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nflreadr

nflreadr is a minimal package for downloading data from nflverse repositories. It includes caching, optional progress updates, and data dictionaries.

Please note that nflverse data repositories have been reorganized and pushed towards the nflverse-data repo, and v1.2.0+ is the minimum version that supports this change. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version immediately.

For Python access to nflverse data, please check out nfl-data-py - maintained by Cooper Adams.

Installation

Install the stable version from CRAN with:

install.packages("nflreadr")

Install the development version from GitHub with:

install.packages("nflreadr", repos = c("https://nflverse.r-universe.dev", getOption("repos")))

# or use remotes/devtools
# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("nflverse/nflreadr")

Usage

The main functions of nflreadr are prefixed with load_.

library(nflreadr)

load_pbp(2021)
#> ── nflverse play by play data ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2022-09-27 07:35:02 EDT
#> # A tibble: 50,712 × 372
#>    play_id game_id old_g…¹ home_…² away_…³ seaso…⁴  week posteam poste…⁵ defteam
#>      <dbl> <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <int> <chr>   <chr>   <chr>  
#>  1       1 2021_0… 202109… TEN     ARI     REG         1 <NA>    <NA>    <NA>   
#>  2      40 2021_0… 202109… TEN     ARI     REG         1 TEN     home    ARI    
#>  3      55 2021_0… 202109… TEN     ARI     REG         1 TEN     home    ARI    
#>  4      76 2021_0… 202109… TEN     ARI     REG         1 TEN     home    ARI    
#>  5     100 2021_0… 202109… TEN     ARI     REG         1 TEN     home    ARI    
#>  6     122 2021_0… 202109… TEN     ARI     REG         1 TEN     home    ARI    
#>  7     152 2021_0… 202109… TEN     ARI     REG         1 ARI     away    TEN    
#>  8     181 2021_0… 202109… TEN     ARI     REG         1 ARI     away    TEN    
#>  9     218 2021_0… 202109… TEN     ARI     REG         1 ARI     away    TEN    
#> 10     253 2021_0… 202109… TEN     ARI     REG         1 ARI     away    TEN    
#> # … with 50,702 more rows, 362 more variables: side_of_field <chr>,
#> #   yardline_100 <dbl>, game_date <chr>, quarter_seconds_remaining <dbl>,
#> #   half_seconds_remaining <dbl>, game_seconds_remaining <dbl>,
#> #   game_half <chr>, quarter_end <dbl>, drive <dbl>, sp <dbl>, …, and
#> #   abbreviated variable names ¹​old_game_id, ²​home_team, ³​away_team,
#> #   ⁴​season_type, ⁵​posteam_type
#> # ℹ Use `print(n = ...)` to see more rows, and `colnames()` to see all variable names

load_player_stats(2021)
#> ── nflverse player stats: offense ──────────────────────────────────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2023-01-05 04:08:21 EST
#> # A tibble: 5,698 × 52
#>    player…¹ playe…² playe…³ posit…⁴ posit…⁵ heads…⁶ recen…⁷ season  week seaso…⁸
#>    <chr>    <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <chr>    <int> <int> <chr>  
#>  1 00-0019… T.Brady Tom Br… QB      QB      https:… TB        2021     1 REG    
#>  2 00-0019… T.Brady Tom Br… QB      QB      https:… TB        2021     2 REG    
#>  3 00-0019… T.Brady Tom Br… QB      QB      https:… TB        2021     3 REG    
#>  4 00-0019… T.Brady Tom Br… QB      QB      https:… TB        2021     4 REG    
#>  5 00-0019… T.Brady Tom Br… QB      QB      https:… TB        2021     5 REG    
#>  6 00-0019… T.Brady Tom Br… QB      QB      https:… TB        2021     6 REG    
#>  7 00-0019… T.Brady Tom Br… QB      QB      https:… TB        2021     7 REG    
#>  8 00-0019… T.Brady Tom Br… QB      QB      https:… TB        2021     8 REG    
#>  9 00-0019… T.Brady Tom Br… QB      QB      https:… TB        2021    10 REG    
#> 10 00-0019… T.Brady Tom Br… QB      QB      https:… TB        2021    11 REG    
#> # … with 5,688 more rows, 42 more variables: completions <int>, attempts <int>,
#> #   passing_yards <dbl>, passing_tds <int>, interceptions <dbl>, sacks <dbl>,
#> #   sack_yards <dbl>, sack_fumbles <int>, sack_fumbles_lost <int>,
#> #   passing_air_yards <dbl>, …, and abbreviated variable names ¹​player_id,
#> #   ²​player_name, ³​player_display_name, ⁴​position, ⁵​position_group,
#> #   ⁶​headshot_url, ⁷​recent_team, ⁸​season_type
#> # ℹ Use `print(n = ...)` to see more rows, and `colnames()` to see all variable names

Data Sources

Data accessed by this package is stored on GitHub and can typically be found in one of the following repositories:

For a full list of functions, please see the reference page.

This data is maintained by the nflverse project team and is primarily automated via GitHub Actions. You can check the status and schedules page here: https://github.com/nflverse/nflverse-data

Configuration

The following options help configure default nflreadr behaviours.

options(nflreadr.verbose) 
# TRUE/FALSE to silence messages such as cache warnings
options(nflreadr.cache) 
# one of "memory", "filesystem", or "off"
options(nflreadr.prefer) 
# one of "qs", "rds", "parquet", or "csv"
options(nflreadr.download_path)
# defaults to current working directory - change to specify where `nflverse_download()` places data.

You can also configure nflreadr to display progress messages with the progressr package, e.g.

progressr::with_progress(load_rosters(seasons = 2010:2020))
 |========            |  40%

Getting help

The best places to get help on this package are:

Contributing

Many hands make light work! Here are some ways you can contribute to this project:

Terms of Use

The R code for this package is released as open source under the MIT License. NFL data accessed by this package belong to their respective owners, and are governed by their terms of use.