Sport and recreation injury statistics
Find statistics on injury claims for injuries that happened while playing sport.
- 2024 ytd injury costs
- 2024 ytd new and active claims
- Sports claims and costs by year from 2015 to 2024 ytd
- New sport injury claims by common team sports and individual sports for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 ytd
- Regional breakdown of sports claims
- Caveats to this data
2024 injury costs
732,459,632
The costs of all active claims in 2024 ytd
New claims
383,280
in 2024 ytd
Active claims
472,622
in 2024 ytd
Sports claims and costs by year
| Year | New claims | Active claims | Cost of active claims |
| 2015 | 489,849 | 550,804 | $511,106,184 |
| 2016 | 501,701 | 569,354 | $544,776,814 |
| 2017 | 486,315 | 556,556 | $571,939,112 |
| 2018 | 468,664 | 547,211 | $612,893,294 |
| 2019 | 455,384 | 537,428 | $621,455,738 |
| 2020 | 402,809 | 486,283 | $633,374,798 |
| 2021 | 418,174 | 507,546 | $694,665,444 |
| 2022 | 421,623 | 502,068 | $731,857,179 |
| 2023 | 452,794 | 539,966 | $839,167,347 |
| 2024 YTD | 383,280 | 472,622 | $732,459,632 |
Regional breakdown of sports claims
Did you know – Canterbury has the second-highest number of claims relating to rugby?
More information
Find out about the work we're involved in to prevent injuries while playing sport:
- A calendar year is 1 January to 31 December.
- 'New' claims are counted in the calendar year they were lodged.
- 'Active' claims have had a payment made on them during that year. Active claims may have been lodged in a different calendar year and can be counted across multiple years.
- 'Costs' don't include payments made for acute treatment in public hospitals.
- A client's age may differ between lodgement date and accident date.
- 'Region' is based on where the accident happened.
- The data was extracted at a point in time and may change if re-run later.