Access the skater statistics leaders for a season, game type, and category

skater_leaders() scrapes the skater statistics leaders for a given set of season, game_type, and category.

Usage

skater_leaders(season = "current", game_type = "", category = "points")

season: integer in YYYYYYYY (e.g., 20242025); see seasons() for reference
game_type: integer in 1:3 (where 1 = pre-season, 2 = regular season, 3 = playoff/post-season) OR character of 'pre', 'regular', or playoff'/'post'; see seasons() for reference; most functions will NOT support pre-season
category: string of 'a'/'assists', 'g'/goals', 'shg'/'shorthanded goals', 'ppg'/'powerplay goals', 'p'/'points', 'pim'/penalty minutes'/'penalty infraction minutes', 'toi'/'time on ice', 'pm'/'plus minus', or 'f'/'faceoffs'

data.frame with one row per player

TOI_leaders_regular_20242025 <- skater_leaders(
  season    = 20242025,
  game_type = 2,
  category  = 'TOI'
)