basketball {bayesrules}

WNBA Basketball Data

Description

The WNBA Basketball Data was scraped from https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/ and contains information on basketball players from the 2019 season.

Usage

basketball

Format

A data frame with 146 rows and 30 variables. Each row represents a single WNBA basketball player. The variables on each player are as follows.

player_name

first and last name

height

height in inches

weight

weight in pounds

year

year of the WNBA season

team

team that the WNBA player is a member of

age

age in years

games_played

number of games played by the player in that season

games_started

number of games the player started in that season

avg_minutes_played

average number of minutes played per game

avg_field_goals

average number of field goals per game played

avg_field_goal_attempts

average number of field goals attempted per game played

field_goal_pct

percent of field goals made throughout the season

avg_three_pointers

average number of three pointers per game played

avg_three_pointer_attempts

average number of three pointers attempted per game played

three_pointer_pct

percent of three pointers made throughout the season

avg_two_pointers

average number of two pointers made per game played

avg_two_pointer_attempts

average number of two pointers attempted per game played

two_pointer_pct

percent of two pointers made throughout the season

avg_free_throws

average number of free throws made per game played

avg_free_throw_attempts

average number of free throws attempted per game played

free_throw_pct

percent of free throws made throughout the season

avg_offensive_rb

average number of offensive rebounds per game played

avg_defensive_rb

average number of defensive rebounds per game played

avg_rb

average number of rebounds (both offensive and defensive) per game played

avg_assists

average number of assists per game played

avg_steals

average number of steals per game played

avg_blocks

average number of blocks per game played

avg_turnovers

average number of turnovers per game played

avg_personal_fouls

average number of personal fouls per game played. Note: after 5 fouls the player is not allowed to play in that game anymore

avg_points

average number of points made per game played

total_minutes

total number of minutes played throughout the season

starter

whether or not the player started in more than half of the games they played

Source

https://www.basketball-reference.com/