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Subjects represent the people, teams, or entities that a market is about. They provide display metadata — names, images, and colors — for rendering market UIs.

When Are Subjects Used?

Subjects are attached to markets in two cases:
  • Non-sports markets — political candidates, nominees, public figures, and other entities featured in event-driven markets (e.g., “Will candidate X win the election?”).
  • Non-championship futures markets for sports — such as MVP awards, season win totals, and other futures that aren’t tied to a specific game or championship outcome (e.g., “NFL MVP 2025”).
For standard sports game markets (moneylines, spreads, totals), participants and teams are attached directly to the event rather than as subjects on the market. See Sports Data for team data.

Subjects Endpoint

GET https://gateway.polymarket.us/v1/subjects
Returns a paginated list of all subjects.

Query Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
limitint32Maximum number of subjects to return
offsetint32Number of subjects to skip for pagination

Get Subject by ID

GET https://gateway.polymarket.us/v1/subjects/{id}
Returns a single subject by its ID.

Response Fields

Each subject object includes:
FieldTypeDescription
idintegerSubject ID
namestringSubject name
displayNamestringDisplay name for rendering
descriptionstringSubject description
subjectTypestringType of subject (see below)
imagestringSubject image URL
colorstringPrimary color (hex)
darkColorstringDark mode color (hex)

Subject Types

TypeDescription
nomineeA nominee in a non-sports event (e.g., political candidate, award nominee)
playerAn individual athlete (e.g., MVP candidate)
teamA team entity used in futures markets
candidateA candidate in an election or competition

Relationship to Markets

Each market can have an optional subjectId field that references a subject. When present, the subject provides the display metadata (name, image, colors) for that market. You can use the subject’s image and color fields to render market cards and lists with consistent branding.