Returns league-wide skater statistical leaders for a given season and game type. Supports multiple stat categories.
Arguments
- season
Integer 4-digit year (e.g., 2024 for the 2024-25 season). If NULL, returns current season leaders.
- game_type
Integer game type: 2 = regular season (default), 3 = playoffs
- categories
Character vector of stat categories (e.g., "goals", "assists", "points", "plusMinus", "penaltyMins"). If NULL, returns all available categories.
- limit
Integer maximum number of leaders per category. If NULL, uses API default.
Examples
# \donttest{
try(nhl_skater_stats_leaders())
#> ── NHL Skater Stats Leaders ─────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-04-08 07:40:21 UTC
#> # A tibble: 45 × 15
#> id sweater_number headshot team_abbrev team_logo position value
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
#> 1 8480802 71 https://assets.n… BUF https://… C 5
#> 2 8480797 86 https://assets.n… CGY https://… L 4
#> 3 8476399 20 https://assets.n… CGY https://… L 4
#> 4 8481557 12 https://assets.n… MIN https://… L 4
#> 5 8482093 24 https://assets.n… CAR https://… C 4
#> 6 8477492 29 https://assets.n… COL https://… C 55
#> 7 8476453 86 https://assets.n… TBL https://… R 44
#> 8 8480039 88 https://assets.n… COL https://… C 44
#> 9 8484258 70 https://assets.n… COL https://… D 42
#> 10 8482655 90 https://assets.n… TBL https://… D 41
#> # ℹ 35 more rows
#> # ℹ 8 more variables: first_name_default <chr>, last_name_default <chr>,
#> # team_name_default <chr>, category <chr>, last_name_cs <chr>,
#> # last_name_fi <chr>, last_name_sk <chr>, team_name_fr <chr>
# }