espn_cfb_game_team_leaders: *ESPN College Football Game Team Leaders*

In cfbfastR: Access College Football Play by Play Data

ESPN College Football Game Team Leaders

Description

Get each team's statistical leaders (passing, rushing, receiving, ...) for a single college football game.

Usage

espn_cfb_game_team_leaders(game_id = NULL, team_detail = TRUE)

Arguments

game_id	(Integer required): ESPN game identifier.
team_detail	(Logical): when TRUE (default), fetch the ESPN team catalog once and join friendly team fields next to the team_id and leader_team_id columns (see Details). Set FALSE to skip the catalog fetch and the join.

Details

Wraps the ESPN core-v2 endpoint events/{game_id}/competitions/{game_id}/competitors/{team_id}/leaders. This wrapper reads the teams list for the game and fetches the leaders resource for both teams, flattening the nested categories -> leaders tree into one long frame: one row per (team x category x leader). rank is the leader's position within the category (1 = top performer). display_value is ESPN's pre-formatted stat line (e.g. "18/25, 242 YDS, 5 TD").

When team_detail = TRUE (the default) the ESPN team catalog (espn_cfb_teams()) is fetched once and friendly team fields are joined in next to both team-id columns – team_id gains team_name, team_abbreviation, ..., and leader_team_id gains leader_team_name, leader_team_abbreviation, .... A catalog failure degrades to NA rather than erroring the wrapper. Set team_detail = FALSE to skip the catalog fetch and the join.

Value

A data frame with one row per team-category-leader:

col_name	types	description
game_id	character	ESPN game identifier.
team_id	character	ESPN team id for the team.
team_name	character	Team nickname; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_abbreviation	character	Team abbreviation; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_location	character	Team location / school name; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_display_name	character	Full team display name; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_short_display_name	character	Short team display name; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_nickname	character	Team nickname label; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_color	character	Primary team color; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_alternate_color	character	Alternate team color; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_logo_href	character	Default team logo URL; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_logo_dark_href	character	Dark-variant team logo URL; team_detail = TRUE only.
home_away	character	home or away.
category_name	character	Leader category key (e.g. passingLeader).
category_display	character	Human-readable category name.
category_short_display	character	Short human-readable category name.
category_abbrev	character	Category abbreviation.
rank	integer	Leader rank within the category (1 = top performer).
athlete_id	character	ESPN athlete id (parsed from athlete_ref).
leader_team_id	character	ESPN team id of the leader (parsed from leader_team_ref).
leader_team_name	character	Leader's team nickname; team_detail = TRUE only.
leader_team_abbreviation	character	Leader's team abbreviation; team_detail = TRUE only.
leader_team_location	character	Leader's team location; team_detail = TRUE only.
leader_team_display_name	character	Leader's team full display name; team_detail = TRUE only.
leader_team_short_display_name	character	Leader's team short display name; team_detail = TRUE only.
leader_team_nickname	character	Leader's team nickname label; team_detail = TRUE only.
leader_team_color	character	Leader's team primary color; team_detail = TRUE only.
leader_team_alternate_color	character	Leader's team alternate color; team_detail = TRUE only.
leader_team_logo_href	character	Leader's team default logo URL; team_detail = TRUE only.
leader_team_logo_dark_href	character	Leader's team dark logo URL; team_detail = TRUE only.
value	numeric	Leading statistic value.
display_value	character	ESPN's pre-formatted stat line for the leader.
athlete_ref	character	⁠$ref⁠ URL to the athlete-in-event resource.
leader_team_ref	character	⁠$ref⁠ URL to the leader's team resource.
statistics_ref	character	⁠$ref⁠ URL to the leader's game-statistics resource.

See Also

Other ESPN CFB Functions: espn_cfb_award(), espn_cfb_awards(), espn_cfb_clear_cache(), espn_cfb_coach(), espn_cfb_coach_record(), espn_cfb_coaches(), espn_cfb_franchise(), espn_cfb_franchises(), espn_cfb_futures(), espn_cfb_game_broadcasts(), espn_cfb_game_drive_plays(), espn_cfb_game_drives(), espn_cfb_game_leaders(), espn_cfb_game_odds(), espn_cfb_game_pbp(), espn_cfb_game_play(), espn_cfb_game_player_box(), espn_cfb_game_player_statistics(), espn_cfb_game_powerindex(), espn_cfb_game_predictor(), espn_cfb_game_probabilities(), espn_cfb_game_situation(), espn_cfb_game_status(), espn_cfb_game_team_linescores(), espn_cfb_game_team_records(), espn_cfb_game_team_roster(), espn_cfb_game_team_statistics(), espn_cfb_game_teams(), espn_cfb_groups(), espn_cfb_pbp_v2(), espn_cfb_player(), espn_cfb_player_career_stats(), espn_cfb_player_eventlog(), espn_cfb_player_gamelog(), espn_cfb_player_overview(), espn_cfb_player_seasons(), espn_cfb_player_splits(), espn_cfb_player_stats_v3(), espn_cfb_players(), espn_cfb_position(), espn_cfb_positions(), espn_cfb_powerindex(), espn_cfb_qbr(), espn_cfb_rankings(), espn_cfb_recruits(), espn_cfb_season_info(), espn_cfb_season_types(), espn_cfb_season_weeks(), espn_cfb_seasons(), espn_cfb_standings(), espn_cfb_team(), espn_cfb_team_ats(), espn_cfb_team_awards(), espn_cfb_team_coaches(), espn_cfb_team_events(), espn_cfb_team_leaders(), espn_cfb_team_powerindex(), espn_cfb_team_ranks(), espn_cfb_team_record(), espn_cfb_team_roster(), espn_cfb_team_schedule(), espn_cfb_teams(), espn_cfb_unnest_plays(), espn_cfb_venue(), espn_cfb_venues(), espn_cfb_week_rankings()

Examples

  try(espn_cfb_game_team_leaders(game_id = 401628339))
  try(espn_cfb_game_team_leaders(game_id = 401628339,
                                 team_detail = FALSE))

cfbfastR documentation built on Aug. 24, 2026, 5:13 p.m.