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_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)`.
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:27:54.434214: 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
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:28:54.58202: 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
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:29:54.838577: 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 60001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:30:55.105015: 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 60002 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:31:55.326044: 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
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:32:55.506452: 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 60002 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:33:55.651951: 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 60002 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:34:55.84425: 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 60000 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:35:56.088053: 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 60002 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:36:56.241936: 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 60002 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:37:56.481751: 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
#> ✖ 2026-10-22 03:38:57.114046: 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 60002 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ── WNBA player crosswalk (ESPN / WNBA Stats / Fox) ───────────── wehoop 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-10-22 03:38:57 UTC
#> # A tibble: 171 × 21
#> season espn_team_id team_abbreviation player_name espn_athlete_id
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2024 20 ATL tina charles 918
#> 2 2024 20 ATL cheyenne parker tyus 2529458
#> 3 2024 20 ATL ezinne kalu 2531437
#> 4 2024 20 ATL aerial powers 2999035
#> 5 2024 20 ATL nia coffey 3054590
#> 6 2024 20 ATL allisha gray 3058901
#> 7 2024 20 ATL jordin canada 3142250
#> 8 2024 20 ATL crystal dangerfield 4066585
#> 9 2024 20 ATL maya caldwell 4280850
#> 10 2024 20 ATL lorela cubaj 4281183
#> # ℹ 161 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>
# }