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The psycho-lexical approach can be effectively used to explore the structure of sports culture. Based on a lexical list of adjective vocabulary reflecting sports culture and through an item analysis, 87 discriminating objectives were selected representing sports culture. Objective To explore the structure of sports culture from the objectives lexicons. Methods Item analysis and factor analysis were adopted to abstract the structure of sports culture. Results Through a principal component analysis, a structure of six factors including extroversion-activity, diligence-progression, experience, independence-excellence, enjoyment, and body culture was extracted. Through a second-order factor analysis, a psychological structure of sports culture consisting of six dimensions and 12 factors was extracted, and result of the reliability analysis revealed good Cronbach α coefficient and test–retest reliability coefficient. Conclusion The psycho-lexical structure of sports culture can be used to understand structure of sports culture.