Get the current NBA injury report from RotoWire.
One row per injured player with team, position, the injury, the current
designation (Out / Doubtful / Questionable / GTD / Day-To-Day) and a link to
the player's RotoWire page. The projected return date is RotoWire
subscriber-only content and is returned as NA for non-subscribers.
This is the live replacement for the defunct RotoWorld injuries feed. See also
bref_injuries() for the Basketball-Reference injury report.
Value
A hoopR_data tibble with one row per injured player:
| col_name | types | description |
| player_id | character | RotoWire player id. |
| player | character | Player name. |
| first_name | character | First name. |
| last_name | character | Last name. |
| team | character | Team abbreviation. |
| position | character | Position. |
| injury | character | Injury (body part / description). |
| status | character | Injury designation (Out, GTD, Questionable, ...). |
| return_date | character | Projected return (NA unless a subscriber). |
| url | character | RotoWire player page URL. |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(rotowire_injuries())
#> ── NBA injury report from rotowire.com ────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 07:39:14 UTC
#> # A tibble: 127 × 10
#> player_id player first_name last_name team position injury status
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 3445 Steven Adams Steven Adams HOU C Ankle Out
#> 2 4153 Bam Adebayo Bam Adebayo MIA C Back Out
#> 3 5428 Santi Aldama Santi Aldama MEM F Knee Out
#> 4 3456 Giannis Antetoko… Giannis Antetoko… MIL F Knee Out
#> 5 4397 Marvin Bagley Marvin Bagley DAL C Shoul… Out
#> 6 6782 Adama Bal Adama Bal MEM G Ankle Out
#> 7 3303 Bradley Beal Bradley Beal LAC G Hip Out
#> 8 3231 Jimmy Butler Jimmy Butler GSW F Knee Out
#> 9 5938 Matas Buzelis Matas Buzelis CHI F Ankle Out
#> 10 3450 Kentavious Caldw… Kentavious Caldwell… MEM G Finger Out
#> # ℹ 117 more rows
#> # ℹ 2 more variables: return_date <chr>, url <chr>
# }