Get ESPN MBB Season Leaders (Long Format)

Returns the per-category leaderboard for one (MBB season x season-type), in long format. Each row is one (category x rank) entry, e.g. "Points Per Game x rank 1 x LeBron James".

Usage

espn_mbb_season_leaders(
  season = most_recent_mbb_season(),
  season_type = c(2L, 3L),
  ...
)

Arguments

season

Season year. Defaults to most recent MBB season.

season_type

Season-type id (2 = regular (default), 3 = postseason).

...

Additional arguments; currently unused.

Value

A long tibble with one row per (category x leader).

col_name	types	description
league	character	League slug.
season	integer	Season year.
season_type	integer	Season-type id.
category_name	character	Internal category key (e.g. "pointsPerGame").
category_display	character	Human-readable category name.
category_short	character	Short display name.
category_abbrev	character	Stat abbreviation (e.g. "PTS").
rank	integer	Rank within the category (1 = best).
athlete_id	character	ESPN athlete id.
team_id	character	ESPN team id.
display_value	character	Display-formatted value.
value	numeric	Numeric leader value.
rel	character	Comma-joined rel tags from ESPN.
athlete_ref	character	$ref URL to the leader's athlete.
team_ref	character	$ref URL to the leader's team.

Details

Get ESPN MBB Season Leaders (Long Format)

See also

Other ESPN MBB Functions: espn_mbb_athlete_awards(), espn_mbb_athlete_career_stats(), espn_mbb_athlete_eventlog(), espn_mbb_athlete_eventlog_v2(), espn_mbb_athlete_gamelog(), espn_mbb_athlete_info(), espn_mbb_athlete_overview(), espn_mbb_athlete_seasons(), espn_mbb_athlete_splits(), espn_mbb_athlete_statisticslog(), espn_mbb_athlete_stats(), espn_mbb_athletes_index(), espn_mbb_award(), espn_mbb_betting(), espn_mbb_calendar(), espn_mbb_coach(), espn_mbb_coach_season(), espn_mbb_coaches(), espn_mbb_conferences(), espn_mbb_event_broadcasts(), espn_mbb_event_odds(), espn_mbb_event_officials(), espn_mbb_event_powerindex(), espn_mbb_event_predictor(), espn_mbb_event_probabilities(), espn_mbb_event_propbets(), espn_mbb_event_situation(), espn_mbb_franchise(), espn_mbb_franchises(), espn_mbb_futures(), espn_mbb_game_all(), espn_mbb_game_rosters(), espn_mbb_injuries(), espn_mbb_leaders(), espn_mbb_news(), espn_mbb_pbp(), espn_mbb_player_box(), espn_mbb_player_stats(), 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_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_roster(), espn_mbb_team_schedule(), espn_mbb_team_season_profile(), espn_mbb_team_season_roster(), espn_mbb_team_stats(), espn_mbb_teams(), espn_mbb_tournament(), espn_mbb_tournament_seasons(), espn_mbb_tournaments(), espn_mbb_venues(), espn_mbb_week_ranking(), espn_mbb_week_rankings(), espn_mbb_wp()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  espn_mbb_season_leaders(season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN MENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL Season-Type Leaders ───────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:22 UTC
#> # A tibble: 350 × 15
#>    league       season season_type category_name category_display category_short
#>    <chr>         <int>       <int> <chr>         <chr>            <chr>         
#>  1 mens-colleg…   2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  2 mens-colleg…   2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  3 mens-colleg…   2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  4 mens-colleg…   2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  5 mens-colleg…   2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  6 mens-colleg…   2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  7 mens-colleg…   2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  8 mens-colleg…   2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  9 mens-colleg…   2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#> 10 mens-colleg…   2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#> # ℹ 340 more rows
#> # ℹ 9 more variables: category_abbrev <chr>, rank <int>, athlete_id <chr>,
#> #   team_id <chr>, display_value <chr>, value <dbl>, rel <chr>,
#> #   athlete_ref <chr>, team_ref <chr>
# }