Get ESPN NBA player box scores
Value
A player boxscore data frame
Player
| col_name | types | description |
| game_id | integer | Unique game identifier. |
| 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). |
| game_date | Date | Game date (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| game_date_time | POSIXct | Game start date/time (ISO 8601). |
| athlete_id | integer | Unique athlete identifier (ESPN). |
| athlete_display_name | character | Athlete display name (full). |
| team_id | integer | Unique team identifier. |
| team_name | character | Full team display name (e.g. 'Las Vegas Aces'). |
| team_location | character | Team city or location string. |
| team_short_display_name | character | Short team display name (e.g. 'Aces'). |
| minutes | numeric | Minutes played, formatted MM:SS (V3 PT-duration parsed) or decimal minutes (V2). |
| field_goals_made | integer | Field goals made (2-pt + 3-pt). |
| field_goals_attempted | integer | Field goal attempts (2-pt + 3-pt). |
| three_point_field_goals_made | integer | Three-point field goals made. |
| three_point_field_goals_attempted | integer | Three-point field goal attempts. |
| free_throws_made | integer | Free throws made. |
| free_throws_attempted | integer | Free throw attempts. |
| offensive_rebounds | integer | Offensive rebounds. |
| defensive_rebounds | integer | Defensive rebounds. |
| rebounds | integer | Total rebounds. |
| assists | integer | Total assists. |
| steals | integer | Total steals. |
| blocks | integer | Total blocks. |
| turnovers | integer | Total turnovers. |
| fouls | integer | Personal fouls. |
| plus_minus | character | Plus/minus point differential while on court. |
| points | integer | Points scored. |
| starter | logical | TRUE if the player was in the starting lineup; FALSE otherwise. |
| ejected | logical | TRUE if the player was ejected from the game. |
| did_not_play | logical | TRUE if the player did not appear in the game. |
| reason | character | Reason. |
| active | logical | TRUE if the row represents an active record (player / team / season). |
| athlete_jersey | character | Athlete jersey number. |
| athlete_short_name | character | Athlete short display name. |
| athlete_headshot_href | character | Athlete headshot image URL. |
| athlete_position_name | character | Athlete position ('Guard', 'Forward', 'Center'). |
| athlete_position_abbreviation | character | Athlete position abbreviation (G / F / C). |
| team_display_name | character | Full team display name. |
| team_uid | character | ESPN universal team identifier (UID format 's:40~l:...~t:...'). |
| team_slug | character | URL-safe team identifier (e.g. 'lasvegas-aces' / 'aces'). |
| team_logo | character | Team logo image URL. |
| team_abbreviation | character | Short team abbreviation (e.g. 'LAS'). |
| team_color | character | Team primary color (hex without leading '#'). |
| team_alternate_color | character | Team alternate color (hex without leading '#'). |
| home_away | character | Game venue label ('home' or 'away'). |
| team_winner | logical | TRUE if the team won this game. |
| team_score | integer | Team's score / final score. |
| opponent_team_id | integer | Unique identifier for the opponent team. |
| opponent_team_name | character | Opponent team display name. |
| opponent_team_location | character | Opponent team city / location. |
| opponent_team_display_name | character | Opponent team full display name. |
| opponent_team_abbreviation | character | Opponent team abbreviation. |
| opponent_team_logo | character | Opponent team logo URL. |
| opponent_team_color | character | Opponent team primary color (hex). |
| opponent_team_alternate_color | character | Opponent team alternate color (hex). |
| opponent_team_score | integer | Opponent team's score. |
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_leaders(),
espn_nba_news(),
espn_nba_pbp(),
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{
try(espn_nba_player_box(game_id = 401071880))
#> ── ESPN NBA Player Box Information from ESPN.com ──────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:59 UTC
#> # A tibble: 26 × 57
#> game_id season season_type game_date game_date_time athlete_id
#> <int> <int> <int> <date> <dttm> <int>
#> 1 401071880 2019 2 2019-04-07 2019-04-07 21:00:00 3058254
#> 2 401071880 2019 2 2019-04-07 2019-04-07 21:00:00 3135048
#> 3 401071880 2019 2 2019-04-07 2019-04-07 21:00:00 2489785
#> 4 401071880 2019 2 2019-04-07 2019-04-07 21:00:00 2583639
#> 5 401071880 2019 2 2019-04-07 2019-04-07 21:00:00 3133626
#> 6 401071880 2019 2 2019-04-07 2019-04-07 21:00:00 3919335
#> 7 401071880 2019 2 2019-04-07 2019-04-07 21:00:00 2488958
#> 8 401071880 2019 2 2019-04-07 2019-04-07 21:00:00 2585637
#> 9 401071880 2019 2 2019-04-07 2019-04-07 21:00:00 6583
#> 10 401071880 2019 2 2019-04-07 2019-04-07 21:00:00 3064514
#> # ℹ 16 more rows
#> # ℹ 51 more variables: athlete_display_name <chr>, team_id <int>,
#> # team_name <chr>, team_location <chr>, team_short_display_name <chr>,
#> # minutes <dbl>, field_goals_made <int>, field_goals_attempted <int>,
#> # three_point_field_goals_made <int>,
#> # three_point_field_goals_attempted <int>, free_throws_made <int>,
#> # free_throws_attempted <int>, offensive_rebounds <int>, …
# }