Incidence of injury by sport for athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games, in descending order of injury incidence
| Sport | Total no of injuries (% total no of injuries) | No of athletes with an injury | Total no of athletes competing | Total no of athlete days | Proportion of athletes with an injury (%) | Injury incidence: no of injuries/1000 athlete days (95% CI) |
| All | 386 (100) | 352 | 4403 | 66 045 | 8.0 | 5.8 (5.3 to 6.5) |
| Football 5-a-side | 16 (4.1) | 14 | 62 | 930 | 22.6 | 17.2 (10.6 to 28.0)* |
| Taekwondo | 17 (4.4) | 15 | 71 | 1065 | 21.1 | 16.0 (9.9 to 25.7)* |
| Judo | 24 (6.2) | 21 | 138 | 2070 | 15.2 | 11.6 (7.7 to 17.6)* |
| Badminton | 13 (3.4) | 12 | 90 | 1350 | 13.3 | 9.6 (5.6 to 16.6) |
| Goalball | 15 (4.0) | 13 | 118 | 1770 | 11.0 | 8.5 (4.9 to 14.6) |
| Wheelchair tennis | 13 (3.4) | 11 | 104 | 1560 | 10.6 | 8.3 (4.4 to 15.6) |
| Athletics | 134 (34.7) | 123 | 1144 | 17 160 | 10.8 | 7.8 (6.6 to 9.3) |
| Cycling (track and road) | 20 (5.2) | 18 | 228 | 3420 | 7.9 | 5.8 (3.7 to 9.3) |
| Rowing | 8 (2.1) | 7 | 96 | 1440 | 7.3 | 5.6 (2.6 to 11.7) |
| Wheelchair rugby | 7 (1.8) | 7 | 92 | 1380 | 7.6 | 5.1 (2.5 to 10.3) |
| Wheelchair basketball | 20 (5.2) | 18 | 263 | 3945 | 6.8 | 5.1 (3.2 to 8.1) |
| Sitting volleyball | 14 (3.6) | 14 | 188 | 2820 | 7.4 | 5.0 (3.0 to 8.2) |
| Table tennis | 21 (5.4) | 19 | 278 | 4170 | 6.8 | 5.0 (3.2 to 7.9) |
| Canoe | 6 (1.5) | 6 | 88 | 1320 | 6.8 | 4.5 (2.1 to 9.8) |
| Triathlon | 5 (1.3) | 5 | 78 | 1170 | 6.4 | 4.3 (1.8 to 10.0) |
| Wheelchair fencing | 6 (1.5) | 5 | 96 | 1440 | 5.2 | 4.2 (1.7 to 10.3) |
| Equestrian | 4 (1.0) | 4 | 78 | 1170 | 5.1 | 3.4 (1.3 to 8.9) |
| Swimming | 28 (7.3) | 25 | 606 | 9090 | 4.1 | 3.1 (2.0 to 4.7) |
| Powerlifting | 6 (1.5) | 6 | 178 | 2670 | 3.4 | 2.2 (1.0 to 4.9) |
| Boccia | 3 (0.8) | 3 | 114 | 1710 | 2.6 | 1.8 (0.6 to 5.4) |
| Archery | 3 (0.8) | 3 | 139 | 2085 | 2.2 | 1.4 (0.5 to 4.4) |
| Shooting | 3 (0.8) | 3 | 154 | 2310 | 1.9 | 1.3 (0.4 to 4.0) |
*Significantly higher incidence than the combination of all other sports (p<0.05).