Get ESPN MBB Season Power Index (Long Format)
Source:R/espn_mbb_powerindex.R, R/espn_nba_powerindex.R
espn_mbb_powerindex.RdReturns ESPN's Basketball Power Index (BPI) and related per-team metrics for one MBB season, in long format: one row per (team x stat). Auto-paginates through all teams.
Returns ESPN's Basketball Power Index (BPI) and related per-team
metrics for one NBA season, in long format: one row per (team x stat).
Auto-paginates through all teams. Backed by
sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/leagues/nba/seasons/{season}/powerindex.
Usage
espn_mbb_powerindex(
season = most_recent_mbb_season(),
season_type = c(2L, 3L),
...
)
espn_nba_powerindex(
season = most_recent_nba_season(),
season_type = c(2L, 3L),
...
)Value
A long tibble with one row per (team x stat).
| col_name | types | description |
| league | character | League slug. |
| season | integer | Season year. |
| season_type | integer | 1=preseason, 2=regular, 3=postseason. |
| team_id | character | ESPN team id. |
| stat_name | character | Internal stat key. |
| abbreviation | character | Short stat abbreviation. |
| display_name | character | Human-readable stat name. |
| description | character | Stat description. |
| value | numeric | Stat value. |
| display_value | character | Display-formatted value. |
| last_updated | character | Last-updated timestamp. |
| team_ref | character | $ref to the team-in-season resource. |
A long tibble with one row per (team x stat).
| col_name | types | description |
| league | character | League slug ("nba"). |
| season | integer | Season year. |
| season_type | integer | 1=preseason, 2=regular, 3=postseason. |
| team_id | character | ESPN team id (parsed from team_ref). |
| stat_name | character | Internal stat key (e.g. "bpi"). |
| abbreviation | character | Short stat abbreviation. |
| display_name | character | Human-readable stat name. |
| description | character | Stat description. |
| value | numeric | Stat value. |
| display_value | character | Display-formatted value. |
| last_updated | character | Last-updated timestamp. |
| team_ref | character | $ref to the team-in-season resource. |
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_seasons(),
espn_mbb_player_stats(),
espn_mbb_position(),
espn_mbb_positions(),
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_seasons(),
espn_mbb_player_stats(),
espn_mbb_position(),
espn_mbb_positions(),
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{
espn_mbb_powerindex(season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN MENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL Season Power Index ────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:16 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1,475 × 12
#> league season season_type team_id stat_name abbreviation display_name
#> <chr> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 mens-college-… 2025 NA 150 bpi NA BPI
#> 2 mens-college-… 2025 NA 150 bpirank NA BPI RK
#> 3 mens-college-… 2025 NA 150 rpirank NA RPI RK
#> 4 mens-college-… 2025 NA 150 sor NA SOR
#> 5 mens-college-… 2025 NA 150 sorrank NA SOR RK
#> 6 mens-college-… 2025 NA 150 sospast NA SOS
#> 7 mens-college-… 2025 NA 150 sospastr… NA SOS RK
#> 8 mens-college-… 2025 NA 150 wins NA W
#> 9 mens-college-… 2025 NA 150 losses NA L
#> 10 mens-college-… 2025 NA 150 winpct NA W-L
#> # ℹ 1,465 more rows
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: description <chr>, value <dbl>, display_value <chr>,
#> # last_updated <chr>, team_ref <chr>
# }
# \donttest{
espn_nba_powerindex(season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN NBA Season Power Index ────────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:19 UTC
#> # A tibble: 4,260 × 12
#> league season season_type team_id stat_name abbreviation display_name
#> <chr> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 nba 2025 2 25 bpi BPI BPI
#> 2 nba 2025 2 25 bpirank bpiRank BPI RANK
#> 3 nba 2025 2 25 bpioffense Off BPI OFFENSE
#> 4 nba 2025 2 25 bpidefense Def BPI DEFENSE
#> 5 nba 2025 2 25 numwins W NUM WINS
#> 6 nba 2025 2 25 numlosses L NUM LOSSES
#> 7 nba 2025 2 25 winpct WPct WIN PCT
#> 8 nba 2025 2 25 projectedw ProjW PROJ WINS
#> 9 nba 2025 2 25 projectedl ProjL PROJ LOSSES
#> 10 nba 2025 2 25 projectedwpct ProjWPct PROJ WIN PCT
#> # ℹ 4,250 more rows
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: description <chr>, value <dbl>, display_value <chr>,
#> # last_updated <chr>, team_ref <chr>
# }