Get ESPN WNBA Transactions
Get ESPN WNBA Transactions
Usage
espn_wnba_transactions(season = most_recent_wnba_season(), limit = 100, ...)Value
A wehoop_data tibble with one row per transaction:
| col_name | types | description |
| transaction_id | character | Unique identifier for transaction. |
| date | character | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| type | character | Record type / category. |
| description | character | Long-form description text. |
| team_id | character | Unique team identifier. |
| athlete_id | character | Unique athlete identifier (ESPN). |
| athlete_name | character | Athlete display name (ESPN). |
| from_team_id | character | Unique identifier for from team. |
| to_team_id | character | Unique identifier for to team. |
Details
Calls the ESPN site-v2 endpoint
https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/wnba/transactions?season={year}&limit={limit}.
Releases have a NULL to_team_id; those are stored as NA. Returns an
empty tibble rather than erroring when no transactions are available.
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_injuries(),
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_venues(),
espn_wnba_week_ranking(),
espn_wnba_week_rankings()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_wnba_transactions(season = 2025, limit = 10)
#> ── ESPN WNBA Transactions from ESPN.com ──────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:31 UTC
#> # A tibble: 10 × 9
#> transaction_id date type description team_id athlete_id athlete_name
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 NA 2025-09-18T… NA Released h… 9 NA NA
#> 2 NA 2025-09-06T… NA Signed G V… 129689 NA NA
#> 3 NA 2025-09-06T… NA Signed F/C… 11 NA NA
#> 4 NA 2025-09-06T… NA Signed C J… 9 NA NA
#> 5 NA 2025-09-06T… NA Signed F E… 6 NA NA
#> 6 NA 2025-09-05T… NA Released G… 3 NA NA
#> 7 NA 2025-09-04T… NA Released G… 5 NA NA
#> 8 NA 2025-09-04T… NA Released C… 3 NA NA
#> 9 NA 2025-09-03T… NA Released C… 129689 NA NA
#> 10 NA 2025-09-01T… NA Released G… 5 NA NA
#> # ℹ 2 more variables: from_team_id <chr>, to_team_id <chr>
# }