Get ESPN WCH League Leaders (core-v2)
Value
A fastRhockey_data tibble with one row per (category, leader)
combination. For a typical WCH season there are 7 stat categories with
25 leaders each (175 rows). For season-specific / season-type leaders
use espn_wch_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. |
Details
League slug womens-college-hockey; season is the END year (2026 = 2025-26). Same ESPN helper as espn_nhl_leaders_core() (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(),
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()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(espn_wch_leaders_core())
#> ── WOMENS-COLLEGE-HOCKEY Leaders (core-v2) data from ESPN.com ──────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-10-13 01:53:49 UTC
#> # A tibble: 7 × 9
#> category_name category_display_name category_short_display_name
#> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 offensive Goals G
#> 2 offensive Assists A
#> 3 offensive Points PTS
#> 4 penalties Penalty Minutes PIM
#> 5 general Wins W
#> 6 defensive Defensive SO
#> 7 general Games Played GP
#> # ℹ 6 more variables: category_abbreviation <chr>, display_value <chr>,
#> # value <dbl>, rel <chr>, athlete_ref <chr>, statistics_ref <chr>
# }