Loads player level season stats provided by Pro Football Reference starting with the 2019 season.
See also
https://nflreadr.nflverse.com/articles/dictionary_pfr_passing.html for the web data dictionary
dictionary_pfr_passing for the data dictionary as bundled within the package
Issues with this data should be filed here: https://github.com/nflverse/nflverse-pfr
Examples
# \donttest{
load_pfr_passing()
#> Warning: `load_pfr_passing()` has been deprecated, please use
#> `load_pfr_advstats(stat_type = 'pass', summary_level = 'season')`
#> ── nflverse advanced passing season stats via PFR ──────────────────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2025-02-28 07:18:53 UTC
#> # A tibble: 732 × 28
#> player team pass_attempts throwaways spikes drops drop_pct bad_throws
#> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 Ben Roethlis… PIT 675 7 3 24 3.6 122
#> 2 Patrick Maho… KC 580 24 1 28 5 95
#> 3 Matt Ryan ATL 608 18 1 36 6.1 79
#> 4 Jared Goff LAR 561 29 2 13 2.5 93
#> 5 Andrew Luck IND 639 8 2 37 5.9 88
#> 6 Aaron Rodgers GB 597 48 2 27 4.9 106
#> 7 Tom Brady NE 570 22 2 25 4.6 103
#> 8 Philip Rivers LAC 508 13 0 23 4.6 64
#> 9 Eli Manning NYG 576 9 1 24 4.2 94
#> 10 Kirk Cousins MIN 606 17 3 25 4.3 68
#> # ℹ 722 more rows
#> # ℹ 20 more variables: bad_throw_pct <dbl>, season <int>, pfr_id <chr>,
#> # pocket_time <dbl>, times_blitzed <dbl>, times_hurried <dbl>,
#> # times_hit <dbl>, times_pressured <dbl>, pressure_pct <dbl>,
#> # batted_balls <dbl>, on_tgt_throws <dbl>, on_tgt_pct <dbl>, rpo_plays <dbl>,
#> # rpo_yards <dbl>, rpo_pass_att <dbl>, rpo_pass_yards <dbl>,
#> # rpo_rush_att <dbl>, rpo_rush_yards <dbl>, pa_pass_att <dbl>, …
# }