Get ESPN WNBA Draft Picks
Get ESPN WNBA Draft Picks
Usage
espn_wnba_draft(season = most_recent_wnba_season(), ...)Value
A wehoop_data tibble with one row per draft pick:
| col_name | types | description |
| season | integer | Season identifier (4-digit year or 'YYYY-YY' string). |
| round | integer | Tournament / playoff round. |
| pick | integer | Pick. |
| overall | integer | Overall. |
| traded | logical | Traded. |
| trade_note | character | Trade note. |
| status | character | Status label. |
| athlete_id | character | Unique athlete identifier (ESPN). |
| athlete_ref | character | Athlete ref. |
| team_id | character | Unique team identifier. |
| team_ref | character | Team ref. |
Athlete and team details (name, position, college, abbreviation) are not
inlined in the draft response; resolve them via espn_wnba_athlete_info()
or espn_wnba_team() using the returned IDs.
Details
Calls the ESPN core-v2 endpoint
https://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/leagues/wnba/seasons/{year}/draft/rounds,
which returns each round of the draft with its picks inlined as picks: [...].
For historical seasons with no ESPN draft data the function returns an empty
tibble rather than erroring.
See also
Other ESPN WNBA Functions:
espn_wnba_athlete_awards(),
espn_wnba_athlete_career_stats(),
espn_wnba_athlete_eventlog(),
espn_wnba_athlete_eventlog_v2(),
espn_wnba_athlete_gamelog(),
espn_wnba_athlete_info(),
espn_wnba_athlete_overview(),
espn_wnba_athlete_seasons(),
espn_wnba_athlete_splits(),
espn_wnba_athlete_statisticslog(),
espn_wnba_athlete_stats(),
espn_wnba_athletes_index(),
espn_wnba_award(),
espn_wnba_calendar(),
espn_wnba_coach_season(),
espn_wnba_coaches(),
espn_wnba_conferences(),
espn_wnba_draft_athletes(),
espn_wnba_draft_pick(),
espn_wnba_draft_rounds(),
espn_wnba_draft_status(),
espn_wnba_event_broadcasts(),
espn_wnba_event_odds(),
espn_wnba_event_officials(),
espn_wnba_event_powerindex(),
espn_wnba_event_predictor(),
espn_wnba_event_probabilities(),
espn_wnba_event_propbets(),
espn_wnba_event_situation(),
espn_wnba_franchise(),
espn_wnba_franchises(),
espn_wnba_freeagents(),
espn_wnba_futures(),
espn_wnba_game_all(),
espn_wnba_game_rosters(),
espn_wnba_injuries(),
espn_wnba_leaders(),
espn_wnba_news(),
espn_wnba_pbp(),
espn_wnba_player_box(),
espn_wnba_player_stats(),
espn_wnba_powerindex(),
espn_wnba_scoreboard(),
espn_wnba_season_awards(),
espn_wnba_season_group(),
espn_wnba_season_group_children(),
espn_wnba_season_group_teams(),
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_box(),
espn_wnba_team_injuries(),
espn_wnba_team_leaders(),
espn_wnba_team_news(),
espn_wnba_team_record(),
espn_wnba_team_roster(),
espn_wnba_team_schedule(),
espn_wnba_team_season_profile(),
espn_wnba_team_season_roster(),
espn_wnba_team_stats(),
espn_wnba_teams(),
espn_wnba_transactions(),
espn_wnba_venues(),
espn_wnba_week_ranking(),
espn_wnba_week_rankings()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_wnba_draft(season = 2024)
#> ── ESPN WNBA Draft Picks from ESPN.com ───────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:06 UTC
#> # A tibble: 36 × 11
#> season round pick overall traded trade_note status athlete_id athlete_ref
#> <int> <int> <int> <int> <lgl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2024 1 1 1 FALSE NA SELEC… 108565 http://spo…
#> 2 2024 1 2 2 FALSE NA SELEC… 108566 http://spo…
#> 3 2024 1 3 3 TRUE From PHX SELEC… 108569 http://spo…
#> 4 2024 1 4 4 TRUE From SEA SELEC… 108567 http://spo…
#> 5 2024 1 5 5 TRUE From CHI SELEC… 108570 http://spo…
#> 6 2024 1 6 6 FALSE NA SELEC… 108568 http://spo…
#> 7 2024 1 7 7 TRUE From MIN SELEC… 108572 http://spo…
#> 8 2024 1 8 8 TRUE From CHI via… SELEC… 108574 http://spo…
#> 9 2024 1 9 9 FALSE NA SELEC… 108581 http://spo…
#> 10 2024 1 10 10 FALSE NA SELEC… 108577 http://spo…
#> # ℹ 26 more rows
#> # ℹ 2 more variables: team_id <chr>, team_ref <chr>
# }