Template:Basketballstats
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Guidelines
This will create an external link to the statistics for a basketball player.
Usage
This template takes up to two parameters:
NBA
- nba, for National Basketball Association (NBA) players (active or retired):
- For active players, you may use the ID which appears at the end of the URL:
https://www.nba.com/players/first/last/12345 - For retired/historical players, you must use the player's ID number as it appears the end of the URL:
https://stats.nba.com/player/12345/. The URL may havecareer/at the end, which may be ignored.
- For active players, you may use the ID which appears at the end of the URL:
- bbr, for NBA or original American Basketball Association players, the id as it appears after
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/and before.htmlin its Basketball-Reference.com player page URL
WNBA
- wnba, for Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) players.
- For active players, you may use the player's name, all lowercase, with hyphens replacing spaces. URL:
https://www.wnba.com/player/first-last/ - For retired/historical players, you must use the player's ID number as it appears the end of the URL:
https://stats.wnba.com/player/12345/.
- For active players, you may use the player's name, all lowercase, with hyphens replacing spaces. URL:
- wbbr, for WNBA players, the id as it appears after
https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/and before.htmlin its Basketball-Reference.com player page URL
Examples
NBA
- NBA player Stephen Curry (using ID from URL)
Usage
* {{Basketballstats |nba= stephen/curry/201939 }}* {{Basketballstats |bbr= c/curryst01 }}* {{Basketballstats |nba= stephen/curry/201939 |bbr= c/curryst01 }}
Output
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
- Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com, or Basketball-Reference.com
URLs
- https://www.nba.com/players/stephen/curry/201939 (redirects to https://www.nba.com/player/201939)
- https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/curryst01.html
- Retired NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (must use ID number)
Usage
* {{Basketballstats |nba= 76003 }}* {{Basketballstats |bbr= a/abdulka01 }}* {{Basketballstats |nba= 76003 |bbr= a/abdulka01 }}
Output
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
- Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com, or Basketball-Reference.com
URLs
- https://stats.nba.com/player/76003/ (redirects to https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76003)
- https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/abdulka01.html
WNBA
- Current WNBA player Natasha Howard (using name – lowercase, replace spaces with hyphens)
Usage
* {{Basketballstats |wnba= natasha-howard }}* {{Basketballstats |wbbr= h/howarna01w }}* {{Basketballstats |wnba= natasha-howard |wbbr= h/howarna01w }}
Output
URLs
- https://www.wnba.com/player/natasha-howard/ (redirects to https://www.wnba.com/player/203827/natasha-howard)
- https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/h/howarna01w.html
- Retired WNBA player Vicki Hall (must use ID number)
Usage
* {{Basketballstats |wnba= 100458 }}* {{Basketballstats |wbbr= h/hallvi01w }}* {{Basketballstats |wnba= 100458 |wbbr= h/hallvi01w }}
Output
URLs
- https://stats.wnba.com/player/100458/
- https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/h/hallvi01w.html
See also
- {{Cite basketball-reference}}, for usage of Basketball-Reference.com player page as a citation
- {{Cite basketball-reference WNBA}}, for usage of Basketball-Reference.com WNBA player page as a citation