Get ESPN WNBA Season Leaders (Long Format)

Returns the per-category leaderboard for one (WNBA season x season-type), in long format. Each row is one (category x rank) entry, e.g. "Points Per Game x rank 1 x LeBron James".

Usage

espn_wnba_season_leaders(
  season = most_recent_wnba_season(),
  season_type = c(2L, 3L),
  ...
)

Arguments

season

Season year. Defaults to most recent WNBA season.

season_type

Season-type id (2 = regular (default), 3 = postseason).

...

Additional arguments; currently unused.

Value

A long tibble with one row per (category x leader).

col_name	types	description
league	character	League slug.
season	integer	Season year.
season_type	integer	Season-type id.
category_name	character	Internal category key (e.g. "pointsPerGame").
category_display	character	Human-readable category name.
category_short	character	Short display name.
category_abbrev	character	Stat abbreviation (e.g. "PTS").
rank	integer	Rank within the category (1 = best).
athlete_id	character	ESPN athlete id.
team_id	character	ESPN team id.
display_value	character	Display-formatted value.
value	numeric	Numeric leader value.
rel	character	Comma-joined rel tags from ESPN.
athlete_ref	character	$ref URL to the leader's athlete.
team_ref	character	$ref URL to the leader's team.

Details

Get ESPN WNBA Season Leaders (Long Format)

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_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_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()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  espn_wnba_season_leaders(season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN WNBA Season-Type Leaders ─────────────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-22 07:31:02 UTC
#> # A tibble: 750 × 15
#>    league season season_type category_name category_display category_short
#>    <chr>   <int>       <int> <chr>         <chr>            <chr>         
#>  1 wnba     2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  2 wnba     2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  3 wnba     2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  4 wnba     2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  5 wnba     2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  6 wnba     2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  7 wnba     2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  8 wnba     2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#>  9 wnba     2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#> 10 wnba     2025           2 pointsPerGame Points Per Game  PPG           
#> # ℹ 740 more rows
#> # ℹ 9 more variables: category_abbrev <chr>, rank <int>, athlete_id <chr>,
#> #   team_id <chr>, display_value <chr>, value <dbl>, rel <chr>,
#> #   athlete_ref <chr>, team_ref <chr>
# }