Get ESPN Women's College Basketball Athletes Index

Get ESPN Women's College Basketball Athletes Index

Get ESPN NBA Athletes Index

Usage

espn_mbb_athletes_index(
  season = most_recent_mbb_season(),
  active = TRUE,
  limit = 25000L,
  ...
)

espn_nba_athletes_index(
  season = most_recent_nba_season(),
  active = TRUE,
  limit = 5000L,
  ...
)

Arguments

season: Season year (numeric, e.g. 2025). Defaults to the most recent MBB season.
active: logical. When TRUE (default) only active athletes are returned. Set to FALSE for the full historical roster.
limit: integer. Maximum number of rows to return. Default 25000. MBB can return 6,000-12,000 athletes per season; increase if needed. Pass a small value (e.g. limit = 50) in tests to keep execution fast.
...: Additional arguments; currently unused but retained for forward compatibility. Proxy configuration should use options(hoopR.proxy = ...) – see ?hoopR for details.

Value

A single hoopR_data tibble with one row per athlete.

Columns as documented in the shared espn_mbb_athletes_index_schema table.

A single hoopR_data tibble with one row per athlete.

Columns as documented in the shared espn_mbb_athletes_index_schema table.

Other ESPN NBA Functions: espn_mbb_award(), espn_mbb_calendar(), espn_mbb_coach(), espn_mbb_coach_record(), espn_mbb_coach_season(), espn_mbb_coaches(), espn_mbb_conferences(), espn_mbb_franchise(), espn_mbb_franchises(), espn_mbb_futures(), espn_mbb_game_all(), espn_mbb_game_odds(), espn_mbb_game_official_detail(), espn_mbb_game_play(), espn_mbb_game_play_personnel(), espn_mbb_game_player_box(), espn_mbb_game_probabilities(), espn_mbb_game_propbets(), espn_mbb_game_team_linescores(), espn_mbb_game_team_roster_entry(), espn_mbb_injuries(), espn_mbb_leaders(), espn_mbb_news(), espn_mbb_player_awards(), espn_mbb_player_career_stats(), espn_mbb_player_eventlog_v2(), espn_mbb_player_info(), espn_mbb_player_overview(), espn_mbb_player_seasons(), espn_mbb_player_stats(), espn_mbb_position(), espn_mbb_positions(), espn_mbb_powerindex(), espn_mbb_scoreboard(), espn_mbb_season_awards(), espn_mbb_season_group(), espn_mbb_season_groups(), espn_mbb_season_info(), espn_mbb_season_leaders(), espn_mbb_season_ranking(), espn_mbb_season_rankings(), espn_mbb_season_type(), espn_mbb_season_types(), espn_mbb_season_week(), espn_mbb_season_weeks(), espn_mbb_seasons(), espn_mbb_standings(), espn_mbb_team(), espn_mbb_team_current_roster(), espn_mbb_team_injuries(), espn_mbb_team_news(), espn_mbb_team_odds_records(), espn_mbb_team_record(), espn_mbb_team_record_detail(), espn_mbb_team_schedule(), espn_mbb_team_season_roster(), espn_mbb_team_season_statistics(), espn_mbb_team_stats(), espn_mbb_teams(), espn_mbb_tournament(), espn_mbb_tournament_season(), espn_mbb_tournament_seasons(), espn_mbb_tournaments(), espn_mbb_venues(), espn_mbb_week_ranking(), espn_mbb_week_rankings(), espn_mbb_wp(), espn_nba_draft_pick(), espn_nba_freeagents(), espn_nba_player_contracts(), espn_nba_team_depthchart(), espn_nba_transactions()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  espn_mbb_athletes_index(season = 2025, limit = 50)
#> Fetching page 1 of 1 for mens-college-basketball athletes (season=2025)...
#> ── ESPN MENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL Athletes Index from ESPN.com ──── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:46:43 UTC
#> # A tibble: 50 × 9
#>    athlete_id full_name jersey position team_id headshot status link     ref_url
#>    <chr>      <chr>     <chr>  <chr>    <chr>   <chr>    <chr>  <chr>    <chr>  
#>  1 2571       NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  2 23574      NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  3 50600      NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  4 71520      NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  5 71896      NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  6 71897      NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  7 71898      NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  8 71899      NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  9 71900      NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#> 10 71901      NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#> # ℹ 40 more rows
# }
# \donttest{
  espn_nba_athletes_index(season = 2025, limit = 50)
#> Fetching page 1 of 1 for nba athletes (season=2025)...
#> ── ESPN NBA Athletes Index from ESPN.com ──────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:46:43 UTC
#> # A tibble: 50 × 9
#>    athlete_id full_name jersey position team_id headshot status link     ref_url
#>    <chr>      <chr>     <chr>  <chr>    <chr>   <chr>    <chr>  <chr>    <chr>  
#>  1 4431679    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  2 5142620    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  3 2991235    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  4 4066261    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  5 4397018    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  6 4593125    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  7 4433268    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  8 4278039    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  9 3135045    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#> 10 4066328    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#> # ℹ 40 more rows
# }

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