Get ESPN men's college basketball game rosters

Get ESPN men's college basketball game rosters

Usage

espn_mbb_game_rosters(game_id)

Arguments

game_id: Game ID

Value

A game rosters data frame

col_name	types	description
athlete_id	integer	Unique athlete identifier (ESPN).
athlete_uid	character	ESPN athlete UID (universal identifier).
athlete_guid	character	ESPN athlete GUID.
athlete_type	character	Athlete type / class.
sdr	integer	Sdr.
first_name	character	Player's first name.
last_name	character	Player's last name.
full_name	character	Player's full name.
athlete_display_name	character	Athlete display name (full).
short_name	character	Short display name.
weight	integer	Player weight in pounds.
display_weight	character	Player weight in display format (e.g. '180 lbs').
height	integer	Player height (string e.g. '6-2' or inches).
display_height	character	Player height in display format (e.g. '6-2').
age	integer	Player age (in years).
date_of_birth	character	Date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD).
birth_place_city	character	Birth place city.
birth_place_state	character	Birth place state.
birth_place_country	character	Birth place country.
slug	character	URL-safe identifier.
headshot_href	character	Headshot image URL.
headshot_alt	character	Alternative-text label for the headshot.
jersey	character	Jersey number worn by the player.
hand_type	character	Hand type.
hand_abbreviation	character	Hand abbreviation.
hand_display_value	character	Hand display value.
position_id	integer	Unique position identifier.
position_name	character	Listed roster position ('Guard', 'Forward', 'Center').
position_display_name	character	Position display name.
position_abbreviation	character	Position abbreviation ('G' / 'F' / 'C').
position_leaf	logical	Position leaf.
linked	logical	TRUE if the record is linked to a related entity.
experience_years	integer	Experience years.
experience_display_value	character	Experience display value.
experience_abbreviation	character	Experience abbreviation.
active	logical	TRUE if the row represents an active record (player / team / season).
draft_display_text	character	Draft display text.
draft_round	integer	Round of the draft selection.
draft_year	integer	Draft year (4-digit).
draft_selection	integer	Draft selection.
status_id	integer	Status identifier.
status_name	character	Status label.
status_type	character	Status type.
status_abbreviation	character	Status abbreviation.
starter	logical	TRUE if the player was in the starting lineup; FALSE otherwise.
valid	logical	Valid.
did_not_play	logical	TRUE if the player did not appear in the game.
display_name	character	Display name.
ejected	logical	TRUE if the player was ejected from the game.
team_id	integer	Unique team identifier.
team_guid	character	ESPN team GUID.
team_uid	character	ESPN universal team identifier (UID format 's:40~l:...~t:...').
team_sdr	integer	ESPN team SDR identifier.
team_slug	character	URL-safe team identifier (e.g. 'lasvegas-aces' / 'aces').
team_location	character	Team city or location string.
team_name	character	Full team display name (e.g. 'Las Vegas Aces').
team_nickname	character	Team nickname.
team_abbreviation	character	Short team abbreviation (e.g. 'LAS').
team_display_name	character	Full team display name.
team_short_display_name	character	Short team display name (e.g. 'Aces').
team_color	character	Team primary color (hex without leading '#').
team_alternate_color	character	Team alternate color (hex without leading '#').
is_active	logical	Is active.
is_all_star	logical	Is all star.
logo_href	character	Team or league logo URL.
logo_dark_href	character	Logo URL for dark backgrounds.
game_id	integer	Unique game identifier.
order	integer	Display order within the result set.
home_away	character	Game venue label ('home' or 'away').
winner	logical	Winner.
roster_href	character	URL for roster.

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
try(espn_mbb_game_rosters(game_id = 401256760))
#> ── ESPN MBB Game Roster Information from ESPN.com ─────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-30 20:44:15 UTC
#> # A tibble: 34 × 151
#>    athlete_id athlete_uid  athlete_guid athlete_type    sdr first_name last_name
#>         <int> <chr>        <chr>        <chr>         <int> <chr>      <chr>    
#>  1    4277850 s:40~l:41~a… 7b156c52-fa… basketball   4.28e6 RaiQuan    Gray     
#>  2    4432829 s:40~l:41~a… 2734604d-09… basketball   4.43e6 Balsa      Koprivica
#>  3    4433134 s:40~l:41~a… dd0bb1da-07… basketball   4.43e6 Scottie    Barnes   
#>  4    4277854 s:40~l:41~a… f44291c9-0d… basketball   4.28e6 MJ         Walker   
#>  5    4277852 s:40~l:41~a… f376da3f-46… basketball   4.28e6 Anthony    Polite   
#>  6    4279098 s:40~l:41~a… 89f097ed-f5… basketball   4.28e6 Malik      Osborne  
#>  7    4701240 s:40~l:41~a… f35c5378-4b… basketball   4.70e6 Tanor      Ngom     
#>  8    4683134 s:40~l:41~a… f878c598-70… basketball   4.68e6 Quincy     Ballard  
#>  9    4701239 s:40~l:41~a… 88820814-39… basketball   4.70e6 Sardaar    Calhoun  
#> 10    4592191 s:40~l:41~a… 066a390d-78… basketball   4.59e6 Nathanael  Jack     
#> # ℹ 24 more rows
#> # ℹ 144 more variables: full_name <chr>, athlete_display_name <chr>,
#> #   short_name <chr>, weight <int>, display_weight <chr>, height <int>,
#> #   display_height <chr>, age <int>, date_of_birth <chr>,
#> #   birth_place_city <chr>, birth_place_state <chr>, birth_place_country <chr>,
#> #   birth_country_alternate_id <chr>, birth_country_abbreviation <chr>,
#> #   slug <chr>, headshot_href <chr>, headshot_alt <chr>, …
# }

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