Returns the full futures-betting board for a WNBA season, in long
format: one row per (market x team). Markets include championship
winner and conference winners. Backed by
sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/leagues/wnba/seasons/{season}/futures.
Note: ESPN does not currently expose a futures endpoint for women's college basketball.
Usage
espn_wnba_futures(season = most_recent_wnba_season(), ...)Value
A long-format tibble.
| col_name | types | description |
| season | integer | Season year. |
| league | character | League slug ("wnba"). |
| market_id | character | ESPN futures-market identifier. |
| market_name | character | Internal market name. |
| market_type | character | Market type code. |
| market_display | character | Human-readable market name. |
| provider_id | character | Sportsbook provider identifier. |
| provider_name | character | Sportsbook provider name. |
| team_id | character | ESPN team id. |
| odds_value | character | American odds for the team. |
| team_ref | character | $ref to the per-season team resource. |
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_franchises(),
espn_wnba_freeagents(),
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_futures(season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN WNBA Season Futures ──────────────────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-22 07:30:50 UTC
#> # A tibble: 153 × 11
#> season league market_id market_name market_type market_display provider_id
#> <int> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025 wnba 8146 WNBA - Winner NA WNBA - Winner 58
#> 2 2025 wnba 8146 WNBA - Winner NA WNBA - Winner 58
#> 3 2025 wnba 8146 WNBA - Winner NA WNBA - Winner 58
#> 4 2025 wnba 8146 WNBA - Winner NA WNBA - Winner 58
#> 5 2025 wnba 8146 WNBA - Winner NA WNBA - Winner 58
#> 6 2025 wnba 8146 WNBA - Winner NA WNBA - Winner 58
#> 7 2025 wnba 8146 WNBA - Winner NA WNBA - Winner 58
#> 8 2025 wnba 8146 WNBA - Winner NA WNBA - Winner 58
#> 9 2025 wnba 8146 WNBA - Winner NA WNBA - Winner 58
#> 10 2025 wnba 8146 WNBA - Winner NA WNBA - Winner 58
#> # ℹ 143 more rows
#> # ℹ 4 more variables: provider_name <chr>, team_id <chr>, odds_value <chr>,
#> # team_ref <chr>
# }