Loads a pre-built per-season MBB player crosswalk that maps ESPN
athlete identifiers to Fox Sports (Bifrost) player identifiers. The files are
versioned .rds snapshots stored in the mbb_crosswalk release of the
sportsdataverse-data repository.
Usage
load_mbb_player_crosswalk(seasons = most_recent_mbb_season())Arguments
- seasons
A vector of 4-digit years associated with given MBB seasons. (Min: 2002; default:
most_recent_mbb_season())
Value
Returns a tibble of class hoopR_data with one row per
MBB player per season. Columns include at minimum season and
espn_athlete_id.
See also
Other MBB Crosswalk Functions:
load_mbb_schedule_crosswalk(),
load_mbb_team_crosswalk(),
mbb_player_crosswalk(),
mbb_schedule_crosswalk(),
mbb_team_crosswalk()
Examples
# \donttest{
load_mbb_player_crosswalk(seasons = most_recent_mbb_season())
#> ── MBB player crosswalk (ESPN / Fox) ──────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 05:03:58 UTC
#> # A tibble: 5,656 × 17
#> season espn_team_id team_abbreviation player_name espn_athlete_id
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2026 2000 ACU christian alston 5241312
#> 2 2026 2000 ACU isaiah carrillo 5314819
#> 3 2026 2000 ACU isaac dye 5314820
#> 4 2026 2000 ACU mashy hill 5177705
#> 5 2026 2000 ACU cade hornecker 5107885
#> 6 2026 2000 ACU bradyn hubbard 5241314
#> 7 2026 2000 ACU tylan lewis 5314817
#> 8 2026 2000 ACU cbo newton 5177575
#> 9 2026 2000 ACU yaniel rivera 5177702
#> 10 2026 2000 ACU joseph scott 5314818
#> # ℹ 5,646 more rows
#> # ℹ 12 more variables: espn_full_name <chr>, espn_jersey <chr>,
#> # espn_position <chr>, fox_athlete_id <chr>, fox_player <chr>,
#> # fox_jersey <chr>, fox_position_group <chr>, yahoo_player_id <chr>,
#> # yahoo_player_name <chr>, match_method <chr>, match_confidence <dbl>,
#> # match_keys <chr>
# }