nflfastR vs nfl_data_py

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nflfastR		nfl_data_py
	Project
7	Mentions	2
393	Stars	220
2.0%	Growth	2.3%
8.1	Activity	7.2
6 days ago	Latest Commit	4 months ago
R	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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nflfastR

Posts with mentions or reviews of nflfastR. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-05.

Data for players on field play-by-play?
6 projects | /r/NFLstatheads | 5 Apr 2023

nflfastr has an extensive library of PlayByPlay, Roster, and Gamelog data that you can access programmatically via R.
[OC] Cumulative Win Probability Added: AFC Bubble
1 project | /r/nfl | 5 Jan 2023

For more on all this, here's the source of my data: {nflfastR}
[OC] Cumulative Win Probability Added - AFC East, 2022
1 project | /r/nfl | 3 Jan 2023

Source: {nflfastR} play-by-play and win probability models.
Is there anywhere I can find the standard deviation of points and yards for each team in each game?
2 projects | /r/nfl | 14 Oct 2021

It's been superseded by nflfastR at least for the play by play stuff. You can also download the data directly, rather than using the scraping functions. https://github.com/nflverse/nfldata
Best Data Source for NFL Play-by-Play
2 projects | /r/DynastyFF | 12 Apr 2021
Metric for how many different receivers quarterbacks utilize?
1 project | /r/nfl | 6 Mar 2021

nflfastR is a database with play by play data going back to 1999, it has everything you'd need to create such a metric, but you gotta write the query yourself :)
[OC] Superbowl Probability of Winning: Play-by-play
1 project | /r/dataisbeautiful | 7 Feb 2021

Data Source: nflfastr library: https://github.com/mrcaseb/nflfastR

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.

Kenny's 2023 Production
1 project | /r/steelers | 21 Apr 2023

Lastly, a big shoutout to nfl_data_py for supplying the python api that made this research possible.
Data for players on field play-by-play?
6 projects | /r/NFLstatheads | 5 Apr 2023

I have had success with nfl_data_py as an alternative

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nflfastR and nfl_data_py you can also consider the following projects:

nfldata - NFL Data (by Lee Sharpe)

nflfastpy - Python package for loading nflfastR play by play data

nflverse-data - Automated nflverse data repository

shiny.i18n - Shiny applications internationalization made easy

nflscraPy - Datasets and Scraping Functions for NFL Data

parsel - parallel execution of RSelenium

rtypeform - An R interface to the 'typeform' API.

littler - A scripting and command-line front-end for GNU R

xlsx - An R package to interact with Excel files using the Apache POI java library

Peptides - An R package to calculate indices and theoretical physicochemical properties of peptides and protein sequences.

randomNames - Function to generate random gender and ethnicity correct first and/or last names. Names are chosen proportionally based upon their probability of appearing in a large scale data base of real names.