Get ESPN MBB Athlete Career Seasons
Source:R/espn_mbb_athlete_career.R, R/espn_nba_athlete_career.R
espn_mbb_player_seasons.RdReturns the list of seasons an MBB athlete appeared in. Useful for bounding follow-up calls to per-season endpoints.
Returns the list of seasons an NBA athlete appeared in. Useful for bounding follow-up calls to per-season endpoints.
Value
A tibble with one row per career season.
Columns as documented in the shared espn_mbb_player_seasons_schema table.
A tibble with one row per career season.
Columns as documented in the shared espn_mbb_player_seasons_schema table.
See also
Other ESPN MBB Functions:
espn_mbb_athletes_index(),
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_stats(),
espn_mbb_position(),
espn_mbb_positions(),
espn_mbb_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_rankings(),
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()
Other ESPN NBA Functions:
espn_mbb_athletes_index(),
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_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()
Examples
# \donttest{
# LeBron James (1966): 23 career seasons
espn_mbb_player_seasons(athlete_id = 4593919)
#> ✖ 2026-08-27 17:47:13.455239: Failed to retrieve ESPN mens-college-basketball athlete seasons for athlete_id=4593919
#> ✖ Args: league = "mens-college-basketball", athlete_id = 4593919
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ── ESPN MENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL Athlete Seasons ───────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:13 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
# }
# \donttest{
# LeBron James (1966): 23 career seasons
espn_nba_player_seasons(athlete_id = 1966)
#> ── ESPN NBA Athlete Seasons ───────────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:13 UTC
#> # A tibble: 23 × 4
#> league athlete_id season ref
#> <chr> <chr> <int> <chr>
#> 1 nba 1966 2026 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketbal…
#> 2 nba 1966 2025 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketbal…
#> 3 nba 1966 2024 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketbal…
#> 4 nba 1966 2023 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketbal…
#> 5 nba 1966 2022 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketbal…
#> 6 nba 1966 2021 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketbal…
#> 7 nba 1966 2020 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketbal…
#> 8 nba 1966 2019 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketbal…
#> 9 nba 1966 2018 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketbal…
#> 10 nba 1966 2017 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketbal…
#> # ℹ 13 more rows
# }