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: 2026-05-11 18:39:47 UTC
#> # A tibble: 45 × 18
#> id sweater_number headshot team_abbrev team_logo position value
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
#> 1 8479353 21 https://assets.n… VGK https://… C 2
#> 2 8478970 5 https://assets.n… CAR https://… D 1
#> 3 8475188 3 https://assets.n… VGK https://… D 1
#> 4 8480068 25 https://assets.n… ANA https://… C 1
#> 5 8476374 52 https://assets.n… BOS https://… C 1
#> 6 8482122 7 https://assets.n… MIN https://… D 12
#> 7 8478864 97 https://assets.n… MIN https://… L 11
#> 8 8475791 71 https://assets.n… CAR https://… L 10
#> 9 8480800 43 https://assets.n… MIN https://… D 10
#> 10 8477476 62 https://assets.n… COL https://… L 9
#> # ℹ 35 more rows
#> # ℹ 11 more variables: first_name_default <chr>, last_name_default <chr>,
#> # team_name_default <chr>, category <chr>, first_name_cs <chr>,
#> # first_name_de <chr>, first_name_es <chr>, first_name_fi <chr>,
#> # first_name_sk <chr>, first_name_sv <chr>, team_name_fr <chr>
# }