Get ESPN MBB Athlete Career Stats (Long Format)

Returns career stats for an MBB athlete in long format. Default stat_type = 0L fetches the standard "All Splits" / regular-season view. Pass a vector like c(0L, 1L, 2L) to attempt multiple types and bind them via a stat_type_id column; variants that 404 for that athlete are silently skipped. Stat types: 0 = regular season (default endpoint), 1 = postseason, 2 = career aggregate. Coverage of types 1 and 2 is sparse — many athletes only have type 0 populated.

Returns career stats for an NBA athlete in long format. Default stat_type = 0L fetches the standard "All Splits" / regular-season view. Pass a vector like c(0L, 1L, 2L) to attempt multiple types and bind them via a stat_type_id column; variants that 404 for that athlete are silently skipped. Stat types: 0 = regular season (default endpoint), 1 = postseason, 2 = career aggregate. Coverage of types 1 and 2 is sparse — many athletes only have type 0 populated.

Usage

espn_mbb_player_career_stats(athlete_id, stat_type = 0L, ...)

espn_nba_player_career_stats(athlete_id, stat_type = 0L, ...)

Arguments

athlete_id: ESPN athlete identifier.
stat_type: Integer or integer vector of stat-type codes. Default 0L fetches the standard "All Splits" / regular-season view. Pass a vector like c(0L, 1L, 2L) to bind multiple types via a stat_type_id column; non-existent variants are silently skipped.
...: Additional arguments; currently unused.

Value

A long tibble (one row per stat_type × split × category × stat).

Columns as documented in the shared espn_mbb_player_career_stats_schema table.

A long tibble (one row per stat_type × split × category × stat).

Columns as documented in the shared espn_mbb_player_career_stats_schema table.

Details

Get ESPN MBB Athlete Career Stats (Long Format)

Get ESPN NBA Athlete Career Stats (Long Format)

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Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  # LeBron James — regular + postseason combined
  espn_mbb_player_career_stats(athlete_id = 4593919)
#> ── ESPN MENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL Athlete Career Stats ──────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:09 UTC
#> # A tibble: 87 × 17
#>    league   athlete_id stat_type_id split_id split_name split_type category_name
#>    <chr>    <chr>      <chr>        <chr>    <chr>      <chr>      <chr>        
#>  1 mens-co… 4593919    0            0        Season     season     defensive    
#>  2 mens-co… 4593919    0            0        Season     season     defensive    
#>  3 mens-co… 4593919    0            0        Season     season     defensive    
#>  4 mens-co… 4593919    0            0        Season     season     defensive    
#>  5 mens-co… 4593919    0            0        Season     season     defensive    
#>  6 mens-co… 4593919    0            0        Season     season     defensive    
#>  7 mens-co… 4593919    0            0        Season     season     defensive    
#>  8 mens-co… 4593919    0            0        Season     season     defensive    
#>  9 mens-co… 4593919    0            0        Season     season     general      
#> 10 mens-co… 4593919    0            0        Season     season     general      
#> # ℹ 77 more rows
#> # ℹ 10 more variables: category_display <chr>, category_short <chr>,
#> #   category_abbrev <chr>, stat_name <chr>, stat_abbrev <chr>,
#> #   stat_display <chr>, stat_short <chr>, description <chr>, value <dbl>,
#> #   display_value <chr>
  # Just career aggregate
  espn_mbb_player_career_stats(athlete_id = 4593919, stat_type = 2L)
#> ── ESPN MENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL Athlete Career Stats ──────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:09 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 17
#> # ℹ 17 variables: league <chr>, athlete_id <chr>, stat_type_id <chr>,
#> #   split_id <chr>, split_name <chr>, split_type <chr>, category_name <chr>,
#> #   category_display <chr>, category_short <chr>, category_abbrev <chr>,
#> #   stat_name <chr>, stat_abbrev <chr>, stat_display <chr>, stat_short <chr>,
#> #   description <chr>, value <dbl>, display_value <chr>
# }
# \donttest{
  # LeBron James — regular + postseason combined
  espn_nba_player_career_stats(athlete_id = 1966)
#> ── ESPN NBA Athlete Career Stats ──────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:09 UTC
#> # A tibble: 114 × 17
#>    league athlete_id stat_type_id split_id split_name split_type category_name
#>    <chr>  <chr>      <chr>        <chr>    <chr>      <chr>      <chr>        
#>  1 nba    1966       0            0        All Splits total      defensive    
#>  2 nba    1966       0            0        All Splits total      defensive    
#>  3 nba    1966       0            0        All Splits total      defensive    
#>  4 nba    1966       0            0        All Splits total      defensive    
#>  5 nba    1966       0            0        All Splits total      defensive    
#>  6 nba    1966       0            0        All Splits total      defensive    
#>  7 nba    1966       0            0        All Splits total      defensive    
#>  8 nba    1966       0            0        All Splits total      defensive    
#>  9 nba    1966       0            0        All Splits total      defensive    
#> 10 nba    1966       0            0        All Splits total      defensive    
#> # ℹ 104 more rows
#> # ℹ 10 more variables: category_display <chr>, category_short <chr>,
#> #   category_abbrev <chr>, stat_name <chr>, stat_abbrev <chr>,
#> #   stat_display <chr>, stat_short <chr>, description <chr>, value <dbl>,
#> #   display_value <chr>
  # Just career aggregate
  espn_nba_player_career_stats(athlete_id = 1966, stat_type = 2L)
#> ── ESPN NBA Athlete Career Stats ──────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:09 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 17
#> # ℹ 17 variables: league <chr>, athlete_id <chr>, stat_type_id <chr>,
#> #   split_id <chr>, split_name <chr>, split_type <chr>, category_name <chr>,
#> #   category_display <chr>, category_short <chr>, category_abbrev <chr>,
#> #   stat_name <chr>, stat_abbrev <chr>, stat_display <chr>, stat_short <chr>,
#> #   description <chr>, value <dbl>, display_value <chr>
# }