Build a wide, one-row-per-player-per-team crosswalk linking ESPN and Fox Sports (Bifrost) MBB player identities for a season. ESPN is the anchor source; Fox is matched by normalized name (exact first, then Jaro-Winkler fuzzy with jersey tiebreaker) within each team block. Yahoo columns are NA placeholders. KenPom and Torvik have no per-player data for MBB, so neither source is joined.
Usage
mbb_player_crosswalk(season = most_recent_mbb_season(), min_confidence = 0.92)Arguments
- season
Season year (4-digit, e.g.
2025). Defaults tomost_recent_mbb_season().- min_confidence
Jaro-Winkler similarity floor for fuzzy matches (default 0.92).
Value
A hoopR_data tibble, one row per player per team (ESPN-anchored):
| col_name | types | description |
| season | integer | Season year. |
| espn_team_id | integer | ESPN team id (canonical key). |
| team_abbreviation | character | ESPN team abbreviation. |
| player_name | character | Normalized player name (matching key). |
| espn_athlete_id | character | ESPN athlete id. |
| espn_full_name | character | ESPN full name. |
| espn_jersey | character | ESPN jersey number. |
| espn_position | character | ESPN position abbreviation. |
| fox_athlete_id | character | Fox athlete id (NA if unmatched). |
| fox_player | character | Fox player name (NA if unmatched). |
| fox_jersey | character | Fox jersey number (NA if unmatched). |
| fox_position_group | character | Fox position group label (NA if unmatched). |
| yahoo_player_id | character | Yahoo player id (NA placeholder). |
| yahoo_player_name | character | Yahoo player name (NA placeholder). |
| match_method | character | "exact_name"/"fuzzy_jw"/"unmatched". |
| match_confidence | numeric | Jaro-Winkler score or 1 for exact (NA if none). |
| match_keys | character | NA (reserved for future use). |
See also
Other MBB Crosswalk Functions:
load_mbb_player_crosswalk(),
load_mbb_schedule_crosswalk(),
load_mbb_team_crosswalk(),
mbb_schedule_crosswalk(),
mbb_team_crosswalk()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(mbb_player_crosswalk(season = 2025))
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:31.536096: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:32.257157: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:32.828906: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:33.172744: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:33.316899: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:33.571706: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:33.924615: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:34.221744: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:34.357787: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:34.532202: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:34.891292: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:35.050594: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:35.191335: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:35.470943: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:35.608909: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:35.79435: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:36.089523: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:36.235908: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:36.587716: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:36.879058: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:37.025932: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:37.163348: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:37.478028: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:37.835549: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:38.178152: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:38.205704: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:38.368646: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-08-06 04:01:38.718999: no Fox CBK teams data available!
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ── MBB player crosswalk (ESPN / Fox) ──────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-06 04:03:43 UTC
#> # A tibble: 5,442 × 17
#> season espn_team_id team_abbreviation player_name espn_athlete_id
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025 2000 ACU christian alston 5241312
#> 2 2025 2000 ACU isaiah carrillo 5314819
#> 3 2025 2000 ACU isaac dye 5314820
#> 4 2025 2000 ACU mashy hill 5177705
#> 5 2025 2000 ACU cade hornecker 5107885
#> 6 2025 2000 ACU bradyn hubbard 5241314
#> 7 2025 2000 ACU tylan lewis 5314817
#> 8 2025 2000 ACU cbo newton 5177575
#> 9 2025 2000 ACU yaniel rivera 5177702
#> 10 2025 2000 ACU joseph scott 5314818
#> # ℹ 5,432 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>
# }