Get ESPN NBA Season Leaders (Long Format)

Returns the per-category leaderboard for one (NBA season x season-type), in long format. Each row is one (category x rank) entry, e.g. "Points Per Game x rank 1 x LeBron James".

Usage

espn_nba_season_leaders(
  season = most_recent_nba_season(),
  season_type = c(2L, 3L),
  ...
)

Arguments

season

Season year. Defaults to most recent NBA season.

season_type

Season-type id (2 = regular (default), 3 = postseason).

...

Additional arguments; currently unused.

Value

A long tibble with one row per (category x leader).

col_name	types	description
league	character	League slug.
season	integer	Season year.
season_type	integer	Season-type id.
category_name	character	Internal category key (e.g. "pointsPerGame").
category_display	character	Human-readable category name.
category_short	character	Short display name.
category_abbrev	character	Stat abbreviation (e.g. "PTS").
rank	integer	Rank within the category (1 = best).
athlete_id	character	ESPN athlete id.
team_id	character	ESPN team id.
display_value	character	Display-formatted value.
value	numeric	Numeric leader value.
rel	character	Comma-joined rel tags from ESPN.
athlete_ref	character	$ref URL to the leader's athlete.
team_ref	character	$ref URL to the leader's team.

Details

Get ESPN NBA Season Leaders (Long Format)

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_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_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()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  espn_nba_season_leaders(season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN NBA Season-Type Leaders ───────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:34:08 UTC
#> # A tibble: 800 × 15
#>    league season season_type category_name category_display category_short
#>    <chr>   <int>       <int> <chr>         <chr>            <chr>         
#>  1 nba      2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  2 nba      2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  3 nba      2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  4 nba      2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  5 nba      2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  6 nba      2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  7 nba      2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  8 nba      2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  9 nba      2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#> 10 nba      2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#> # ℹ 790 more rows
#> # ℹ 9 more variables: category_abbrev <chr>, rank <int>, athlete_id <chr>,
#> #   team_id <chr>, display_value <chr>, value <dbl>, rel <chr>,
#> #   athlete_ref <chr>, team_ref <chr>
# }