NHL Skater Stats Leaders — nhl_skater_stats

Returns league-wide skater statistical leaders for a given season and game type. Supports multiple stat categories.

Usage

nhl_skater_stats_leaders(
  season = NULL,
  game_type = 2,
  categories = NULL,
  limit = NULL
)

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.

Value

A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:

col_name	types	description
id	integer	Unique player identifier.
sweater_number	integer	Jersey number.
headshot	character	URL to the player headshot image.
team_abbrev	character	Team abbreviation.
team_logo	character	URL to the team logo image.
position	character	Player position.
value	numeric	Statistical value for the category.
first_name_default	character	Player first name (default).
last_name_default	character	Player last name (default).
team_name_default	character	Team name (default).
category	character	Stat leader category.
first_name_cs	character	Player first name (Czech).
first_name_de	character	Player first name (German).
first_name_es	character	Player first name (Spanish).
first_name_fi	character	Player first name (Finnish).
first_name_sk	character	Player first name (Slovak).
first_name_sv	character	Player first name (Swedish).
last_name_cs	character	Player last name (Czech).
last_name_sk	character	Player last name (Slovak).
last_name_fi	character	Player last name (Finnish).
team_name_fr	character	Team name (French).

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(nhl_skater_stats_leaders())
#> ── NHL Skater Stats Leaders ─────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-24 02:06:25 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://… R            4
#>  6 8477492             29 https://assets.n… COL         https://… C           57
#>  7 8480039             88 https://assets.n… COL         https://… C           47
#>  8 8476453             86 https://assets.n… TBL         https://… R           43
#>  9 8484258             70 https://assets.n… COL         https://… D           43
#> 10 8476312             42 https://assets.n… COL         https://… D           42
#> # 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_sk <chr>, last_name_fi <chr>, team_name_fr <chr>
# }