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The game leader of each side in every statistic (one row per side and statistic).

Endpoint: GET https://bnxt.sportpress.info/api/v1/schedule/overview/{game_id}

Usage

sportpress_game_leaders(game_id)

Arguments

game_id

(required) Game id (integer), unique across seasons; from sportpress_schedule() (game_id).

Value

A hoopR_data tibble: The game leader of each side in every statistic (one row per side and statistic). An empty valid answer raises hoopR_no_data; the columns are always these, in this order (sportsdataverse-py sportpress_game_leaders):

col_nametypedescription
game_idintegerGame id the overview was asked for (the body does not echo it).
team_sidecharacterSide of the game the row belongs to: home or away (the provider's is_home, or side 1 / 2).
competition_team_idintegerCompetition-team id (key space: sportpress competition teams): a team in ONE competition, so a club has a new id every season (Antwerp = 3 in 2021-22, 506 in 2025-26, 541 in 2026-27). uu_team_id is the stable club key.
teamcharacterTeam display name including the sponsor; varies with language and playoff suffixes: never join on it.
team_short_namecharacterThree-letter club code (ANT, MON, ...), stable across seasons in the samples.
statcharacterStatistic the leader leads, in the provider's column name (points, total_rebound, value, ...).
player_idintegerPlayer id (key space: sportpress persons): stable across seasons and teams, distinct from roster_id. Not a Genius or FIBA person id.
first_namecharacterGiven name of the player as entered in the CMS.
last_namecharacterFamily name of the player as entered in the CMS.
nationality_codecharacterNationality code in FIBA style (USA, BEL, NED): DIRTY, with lower-case variants, '/'-joined pairs (USA/BEL), the empty string and 'HOL'; normalise before joining.
birth_dateDateDate of birth as shown on the public player page; null when unknown.
valuedoubleThe leader's count (or percentage) in that statistic in this game.

Details

Source, terms of use, request pacing, seasons, ids, coverage and error classes of this family: see the notes in sportpress_ui_strings().

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(sportpress_game_leaders(game_id = 11295))
#> ── BNXT League Game Leaders from Sportpress ───────────────────── hoopR 3.2.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-10-31 21:34:15 UTC
#> # A tibble: 56 × 12
#>    game_id team_side competition_team_id team    team_short_name stat  player_id
#>      <int> <chr>                   <int> <chr>   <chr>           <chr>     <int>
#>  1   11295 home                      541 Windro… ANT             minu…      5325
#>  2   11295 home                      541 Windro… ANT             foul        228
#>  3   11295 home                      541 Windro… ANT             defe…      5325
#>  4   11295 home                      541 Windro… ANT             dunk…      5683
#>  5   11295 home                      541 Windro… ANT             dunk…      5683
#>  6   11295 home                      541 Windro… ANT             dunk…      5683
#>  7   11295 home                      541 Windro… ANT             two_…       202
#>  8   11295 home                      541 Windro… ANT             two_…       202
#>  9   11295 home                      541 Windro… ANT             two_…      5683
#> 10   11295 home                      541 Windro… ANT             thre…      5325
#> # ℹ 46 more rows
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: first_name <chr>, last_name <chr>,
#> #   nationality_code <chr>, birth_date <date>, value <dbl>
# }