Get ESPN men's college basketball standings

Get ESPN men's college basketball standings

Get ESPN NBA's Standings

Usage

espn_mbb_standings(year = most_recent_mbb_season())

espn_nba_standings(year)

Arguments

year

Either numeric or character (YYYY)

Value

A standings data frame

col_name	types	description
team_id	integer	Unique team identifier.
team	character	Team-side label or team identifier.
conference	character	Conference group name from ESPN standings.
avgpointsagainst	numeric	Avgpointsagainst.
avgpointsfor	numeric	Avgpointsfor.
gamesbehind	numeric	Gamesbehind.
leaguewinpercent	numeric	Leaguewinpercent.
losses	numeric	Total losses.
playoffseed	numeric	Playoffseed.
pointsagainst	numeric	Pointsagainst.
pointsfor	numeric	Pointsfor.
streak	numeric	Current streak (e.g. 'W3' for three-game win streak).
winpercent	numeric	Winpercent.
wins	numeric	Total wins.
total	character	Total.
home_avgpointsagainst	numeric	Home team's avgpointsagainst.
home_avgpointsfor	numeric	Home team's avgpointsfor.
home_gamesbehind	numeric	Home team's gamesbehind.
home_leaguewinpercent	numeric	Home team's leaguewinpercent.
home_losses	numeric	Home team's losses.
home_playoffseed	numeric	Home team's playoffseed.
home_pointsagainst	numeric	Home team's pointsagainst.
home_pointsfor	numeric	Home team's pointsfor.
home_streak	numeric	Home team's streak.
home_winpercent	numeric	Home team's winpercent.
home_wins	numeric	Home team's wins.
home	character	Home.
road_avgpointsagainst	numeric	Road avgpointsagainst.
road_avgpointsfor	numeric	Road avgpointsfor.
road_gamesbehind	numeric	Road gamesbehind.
road_leaguewinpercent	numeric	Road leaguewinpercent.
road_losses	numeric	Road losses.
road_playoffseed	numeric	Road playoffseed.
road_pointsagainst	numeric	Road pointsagainst.
road_pointsfor	numeric	Road pointsfor.
road_streak	numeric	Road streak.
road_winpercent	numeric	Road winpercent.
road_wins	numeric	Road wins.
road	character	Road.
vsaprankedteams_avgpointsagainst	numeric	Vsaprankedteams avgpointsagainst.
vsaprankedteams_avgpointsfor	numeric	Vsaprankedteams avgpointsfor.
vsaprankedteams_gamesbehind	numeric	Vsaprankedteams gamesbehind.
vsaprankedteams_leaguewinpercent	numeric	Vsaprankedteams leaguewinpercent.
vsaprankedteams_losses	numeric	Vsaprankedteams losses.
vsaprankedteams_playoffseed	numeric	Vsaprankedteams playoffseed.
vsaprankedteams_pointsagainst	numeric	Vsaprankedteams pointsagainst.
vsaprankedteams_pointsfor	numeric	Vsaprankedteams pointsfor.
vsaprankedteams_streak	numeric	Vsaprankedteams streak.
vsaprankedteams_winpercent	numeric	Vsaprankedteams winpercent.
vsaprankedteams_wins	numeric	Vsaprankedteams wins.
vsaprankedteams	character	Vsaprankedteams.
vsusarankedteams_avgpointsagainst	numeric	Vsusarankedteams avgpointsagainst.
vsusarankedteams_avgpointsfor	numeric	Vsusarankedteams avgpointsfor.
vsusarankedteams_gamesbehind	numeric	Vsusarankedteams gamesbehind.
vsusarankedteams_leaguewinpercent	numeric	Vsusarankedteams leaguewinpercent.
vsusarankedteams_losses	numeric	Vsusarankedteams losses.
vsusarankedteams_playoffseed	numeric	Vsusarankedteams playoffseed.
vsusarankedteams_pointsagainst	numeric	Vsusarankedteams pointsagainst.
vsusarankedteams_pointsfor	numeric	Vsusarankedteams pointsfor.
vsusarankedteams_streak	numeric	Vsusarankedteams streak.
vsusarankedteams_winpercent	numeric	Vsusarankedteams winpercent.
vsusarankedteams_wins	numeric	Vsusarankedteams wins.
vsusarankedteams	character	Vsusarankedteams.
vsconf_avgpointsagainst	numeric	Vsconf avgpointsagainst.
vsconf_avgpointsfor	numeric	Vsconf avgpointsfor.
vsconf_gamesbehind	numeric	Vsconf gamesbehind.
vsconf_leaguewinpercent	numeric	Vsconf leaguewinpercent.
vsconf_losses	numeric	Vsconf losses.
vsconf_playoffseed	numeric	Vsconf playoffseed.
vsconf_pointsagainst	numeric	Vsconf pointsagainst.
vsconf_pointsfor	numeric	Vsconf pointsfor.
vsconf_streak	numeric	Vsconf streak.
vsconf_winpercent	numeric	Vsconf winpercent.
vsconf_wins	numeric	Vsconf wins.
vsconf	character	Vsconf.

A standings data frame

col_name	types	description
team_id	integer	Unique team identifier.
team	character	Team-side label or team identifier.
avgpointsagainst	numeric	Avgpointsagainst.
avgpointsfor	numeric	Avgpointsfor.
clincher	numeric	Clincher.
differential	numeric	Differential.
divisionwinpercent	numeric	Divisionwinpercent.
gamesbehind	numeric	Gamesbehind.
leaguewinpercent	numeric	Leaguewinpercent.
losses	numeric	Total losses.
playoffseed	numeric	Playoffseed.
streak	numeric	Current streak (e.g. 'W3' for three-game win streak).
winpercent	numeric	Winpercent.
wins	numeric	Total wins.
leaguestandings	character	Leaguestandings.
home	character	Home.
road	character	Road.
vsdiv	character	Vsdiv.
vsconf	character	Vsconf.
lasttengames	character	Lasttengames.

See also

family_espn_mbb lists every function in this family.

family_espn_nba lists every function in this family.

Examples

# \donttest{
try(espn_mbb_standings(2021))
#> ── ESPN MBB Standings Information from ESPN.com ───────────────── hoopR 3.2.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-11-09 17:04:45 UTC
#> # A tibble: 302 × 87
#>    team_id team             conference avgpointsagainst avgpointsfor gamesbehind
#>      <int> <chr>            <chr>                 <dbl>        <dbl>       <dbl>
#>  1    2378 UMBC Retrievers  America E…             64.9         69.6         0  
#>  2     261 Vermont Catamou… America E…             63.4         73           1.5
#>  3      42 Hartford Hawks   America E…             63.9         65.4         2  
#>  4     160 New Hampshire W… America E…             66.6         67.3         3.5
#>  5    2349 UMass Lowell Ri… America E…             70.9         68.5         4.5
#>  6     399 UAlbany Great D… America E…             68.7         69.4         5  
#>  7    2619 Stony Brook Sea… America E…             65.6         66.2         5.5
#>  8    2885 NJIT Highlanders America E…             70.2         66.1         6.5
#>  9    2066 Binghamton Bear… America E…             72.3         65.4         9  
#> 10     311 Maine Black Bea… America E…             64.6         53.1         6.5
#> # ℹ 292 more rows
#> # ℹ 81 more variables: leaguewinpercent <dbl>, losses <dbl>, playoffseed <dbl>,
#> #   pointdifferential <chr>, pointsagainst <dbl>, pointsfor <dbl>,
#> #   streak <dbl>, winpercent <dbl>, wins <dbl>, gamesahead <chr>, total <chr>,
#> #   home_avgpointsagainst <dbl>, home_avgpointsfor <dbl>,
#> #   home_gamesbehind <dbl>, home_leaguewinpercent <dbl>, home_losses <dbl>,
#> #   home_playoffseed <dbl>, home_pointdifferential <chr>, …
# }
# \donttest{
try(espn_nba_standings(year = 2021))
#> ── ESPN NBA Standings Information from ESPN.com ───────────────── hoopR 3.2.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-11-09 17:04:45 UTC
#> # A tibble: 30 × 25
#>    team_id team              avgpointsagainst avgpointsfor clincher differential
#>  *   <int> <chr>                        <dbl>        <dbl>    <dbl>        <dbl>
#>  1      26 Utah Jazz                     107.         116.        5         9.2 
#>  2      21 Phoenix Suns                  109.         115.        2         5.8 
#>  3      20 Philadelphia 76e…             108.         114.        3         5.5 
#>  4      17 Brooklyn Nets                 114.         119.        1         4.5 
#>  5       7 Denver Nuggets                110.         115.        1         5   
#>  6      12 LA Clippers                   108.         114.        1         6.2 
#>  7      15 Milwaukee Bucks               114.         120.        2         5.90
#>  8       6 Dallas Mavericks              110.         112.        2         2.2 
#>  9      13 Los Angeles Lake…             107.         110.        7         2.7 
#> 10      22 Portland Trail B…             114.         116.        1         1.8 
#> # ℹ 20 more rows
#> # ℹ 19 more variables: divisionwinpercent <dbl>, gamesbehind <dbl>,
#> #   leaguewinpercent <dbl>, losses <dbl>, playoffseed <dbl>,
#> #   pointdifferential <chr>, points <chr>, pointsagainst <chr>,
#> #   pointsfor <chr>, streak <dbl>, winpercent <dbl>, wins <dbl>,
#> #   gamesahead <chr>, leaguestandings <chr>, home <chr>, road <chr>,
#> #   vsdiv <chr>, vsconf <chr>, lasttengames <chr>
# }