nfl_data_py
Python code for working with NFL play by play data. (by nflverse)
nflscraPy
Datasets and Scraping Functions for NFL Data (by blnkpagelabs)
| nfl_data_py | nflscraPy | |
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| 2 | 4 | |
| 222 | 14 | |
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| 7.2 | 3.5 | |
| 4 months ago | 7 months ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
nfl_data_py
Posts with mentions or reviews of nfl_data_py.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-05.
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Kenny's 2023 Production
Lastly, a big shoutout to nfl_data_py for supplying the python api that made this research possible.
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Data for players on field play-by-play?
I have had success with nfl_data_py as an alternative
nflscraPy
Posts with mentions or reviews of nflscraPy.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-05.
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Data for players on field play-by-play?
nflscraPy has an extensive library of other NFL Game and Player stats that you can download manually.
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PFR snap count calulation
Gamebook PDF Link: https://static.www.nfl.com/gamecenter/70e5ba20-9aaa-11ed-99e5-6b206f74937e.pdf Playtime Percentage Data (and more) can be downloaded in CSV from nflscraPy as well. https://github.com/blnkpagelabs/nflscraPy https://github.com/blnkpagelabs/nflscraPy/releases/tag/SnapCounts
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Is there a database of NFL box score over the past ten years?
You can use the release files in nflscraPy to download a variety of CSVs that might help:
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nflscraPy – Data Scraper and Datasets for the NFL
Inspired by the creators nflscrapR and nflfastR I decided to construct nflscraPy, a collection of functions to scrape NFL Data from Pro Football Reference – and hopefully an expanding number of data sources/sets.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nfl_data_py and nflscraPy you can also consider the following projects:
nflfastpy - Python package for loading nflfastR play by play data
nflfastR - A Set of Functions to Efficiently Scrape NFL Play by Play Data
nflverse-data - Automated nflverse data repository
nflfastpy - Python package for loading nflfastR play by play data
nflscrapR-data - Data files (.csv) accessed with nflscrapR and summarized at the player-level