Get ESPN NHL Player Info
Arguments
- athlete_id
ESPN athlete identifier (character or numeric, e.g.
"5149125"). Obtain viaespn_nhl_team_roster().- ...
Reserved for forward compatibility.
Value
A one-row fastRhockey_data tibble with athlete metadata from the
site_v2 athletes endpoint, or an empty data.frame() when ESPN returns
HTTP 404. As of 2026-06-08, ESPN's site_v2 NHL athletes/{id} endpoint
returns 404; use espn_nhl_player_core() for athlete metadata instead.
| col_name | types | description |
| athlete_id | character | ESPN athlete identifier (echoed from arg). |
| athlete_espn_id | character | ESPN athlete id from payload. |
| uid | character | Athlete uid string. |
| guid | character | Athlete global unique identifier. |
| display_name | character | Player display name. |
| short_name | character | Player short name. |
| full_name | character | Player full name. |
| first_name | character | First name. |
| last_name | character | Last name. |
| jersey | character | Jersey number. |
| slug | character | URL slug. |
| position | character | Position abbreviation. |
| position_name | character | Position full name. |
| age | integer | Current age. |
| date_of_birth | character | Date of birth (ISO 8601). |
| debut_year | integer | Year of NHL debut. |
| weight | character | Formatted weight string. |
| height | character | Formatted height string. |
| team_id | character | ESPN team identifier. |
| team_display_name | character | Team display name. |
| team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
| headshot_href | character | Player headshot image URL. |
| active | logical | Whether athlete is currently active. |
| status | character | Athlete status description. |
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_leaders_core(),
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_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_player_info(athlete_id = "5149125"))
#> ! ESPN site_v2 athlete info (athletes/[id]) returns HTTP 404 for NHL; use espn_nhl_player_core() instead.
#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
# }