Get NBA Stats API Homepage Leaders

NBA Stats no longer returns stable data for this endpoint. This function is deprecated and now errors when called. Use nba_leagueleaders() instead.

Usage

nba_homepageleaders(
  league_id = "00",
  game_scope = "Season",
  player_or_team = "Team",
  player_scope = "All Players",
  season = year_to_season(most_recent_nba_season() - 1),
  season_type = "Regular Season",
  stat_category = "Points",
  ...
)

Arguments

league_id

League - default: '00'. Other options include '10': WNBA, '20': G-League

game_scope

Game Scope - Season, Last 10, ,Yesterday, Finals

player_or_team

Player or Team

player_scope

Player Scope - All Players, Rookies

season

Season - format 2020-21

season_type

Season Type - Regular Season, Playoffs

stat_category

Stat Category: Points, Rebounds, Assists, Defense, Clutch, Playmaking, Efficiency, Fast Break, Scoring Breakdown

...

Additional arguments passed to an underlying function like httr.

Value

Returns a named list of data frames: HomePageLeaders, LeagueAverage, LeagueMax

HomePageLeaders

col_name	types	description
RANK	character	Rank.
TEAM_ID	character	Unique team identifier.
TEAM_NAME	character	Full team display name (e.g. 'Las Vegas Aces').
TEAM_ABBREVIATION	character	Short team abbreviation (e.g. 'LAS').
PTS	character	Points scored.
FG_PCT	character	Field goal percentage (0-1).
FG3_PCT	character	Three-point field goal percentage (0-1).
FT_PCT	character	Free throw percentage (0-1).
EFG_PCT	character	Effective field goal percentage (0-1).
TS_PCT	character	True shooting percentage (0-1).
PTS_PER48	character

LeagueAverage

col_name	types	description
PTS	numeric	Points scored.
FG_PCT	numeric	Field goal percentage (0-1).
FG3_PCT	numeric	Three-point field goal percentage (0-1).
FT_PCT	numeric	Free throw percentage (0-1).
EFG_PCT	numeric	Effective field goal percentage (0-1).
TS_PCT	numeric	True shooting percentage (0-1).
PTS_PER48	numeric

LeagueMax

col_name	types	description
PTS	numeric	Points scored.
FG_PCT	numeric	Field goal percentage (0-1).
FG3_PCT	numeric	Three-point field goal percentage (0-1).
FT_PCT	numeric	Free throw percentage (0-1).
EFG_PCT	numeric	Effective field goal percentage (0-1).
TS_PCT	numeric	True shooting percentage (0-1).
PTS_PER48	numeric

Details

 nba_homepageleaders(league_id = '00', player_or_team = "Player")
 nba_homepageleaders(league_id = '00', player_or_team = "Team")

See also

Other NBA Leaders Functions: nba_alltimeleadersgrids(), nba_assistleaders(), nba_assisttracker(), nba_defensehub(), nba_dunkscoreleaders(), nba_gravityleaders(), nba_homepagev2(), nba_leaderstiles(), nba_leagueleaders()

Author

Saiem Gilani