The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationships between the sports career patterns and the psychological factors according to the self-efficacy model of Bandura. The psychological factors were composed of an outcome expectation, the competence of sports, and the attitude toward the victory. An outcome expectation was divided between a positive outcome expectation and a negative outcome expectation by factor analysis. The attitide toward games was divided between the victory orientation and the recreation orientation by factor analysis. The subjects were 1573 university students (male n=739, female n=834). They were divided into five sports career patterns (non participation, dropout, come-back, different sports adherence, and single sports adherence). The results were as follows: 1) In an outcome expectation and the competence of sports, there were differences between the adherence patterns, the come-back pattern and the dropout pattern, and the non participation pattern. 2) In the competence of sports, there was a difference between the come-back pattern and the dropout pattern. 3) There was no difference between the single sports adherence pattern and the different sports adherence pattern. 4) In the victory orientation, there was a more clear difference in the sports career patterns of male than that of female. 5) In the recreation orientation, there was no clear difference in sports carrer patterns such as an outcome expectation and the competence of sports.