddle: What is it that lives if it is fed, and dies if you give it a drink?
Answer: A fire in the Olympic torch.
#8
Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age.
#9
Riddle: The more you take away, the larger it becomes. What is it?
Answer: A hole in a stadium.
#10
Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A football.
Baseball Riddles
Let’s step up to the plate with these riddles about America’s favorite pastime.
#11
Riddle: What has four legs, is full of diamonds, and wears a cap?
Answer: A baseball field.
#12
Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A baseball glove.
#13
Riddle: What’s white with red stitches?
Answer: A baseball.
#14
Riddle: What happens twice in a week, once in a year and never in a day?
Answer: The letter “E” – as in homE run.
#15
Riddle: In a one-story house there was a pink bathtub. In this pink bathtub there was a pink baseball bat. And in that pink baseball bat there were some pink baseballs. What color were the baseballs?
Answer: Pink – everything mentioned is pink!
#16
Riddle: What is a pitcher’s uniform made of?
Answer: Pitcher’s cloth.
#17
Riddle: Why did the baseball player go to jail?
Answer: Because he stole second base!
#18
Riddle: What has four legs but can’t walk?
Answer: A baseball diamond.
#19
Riddle: What did the baseball glove say to the ball?
Answer: “Catch you later!”
#20
Riddle: Why was the baseball player a messy eater?
Answer: They kept missing their plate!
Football Riddles
Let’s hike! Get your heads in the game for these football brain teasers.
#21
Riddle: What has four downs and no ups?
Answer: A football team.
#22
Riddle: What bounces when you throw it forward but doesn’t bounce when you throw it backward?
Answer: A football.
#23
Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Answer: Football (the same word backward and forward).
#24
Riddle: I have millions of holes but can still hold water. What am I?
Answer: A football field.
#25
Riddle: What’s black and white and blown all over?
Answer: The referee’s whistle.
#26
Riddle: What kind of bow can’t be tied?
Answer: A rainbow (shown on a football field).
#27
Riddle: What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
Answer: The numbers on a scoreboard.
#28
Riddle: What has feathers and flies but is not a bird?
Answer: A football.
#29
Riddle: When things go wrong, what can you always count on?
Answer: Your fingers to keep track of downs.
#30
Riddle: What can run but not walk?
Answer: A football play.
Soccer Riddles
Bend it like Beckham with these soccer word puzzles.
#31
Riddle: What has a foot but no legs?
Answer: A soccer ball.
#32
Riddle: What flies without wings?
Answer: Time – when you’re having fun playing soccer.
#33
Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Answer: Soccer – the same word backward and forward.
#34
Riddle: What gets kicked around but doesn’t mind?
Answer: A soccer ball.
#35
Riddle: What goes up when rain comes down?
Answer: Umbrellas at a soccer game.
#36
Riddle: I have four legs but no feet. What am I?
Answer: A soccer goal.
#37
Riddle: What kind of award do you get for being a great soccer player and musician?
Answer: A trophy and a saxophone makes you saxysoccer.
#38
Riddle: Why do soccer players take an extra pair of socks?
Answer: In case they get a hole in one!
#39
Riddle: Why did the soccer player soak their hands before the game?
Answer: They wanted a hand ball!
#40
Riddle: Where do soccer players dance?
Answer: At the football ball!
Basketball Riddles
Step right up to the foul line and take your best shot at these basketball riddles.
#41
Riddle: What fruit can fill up an entire room but provides no sustenance?
Answer: A basketball.
#42
Riddle: I’m inflated, but I’m not a ball. What am I?
Answer: A basketball player’s ego.
#43
Riddle: What kind of room has no windows or doors?
Answer: A mushroom (sounds like “mush room” as in the crowded space under the basket).
#44
Riddle: What has 10 letters and starts with gas?
Answer: Basketball – “gas” are the first 3 letters.
#45
Riddle: Forward I’m flat and backwards I’m not. What am I?
Answer: A basketball – ball backwards.
#46
Riddle: What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?
Answer: A basketball (when air is pumped in and let out again).
#47
Riddle: What states begins and ends with the letter “K” but has none inside?
Answer: Basketball – starts with “K” and the hoop looks like a sideways “K” with no letters inside.
#48
Riddle: I have a ring but no finger. What am I?
Answer: A basketball hoop.
#49
Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A basketball player reaching for the ball.
#50
Riddle: People buy me to shoot, but if I’m not handled carefully, I’ll fall and bounce. What am I?
Answer: A basketball.
Hockey Riddles
Stick with these hockey riddles and puck out the right answers.
#51
Riddle: What did the hockey stick say to the puck?
Answer: Stick with me and you’ll go far!
#52
Riddle: What did one hockey stick say to the other?
Answer: Let’s stick together!
#53
Riddle: What kind of dance do hockey players do?
Answer: The puck-arena.
#54
Riddle: Why did the hockey player keep a piece of fruit on the bench?
Answer: It was his puck-melon.
#55
Riddle: Why couldn’t the hockey player finish their dinner?
Answer: They were out of goal-ish!
#56
Riddle: Where do hockey players keep their money?
Answer: In puck-ets.
#57
Riddle: What do you call a clumsy hockey player?
Answer: A puck dropper.
#58
Riddle: Why do hockey players make bad vampires?
Answer: Because they only like slap shots, not neck bites.
#59
Riddle: Why do hockey players have smelly feet?
Answer: Because they wear goal stinkers.
#60
Riddle: Why did the hockey player get thrown in jail?
Answer: They were caught puck-pocketing.
Tennis Riddles
Don’t fault yourself if you don’t ace all of these tennis teasers.
#61
Riddle: What did the tennis ball say to the wall?
Answer: See you around!
#62
Riddle: Why are tennis balls hairy?
Answer: To slow down the serve.
#63
Riddle: What’s yellow and goes bang?
Answer: A tennis ball.
#64
Riddle: Why are tennis balls good at math?
Answer: Because they always make good volleys!
#65
Riddle: Why are tennis courts always noisy?
Answer: Because they raise a racquet!
#66
Riddle: Why do tennis players go to the bank?
Answer: To check their net worth.
#67
Riddle: Why are tennis balls never hungry?
Answer: Because they just had a big meal.
#68
Riddle: Why do tennis players make good astronauts?
Answer: They’re good at volleying!
#69
Riddle: Why don’t tennis balls get married?
Answer: Because they like to live in sin-gles!
#70
Riddle: Why did the tennis match take so long?
Answer: It took forever to deuce!
Golf Riddles
Don’t get stumped, tee up to these golf riddles and take your best swing at the right answers.
#71
Riddle: What’s the difference between a golfer and a lost ball?
Answer: One goes whack…the other goes…where’s it at?
#72
Riddle: Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants?
Answer: In case they got a hole in one!
#73
Riddle: What do you call a thieving alligator on a golf course?
Answer: A golf ball retriever.
#74
Riddle: Which side of a golf ball has the most dimples?
Answer: The outside!
#75
Riddle: Why did the golfer bring an extra pair of socks?
Answer: In case he got a hole in one!
#76
Riddle: What do golfers wear on halloween?
Answer: “Hole” costumes.
#77
Riddle: What do you call a child of a golfer?
Answer: A son or daughter, as golf doesn’t change your family relationships.
#78
Riddle: What do you call a really bad round of golf?
Answer: A bogeyman.
#79
Riddle: What’s the difference between a bad golfer and a bad skydiver?
Answer: A bad golfer goes, whack – “dang it!” A bad skydiver goes “dang it! – whack.”
#80
Riddle: What do you call a frozen golfer?
Answer: A golf-sicle.
#81
Riddle: What did the golfer say when he ran out of balls?
Answer: “Fore!” (Meaning he needs more balls).
Wrestling Riddles
Grapple with these wrestling riddles and see if you can pin down the right answers.
#82
Riddle: What holds you tightly but lets you move and stretch?
Answer: A wrestling uniform.
#83
Riddle: What has hands and a face, but no arms and legs?
Answer: A wrestling clock.
#84
Riddle: I am where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?
Answer: A wrestling calendar.
#85
Riddle: The more places I be, the less you can see. What am I?
Answer: A wrestling hold or grip.
#86
Riddle: People buy tickets to see me, but I’m not an event. What am I?
Answer: A wrestling match.
#87
Riddle: What gets pinned but has no limbs?
Answer: A wrestling opponent’s shoulders.
#88
Riddle: What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A wrestling singlet.
#89
Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: Wrestling gloves.
#90
Riddle: What’s black and white and slammed all over?
Answer: A wrestling referee’s hand making a pin count.
#91
Riddle: What kind of shorts leave you exposed?
Answer: Wrestling shorts.
Conclusion
How did you do with these sports riddles? There’s a wide variety of brain teasers here testing your knowledge about sports from baseball to wrestling. Riddles provide a fun and challenging workout for your mind. Keep practicing to see if you can improve your riddle solving skills.
Sports also exercise both mind and body. Many of these activities require strategy, critical thinking and focus in addition to physical ability. So grab your gear and a friend to play or compete against. There are so many ways to get active, have fun and enrich your life through sports.
