Returns the list of seasons an MBB athlete appeared in. Useful for bounding follow-up calls to per-season endpoints.
Value
A tibble with one row per career season.
| col_name | types | description |
| league | character | League slug. |
| athlete_id | character | ESPN athlete id. |
| season | integer | Season year. |
| ref | character | $ref URL to the season detail. |
See also
Other ESPN MBB Functions:
espn_mbb_athletes_index(),
espn_mbb_award(),
espn_mbb_betting(),
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_broadcasts(),
espn_mbb_game_odds(),
espn_mbb_game_official_detail(),
espn_mbb_game_officials(),
espn_mbb_game_play(),
espn_mbb_game_play_personnel(),
espn_mbb_game_player_box(),
espn_mbb_game_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_game_predictor(),
espn_mbb_game_probabilities(),
espn_mbb_game_propbets(),
espn_mbb_game_rosters(),
espn_mbb_game_situation(),
espn_mbb_game_team_leaders(),
espn_mbb_game_team_linescores(),
espn_mbb_game_team_records(),
espn_mbb_game_team_roster(),
espn_mbb_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_mbb_game_team_score(),
espn_mbb_game_team_statistics(),
espn_mbb_injuries(),
espn_mbb_leaders(),
espn_mbb_news(),
espn_mbb_pbp(),
espn_mbb_player_awards(),
espn_mbb_player_box(),
espn_mbb_player_career_stats(),
espn_mbb_player_eventlog(),
espn_mbb_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_mbb_player_gamelog(),
espn_mbb_player_info(),
espn_mbb_player_overview(),
espn_mbb_player_splits(),
espn_mbb_player_statisticslog(),
espn_mbb_player_stats(),
espn_mbb_player_stats_v3(),
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_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_record_detail(),
espn_mbb_team_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_schedule(),
espn_mbb_team_season_profile(),
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()
Examples
# \donttest{
# LeBron James (1966): 23 career seasons
espn_mbb_player_seasons(athlete_id = 4593919)
#> ✖ 2026-06-04 12:20:03.811597: 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: 2026-06-04 12:20:03 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
# }