Get ESPN's WNBA player box data
Value
Returns a player boxscore data frame
Player
| col_name | types | description |
| game_id | integer | Unique game identifier. |
| season | integer | Season identifier (4-digit year or 'YYYY-YY' string). |
| season_type | integer | Season type (1=pre-season, 2=regular season, 3=postseason, 4=off-season for ESPN; or string label for WNBA Stats). |
| game_date | Date | Game date (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| game_date_time | POSIXct | Game start date/time (ISO 8601). |
| athlete_id | integer | Unique athlete identifier (ESPN). |
| athlete_display_name | character | Athlete display name (full). |
| team_id | integer | Unique team identifier. |
| team_name | character | Full team display name (e.g. 'Las Vegas Aces'). |
| team_location | character | Team city or location string. |
| team_short_display_name | character | Short team display name (e.g. 'Aces'). |
| minutes | numeric | Minutes played, formatted MM:SS (V3 PT-duration parsed) or decimal minutes (V2). |
| field_goals_made | integer | Field goals made (2-pt + 3-pt). |
| field_goals_attempted | integer | Field goal attempts (2-pt + 3-pt). |
| three_point_field_goals_made | integer | Three-point field goals made. |
| three_point_field_goals_attempted | integer | Three-point field goal attempts. |
| free_throws_made | integer | Free throws made. |
| free_throws_attempted | integer | Free throw attempts. |
| offensive_rebounds | integer | Offensive rebounds. |
| defensive_rebounds | integer | Defensive rebounds. |
| rebounds | integer | Total rebounds. |
| assists | integer | Total assists. |
| steals | integer | Total steals. |
| blocks | integer | Total blocks. |
| turnovers | integer | Total turnovers. |
| fouls | integer | Personal fouls. |
| plus_minus | character | Plus/minus point differential while on court. |
| points | integer | Points scored. |
| starter | logical | TRUE if the player was in the starting lineup; FALSE otherwise. |
| ejected | logical | TRUE if the player was ejected from the game. |
| did_not_play | logical | TRUE if the player did not appear in the game. |
| reason | character | Reason. |
| active | logical | TRUE if the row represents an active record (player / team / season). |
| athlete_jersey | character | Athlete jersey number. |
| athlete_short_name | character | Athlete short display name. |
| athlete_headshot_href | character | Athlete headshot image URL. |
| athlete_position_name | character | Athlete position ('Guard', 'Forward', 'Center'). |
| athlete_position_abbreviation | character | Athlete position abbreviation (G / F / C). |
| team_display_name | character | Full team display name. |
| team_uid | character | ESPN universal team identifier (UID format 's:40~l:...~t:...'). |
| team_slug | character | URL-safe team identifier (e.g. 'lasvegas-aces' / 'aces'). |
| team_logo | character | Team logo image URL. |
| team_abbreviation | character | Short team abbreviation (e.g. 'LAS'). |
| team_color | character | Team primary color (hex without leading '#'). |
| team_alternate_color | character | Team alternate color (hex without leading '#'). |
| home_away | character | Game venue label ('home' or 'away'). |
| team_winner | logical | TRUE if the team won this game. |
| team_score | integer | Team's score / final score. |
| opponent_team_id | integer | Unique identifier for the opponent team. |
| opponent_team_name | character | Opponent team display name. |
| opponent_team_location | character | Opponent team city / location. |
| opponent_team_display_name | character | Opponent team full display name. |
| opponent_team_abbreviation | character | Opponent team abbreviation. |
| opponent_team_logo | character | Opponent team logo URL. |
| opponent_team_color | character | Opponent team primary color (hex). |
| opponent_team_alternate_color | character | Opponent team alternate color (hex). |
| opponent_team_score | integer | Opponent team's score. |
See also
Other ESPN WNBA Functions:
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_franchise(),
espn_wnba_franchises(),
espn_wnba_freeagents(),
espn_wnba_futures(),
espn_wnba_game_all(),
espn_wnba_game_broadcasts(),
espn_wnba_game_odds(),
espn_wnba_game_official_detail(),
espn_wnba_game_officials(),
espn_wnba_game_play(),
espn_wnba_game_play_personnel(),
espn_wnba_game_player_box(),
espn_wnba_game_powerindex(),
espn_wnba_game_predictor(),
espn_wnba_game_probabilities(),
espn_wnba_game_propbets(),
espn_wnba_game_rosters(),
espn_wnba_game_situation(),
espn_wnba_game_team_leaders(),
espn_wnba_game_team_linescores(),
espn_wnba_game_team_records(),
espn_wnba_game_team_roster(),
espn_wnba_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_wnba_game_team_score(),
espn_wnba_game_team_statistics(),
espn_wnba_injuries(),
espn_wnba_leaders(),
espn_wnba_news(),
espn_wnba_pbp(),
espn_wnba_player_awards(),
espn_wnba_player_career_stats(),
espn_wnba_player_eventlog(),
espn_wnba_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_wnba_player_gamelog(),
espn_wnba_player_info(),
espn_wnba_player_overview(),
espn_wnba_player_seasons(),
espn_wnba_player_splits(),
espn_wnba_player_statisticslog(),
espn_wnba_player_stats(),
espn_wnba_player_stats_v3(),
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{
try(espn_wnba_player_box(game_id = 401244185))
#> ── ESPN WNBA Player Box Information from ESPN.com ────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 14:52:38 UTC
#> # A tibble: 25 × 57
#> game_id season season_type game_date game_date_time athlete_id
#> <int> <int> <int> <date> <dttm> <int>
#> 1 401244185 2020 3 2020-10-06 2020-10-06 19:00:00 872
#> 2 401244185 2020 3 2020-10-06 2020-10-06 19:00:00 982
#> 3 401244185 2020 3 2020-10-06 2020-10-06 19:00:00 3149391
#> 4 401244185 2020 3 2020-10-06 2020-10-06 19:00:00 1014
#> 5 401244185 2020 3 2020-10-06 2020-10-06 19:00:00 2529205
#> 6 401244185 2020 3 2020-10-06 2020-10-06 19:00:00 2284331
#> 7 401244185 2020 3 2020-10-06 2020-10-06 19:00:00 2566452
#> 8 401244185 2020 3 2020-10-06 2020-10-06 19:00:00 2491197
#> 9 401244185 2020 3 2020-10-06 2020-10-06 19:00:00 3058908
#> 10 401244185 2020 3 2020-10-06 2020-10-06 19:00:00 4065870
#> # ℹ 15 more rows
#> # ℹ 51 more variables: athlete_display_name <chr>, team_id <int>,
#> # team_name <chr>, team_location <chr>, team_short_display_name <chr>,
#> # minutes <dbl>, field_goals_made <int>, field_goals_attempted <int>,
#> # three_point_field_goals_made <int>,
#> # three_point_field_goals_attempted <int>, free_throws_made <int>,
#> # free_throws_attempted <int>, offensive_rebounds <int>, …
# }