Get ESPN NHL League Leaders (core-v2)
Value
A fastRhockey_data tibble with one row per (category, leader)
combination. For a typical NHL season there are 7 stat categories with
25 leaders each (175 rows). For season-specific / season-type leaders
use espn_nhl_season_type_leaders().
| col_name | types | description |
| category_name | character | Stat category type (e.g. "offensive"). |
| category_display_name | character | Category display name (e.g. "Goals"). |
| category_short_display_name | character | Category short display name. |
| category_abbreviation | character | Category abbreviation. |
| display_value | character | Leader stat display value. |
| value | numeric | Leader stat numeric value. |
| rel | character | Relation type (e.g. "athlete"). |
| athlete_ref | character | $ref URL for the athlete on core-v2. |
| statistics_ref | character | $ref URL for the athlete statistics. |
See also
Other ESPN NHL Functions:
espn_nhl_athletes_index(),
espn_nhl_award(),
espn_nhl_awards(),
espn_nhl_calendar(),
espn_nhl_calendar_offseason(),
espn_nhl_calendar_ondays(),
espn_nhl_calendar_postseason(),
espn_nhl_calendar_regular_season(),
espn_nhl_coach(),
espn_nhl_coach_record(),
espn_nhl_coach_season(),
espn_nhl_coaches(),
espn_nhl_conferences(),
espn_nhl_countries(),
espn_nhl_draft(),
espn_nhl_franchise(),
espn_nhl_franchises(),
espn_nhl_game(),
espn_nhl_game_all(),
espn_nhl_game_broadcasts(),
espn_nhl_game_competition(),
espn_nhl_game_leaders(),
espn_nhl_game_odds(),
espn_nhl_game_official_detail(),
espn_nhl_game_officials(),
espn_nhl_game_play(),
espn_nhl_game_play_personnel(),
espn_nhl_game_plays(),
espn_nhl_game_powerindex(),
espn_nhl_game_predictor(),
espn_nhl_game_probabilities(),
espn_nhl_game_propbets(),
espn_nhl_game_scoringplays(),
espn_nhl_game_situation(),
espn_nhl_game_status(),
espn_nhl_game_team(),
espn_nhl_game_team_leaders(),
espn_nhl_game_team_linescores(),
espn_nhl_game_team_record(),
espn_nhl_game_team_roster(),
espn_nhl_game_team_statistics(),
espn_nhl_game_teams(),
espn_nhl_games(),
espn_nhl_injuries(),
espn_nhl_leaders(),
espn_nhl_league_notes(),
espn_nhl_league_root(),
espn_nhl_news(),
espn_nhl_pbp(),
espn_nhl_player_awards(),
espn_nhl_player_bio(),
espn_nhl_player_box(),
espn_nhl_player_career_stats(),
espn_nhl_player_contracts(),
espn_nhl_player_core(),
espn_nhl_player_eventlog(),
espn_nhl_player_gamelog(),
espn_nhl_player_info(),
espn_nhl_player_injuries(),
espn_nhl_player_news(),
espn_nhl_player_notes(),
espn_nhl_player_overview(),
espn_nhl_player_records(),
espn_nhl_player_seasons(),
espn_nhl_player_splits(),
espn_nhl_player_statistics(),
espn_nhl_player_statisticslog(),
espn_nhl_player_stats_v3(),
espn_nhl_player_vs_player(),
espn_nhl_players_index(),
espn_nhl_position(),
espn_nhl_positions(),
espn_nhl_providers(),
espn_nhl_schedule(),
espn_nhl_scoreboard(),
espn_nhl_season_athletes(),
espn_nhl_season_awards(),
espn_nhl_season_coaches(),
espn_nhl_season_draft(),
espn_nhl_season_draft_round_picks(),
espn_nhl_season_freeagents(),
espn_nhl_season_futures(),
espn_nhl_season_group(),
espn_nhl_season_group_children(),
espn_nhl_season_group_teams(),
espn_nhl_season_groups(),
espn_nhl_season_info(),
espn_nhl_season_players(),
espn_nhl_season_pointer(),
espn_nhl_season_powerindex(),
espn_nhl_season_powerindex_leaders(),
espn_nhl_season_team(),
espn_nhl_season_teams(),
espn_nhl_season_type(),
espn_nhl_season_type_corrections(),
espn_nhl_season_type_leaders(),
espn_nhl_season_types(),
espn_nhl_season_week(),
espn_nhl_season_week_games(),
espn_nhl_season_weeks(),
espn_nhl_seasons(),
espn_nhl_standings(),
espn_nhl_standings_core(),
espn_nhl_statistics_league(),
espn_nhl_summary(),
espn_nhl_talentpicks(),
espn_nhl_team(),
espn_nhl_team_box(),
espn_nhl_team_core(),
espn_nhl_team_depthcharts(),
espn_nhl_team_history(),
espn_nhl_team_injuries(),
espn_nhl_team_leaders(),
espn_nhl_team_news(),
espn_nhl_team_record(),
espn_nhl_team_roster(),
espn_nhl_team_schedule(),
espn_nhl_team_transactions(),
espn_nhl_teams_core(),
espn_nhl_teams_site(),
espn_nhl_tournaments(),
espn_nhl_transactions(),
espn_nhl_venue(),
espn_nhl_venues()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(espn_nhl_leaders_core())
#> ── NHL Leaders (core-v2) data from ESPN.com ─────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 14:17:42 UTC
#> # A tibble: 175 × 9
#> category_name category_display_name category_short_display_name
#> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 offensive Goals G
#> 2 offensive Goals G
#> 3 offensive Goals G
#> 4 offensive Goals G
#> 5 offensive Goals G
#> 6 offensive Goals G
#> 7 offensive Goals G
#> 8 offensive Goals G
#> 9 offensive Goals G
#> 10 offensive Goals G
#> # ℹ 165 more rows
#> # ℹ 6 more variables: category_abbreviation <chr>, display_value <chr>,
#> # value <dbl>, rel <chr>, athlete_ref <chr>, statistics_ref <chr>
# }