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Get ESPN WNBA Athlete Stats

Get ESPN WNBA Athlete Stats

Usage

espn_wnba_athlete_stats(athlete_id, season = most_recent_wnba_season(), ...)

Arguments

athlete_id

ESPN athlete identifier (character or numeric).

season

Season year (numeric). Defaults to the most recent WNBA season.

...

Additional arguments; currently unused.

Value

A named list of per-category tibbles. Default category names are General, Offensive, Defensive, Rebounding, Shooting, Misc. Actual names are driven by the ESPN response; additional categories may appear. Each tibble has columns depending on the category returned by ESPN.

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  espn_wnba_athlete_stats(athlete_id = "3149391", season = 2024)
#> $`Regular Season Averages`
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Stats from ESPN.com ─────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:28 UTC
#> # A tibble: 8 × 5
#>   team_id team_slug      season$year $displayName stats      position
#>   <chr>   <chr>                <int> <chr>        <list>     <chr>   
#> 1 17      las-vegas-aces        2018 2018         <chr [18]> C       
#> 2 17      las-vegas-aces        2019 2019         <chr [18]> C       
#> 3 17      las-vegas-aces        2020 2020         <chr [18]> C       
#> 4 17      las-vegas-aces        2021 2021         <chr [18]> C       
#> 5 17      las-vegas-aces        2022 2022         <chr [18]> C       
#> 6 17      las-vegas-aces        2023 2023         <chr [18]> C       
#> 7 17      las-vegas-aces        2024 2024         <chr [18]> C       
#> 8 17      las-vegas-aces        2025 2025         <chr [18]> C       
#> 
#> $`Regular Season Totals`
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Stats from ESPN.com ─────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:28 UTC
#> # A tibble: 8 × 5
#>   team_id team_slug      season$year $displayName stats      position
#>   <chr>   <chr>                <int> <chr>        <list>     <chr>   
#> 1 17      las-vegas-aces        2018 2018         <chr [15]> C       
#> 2 17      las-vegas-aces        2019 2019         <chr [15]> C       
#> 3 17      las-vegas-aces        2020 2020         <chr [15]> C       
#> 4 17      las-vegas-aces        2021 2021         <chr [15]> C       
#> 5 17      las-vegas-aces        2022 2022         <chr [15]> C       
#> 6 17      las-vegas-aces        2023 2023         <chr [15]> C       
#> 7 17      las-vegas-aces        2024 2024         <chr [15]> C       
#> 8 17      las-vegas-aces        2025 2025         <chr [15]> C       
#> 
#> $`Regular Season Misc Totals`
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Stats from ESPN.com ─────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:28 UTC
#> # A tibble: 8 × 5
#>   team_id team_slug      season$year $displayName stats      position
#>   <chr>   <chr>                <int> <chr>        <list>     <chr>   
#> 1 17      las-vegas-aces        2018 2018         <chr [10]> C       
#> 2 17      las-vegas-aces        2019 2019         <chr [10]> C       
#> 3 17      las-vegas-aces        2020 2020         <chr [10]> C       
#> 4 17      las-vegas-aces        2021 2021         <chr [10]> C       
#> 5 17      las-vegas-aces        2022 2022         <chr [10]> C       
#> 6 17      las-vegas-aces        2023 2023         <chr [10]> C       
#> 7 17      las-vegas-aces        2024 2024         <chr [10]> C       
#> 8 17      las-vegas-aces        2025 2025         <chr [10]> C       
#> 
#> $General
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Stats from ESPN.com ─────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:28 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
#> 
#> $Offensive
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Stats from ESPN.com ─────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:28 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
#> 
#> $Defensive
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Stats from ESPN.com ─────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:28 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
#> 
#> $Rebounding
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Stats from ESPN.com ─────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:28 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
#> 
#> $Shooting
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Stats from ESPN.com ─────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:28 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
#> 
#> $Misc
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Stats from ESPN.com ─────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:28 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
#> 
# }