Build a wide, one-row-per-player-per-team crosswalk linking ESPN, WNBA Stats, and Fox player identities for a season. Matching is deterministic: normalized exact name within a team block, then Jaro-Winkler fuzzy with jersey/DOB tiebreakers. Yahoo columns are NA placeholders.
Usage
wnba_player_crosswalk(
season = most_recent_wnba_season(),
min_confidence = 0.92
)See also
Other WNBA Crosswalk Functions:
load_wnba_player_crosswalk(),
load_wnba_schedule_crosswalk(),
load_wnba_team_crosswalk(),
wnba_schedule_crosswalk(),
wnba_team_crosswalk()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(wnba_player_crosswalk(season = 2024))
#> ℹ WNBA CDN schedule is for season 2026, not 2024. For historical seasons use `load_wnba_schedule(seasons = 2024)`.
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:59:43.311731: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661330"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60002 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:00:43.593106: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661329"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:01:43.839677: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661323"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60002 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:02:44.175474: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661321"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:03:44.798134: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661331"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:04:45.160541: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661325"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60002 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:05:45.439783: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661319"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:06:47.386803: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661320"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:07:48.232872: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661324"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60002 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:08:48.544502: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661313"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60000 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:09:48.869959: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661317"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:10:49.290828: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661327"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:11:49.708929: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661328"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:12:50.061831: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661332"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60002 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 15:13:50.30451: Invalid arguments or common team roster data for 2024 available!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "10", season = 2024, team_id = "1611661322"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.wnba.com]: Operation timed out after 60001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ── WNBA player crosswalk (ESPN / WNBA Stats / Fox) ───────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 15:13:50 UTC
#> # A tibble: 203 × 21
#> season espn_team_id team_abbreviation player_name espn_athlete_id
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2024 20 ATL isobel borlase 5208983
#> 2 2024 20 ATL jordin canada 3142250
#> 3 2024 20 ATL allisha gray 3058901
#> 4 2024 20 ATL naz hillmon 4398915
#> 5 2024 20 ATL rhyne howard 4398674
#> 6 2024 20 ATL brionna jones 3058895
#> 7 2024 20 ATL sika kone 5017721
#> 8 2024 20 ATL indya nivar 5105740
#> 9 2024 20 ATL aaliyah nye 4597509
#> 10 2024 20 ATL amy okonkwo 3142242
#> # ℹ 193 more rows
#> # ℹ 16 more variables: espn_full_name <chr>, espn_jersey <chr>,
#> # espn_position <chr>, wnba_player_id <chr>, wnba_player_name <chr>,
#> # wnba_jersey_num <chr>, wnba_position <chr>, fox_athlete_id <chr>,
#> # fox_player <chr>, fox_jersey <chr>, fox_position_group <chr>,
#> # yahoo_player_id <chr>, yahoo_player_name <chr>, match_method <chr>,
#> # match_confidence <dbl>, match_keys <chr>
# }