Era-correct team identity for a WNBA franchise in a specific season,
plus the available $ref URLs for deeper resources (record, statistics,
leaders, coaches, transactions, etc.). Backed by the core-v2 endpoint
sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/leagues/wnba/seasons/{season}/teams/{team_id}.
Historical depth goes back to 1997 (WNBA founding). Older seasons
return fewer $ref keys; missing refs become NA.
Usage
espn_wnba_team(team_id, season = most_recent_wnba_season(), ...)
espn_wnba_team_roster(team_id, season = most_recent_wnba_season(), ...)
espn_wnba_team_leaders(team_id, season = most_recent_wnba_season(), ...)
espn_wnba_team_season_profile(team_id, season = most_recent_wnba_season(), ...)Value
A named list of data frames: Info, Record, NextEvent,
StandingSummary, Coaches.
Info
Columns as documented in the shared espn_basketball_team_info_schema table.
Record
| col_name | types | description |
| type | character | Record type / category. |
| summary | character | Summary. |
| stats | list | Stats. |
NextEvent
Columns as documented in the shared espn_basketball_player_overview_next_game_schema table.
StandingSummary
| col_name | types | description |
| standing_summary | character | Standing summary. |
Coaches
| col_name | types | description |
| id | character | Unique play identifcation number |
| first_name | character | Player's first name. |
| last_name | character | Player's last name. |
| experience | integer | Years of professional experience. |
A single tibble with one row per athlete.
Columns as documented in the shared espn_basketball_team_roster_schema table.
ESPN's roster endpoint ignores the season, so a season before the current
one is built from that season's published player box scores (name, jersey,
position and headshot from the athlete's last game; bio columns NA), and
errors when none are published.
A single long-format tibble (one row per category-rank-athlete).
Columns as documented in the shared espn_basketball_team_leaders_schema table.
A single-row tibble with team identity scalars and _ref URL
columns. Selected columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| id | character | ESPN team identifier. |
| guid | character | Stable cross-league team GUID. |
| uid | character | ESPN UID string. |
| slug | character | URL-safe identifier. |
| location | character | Team city/region (e.g. "Indiana"). |
| name | character | Team name (e.g. "Fever"). |
| abbreviation | character | Short abbreviation (e.g. "IND"). |
| display_name | character | Full display name. |
| short_display_name | character | Short display name. |
| color | character | Primary color (hex, no leading '#'). |
| alternate_color | character | Alternate color (hex, no leading '#'). |
| is_active | logical | Whether the team was active in this season. |
| season | integer | Season year. |
| logo | character | Primary logo URL. |
| logo_dark | character | Dark-mode logo URL. |
| record_ref | character | $ref to team record resource. |
| statistics_ref | character | $ref to team statistics resource. |
| leaders_ref | character | $ref to team leaders resource. |
| coaches_ref | character | $ref to team coaches resource. |
| transactions_ref | character | $ref to team transactions resource. |
| franchise_ref | character | $ref to franchise resource. |
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_pick(),
espn_wnba_draft_rounds(),
espn_wnba_franchise(),
espn_wnba_franchises(),
espn_wnba_freeagents(),
espn_wnba_futures(),
espn_wnba_game_all(),
espn_wnba_game_odds(),
espn_wnba_game_official_detail(),
espn_wnba_game_play(),
espn_wnba_game_play_personnel(),
espn_wnba_game_player_box(),
espn_wnba_game_probabilities(),
espn_wnba_game_propbets(),
espn_wnba_game_team_linescores(),
espn_wnba_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_wnba_injuries(),
espn_wnba_leaders(),
espn_wnba_news(),
espn_wnba_player_awards(),
espn_wnba_player_career_stats(),
espn_wnba_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_wnba_player_info(),
espn_wnba_player_overview(),
espn_wnba_player_seasons(),
espn_wnba_player_stats(),
espn_wnba_position(),
espn_wnba_positions(),
espn_wnba_powerindex(),
espn_wnba_scoreboard(),
espn_wnba_season_awards(),
espn_wnba_season_group(),
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_injuries(),
espn_wnba_team_news(),
espn_wnba_team_record(),
espn_wnba_team_record_detail(),
espn_wnba_team_schedule(),
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_team(team_id = "17", season = 2025)
#> $Info
#> ── ESPN WNBA Team Info from ESPN.com ─────────────────────────── wehoop 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-11-02 13:49:25 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 12
#> id uid slug abbreviation display_name short_display_name name location
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 17 s:40~… las-… LV Las Vegas A… Aces Aces Las Veg…
#> # ℹ 4 more variables: color <chr>, alternate_color <chr>, logo <chr>,
#> # logo_dark <chr>
#>
#> $Record
#> ── ESPN WNBA Team Record from ESPN.com ───────────────────────── wehoop 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-11-02 13:49:25 UTC
#> # A tibble: 3 × 4
#> description stats summary type
#> <chr> <list> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 Overall Record <df [20 × 2]> 30-14 total
#> 2 Home Record <df [5 × 2]> 17-5 home
#> 3 Away Record <df [5 × 2]> 13-9 road
#>
#> $NextEvent
#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
#>
#> $StandingSummary
#> ── ESPN WNBA Team Standing Summary from ESPN.com ─────────────── wehoop 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-11-02 13:49:25 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 1
#> standing_summary
#> <chr>
#> 1 2nd in Western Conference Division
#>
#> $Coaches
#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
#>
# }
# \donttest{
espn_wnba_team_roster(team_id = "17", season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN WNBA Team Roster from ESPN.com player box scores ─────── wehoop 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-11-02 13:49:26 UTC
#> # A tibble: 15 × 15
#> athlete_id full_name jersey position_abbrev position_name height weight age
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2529122 Chelsea … 12 G Guard NA NA NA
#> 2 2529458 Cheyenne… 32 F Forward NA NA NA
#> 3 2590093 Kiah Sto… 41 C Center NA NA NA
#> 4 2591976 Crystal … 8 F Forward NA NA NA
#> 5 2984741 Tiffany … 3 G Guard NA NA NA
#> 6 2987869 Jewell L… 24 G Guard NA NA NA
#> 7 3149391 A'ja Wil… 22 C Center NA NA NA
#> 8 3934218 Megan Gu… 17 C Center NA NA NA
#> 9 4065870 Jackie Y… 0 G Guard NA NA NA
#> 10 4068161 Joyner H… 8 F Forward NA NA NA
#> 11 4281190 Dana Eva… 11 G Guard NA NA NA
#> 12 4398776 NaLyssa … 3 F Forward NA NA NA
#> 13 4433309 Elizabet… 33 C Center NA NA NA
#> 14 4433633 Kierstan… 1 F Forward NA NA NA
#> 15 4597509 Aaliyah … 13 G Guard NA NA NA
#> # ℹ 7 more variables: birth_date <chr>, birth_place <chr>, headshot <chr>,
#> # link_web <chr>, status <chr>, team_id <chr>, season <int>
# }
# \donttest{
espn_wnba_team_leaders(team_id = "17", season = 2025)
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
# }
# \donttest{
espn_wnba_team_season_profile(team_id = "17", season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN WNBA Team Season Profile from ESPN.com ───────────────── wehoop 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-11-02 13:49:26 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 35
#> id guid uid slug location name nickname abbreviation display_name
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <lgl> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 17 c97eb968-… s:40… las-… Las Veg… Aces NA LV Las Vegas A…
#> # ℹ 26 more variables: short_display_name <chr>, color <chr>,
#> # alternate_color <chr>, is_active <lgl>, is_all_star <lgl>, season <int>,
#> # logo <chr>, logo_dark <chr>, record_ref <chr>, venue_ref <chr>,
#> # groups_ref <chr>, ranks_ref <chr>, statistics_ref <chr>, leaders_ref <chr>,
#> # injuries_ref <chr>, notes_ref <chr>, against_the_spread_records_ref <chr>,
#> # awards_ref <chr>, franchise_ref <chr>, depth_charts_ref <chr>,
#> # events_ref <chr>, transactions_ref <chr>, coaches_ref <chr>, …
# }