Get ESPN WNBA Injuries
Get ESPN WNBA Injuries
Usage
espn_wnba_injuries(season = most_recent_wnba_season(), ...)Arguments
- season
Numeric or character season year (e.g.
2025). The ESPN injury endpoint does not filter by season server-side; the value is attached as a constant column on the returned tibble for downstream joins. Defaults tomost_recent_wnba_season().- ...
Currently unused; reserved for future argument threading.
Value
Returns a tibble of league-wide WNBA injury records. Returns an empty tibble (zero rows) when no injuries are reported.
Injuries
| col_name | types | description |
| team_id | character | Unique team identifier. |
| athlete_id | character | Unique athlete identifier (ESPN). |
| athlete_name | character | Athlete display name (ESPN). |
| position | character | Listed roster position (G, F, C, etc.). |
| status | character | Status label. |
| date | character | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| type | character | Record type / category. |
| side | character | Side label (e.g. 'home', 'away', or 'overUnder'). |
| returns_at | character | Returns at. |
| short_comment | character | Short comment. |
| long_comment | character | Long-form play / event comment. |
| season | integer | Season identifier (4-digit year or 'YYYY-YY' string). |
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_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_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_injuries()
#> ── ESPN WNBA Injury Information from ESPN.com ────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:14 UTC
#> # A tibble: 15 × 12
#> team_id athlete_id athlete_name position status date type side returns_at
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 3 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 4 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 10 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 11 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 12 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 13 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 14 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> 15 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
#> # ℹ 3 more variables: short_comment <chr>, long_comment <chr>, season <int>
# }