Get ESPN WNBA Athletes Index

Get ESPN WNBA Athletes Index

Get ESPN WNBA Athletes Index

Usage

espn_wnba_athletes_index(
  season = most_recent_wnba_season(),
  active = TRUE,
  limit = 5000L,
  ...
)

Arguments

season

Season year (numeric, e.g. 2025). Defaults to the most recent WNBA season.

active

logical. When TRUE (default) only active athletes are returned. Set to FALSE for the full historical roster.

limit

integer. Maximum number of rows to return. Default 5000. Pass a small value (e.g. limit = 50) in tests to keep execution fast.

...

Additional arguments; currently unused but retained for forward compatibility. Proxy configuration should use options(wehoop.proxy = ...) – see ?wehoop for details.

Value

A single wehoop_data tibble with one row per athlete.

Columns as documented in the shared espn_basketball_athletes_index_schema table.

See also

Other ESPN WNBA Functions: espn_wnba_award(), espn_wnba_calendar(), espn_wnba_coach_season(), espn_wnba_coaches(), espn_wnba_conferences(), espn_wnba_draft(), espn_wnba_draft_athlete_detail(), espn_wnba_draft_pick(), espn_wnba_draft_rounds(), espn_wnba_franchise(), espn_wnba_franchises(), espn_wnba_freeagents(), espn_wnba_futures(), espn_wnba_game_all(), espn_wnba_game_odds(), espn_wnba_game_official_detail(), espn_wnba_game_play(), espn_wnba_game_play_personnel(), espn_wnba_game_player_box(), espn_wnba_game_probabilities(), espn_wnba_game_propbets(), espn_wnba_game_team_linescores(), espn_wnba_game_team_roster_entry(), espn_wnba_injuries(), espn_wnba_leaders(), espn_wnba_news(), espn_wnba_player_awards(), espn_wnba_player_career_stats(), espn_wnba_player_eventlog_v2(), espn_wnba_player_info(), espn_wnba_player_overview(), espn_wnba_player_seasons(), espn_wnba_player_stats(), espn_wnba_position(), espn_wnba_positions(), espn_wnba_powerindex(), espn_wnba_scoreboard(), espn_wnba_season_awards(), espn_wnba_season_group(), espn_wnba_season_groups(), espn_wnba_season_info(), espn_wnba_season_leaders(), espn_wnba_season_ranking(), espn_wnba_season_rankings(), espn_wnba_season_type(), espn_wnba_season_types(), espn_wnba_season_week(), espn_wnba_season_weeks(), espn_wnba_seasons(), espn_wnba_standings(), espn_wnba_team(), espn_wnba_team_injuries(), espn_wnba_team_news(), espn_wnba_team_record(), espn_wnba_team_record_detail(), espn_wnba_team_schedule(), espn_wnba_team_season_roster(), espn_wnba_team_season_statistics(), espn_wnba_team_stats(), espn_wnba_teams(), espn_wnba_transactions(), espn_wnba_venues(), espn_wnba_week_ranking(), espn_wnba_week_rankings()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  espn_wnba_athletes_index(season = 2025, limit = 50)
#> Fetching page 1 of 1 for wnba athletes (season=2025)...
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athletes Index from ESPN.com ────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-09-10 00:48:15 UTC
#> # A tibble: 50 × 9
#>    athlete_id full_name jersey position team_id headshot status link     ref_url
#>    <chr>      <chr>     <chr>  <chr>    <chr>   <chr>    <chr>  <chr>    <chr>  
#>  1 924        NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  2 2529047    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  3 3904577    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  4 3906949    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  5 3913881    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  6 4068159    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  7 4336633    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  8 4398965    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#>  9 4399415    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#> 10 4433730    NA        NA     NA       NA      NA       NA     http://… http:/…
#> # ℹ 40 more rows
# }