Get ESPN WCH League Leaders

Get ESPN WCH League Leaders

Usage

espn_wch_leaders(
  category = "offensive",
  season = most_recent_nhl_season(),
  season_type = 2L,
  limit = 50L,
  page = 1L,
  ...
)

Arguments

category

Stat category to display. For WCH one of "offensive", "defensive", "general", "penalties", or NULL for all categories. Defaults to "offensive".

season

Season end-year (e.g. 2025). Defaults to most_recent_nhl_season(). ESPN's WCH statistics/byathlete endpoint currently ignores this parameter and always returns the current/most-recent season. The argument is accepted for forward-compatibility but does not filter upstream. The returned season and season_type columns reflect the season ESPN actually served, not this value.

season_type

Season type code (1 = pre, 2 = regular, 3 = post). Defaults to 2. ESPN's WCH statistics/byathlete endpoint currently ignores this parameter. The returned season_type column reflects the type ESPN actually served.

limit

Athletes per page (default 50).

page

Page number (default 1).

...

Reserved for forward compatibility.

Value

A fastRhockey_data tibble with one row per athlete:

col_name	types	description
season	integer	Season end-year ESPN actually served (from currentSeason$year).
season_type	integer	Season type id ESPN actually served (from currentSeason$type$id).
requested_season_year	integer	Season year from requestedSeason (mirrors season).
page	integer	Current page.
pagination_count	integer	Total athlete count.
pagination_limit	integer	Athletes per page.
pagination_pages	integer	Total page count.
league_id	character	ESPN league identifier.
league_name	character	League name.
league_abbreviation	character	League abbreviation.
athlete_id	character	ESPN athlete identifier.
athlete_display_name	character	Player display name.
athlete_short_name	character	Player short name.
athlete_slug	character	Player URL slug.
athlete_position	character	Position abbreviation.
athlete_jersey	character	Jersey number.
athlete_team_id	character	ESPN team identifier.
athlete_team_name	character	Team name.
athlete_team_short_name	character	Team short name.
athlete_team_logo	character	Team logo URL.
headshot_href	character	Player headshot URL.
debut_year	integer	Debut year.
age	integer	Player age.
offensive_goals	character	Goals (offensive category).
offensive_assists	character	Assists.
offensive_points	character	Points.
offensive_power_play_goals	character	Power-play goals.
offensive_shots_total	character	Shots on goal.
offensive_shooting_pct	character	Shooting percentage.
offensive_game_winning_goals	character	Game-winning goals.
offensive_rank_points	character	Rank by points.

Details

League slug womens-college-hockey; season is the END year (2026 = 2025-26). Same ESPN helper as espn_nhl_leaders() (columns inherited); a collection may be empty.

See also

Other ESPN WCH Functions: espn_wch_award(), espn_wch_awards(), espn_wch_calendar(), espn_wch_coach(), espn_wch_coach_record(), espn_wch_coach_season(), espn_wch_conferences(), espn_wch_draft(), espn_wch_fpi(), espn_wch_franchise(), espn_wch_franchises(), espn_wch_game(), espn_wch_game_broadcasts(), espn_wch_game_competition(), espn_wch_game_leaders(), espn_wch_game_odds(), espn_wch_game_official_detail(), espn_wch_game_officials(), espn_wch_game_play(), espn_wch_game_play_personnel(), espn_wch_game_plays(), espn_wch_game_powerindex(), espn_wch_game_predictor(), espn_wch_game_probabilities(), espn_wch_game_propbets(), espn_wch_game_scoringplays(), espn_wch_game_situation(), espn_wch_game_status(), espn_wch_game_team(), espn_wch_game_team_leaders(), espn_wch_game_team_linescores(), espn_wch_game_team_record(), espn_wch_game_team_roster(), espn_wch_game_team_statistics(), espn_wch_game_teams(), espn_wch_games(), espn_wch_injuries(), espn_wch_leaders_core(), espn_wch_league_notes(), espn_wch_league_root(), espn_wch_news(), espn_wch_player_awards(), espn_wch_player_bio(), espn_wch_player_career_stats(), espn_wch_player_contracts(), espn_wch_player_core(), espn_wch_player_eventlog(), espn_wch_player_gamelog(), espn_wch_player_info(), espn_wch_player_injuries(), espn_wch_player_news(), espn_wch_player_notes(), espn_wch_player_overview(), espn_wch_player_records(), espn_wch_player_seasons(), espn_wch_player_splits(), espn_wch_player_statisticslog(), espn_wch_player_stats(), espn_wch_player_vs_player(), espn_wch_players_index(), espn_wch_position(), espn_wch_positions(), espn_wch_rankings(), espn_wch_recruiting_players(), espn_wch_recruiting_rankings(), espn_wch_recruiting_years(), espn_wch_scoreboard(), espn_wch_season_awards(), espn_wch_season_coaches(), espn_wch_season_draft(), espn_wch_season_draft_round_picks(), espn_wch_season_freeagents(), espn_wch_season_futures(), espn_wch_season_group(), espn_wch_season_group_children(), espn_wch_season_group_teams(), espn_wch_season_groups(), espn_wch_season_info(), espn_wch_season_players(), espn_wch_season_pointer(), espn_wch_season_powerindex(), espn_wch_season_powerindex_leaders(), espn_wch_season_recruits(), espn_wch_season_team(), espn_wch_season_teams(), espn_wch_season_type(), espn_wch_season_type_corrections(), espn_wch_season_type_leaders(), espn_wch_season_types(), espn_wch_season_week(), espn_wch_season_week_games(), espn_wch_season_week_powerindex(), espn_wch_season_week_rankings(), espn_wch_season_weeks(), espn_wch_seasons(), espn_wch_standings(), espn_wch_standings_core(), espn_wch_statistics_league(), espn_wch_summary(), espn_wch_talentpicks(), espn_wch_team(), espn_wch_team_core(), espn_wch_team_depthcharts(), espn_wch_team_history(), espn_wch_team_injuries(), espn_wch_team_leaders(), espn_wch_team_news(), espn_wch_team_record(), espn_wch_team_roster(), espn_wch_team_schedule(), espn_wch_team_transactions(), espn_wch_teams_core(), espn_wch_teams_site(), espn_wch_tournaments(), espn_wch_transactions(), espn_wch_venue(), espn_wch_venues()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(espn_wch_leaders(category = "offensive", limit = 25))
#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
# }