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Custom sportswear: Design and sell your athletic apparel with Printful

Design your own sports apparel, team uniforms, or athletic wear in minutes. Wear it, sell it, or gift it. We handle production from printing to delivery, making it easy to create and sell custom sports clothing worldwide.

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A wide range of custom athletic wear to choose from

Create custom team uniforms and activewear with our free Design Maker

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Order custom sports apparel with global delivery and no minimums

How to design your own custom sports apparel

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Step 1: Pick your athletic wear

Explore our sports apparel range and select your favorite style, from performance tees to custom leggings and other essential athletic gear.

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Step 2: Customize for a lasting impression

Upload your team’s logo, add unique artwork, or create a new visual with our free design maker. Adjust placement to ensure maximum impact.

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Step 3: Get your custom sports apparel

Place your order, and we’ll print, quality check, and ship your custom athletic wear directly to you or your customers.

Personalize best-selling custom sports apparel in minutes

Make your own sports apparel for any occasion

Create custom sports apparel for training, competition, team spirit, or branded activewear collections

Sports merchandise for teams

Sports merchandise for teams

Create custom team gear for practices, games, or school events. Add names, numbers, and logos to keep your team looking unified on and off the field.

Sports apparel for sport-focused brands

Sports apparel for sport-focused brands

Build standout branded athletic wear for your fitness brand or gym. Offer cohesive collections that match your styles, colors, and audience.

Custom sportswear for events and communities

Custom sportswear for events and communities

Design personalized sports apparel for races, charity leagues, community clubs, and youth programs. Upload artwork or logos to create memorable, cohesive gear for any group.

Corporate wellness and company events

Corporate wellness and company events

Create branded sports apparel for office wellness programs, team-building events, or charity runs. Add your company’s logo to produce cohesive gear employees can wear year-round.

Printing techniques available for sports apparel designs

Direct-to-garment (DTG)

Direct-to-garment (DTG)

DTG delivers soft, printed designs on cotton athletic clothing, ideal for shirts, jerseys, and sports apparel with detailed artwork or a team logo that needs clean, vibrant results.
DTFlex

DTFlex

DTFlex works on performance fabrics, making it ideal for custom sports apparel, athletic apparel, and flexible gear that require durable color, stretch resistance, and long-lasting prints.
Embroidery

Embroidery

Embroidery adds a premium, textured finish to uniforms, hats, and branded athletic wear. It’s strong, professional, and ideal for highlighting your team logo or sponsors.
Unlimited color embroidery

Unlimited color embroidery

This technique enhances custom activewear with full-color gradients and intricate details. It’s durable, eye-catching, and perfect for standout custom sportswear or premium team gear.
AOP (all-over print)

AOP (all-over print)

Cover garments from seam to seam in bold, durable, uninterrupted patterns that’ll turn heads on the sports field.

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Create custom sports apparel with the free Design Maker

Bring your ideas to life easily with tools made for fast, high-quality sportswear design

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  • Preview realistic mockups without expensive photoshoots.
  • Enhance the designs you’ve made elsewhere.
  • Add free clipart from over 20K themed graphics.
  • Create seamless patterns for all-over-print sportswear.
  • Choose from 110M+ premium images for designs.
  • Customize embroidery using 300+ fonts and graphics.

Why choose Printful for custom sports apparel printing?

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Reliable quality for every sports product

We use industry-leading equipment and durable printing methods to ensure your custom sports apparel looks sharp, consistent, and fantastic on athletes.

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No minimums

Order one piece or outfit an entire team. Create and deliver custom athletic wear without buying excess inventory.

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Fast, global production and shipping

Your sports apparel is printed and shipped worldwide from multiple fulfillment centers, so you can receive personalized sportswear quickly.

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Easy design process with pro-level tools

Upload your logo, use free clipart, create patterns, or customize embroidery directly in our Design Maker – no design experience required.

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Seamless integration for selling online

Connect your store, automate fulfillment, and offer sports merchandise or custom team gear without production delays.

Buy customized sports apparel in bulk and save BIG

Order custom sports apparel in bulk and cut costs while outfitting your team, brand, or event with stylish gear. Get 25+ pieces of the same product, but feel free to mix colors, designs, and sizes.

Frequently asked questions

You can sell custom sports apparel by connecting your online store to Printful and creating custom athletic clothing, custom sports team apparel, or fan gear without keeping inventory. 

 

If you want to expand your catalog, consider adding custom t-shirts or premium custom hoodies.

 

Upload your artwork in the Design Maker, choose a printing method, and publish the products to your store.

 

When customers place an order, Printful handles production, packaging, and shipping. 

 

This setup works well for athletic teams, fitness brands, local leagues, youth groups, and even schools selling custom high school sports apparel.

Printful ships custom athletic wear worldwide. Orders are shipped from fulfillment centers across the US, Europe, the UK, Asia, Australia, and South America, helping customers receive products quickly in any season.

 

Wherever your team is, Printful has it covered.

Costs vary based on the product and printing method you choose. 

Prices differ for:

  • Shirts
  • Hoodies
  • Pants
  • Hats
  • Jerseys
  • And other apparel or accessories

To diversify your lineup, you can also explore custom team shirts or coordinated custom workout sets for training or brand collections.

 

Printful shows transparent pricing in the Catalog so you can ensure your custom order stays within budget. Bulk discounts help when creating uniforms for a league, school, or sports brand.

The best printing method depends on the material and design:

  • AOP sublimation – Best for polyester jerseys. Full-coverage prints, vibrant colors, and long-lasting designs for real on-field uniforms.
  • DTFlex – Best for logos and partial designs on polyester blends. Durable, flexible, and ideal for mixed-fabric sports apparel.
  • DTG – Best for cotton fan shirts. Great detail and smooth gradients, but not used for performance jerseys.

If you're launching a full activewear line, you can use these techniques to create your own sportswear brand with durable, premium-quality gear.

 

All options deliver strong, long-lasting quality for branded custom sportswear.

Yes. Upload your team logo, add names, numbers, and other artwork to design custom sports clothing for practices, games, or community events.

 

Printful checks your file to ensure it prints clearly. Many schools, athletic teams, clubs, and companies use Printful to order their custom team apparel.

Printful offers a wide selection of print-on-demand athletic wear, including:

  • Jerseys and uniforms
  • Performance shirts
  • Baseball and basketball shirts
  • Leggings and pants
  • Hoodies and warm-ups
  • Hats and fan gear
  • Custom gym wear
  • Custom athletic apparel
  • Branded athletic wear
  • Items for men, women, youth, and girls

You can customize colors, logos, design elements, and more for your team, brand, or group of friends.

Learn more about selling activewear and building a clothing brand

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