nba_player_crosswalk: *Get the NBA cross-source player crosswalk*

In hoopR: Access Men's Basketball Play by Play Data

Get the NBA cross-source player crosswalk

Description

Build a wide, one-row-per-player-per-team crosswalk linking ESPN, NBA Stats, and Fox player identities. Matching is deterministic: normalized exact name within a team block, then Jaro-Winkler fuzzy with jersey/DOB tiebreakers. Yahoo columns are NA placeholders.

Usage

nba_player_crosswalk(season = most_recent_nba_season(), min_confidence = 0.92)

Arguments

season	NBA season per hoopR convention (default most_recent_nba_season()).
min_confidence	Jaro-Winkler similarity floor for fuzzy matches (default 0.92).

Value

A hoopR_data tibble, one row per player per team (ESPN-anchored).

See Also

Other NBA Crosswalk Functions: load_nba_team_crosswalk(), nba_schedule_crosswalk(), nba_team_crosswalk()

Examples

  try(nba_player_crosswalk())

hoopR documentation built on Aug. 25, 2026, 9:07 a.m.