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The purpose of this study was to examine the level of emotion between individual game sports and martial arts. This research is a quantitative study with a comparative causal study method. The sample involved in this study were 60 West Java PORDA athletes divided into 2 groups, including 30 athletes for individual game sports (27 squash athletes, 3 badminton athletes) and 30 martial arts athletes (18 karate athletes, 12 taekwondo athletes). Samples were taken by using a purposive sampling technique. The instruments used was Sport Emotion Questionnaire (SEQ) developed by Jones, et al. (2005). The results of the study showed that there were differences in sport emotions, including in anxiety, dejection, and anger between individual game sports and martial arts. Meanwhile, excitement and happiness did not indicate any differences between individual game sports and martial arts.