WNBA dataset loaders — Player

load_wnba_player_boxscore

Release: espn_wnba_player_boxscores · asset https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/espn_wnba_player_boxscores/player_box_{season}.parquet

Returns

col_name	type	description
game_id	Int32	Unique game identifier.
season	Int32	Season as a 4-digit starting year (integer). A 'YYYY-YY' string is not accepted.
season_type	Int32	Season type (1=pre-season, 2=regular season, 3=postseason, 4=off-season for ESPN; or string label for WNBA Stats).
game_date	Date	Game date (YYYY-MM-DD).
game_date_time	Datetime(time_unit='us', time_zone='America/New_York')	Game start date/time (ISO 8601).
athlete_id	Int32	Unique athlete identifier (ESPN).
athlete_display_name	String	Athlete display name (full).
team_id	Int32	Unique team identifier.
team_name	String	Full team display name (e.g. 'Las Vegas Aces').
team_location	String	Team city or location string.
team_short_display_name	String	Short team display name (e.g. 'Aces').
minutes	Float64	Minutes played, formatted MM:SS (V3 PT-duration parsed) or decimal minutes (V2).
field_goals_made	Int32	Field goals made (2-pt + 3-pt).
field_goals_attempted	Int32	Field goal attempts (2-pt + 3-pt).
three_point_field_goals_made	Int32	Three-point field goals made.
three_point_field_goals_attempted	Int32	Three-point field goal attempts.
free_throws_made	Int32	Free throws made.
free_throws_attempted	Int32	Free throw attempts.
offensive_rebounds	Int32	Offensive rebounds.
defensive_rebounds	Int32	Defensive rebounds.
rebounds	Int32	Total rebounds.
assists	Int32	Total assists.
steals	Int32	Total steals.
blocks	Int32	Total blocks.
turnovers	Int32	Total turnovers.
fouls	Int32	Personal fouls.
plus_minus	String	Plus/minus point differential while on court.
points	Int32	Points scored.
starter	Boolean	TRUE if the player was in the starting lineup; FALSE otherwise.
ejected	Boolean	TRUE if the player was ejected from the game.
did_not_play	Boolean	TRUE if the player did not appear in the game.
reason	String	Reason.
active	Boolean	TRUE if the row represents an active record (player / team / season).
athlete_jersey	String	Athlete jersey number.
athlete_short_name	String	Athlete short display name.
athlete_headshot_href	String	Athlete headshot image URL.
athlete_position_name	String	Athlete position ('Guard', 'Forward', 'Center').
athlete_position_abbreviation	String	Athlete position abbreviation (G / F / C).
team_display_name	String	Full team display name.
team_uid	String	ESPN universal team identifier (UID format 's:40~l:...~t:...').
team_slug	String	URL-safe team identifier (e.g. 'lasvegas-aces' / 'aces').
team_logo	String	Team logo image URL.
team_abbreviation	String	Short team abbreviation (e.g. 'LAS').
team_color	String	Team primary color (hex without leading '#').
team_alternate_color	String	Team alternate color (hex without leading '#').
home_away	String	Game venue label ('home' or 'away').
team_winner	Boolean	TRUE if the team won this game.
team_score	Int32	Team's score / final score.
opponent_team_id	Int32	Unique identifier for the opponent team.
opponent_team_name	String	Opponent team display name.
opponent_team_location	String	Opponent team city / location.
opponent_team_display_name	String	Opponent team full display name.
opponent_team_abbreviation	String	Opponent team abbreviation.
opponent_team_logo	String	Opponent team logo URL.
opponent_team_color	String	Opponent team primary color (hex).
opponent_team_alternate_color	String	Opponent team alternate color (hex).
opponent_team_score	Int32	Opponent team's score.

load_wnba_player_boxscore(seasons=2024)

load_wnba_player_season_stats

Release: espn_wnba_player_season_stats · asset https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/espn_wnba_player_season_stats/player_season_stats_{season}.parquet

Returns

col_name	type	description
season	Int32	Season as a 4-digit starting year (integer). A 'YYYY-YY' string is not accepted.
athlete_id	Int32	Unique athlete identifier (ESPN).
athlete_display_name	String	Athlete display name (full).
athlete_first_name	String
athlete_last_name	String
athlete_position_abbreviation	String	Athlete position abbreviation (G / F / C).
athlete_jersey	String	Athlete jersey number.
team_id	Int32	Unique team identifier.
team_display_name	String	Full team display name.
category	String	Category label.
stat_label	String
stat_name	String	Internal stat key.
stat_display_name	String	Stat display name.
stat_description	String	ESPN's prose definition of the statistic on this row, for example The average number of points scored per game for avgPoints; combined made-attempted stats carry both halves joined by a hyphen.
display_value	String	Display-formatted value.
value	Float64	Numeric or string value field.

load_wnba_player_season_stats(seasons=2024)

load_wnba_player_crosswalk

Release: wnba_crosswalk · asset https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/wnba_crosswalk/wnba_player_crosswalk_{season}.parquet

Returns

col_name	type	description
season	Int32	Season as a 4-digit starting year (integer). A 'YYYY-YY' string is not accepted.
espn_team_id	Int32	ESPN team id (canonical key).
team_abbreviation	String	Short team abbreviation (e.g. 'LAS').
player_name	String	Player name.
espn_athlete_id	String	ESPN athlete id.
espn_full_name	String	ESPN full name.
espn_jersey	String	ESPN jersey number.
espn_position	String	ESPN position abbreviation.
wnba_player_id	String	Player identifier on stats.wnba.com matched to the ESPN player.
wnba_player_name	String	Player display name on the stats.wnba.com side of the crosswalk.
wnba_jersey_num	String	Jersey number listed on the stats.wnba.com side of the crosswalk.
wnba_position	String	Position listed on the stats.wnba.com side of the crosswalk.
fox_athlete_id	String	Fox athlete id (NA if unmatched).
fox_player	String	Fox player name (NA if unmatched).
fox_jersey	String	Fox jersey number (NA if unmatched).
fox_position_group	String	Fox position group label (NA if unmatched).
yahoo_player_id	String	Yahoo player id (NA placeholder).
yahoo_player_name	String	Yahoo player name (NA placeholder).
match_method	String	Combination of matched sources, e.g. "fox+bart" / "fox_only" / "bart_only" / "espn_only".
match_confidence	Float64	Jaro-Winkler score or 1 for exact (NA if none).
match_keys	String	NA (reserved for future use).

load_wnba_player_crosswalk(seasons=2026)

load_wnba_player_core

Release: espn_wnba_player_core · asset https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/espn_wnba_player_core/player_core_{season}.parquet

Returns

col_name	type	description
season	Int32	Season as a 4-digit starting year (integer). A 'YYYY-YY' string is not accepted.
athlete_id	Int64	Unique athlete identifier (ESPN).
guid	String	Stable cross-league team GUID.
uid	String	ESPN UID string.
slug	String	URL-safe identifier.
type	String	Record type / category.
first_name	String	Player's first name.
last_name	String	Player's last name.
full_name	String	Player's full name.
display_name	String	Display name.
short_name	String	Short display name.
height	Float64	Player height (string e.g. '6-2' or inches).
display_height	String	Player height in display format (e.g. '6-2').
weight	Float64	Player weight in pounds.
display_weight	String	Player weight in display format (e.g. '180 lbs').
age	Int32	Player age (in years).
date_of_birth	String	Date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD).
birth_city	String	Birth city.
birth_state	String	Birth state / region.
birth_country	String
jersey	String	Jersey number worn by the player.
position_id	Int32	Unique position identifier.
position_name	String	Listed roster position ('Guard', 'Forward', 'Center').
position_abbreviation	String	Position abbreviation ('G' / 'F' / 'C').
position_display_name	String	Position display name.
college_id	Int32	Unique identifier for college.
current_team_id	Int32
headshot_href	String	Headshot image URL.
experience_years	Int32	Experience years.
status_id	Int32	Status identifier.
status_name	String	Status label.
status_type	String	Status type.
draft_year	Int32	Draft year (4-digit).
draft_round	Int32	Round of the draft selection.
draft_selection	Int32	Draft selection.
active	Boolean	TRUE if the row represents an active record (player / team / season).

load_wnba_player_core(seasons=2025)

load_wnba_player_impact

Release: wnba_player_impact · asset https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/wnba_player_impact/wnba_player_impact_{season}.parquet

Returns

col_name	type	description
player_id	Int64	Unique player identifier.
player_name	String	Player name.
team_id	Int64	Unique team identifier.
team_abbreviation	String	Short team abbreviation (e.g. 'LAS').
team_name	String	Full team display name (e.g. 'Las Vegas Aces').
teams	String	Nested list of member-team membership spans.
season	Int64	Season as a 4-digit starting year (integer). A 'YYYY-YY' string is not accepted.
season_type	String	Season type (1=pre-season, 2=regular season, 3=postseason, 4=off-season for ESPN; or string label for WNBA Stats).
o_rapm	Float64	Offensive RAPM: ridge-regularized on/off impact on team offense, in points per 100 possessions.
d_rapm	Float64	Defensive RAPM: ridge-regularized on/off impact on team defense, in points per 100 possessions.
rapm	Float64	Total RAPM: offensive plus defensive regularized on/off impact, in points per 100 possessions.
off_poss	Int64	Offensive possessions the player was on the floor for in the RAPM sample.
def_poss	Int64	Defensive possessions the player was on the floor for in the RAPM sample.
o_adj_rapm	Float64	Offensive prior-informed RAPM: ridge shrunk toward a box-score prior, in points per 100 possessions.
d_adj_rapm	Float64	Defensive prior-informed RAPM: ridge shrunk toward a box-score prior, in points per 100 possessions.
adj_rapm	Float64	Total prior-informed RAPM (offense plus defense), in points per 100 possessions.
ospm	Float64	Offensive statistical plus-minus: box-score features regressed onto the offensive RAPM target, per 100 possessions.
dspm	Float64	Defensive statistical plus-minus: box-score features regressed onto the defensive RAPM target, per 100 possessions.
spm	Float64	Statistical plus-minus: offensive plus defensive box-score estimate of the RAPM target, per 100 possessions.
min	Float64	Minutes played.
gp	Int64	Games played.
obpm	Float64	Offensive box plus/minus.
dbpm	Float64	Defensive box plus/minus.
bpm	Float64	Career box plus/minus.
war	Float64	Wins above replacement implied by the player's impact and playing time, calibrated from team points-per-win.
darko_filtered_skill	Float64	DARKO-style Kalman-filtered estimate of the player's current skill level.
darko_projected_rating	Float64	DARKO-style projected forward rating, including the empirical aging-curve drift.
darko_projected_sd	Float64	Posterior standard deviation of the DARKO-style projected rating.

load_wnba_player_impact(seasons=2024)