Get ESPN NBA League Leaders
Get ESPN NBA League Leaders
Usage
espn_nba_leaders(season = most_recent_nba_season(), season_type = 2, ...)Arguments
- season
Season year (numeric, e.g. 2025). Defaults to the most recent NBA season.
- season_type
Integer season type: 1 = preseason, 2 = regular (default), 3 = postseason.
- ...
Additional arguments; currently unused but retained for forward compatibility. Proxy configuration should use
options(hoopR.proxy = ...)– see?hoopRfor details.
Value
A single hoopR_data tibble with one row per category-athlete
pair.
| col_name | types | description |
| season | integer | Season identifier (4-digit year or 'YYYY-YY' string). |
| season_type | integer | Season type (1=pre-season, 2=regular season, 3=postseason, 4=off-season for ESPN; or string label for WNBA Stats). |
| category | character | Category label. |
| abbreviation | character | Short abbreviation. |
| athlete_id | character | Unique athlete identifier (ESPN). |
| athlete_name | character | Athlete display name (ESPN). |
| team_id | character | Unique team identifier. |
| team_abbrev | character | |
| value | numeric | Numeric or string value field. |
| rank | integer | Rank. |
| display_value | character | Human-readable display value. |
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_injuries(),
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_leaders(season = 2024, season_type = 2)
#> ── ESPN NBA Leaders from ESPN.com ─────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:57 UTC
#> # A tibble: 400 × 11
#> season season_type category abbreviation athlete_id athlete_name team_id
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2024 2 pointsPerGame PTS 3059318 NA 20
#> 2 2024 2 pointsPerGame PTS 3945274 NA 6
#> 3 2024 2 pointsPerGame PTS 3032977 NA 15
#> 4 2024 2 pointsPerGame PTS 4278073 NA 25
#> 5 2024 2 pointsPerGame PTS 3934672 NA 18
#> 6 2024 2 pointsPerGame PTS 3202 NA 21
#> 7 2024 2 pointsPerGame PTS 3136193 NA 21
#> 8 2024 2 pointsPerGame PTS 4065648 NA 2
#> 9 2024 2 pointsPerGame PTS 3908809 NA 5
#> 10 2024 2 pointsPerGame PTS 4066259 NA 23
#> # ℹ 390 more rows
#> # ℹ 4 more variables: team_abbrev <chr>, value <dbl>, rank <int>,
#> # display_value <chr>
# }