RealGM NBA Player Stats

Get season player statistics leaders from RealGM.

Returns the qualified-player leaderboard for a season, statistic family and season segment. RealGM exposes basic box-score averages as well as advanced and miscellaneous splits not all available from first-party feeds.

Requires a headless browser (see realgm_players()).

Usage

realgm_player_stats(
  season = most_recent_nba_season(),
  stat_type = "Averages",
  season_type = "Regular_Season"
)

Arguments

season

Season (the year the season ends, e.g. 2026 for 2025-26). Defaults to most_recent_nba_season().

stat_type

Statistic family. One of "Averages" (default), "Totals", "Per_48", "Per_40", "Per_36", "Per_Minute", "Advanced_Stats" or "Misc_Stats".

season_type

Season segment. One of "Regular_Season" (default), "Playoffs", "Preseason" or "Summer_League".

Value

A hoopR_data tibble (one row per qualified player) carrying the requested season, stat_type and season_type as columns. Columns vary by stat_type; for "Averages":

col_name	types	description
player	character	Player name.
team	character	Team abbreviation.
gp	integer	Games played.
mpg	numeric	Minutes per game.
ppg	numeric	Points per game.
rpg	numeric	Rebounds per game.
apg	numeric	Assists per game.

See also

Other RealGM Functions: realgm_coaches(), realgm_draft(), realgm_draft_prospects(), realgm_early_entry(), realgm_future_free_agents(), realgm_gms(), realgm_individual_games(), realgm_individual_seasons(), realgm_players(), realgm_players_abroad(), realgm_rookie_scale(), realgm_salary_cap(), realgm_standings(), realgm_team_stats(), realgm_teams(), realgm_transactions()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  try(realgm_player_stats(season = 2025, stat_type = "Averages"))
} # }