espn_wnba_futures: *Get ESPN WNBA Season Futures (Long Format)*

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Get ESPN WNBA Season Futures (Long Format)

Description

Returns the full futures-betting board for a WNBA season, in long format: one row per (market x team). Markets include championship winner and conference winners. Backed by sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/leagues/wnba/seasons/{season}/futures.

Note: ESPN does not currently expose a futures endpoint for women's college basketball.

Usage

espn_wnba_futures(season = most_recent_wnba_season(), ...)

Arguments

season	Season year (numeric). Defaults to the most recent WNBA season.
...	Additional arguments; currently unused.

Value

A long-format tibble.

col_name	types	description
season	integer	Season year.
league	character	League slug ("wnba").
market_id	character	ESPN futures-market identifier.
market_name	character	Internal market name.
market_type	character	Market type code.
market_display	character	Human-readable market name.
provider_id	character	Sportsbook provider identifier.
provider_name	character	Sportsbook provider name.
team_id	character	ESPN team id.
odds_value	character	American odds for the team.
team_ref	character	⁠$ref⁠ to the per-season team resource.

Author(s)

Saiem Gilani

See Also

Other ESPN WNBA Functions: espn_wnba_athletes_index(), espn_wnba_award(), espn_wnba_calendar(), espn_wnba_coach_season(), espn_wnba_coaches(), espn_wnba_conferences(), espn_wnba_draft(), espn_wnba_draft_athlete_detail(), espn_wnba_draft_pick(), espn_wnba_draft_rounds(), espn_wnba_franchise(), espn_wnba_franchises(), espn_wnba_freeagents(), espn_wnba_game_all(), espn_wnba_game_odds(), espn_wnba_game_official_detail(), espn_wnba_game_play(), espn_wnba_game_play_personnel(), espn_wnba_game_player_box(), espn_wnba_game_probabilities(), espn_wnba_game_propbets(), espn_wnba_game_team_linescores(), espn_wnba_game_team_roster_entry(), espn_wnba_injuries(), espn_wnba_leaders(), espn_wnba_news(), espn_wnba_player_awards(), espn_wnba_player_career_stats(), espn_wnba_player_eventlog_v2(), espn_wnba_player_info(), espn_wnba_player_overview(), espn_wnba_player_seasons(), espn_wnba_player_stats(), espn_wnba_position(), espn_wnba_positions(), espn_wnba_powerindex(), espn_wnba_scoreboard(), espn_wnba_season_awards(), espn_wnba_season_group(), espn_wnba_season_groups(), espn_wnba_season_info(), espn_wnba_season_leaders(), espn_wnba_season_ranking(), espn_wnba_season_rankings(), espn_wnba_season_type(), espn_wnba_season_types(), espn_wnba_season_week(), espn_wnba_season_weeks(), espn_wnba_seasons(), espn_wnba_standings(), espn_wnba_team(), espn_wnba_team_injuries(), espn_wnba_team_news(), espn_wnba_team_record(), espn_wnba_team_record_detail(), espn_wnba_team_schedule(), espn_wnba_team_season_roster(), espn_wnba_team_season_statistics(), espn_wnba_team_stats(), espn_wnba_teams(), espn_wnba_transactions(), espn_wnba_venues(), espn_wnba_week_ranking(), espn_wnba_week_rankings()

Examples

  espn_wnba_futures(season = 2025)

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