Get ESPN Women's College Basketball Athletes Index

Get ESPN Women's College Basketball Athletes Index

Get ESPN Women's College Basketball Athletes Index

Usage

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

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.

col_name	types	description
athlete_id	character	Unique athlete identifier (ESPN).
full_name	character	Player's full name.
jersey	character	Jersey number worn by the player.
position	character	Listed roster position (G, F, C, etc.).
team_id	character	Unique team identifier.
headshot	character	Headshot image URL.
status	character	Status label.
link	character

See also

Other ESPN MBB Functions: espn_mbb_athlete_awards(), espn_mbb_athlete_career_stats(), espn_mbb_athlete_eventlog(), espn_mbb_athlete_eventlog_v2(), espn_mbb_athlete_gamelog(), espn_mbb_athlete_info(), espn_mbb_athlete_overview(), espn_mbb_athlete_seasons(), espn_mbb_athlete_splits(), espn_mbb_athlete_statisticslog(), espn_mbb_athlete_stats(), espn_mbb_award(), espn_mbb_betting(), espn_mbb_calendar(), espn_mbb_coach(), espn_mbb_coach_season(), espn_mbb_coaches(), espn_mbb_conferences(), espn_mbb_event_broadcasts(), espn_mbb_event_odds(), espn_mbb_event_officials(), espn_mbb_event_powerindex(), espn_mbb_event_predictor(), espn_mbb_event_probabilities(), espn_mbb_event_propbets(), espn_mbb_event_situation(), espn_mbb_franchise(), espn_mbb_franchises(), espn_mbb_futures(), espn_mbb_game_all(), espn_mbb_game_rosters(), espn_mbb_injuries(), espn_mbb_leaders(), espn_mbb_news(), espn_mbb_pbp(), espn_mbb_player_box(), espn_mbb_player_stats(), espn_mbb_powerindex(), espn_mbb_rankings(), espn_mbb_scoreboard(), espn_mbb_season_awards(), espn_mbb_season_group(), espn_mbb_season_group_children(), espn_mbb_season_group_teams(), 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_box(), espn_mbb_team_current_roster(), espn_mbb_team_injuries(), espn_mbb_team_leaders(), espn_mbb_team_news(), espn_mbb_team_odds_records(), espn_mbb_team_record(), espn_mbb_team_roster(), espn_mbb_team_schedule(), espn_mbb_team_season_profile(), espn_mbb_team_season_roster(), espn_mbb_team_stats(), espn_mbb_teams(), espn_mbb_tournament(), espn_mbb_tournament_seasons(), espn_mbb_tournaments(), espn_mbb_venues(), espn_mbb_week_ranking(), espn_mbb_week_rankings(), espn_mbb_wp()

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: 2026-05-19 01:32:56 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
# }