Get ESPN NBA Injuries
Get ESPN NBA Injuries
Usage
espn_nba_injuries(season = most_recent_nba_season(), ...)Arguments
- season
Numeric or character season year (e.g.
2025). The ESPN injury endpoint does not filter by season server-side; the value is attached as a constant column on the returned tibble for downstream joins. Defaults tomost_recent_nba_season().- ...
Currently unused; reserved for future argument threading.
Value
Returns a tibble of league-wide NBA injury records. Returns an empty tibble (zero rows) when no injuries are reported.
Injuries
| col_name | types | description |
| team_id | character | Unique team identifier. |
| athlete_id | character | Unique athlete identifier (ESPN). |
| athlete_name | character | Athlete display name (ESPN). |
| position | character | Listed roster position (G, F, C, etc.). |
| status | character | Status label. |
| date | character | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| type | character | Record type / category. |
| side | character | Side label (e.g. 'home', 'away', or 'overUnder'). |
| returns_at | character | |
| short_comment | character | |
| long_comment | character | Long-form play / event comment. |
| season | integer | Season identifier (4-digit year or 'YYYY-YY' string). |
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_award(),
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_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{
espn_nba_injuries()
#> ── ESPN NBA Injury Information from ESPN.com ──────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:56 UTC
#> # A tibble: 28 × 12
#> team_id athlete_id athlete_name position status date type side returns_at
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 3 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 4 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 10 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> # ℹ 18 more rows
#> # ℹ 3 more variables: short_comment <chr>, long_comment <chr>, season <int>
# }