Returns the name, description, and winners of one NBA season award. Most awards have a single winner; multi-recipient awards (e.g. All-NBA First Team) return one row per winner.
Usage
espn_nba_award(award_id, season = most_recent_nba_season(), ...)Value
A tibble with one row per winner.
| col_name | types | description |
| league | character | League slug ("nba"). |
| season | integer | Season year. |
| award_id | character | ESPN award identifier. |
| name | character | Award name (e.g. "MVP"). |
| description | character | Award description. |
| athlete_id | character | ESPN athlete id of winner (parsed from athlete_ref). |
| team_id | character | ESPN team id (parsed from team_ref). |
| athlete_ref | character | $ref to winner's per-season athlete resource. |
| team_ref | character | $ref to winner's per-season team resource. |
See also
Other ESPN NBA Functions:
espn_nba_athlete_awards(),
espn_nba_athlete_career_stats(),
espn_nba_athlete_contract(),
espn_nba_athlete_contracts(),
espn_nba_athlete_eventlog(),
espn_nba_athlete_eventlog_v2(),
espn_nba_athlete_gamelog(),
espn_nba_athlete_info(),
espn_nba_athlete_overview(),
espn_nba_athlete_seasons(),
espn_nba_athlete_splits(),
espn_nba_athlete_statisticslog(),
espn_nba_athlete_stats(),
espn_nba_athletes_index(),
espn_nba_betting(),
espn_nba_calendar(),
espn_nba_coach(),
espn_nba_coach_season(),
espn_nba_coaches(),
espn_nba_conferences(),
espn_nba_draft(),
espn_nba_draft_athletes(),
espn_nba_draft_pick(),
espn_nba_draft_rounds(),
espn_nba_draft_status(),
espn_nba_event_broadcasts(),
espn_nba_event_odds(),
espn_nba_event_officials(),
espn_nba_event_powerindex(),
espn_nba_event_predictor(),
espn_nba_event_probabilities(),
espn_nba_event_propbets(),
espn_nba_event_situation(),
espn_nba_franchise(),
espn_nba_franchises(),
espn_nba_freeagents(),
espn_nba_futures(),
espn_nba_game_all(),
espn_nba_game_rosters(),
espn_nba_injuries(),
espn_nba_leaders(),
espn_nba_news(),
espn_nba_pbp(),
espn_nba_player_box(),
espn_nba_player_stats(),
espn_nba_powerindex(),
espn_nba_scoreboard(),
espn_nba_season_awards(),
espn_nba_season_group(),
espn_nba_season_group_children(),
espn_nba_season_group_teams(),
espn_nba_season_groups(),
espn_nba_season_info(),
espn_nba_season_leaders(),
espn_nba_season_ranking(),
espn_nba_season_rankings(),
espn_nba_season_type(),
espn_nba_season_types(),
espn_nba_season_week(),
espn_nba_season_weeks(),
espn_nba_seasons(),
espn_nba_standings(),
espn_nba_team(),
espn_nba_team_box(),
espn_nba_team_current_roster(),
espn_nba_team_depthchart(),
espn_nba_team_injuries(),
espn_nba_team_leaders(),
espn_nba_team_news(),
espn_nba_team_odds_records(),
espn_nba_team_record(),
espn_nba_team_roster(),
espn_nba_team_schedule(),
espn_nba_team_season_profile(),
espn_nba_team_season_roster(),
espn_nba_team_stats(),
espn_nba_teams(),
espn_nba_tournament(),
espn_nba_tournament_seasons(),
espn_nba_tournaments(),
espn_nba_transactions(),
espn_nba_venues(),
espn_nba_week_ranking(),
espn_nba_week_rankings(),
espn_nba_wp()
Examples
# \donttest{
# MVP award id = 33
espn_nba_award(award_id = 33, season = 2024)
#> ── ESPN NBA Season Award Detail from ESPN.com ─────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:43 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 9
#> league season award_id name description athlete_id team_id athlete_ref
#> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 nba 2024 33 MVP NBA Most Valuable… 3112335 7 http://spo…
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: team_ref <chr>
# }