Returns the full WNBA franchises index from
sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/leagues/wnba/franchises.
Each row is one franchise with its ID and the canonical $ref URL —
pass an ID to espn_wnba_franchise() for full franchise detail.
Value
A tibble with one row per franchise.
| col_name | types | description |
| franchise_id | character | ESPN franchise identifier. |
| ref | character | Full $ref URL for franchise detail. |
| league | character | League slug ("wnba"). |
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(),
espn_wnba_draft_athlete_detail(),
espn_wnba_draft_athletes(),
espn_wnba_draft_pick(),
espn_wnba_draft_rounds(),
espn_wnba_draft_status(),
espn_wnba_event_broadcasts(),
espn_wnba_event_competitor_leaders(),
espn_wnba_event_competitor_linescores(),
espn_wnba_event_competitor_records(),
espn_wnba_event_competitor_roster(),
espn_wnba_event_competitor_roster_entry(),
espn_wnba_event_competitor_score(),
espn_wnba_event_competitor_statistics(),
espn_wnba_event_odds(),
espn_wnba_event_official_detail(),
espn_wnba_event_officials(),
espn_wnba_event_play(),
espn_wnba_event_play_personnel(),
espn_wnba_event_player_box(),
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_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_position(),
espn_wnba_positions(),
espn_wnba_powerindex(),
espn_wnba_scoreboard(),
espn_wnba_season_awards(),
espn_wnba_season_draft(),
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_record_detail(),
espn_wnba_team_roster(),
espn_wnba_team_schedule(),
espn_wnba_team_season_profile(),
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()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_wnba_franchises()
#> ── ESPN WNBA Franchises Index ────────────────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-22 07:30:49 UTC
#> # A tibble: 17 × 3
#> franchise_id ref league
#> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 3 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 2 5 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 3 6 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 4 8 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 5 9 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 6 11 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 7 14 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 8 16 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 9 17 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 10 18 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 11 19 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 12 20 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 13 17475 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 14 17476 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 15 129689 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 16 131935 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
#> 17 132052 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… wnba
# }