NBA Package

The NBA package offers multiple modules which can be use to retrieve information and statistics for the National Basketball Association, such as team names, season stats, game schedules, and boxscore metrics.

Boxscore

The Boxscore module can be used to grab information from a specific game. Metrics range from number of points scored to the number of free throws made, to the assist rate and much more. The Boxscore can be easily queried by passing a boxscore’s URI on sports-reference.com which can be retrieved from the Schedule class (see Schedule module below for more information on retrieving game-specific information).

from sportsreference.nba.boxscore import Boxscore

game_data = Boxscore('201806080CLE')
print(game_data.away_points)  # Prints 108
print(game_data.home_points)  # Prints 85
df = game_data.dataframe  # Returns a Pandas DataFrame of game metrics

The Boxscore module also contains a Boxscores class which searches for all games played on a particular day and returns a dictionary of matchups between all teams on the requested day. The dictionary includes the names and abbreviations for each matchup as well as the boxscore link if applicable.

from datetime import datetime
from sportsreference.nba.boxscore import Boxscores

games_today = Boxscores(datetime.today())
print(games_today.games)  # Prints a dictionary of all matchups for today

The Boxscores class also allows the ability to query over a range of dates using a second optional parameter during instantiation of the class. To query a range of dates, enter the start date as the first parameter and the inclusive end date as the second parameter.

from datetime import datetime
from sportsreference.nba.boxscore import Boxscores

# Pulls all games between and including January 1, 2018 and January 5, 2018
games = Boxscores(datetime(2018, 1, 1), datetime(2018, 1, 5))
# Prints a dictionary of all results from January 1, 2018 and January 5,
# 2018
print(games.games)
class sportsreference.nba.boxscore.Boxscore(uri)[source]

Bases: object

Detailed information about the final statistics for a game.

Stores all relevant metrics for a game such as the date, time, location, result, and more advanced metrics such as the effective field goal rate, the true shooting percentage, the game’s pace, and much more.

Parameters:uri (string) – The relative link to the boxscore HTML page, such as ‘201710310LAL’.
away_assist_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of the away team’s field goals that were assisted. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

away_assists

Returns an int of the total number of assists by the away team.

away_block_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of 2-point field goals that were blocked by the away team. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

away_blocks

Returns an int of the total number of blocks by the away team.

away_defensive_rating

Returns a float of the average number of points scored per 100 possessions by the away team.

away_defensive_rebound_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of available defensive rebounds the away team grabbed. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

away_defensive_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of defensive rebounds by the away team.

away_effective_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the away team’s field goal percentage while giving extra weight to 3-point field goals. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

away_field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of field goal attempts by the away team.

away_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the number of field goals made divided by the total number of field goal attempts by the away team. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

away_field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of field goals made by the away team.

away_free_throw_attempt_rate

Returns a float of the average number of free throw attempts per field goal attempt by the away team.

away_free_throw_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of free throw attempts by the away team.

away_free_throw_percentage

Returns a float of the number of free throws made divided by the number of free throw attempts by the away team.

away_free_throws

Returns an int of the total number of free throws made by the away team.

away_losses

Returns an int of the number of games the team has lost after the conclusion of the game.

away_minutes_played

Returns an int of the total number of minutes the team played during the game.

away_offensive_rating

Returns a float of the average number of points scored per 100 possessions by the away team.

away_offensive_rebound_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of available offensive rebounds the away team grabbed. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

away_offensive_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of offensive rebounds by the away team.

away_personal_fouls

Returns an int of the total number of personal fouls by the away team.

away_players

Returns a list of BoxscorePlayer class instances for each player on the away team.

away_points

Returns an int of the number of points the away team scored.

away_steal_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of possessions that ended in a steal by the away team. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

away_steals

Returns an int of the total number of steals by the away team.

away_three_point_attempt_rate

Returns a float of the percentage of field goal attempts from 3-point range by the away team. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

away_three_point_field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of three point field goal attempts by the away team.

away_three_point_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the number of three point field goals made divided by the number of three point field goal attempts by the away team. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

away_three_point_field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of three point field goals made by the away team.

away_total_rebound_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of available rebounds the away team grabbed. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

away_total_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of rebounds by the away team.

away_true_shooting_percentage

Returns a float of the away team’s true shooting percentage which considers free throws, 2-point field goals, and 3-point field goals. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

away_turnover_percentage

Returns a float of the number of times the away team turned the ball over per 100 possessions.

away_turnovers

Returns an int of the total number of turnovers by the away team.

away_two_point_field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goal attempts by the away team.

away_two_point_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the number of two point field goals made divided by the number of two point field goal attempts by the away team. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

away_two_point_field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goals made by the away team.

away_wins

Returns an int of the number of games the team has won after the conclusion of the game.

dataframe

Returns a pandas DataFrame containing all other class properties and values. The index for the DataFrame is the string URI that is used to instantiate the class, such as ‘201710310LAL’.

date

Returns a string of the date the game took place.

home_assist_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of the home team’s field goals that were assisted. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

home_assists

Returns an int of the total number of assists by the home team.

home_block_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of 2-point field goals that were blocked by the home team. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

home_blocks

Returns an int of the total number of blocks by the home team.

home_defensive_rating

Returns a float of the average number of points scored per 100 possessions by the away team.

home_defensive_rebound_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of available defensive rebounds the home team grabbed. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

home_defensive_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of defensive rebounds by the home team.

home_effective_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the home team’s field goal percentage while giving extra weight to 3-point field goals. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

home_field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of field goal attempts by the home team.

home_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the number of field goals made divided by the total number of field goal attempts by the home team. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

home_field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of field goals made by the home team.

home_free_throw_attempt_rate

Returns a float of the average number of free throw attempts per field goal attempt by the home team.

home_free_throw_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of free throw attempts by the home team.

home_free_throw_percentage

Returns a float of the number of free throws made divided by the number of free throw attempts by the home team.

home_free_throws

Returns an int of the total number of free throws made by the home team.

home_losses

Returns an int of the number of games the home team lost after the conclusion of the game.

home_minutes_played

Returns an int of the total number of minutes the team played during the game.

home_offensive_rating

Returns a float of the average number of points scored per 100 possessions by the home team.

home_offensive_rebound_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of available offensive rebounds the home team grabbed. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

home_offensive_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of offensive rebounds by the home team.

home_personal_fouls

Returns an int of the total number of personal fouls by the home team.

home_players

Returns a list of BoxscorePlayer class instances for each player on the home team.

home_points

Returns an int of the number of points the home team scored.

home_steal_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of possessions that ended in a steal by the home team. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

home_steals

Returns an int of the total number of steals by the home team.

home_three_point_attempt_rate

Returns a float of the percentage of field goal attempts from 3-point range by the home team. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

home_three_point_field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of three point field goal attempts by the home team.

home_three_point_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the number of three point field goals made divided by the number of three point field goal attempts by the home team. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

home_three_point_field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of three point field goals made by the home team.

home_total_rebound_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of available rebounds the home team grabbed. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

home_total_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of rebounds by the home team.

home_true_shooting_percentage

Returns a float of the home team’s true shooting percentage which considers free throws, 2-point field goals, and 3-point field goals. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

home_turnover_percentage

Returns a float of the number of times the home team turned the ball over per 100 possessions.

home_turnovers

Returns an int of the total number of turnovers by the home team.

home_two_point_field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goal attempts by the home team.

home_two_point_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the number of two point field goals made divided by the number of two point field goal attempts by the home team. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

home_two_point_field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goals made by the home team.

home_wins

Returns an int of the number of games the home team won after the conclusion of the game.

location

Returns a string of the name of the venue where the game was played.

losing_abbr

Returns a string of the losing team’s abbreviation, such as ‘PHO’ for the Phoenix Suns.

losing_name

Returns a string of the losing team’s name, such as ‘Phoenix Suns’.

pace

Returns a float of the game’s overall pace, measured by the number of possessions per 40 minutes.

winner

Returns a string constant indicating whether the home or away team won.

winning_abbr

Returns a string of the winning team’s abbreviation, such as ‘DET’ for the Detroit Pistons.

winning_name

Returns a string of the winning team’s name, such as ‘Detroit Pistons’.

class sportsreference.nba.boxscore.BoxscorePlayer(player_id, player_name, player_data)[source]

Bases: sportsreference.nba.player.AbstractPlayer

Get player stats for an individual game.

Given a player ID, such as ‘hardeja01’ for James Harden, their full name, and all associated stats from the Boxscore page in HTML format, parse the HTML and extract only the relevant stats for the specified player and assign them to readable properties.

This class inherits the AbstractPlayer class. As a result, all properties associated with AbstractPlayer can also be read directly from this class.

As this class is instantiated from within the Boxscore class, it should not be called directly and should instead be queried using the appropriate players properties from the Boxscore class.

Parameters:
  • player_id (string) – A player’s ID according to basketball-reference.com, such as ‘hardeja01’ for James Harden. The player ID can be found by navigating to the player’s stats page and getting the string between the final slash and the ‘.html’ in the URL. In general, the ID is in the format ‘LLLLLFFNN’ where ‘LLLLL’ are the first 5 letters in the player’s last name, ‘FF’, are the first 2 letters in the player’s first name, and ‘NN’ is a number starting at ‘01’ for the first time that player ID has been used and increments by 1 for every successive player.
  • player_name (string) – A string representing the player’s first and last name, such as ‘James Harden’.
  • player_data (string) – A string representation of the player’s HTML data from the Boxscore page. If the player appears in multiple tables, all of their information will appear in one single string concatenated together.
dataframe

Returns a pandas DataFrame containing all other relevant class properties and values for the specified game.

defensive_rating

Returns an int of the player’s defensive rating as measured by the points allowed per 100 possessions.

minutes_played

Returns a float of the number of game minutes the player was on the court for.

offensive_rating

Returns an int of the player’s offensive rating as measured by the points produced per 100 posessions.

two_point_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goals the player attempted during the season.

two_point_percentage

Returns a float of the player’s two point field goal percentage during the season. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

two_pointers

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goals the player made.

class sportsreference.nba.boxscore.Boxscores(date, end_date=None)[source]

Bases: object

Search for NBA games taking place on a particular day.

Retrieve a dictionary which contains a list of all games being played on a particular day. Output includes a link to the boxscore, and the names and abbreviations for both the home teams. If no games are played on a particular day, the list will be empty.

Parameters:
  • date (datetime object) – The date to search for any matches. The month, day, and year are required for the search, but time is not factored into the search.
  • end_date (datetime object (optional)) – Optionally specify an end date to iterate until. All boxscores starting from the date specified in the ‘date’ parameter up to and including the boxscores specified in the ‘end_date’ parameter will be pulled. If left empty, or if ‘end_date’ is prior to ‘date’, only the games from the day specified in the ‘date’ parameter will be saved.
games

Returns a dictionary object representing all of the games played on the requested day. Dictionary is in the following format:

{'date' : [  # 'date' is the string date in format 'MM-DD-YYYY'
    {
        'home_name': Name of the home team, such as 'Phoenix Suns'
                     (`str`),
        'home_abbr': Abbreviation for the home team, such as 'PHO'
                     (`str`),
        'away_name': Name of the away team, such as 'Houston
                     Rockets' (`str`),
        'away_abbr': Abbreviation for the away team, such as 'HOU'
                     (`str`),
        'boxscore': String representing the boxscore URI, such as
                    '201702040PHO' (`str`),
        'winning_name': Full name of the winning team, such as
                        'Houston Rockets' (`str`),
        'winning_abbr': Abbreviation for the winning team, such as
                        'HOU' (`str`),
        'losing_name': Full name of the losing team, such as
                       'Phoenix Suns' (`str`),
        'losing_abbr': Abbreviation for the losing team, such as
                       'PHO' (`str`),
        'home_score': Integer score for the home team (`int`),
        'away_score': Integer score for the away team (`int`)
    },
    { ... },
    ...
    ]
}

If no games were played on ‘date’, the list for [‘date’] will be empty.

Player

The Player module contains an abstract base class that can be inherited by both the BoxscorePlayer and Player classes in the Boxscore and Roster modules, respectively. All of the properties that appear in the AbstractPlayer class can be read from either of the two child classes mentioned above.

class sportsreference.nba.player.AbstractPlayer(player_id, player_name, player_data)[source]

Bases: object

Get player information and stats for all seasons.

Given a player ID, such as ‘hardeja01’ for James Harden, capture all relevant stats and information like name, nationality, height/weight, career three-pointers, last season’s offensive rebounds, salary, contract amount, and much more.

By default, the class instance will return the player’s career stats, but single-season stats can be found by calling the instance with the requested season as denoted on basketball-reference.com.

Parameters:
  • player_id (string) – A player’s ID according to basketball-reference.com, such as ‘hardeja01’ for James Harden. The player ID can be found by navigating to the player’s stats page and getting the string between the final slash and the ‘.html’ in the URL. In general, the ID is in the format ‘LLLLLFFNN’ where ‘LLLLL’ are the first 5 letters in the player’s last name, ‘FF’, are the first 2 letters in the player’s first name, and ‘NN’ is a number starting at ‘01’ for the first time that player ID has been used and increments by 1 for every successive player.
  • player_name (string) – A string representing the player’s first and last name, such as ‘James Harden’.
  • player_data (string) – A string representation of the player’s HTML data from the Boxscore page. If the player appears in multiple tables, all of their information will appear in one single string concatenated together.
assist_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of field goals the player assisted while on the floor. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

assists

Returns an int of the total number of assists the player tallied during the season.

block_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of opposing two-point field goal attempts that were blocked by the player while on the floor. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

blocks

Returns an int of the total number of shots the player blocked during the season.

box_plus_minus

Returns a float of the total number of points per 100 possessions the player contributed in comparison to an average player in the league.

defensive_rebound_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of available defensive rebounds the player grabbed. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

defensive_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of defensive rebounds the player grabbed during the season.

effective_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the player’s field goal percentage while giving extra weight to 3-point field goals. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of field goals the player attempted during the season.

field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the player’s field goal percentage during the season. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of field goals the player scored.

free_throw_attempt_rate

Returns a float of the number of free throw attempts per field goal attempt.

free_throw_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of free throws the player attempted during the season.

free_throw_percentage

Returns a float of the player’s free throw percentage during the season. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

free_throws

Returns an int of the total number of free throws the player made during the season.

minutes_played

Returns an int of the total number of minutes the player played.

name

Returns a string of the players name, such as ‘James Harden’.

offensive_rebound_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of available offensive rebounds the player grabbed. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

offensive_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of offensive rebounds the player grabbed during the season.

personal_fouls

Returns an int of the total number of personal fouls the player committed during the season.

player_id

Returns a string of the player’s ID on sports-reference, such as ‘hardeja01’ for James Harden.

points

Returns an int of the total number of points the player scored during the season.

steal_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of defensive possessions that ended with the player stealing the ball while on the floor. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

steals

Returns an int of the total number of steals the player tallied during the season.

three_point_attempt_rate

Returns a float of the percentage of field goals that are shot from beyond the 3-point arc. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

three_point_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of three point field goals the player attempted during the season.

three_point_percentage

Returns a float of the player’s three point field goal percentage during the season. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

three_pointers

Returns an int of the total number of three point field goals the player made.

total_rebound_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of available rebounds the player grabbed, both offensive and defensive. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

total_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of offensive and defensive rebounds the player grabbed during the season.

true_shooting_percentage

Returns a float of the player’s true shooting percentage which takes into account two and three pointers as well as free throws. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

turnover_percentage

Returns a float of the average number of turnovers per 100 possessions by the player.

turnovers

Returns an int of the total number of times the player turned the ball over during the season for any reason.

usage_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of plays the player is involved in while on the floor. Percentage ranges from 0-100.

Roster

The Roster module contains detailed player information, allowing each player to be queried by their player ID using the Player class which has detailed information ranging from career points totals to single-season stats and player height, weight, and nationality. The following is an example on collecting career information for James Harden:

from sportsreference.nba.roster import Player

james_harden = Player('hardeja01')
print(james_harden.name)  # Prints 'James Harden'
print(james_harden.points)  # Prints Harden's career points total
# Prints a Pandas DataFrame of all relevant Harden stats per season
print(james_harden.dataframe)
print(james_harden.salary)  # Prints Harden's career earnings
print(james_harden.contract)  # Prints Harden's contract by yearly wages

By default, the player’s career stats are returned whenever a property is called. To get stats for a specific season, call the class instance with the season string. All future property requests will return the season-specific stats.

from sportsreference.nba.roster import Player

james_harden = Player('hardeja01')  # Currently pulling career stats
print(james_harden.points)  # Prints Harden's CAREER points total
# Prints Harden's points total only for the 2017-18 season.
print(james_harden('2017-18').points)
# Prints the number of games Harden played in the 2017-18 season.
print(james_harden.games_played)

After requesting single-season stats, the career stats can be requested again by calling the class without arguments or with the ‘Career’ string passed.

from sportsreference.nba.roster import Player

james_harden = Player('hardeja01')  # Currently pulling career stats
# Prints Harden's points total only for the 2017-18 season.
print(james_harden('2017-18').points)
print(james_harden('Career').points) # Prints Harden's career points total

In addition, the Roster module also contains the Roster class which can be used to pull all players on a team’s roster during a given season and creates instances of the Player class for each team member and adds them to a list to be easily queried.

from sportsreference.nba.roster import Roster

houston = Roster('HOU')
for player in houston.players:
    # Prints the name of all players who played for Houston in the most
    # recent season.
    print(player.name)
class sportsreference.nba.roster.Player(player_id)[source]

Bases: sportsreference.nba.player.AbstractPlayer

Get player information and stats for all seasons.

Given a player ID, such as ‘hardeja01’ for James Harden, capture all relevant stats and information like name, nationality, height/weight, career three-pointers, last season’s offensive rebounds, salary, contract amount, and much more.

By default, the class instance will return the player’s career stats, but single-season stats can be found by calling the instance with the requested season as denoted on basketball-reference.com.

Parameters:player_id (string) – A player’s ID according to basketball-reference.com, such as ‘hardeja01’ for James Harden. The player ID can be found by navigating to the player’s stats page and getting the string between the final slash and the ‘.html’ in the URL. In general, the ID is in the format ‘LLLLLFFNN’ where ‘LLLLL’ are the first 5 letters in the player’s last name, ‘FF’, are the first 2 letters in the player’s first name, and ‘NN’ is a number starting at ‘01’ for the first time that player ID has been used and increments by 1 for every successive player.
and_ones

Returns an int of the total number of times the player was fouled in the act of shooting and made the basket.

birth_date

Returns a datetime object of the day and year the player was born.

blocking_fouls

Returns an int of the total number of blocking fouls the player committed.

center_percentage

Returns an int of the percentage of time the player spent as a center. Percentage ranges from 0-100 and is rounded to the nearest whole number.

contract

Returns a dictionary of the player’s contract details where the key is a string of the season, such as ‘2018-19’, and the value is a string of the salary, such as ‘$40,000,000’.

dataframe

Returns a pandas DataFrame containing all other relevant class properties and values where each index is a different season plus the career stats.

defensive_box_plus_minus

Returns a float of the number of defensive points per 100 possessions the player contributed in comparison to an average player in the league.

defensive_win_shares

Returns a float of the number of wins the player contributed to the team as a result of his defensive plays.

dunks

Returns an int of the total number of dunks the player made during the season.

field_goal_perc_sixteen_foot_plus_two_pointers

Returns a float of the player’s field goal percentage for shots that are greater than sixteen feet from the basket, but in front of or on the three point arc. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

field_goal_perc_ten_to_sixteen_feet

Returns a float of the player’s field goal percentage for shots between ten and sixteen feet from the basket. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

field_goal_perc_three_to_ten_feet

Returns a float of the player’s field goal percentage for shots between three and ten feet from the basket. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

field_goal_perc_zero_to_three_feet

Returns a float of the player’s field goal percentage for shots between zero and three feet from the basket. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

games_played

Returns an int of the number of games the player participated in.

games_started

Returns an int of the number of games the player started.

half_court_heaves

Returns an int of the number of shots the player took from beyond mid-court.

half_court_heaves_made

Returns an int of the number of shots the player made from beyond mid-court.

height

Returns a string of the player’s height in the format “feet-inches”.

lost_ball_turnovers

Returns an int of the total number of turnovers the player committed due to losing the ball.

nationality

Returns a string constant denoting which country the player originates from.

net_plus_minus

Returns a float of the net number of points the player contributes to the team per 100 possessions regardless of being on the floor or not.

offensive_box_plus_minus

Returns a float of the number of offensive points per 100 possessions the player contributed in comparison to an average player in the league.

offensive_fouls

Returns an int of the total number of offensive fouls the player committed.

offensive_win_shares

Returns a float of the number of wins the player contributed to the team as a result of his offensive plays.

on_court_plus_minus

Returns a float of the number of points the player contributes to the team while on the court per 100 possessions.

other_turnovers

Returns an int of the total number of all other non-passing/ dribbling turnovers the player committed.

passing_turnovers

Returns an int of the total number of turnovers the player committed due to a bad pass.

percentage_field_goals_as_dunks

Returns a float of the percentage of the player’s shot attempts that are dunks. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

percentage_of_three_pointers_from_corner

Returns a float of the percentage of 3-point shots the player attempted from the corner. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

percentage_shots_three_pointers

Returns a float of the percentage of shots the player takes from beyond the three point arc. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

percentage_shots_two_pointers

Returns a float of the percentage of shots the player takes that are 2-pointers. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

percentage_sixteen_foot_plus_two_pointers

Returns a float of the percentage of shots the player takes that are greater than sixteen feet from the basket, but in front of or on the three point arc. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

percentage_ten_to_sixteen_footers

Returns a float of the percentage of shots the player takes from ten to sixteen feet from the basket. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

percentage_three_to_ten_footers

Returns a float of the percentage of shots the player takes from three to ten feet from the basket. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

percentage_zero_to_three_footers

Returns a float of the percentage of shots the player takes from zero to three feet from the basket. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

player_efficiency_rating

Returns a float of the player’s efficiency rating which represents the player’s relative production level. An average player in the league has an efficiency rating of 15.

point_guard_percentage

Returns an int of the percentage of time the player spent as a point guard. Percentage ranges from 0-100 and is rounded to the nearest whole number.

points_generated_by_assists

Returns an int of the total number of points the player generated as a result of him assisting the shooter.

position

Returns a string constant of the player’s primary position.

power_forward_percentage

Returns an int of the percentage of time the player spent as a power forward. Percentage ranges from 0-100 and is rounded to the nearest whole number.

salary

Returns an int of the player’s annual salary rounded down.

season

Returns a string of the season in the format ‘YYYY-YY’, such as ‘2017-18’. If no season was requested, the career stats will be returned for the player and the season will default to ‘Career’.

shooting_distance

Returns a float of the average distance the player takes a shot from in feet.

shooting_fouls

Returns an int of the total number of shooting fouls the player committed.

shooting_fouls_drawn

Returns an int of the total number of shooting fouls the player drew during the season.

shooting_guard_percentage

Returns an int of the percentage of time the player spent as a shooting guard. Percentage ranges from 0-100 and is rounded to the nearest whole number.

shots_blocked

Returns an int of the total number of shots the player took that were blocked by an opposing player.

small_forward_percentage

Returns an int of the percentage of time the player spent as a small forward. Percentage ranges from 0-100 and is rounded to the nearest whole number.

take_fouls

Returns an int of the total number of take fouls the player committed by taking a foul before the offensive player has a chance to make a shooting motion.

team_abbreviation

Returns a string of the abbrevation for the team the player plays for, such as ‘HOU’ for James Harden.

three_point_shot_percentage_from_corner

Returns a float of the percentage of 3-pointers from the corner that went in. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

three_pointers_assisted_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of 3-point field goals by the player that are assisted. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

two_point_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goals the player attempted during the season.

two_point_percentage

Returns a float of the player’s two point field goal percentage during the season. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

two_pointers

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goals the player made.

two_pointers_assisted_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of 2-point field goals by the player that are assisted. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

value_over_replacement_player

Returns a float of the total number of points per 100 team possessions the player contributed compared to a replacement-level player (who has an average score of -2.0). This value is prorated for an 82-game season.

weight

Returns an int of the player’s weight in pounds.

win_shares

Returns a float of the number of wins the player contributed to the team as a result of his offensive and defensive plays.

win_shares_per_48_minutes

Returns a float of the number of wins the player contributed to the team per 48 minutes of playtime. An average player has a contribution of 0.100.

class sportsreference.nba.roster.Roster(team, year=None, slim=False)[source]

Bases: object

Get stats for all players on a roster.

Request a team’s roster for a given season and create instances of the Player class for each player, containing a detailed list of the players statistics and information.

Parameters:
  • team (string) – The team’s 3-letter abbreviation, such as ‘HOU’ for the Houston Rockets.
  • year (string (optional)) – The 4-digit year to pull the roster from, such as ‘2018’. If left blank, defaults to the most recent season.
  • slim (boolean (optional)) – Set to True to return a limited subset of player information including the name and player ID for each player as opposed to all of their respective stats which greatly reduces the time to return a response if just the names and IDs are desired. Defaults to False.
players

Returns a list of player instances for each player on the requested team’s roster if the slim property is False when calling the Roster class. If the slim property is True, returns a dictionary where each key is a string of the player’s ID and each value is the player’s first and last name as listed on the roster page.

Schedule

The Schedule module can be used to iterate over all games in a team’s schedule to get game information such as the date, score, result, and more. Each game also has a link to the Boxscore class which has much more detailed information on the game metrics.

from sportsreference.nba.schedule import Schedule

houston_schedule = Schedule('HOU')
for game in houston_schedule:
    print(game.date)  # Prints the date the game was played
    print(game.result)  # Prints whether the team won or lost
    # Creates an instance of the Boxscore class for the game.
    boxscore = game.boxscore
class sportsreference.nba.schedule.Game(game_data, playoffs=False)[source]

Bases: object

A representation of a matchup between two teams.

Stores all relevant high-level match information for a game in a team’s schedule including date, time, opponent, and result.

Parameters:game_data (string) – The row containing the specified game information.
boxscore

Returns an instance of the Boxscore class containing more detailed stats on the game.

boxscore_index

Returns a string of the URI for a boxscore which can be used to access or index a game.

dataframe

Returns a pandas DataFrame containing all other class properties and values. The index for the DataFrame is the boxscore string.

dataframe_extended

Returns a pandas DataFrame representing the Boxscore class for the game. This property provides much richer context for the selected game, but takes longer to process compared to the lighter ‘dataframe’ property. The index for the DataFrame is the boxscore string.

date

Returns a string of the date the game took place at, such as ‘Wed, Oct 18, 2017’.

datetime

Returns a datetime object to indicate the month, day, and year the game took place.

game

Returns an int to indicate which game in the season was requested. The first game of the season returns 1.

location

Returns a string constant to indicate whether the game was played in the team’s home arena or on the road.

losses

Returns an int of the number of losses the team has in the season after the completion of the listed game.

opponent_abbr

Returns a string of the opponent’s 3-letter abbreviation, such as ‘CHI’ for the Chicago Bulls.

opponent_name

Returns a string of the opponent’s name, such as ‘Chicago Bulls’.

playoffs

Returns a boolean variable which evalutes to True when the game was played in the playoffs and returns False if the game took place in the regular season.

points_allowed

Returns an int of the number of points the team allowed during the game.

points_scored

Returns an int of the number of points the team scored during the game.

result

Returns a string constant to indicate whether the team won or lost the game.

streak

Returns a string of the team’s current streak after the conclusion of the listed game, such as ‘W 3’ for a 3-game winning streak.

time

Returns a string of the time the game started in Eastern Time, such as ‘8:01p’.

wins

Returns an int of the number of wins the team has in the season after the completion of the listed game.

class sportsreference.nba.schedule.Schedule(abbreviation, year=None)[source]

Bases: object

An object of the given team’s schedule.

Generates a team’s schedule for the season including wins, losses, and scores if applicable.

Parameters:
  • abbreviation (string) – A team’s short name, such as ‘PHO’ for the Phoenix Suns.
  • year (string (optional)) – The requested year to pull stats from.
dataframe

Returns a pandas DataFrame where each row is a representation of the Game class. Rows are indexed by the boxscore string.

dataframe_extended

Returns a pandas DataFrame where each row is a representation of the Boxscore class for every game in the schedule. Rows are indexed by the boxscore string. This property provides much richer context for the selected game, but takes longer to process compared to the lighter ‘dataframe’ property.

Teams

The Teams module exposes information for all NBA teams including the team name and abbreviation, the number of games they won during the season, the total number of shots they’ve blocked, and much more.

from sportsreference.nba.teams import Teams

teams = Teams()
for team in teams:
    print(team.name)  # Prints the team's name
    print(team.blocks)  # Prints the team's total blocked shots

Each Team instance contains a link to the Schedule class which enables easy iteration over all games for a particular team. A Pandas DataFrame can also be queried to easily grab all stats for all games.

from sportsreference.nba.teams import Teams

teams = Teams()
for team in teams:
    schedule = team.schedule  # Returns a Schedule instance for each team
    # Returns a Pandas DataFrame of all metrics for all game Boxscores for
    # a season.
    df = team.schedule.dataframe_extended

Lastly, each Team instance also contains a link to the Roster class which enables players from the team to be easily queried. Each Roster instance contains detailed stats and information for each player on the team.

from sportsreference.nba.teams import Teams

teams = Teams()
for team in teams:
    # Creates an instance of the roster class for each player on the team.
    roster = team.roster
    for player in roster.players:
        print(player.name)  # Prints the name of each player on the team.
class sportsreference.nba.teams.Team(team_data, rank, year=None)[source]

Bases: object

An object containing all of a team’s season information.

Finds and parses all team stat information and identifiers, such as rank, name, and abbreviation, and sets them as properties which can be directly read from for easy reference.

Parameters:
  • team_data (string) – A string containing all of the rows of stats for a given team. If multiple tables are being referenced, this will be comprised of multiple rows in a single string.
  • rank (int) – A team’s position in the league based on the number of points they obtained during the season.
  • year (string (optional)) – The requested year to pull stats from.
abbreviation

Returns a string of the team’s abbreviation, such as ‘DET’ for the Detroit Pistons.

assists

Returns an int of the total number of field goals that were assisted.

blocks

Returns an int of the total number of times the team blocked an opponent’s shot.

dataframe

Returns a pandas DataFrame containing all other class properties and values. The index for the DataFrame is the string abbreviation of the team, such as ‘DET’.

defensive_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of defensive rebounds the team has grabbed.

field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of field goals the team has attempted during the season.

field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of field goals made divided by the number of attempts. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of field goals the team has made during the season.

free_throw_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of free throw attempts during the season.

free_throw_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of free throws made divided by the attempts. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

free_throws

Returns an int of the total number of free throws made during the season.

games_played

Returns an int of the total number of games the team has played during the season.

minutes_played

Returns an int of the total number of minutes played by all players on the team during the season.

name

Returns a string of the team’s full name, such as ‘Detroit Pistons’.

offensive_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of offensive rebounds the team has grabbed.

opp_assists

Returns an int of the total number of field goals that were assisted by the opponent.

opp_blocks

Returns an int of the total number of times the opponent blocked the team’s shot.

opp_defensive_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of defensive rebounds the opponent grabbed.

opp_field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of field goals the opponents attempted during the season.

opp_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of field goals made divided by the number of attempts by the opponent. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

opp_field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of field goals the opponents made during the season.

opp_free_throw_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of free throw attempts during the season by the opponent.

opp_free_throw_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of free throws made divided by the attempts by the opponent. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

opp_free_throws

Returns an int of the total number of free throws made during the season by the opponent.

opp_offensive_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of offensive rebounds the opponent grabbed.

opp_personal_fouls

Returns an int of the total number of times the opponent fouled the team.

opp_points

Returns an int of the total number of points the team has been scored on during the season.

opp_steals

Returns an int of the total number of times the opponent stole the ball from the team.

opp_three_point_field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of three point field goals the opponent attempted during the season.

opp_three_point_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of three point field goals made divided by the number of attempts by the opponent. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

opp_three_point_field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of three point field goals the opponent made during the season.

opp_total_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of rebounds the opponent grabbed.

opp_turnovers

Returns an int of the total number of times the opponent turned the ball over.

opp_two_point_field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goals the opponent attempted during the season.

opp_two_point_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of two point field goals made divided by the number of attempts by the opponent. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

opp_two_point_field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goals the opponent made during the season.

personal_fouls

Returns an int of the total number of times the team has fouled an opponent.

points

Returns an int of the total number of points the team has scored during the season.

rank

Returns an int of the team’s rank based on the number of points they score per game.

roster

Returns an instance of the Roster class containing all players for the team during the season with all career stats.

schedule

Returns an instance of the Schedule class containing the team’s complete schedule for the season.

steals

Returns an int of the total number of times the team stole the ball from the opponent.

three_point_field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of three point field goals the team has attempted during the season.

three_point_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of three point field goals made divided by the number of attempts. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

three_point_field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of three point field goals the team has made during the season.

total_rebounds

Returns an int of the total number of rebounds the team has grabbed.

turnovers

Returns an int of the total number of times the team has turned the ball over.

two_point_field_goal_attempts

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goals the team has attempted during the season.

two_point_field_goal_percentage

Returns a float of the percentage of two point field goals made divided by the number of attempts. Percentage ranges from 0-1.

two_point_field_goals

Returns an int of the total number of two point field goals the team has made during the season.

class sportsreference.nba.teams.Teams(year=None)[source]

Bases: object

A list of all NBA teams and their stats in a given year.

Finds and retrieves a list of all NBA teams from www.basketball-reference.com and creates a Team instance for every team that participated in the league in a given year. The Team class comprises a list of all major stats and a few identifiers for the requested season.

Parameters:year (string (optional)) – The requested year to pull stats from.
dataframes

Returns a pandas DataFrame where each row is a representation of the Team class. Rows are indexed by the team abbreviation.