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Basketball-Reference Scraping

October 2017

How Do I Transfer Tables to Markdown

  1. Search for Table
  2. Select 'Share & More' Drop-down Menu
  3. Select 'Modify & Share Table'
  4. Select REDDIT
  5. Copy the table
  6. Paste it into Markdown file

Example (Russell Westbrook Career Stats):

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2008-09 20 OKC NBA PG 82 65 32.5 5.3 13.4 .398 0.4 1.6 .271 4.9 11.8 .415 .414 4.3 5.2 .815 2.2 2.7 4.9 5.3 1.3 0.2 3.3 2.3 15.3
2009-10 21 OKC NBA PG 82 82 34.3 5.9 14.1 .418 0.3 1.3 .221 5.6 12.9 .438 .428 4.0 5.1 .780 1.7 3.1 4.9 8.0 1.3 0.4 3.3 2.5 16.1
2010-11 22 OKC NBA PG 82 82 34.7 7.5 17.0 .442 0.4 1.3 .330 7.1 15.7 .451 .454 6.5 7.7 .842 1.5 3.1 4.6 8.2 1.9 0.4 3.9 2.5 21.9
2011-12 23 OKC NBA PG 66 66 35.3 8.8 19.2 .457 0.9 3.0 .316 7.8 16.2 .482 .481 5.2 6.3 .823 1.5 3.1 4.6 5.5 1.7 0.3 3.6 2.2 23.6
2012-13 24 OKC NBA PG 82 82 34.9 8.2 18.7 .438 1.2 3.7 .323 7.0 15.1 .466 .470 5.6 7.0 .800 1.4 3.9 5.2 7.4 1.8 0.3 3.3 2.3 23.2
2013-14 25 OKC NBA PG 46 46 30.7 7.5 17.2 .437 1.5 4.7 .318 6.0 12.5 .482 .480 5.3 6.4 .826 1.2 4.5 5.7 6.9 1.9 0.2 3.8 2.3 21.8
2014-15 26 OKC NBA PG 67 67 34.4 9.4 22.0 .426 1.3 4.3 .299 8.1 17.7 .457 .455 8.1 9.8 .835 1.9 5.4 7.3 8.6 2.1 0.2 4.4 2.7 28.1
2015-16 27 OKC NBA PG 80 80 34.4 8.2 18.1 .454 1.3 4.3 .296 6.9 13.8 .503 .489 5.8 7.2 .812 1.8 6.0 7.8 10.4 2.0 0.3 4.3 2.5 23.5
2016-17 28 OKC NBA PG 81 81 34.6 10.2 24.0 .425 2.5 7.2 .343 7.7 16.8 .459 .476 8.8 10.4 .845 1.7 9.0 10.7 10.4 1.6 0.4 5.4 2.3 31.6
Career NBA 668 651 34.1 7.8 18.1 .433 1.1 3.4 .313 6.8 14.7 .461 .462 5.9 7.2 .823 1.7 4.5 6.2 7.9 1.7 0.3 3.9 2.4 22.7

How Do I Scrape Tables To Python

  1. Search for Table
  2. Select 'Share & More' Drop-down Menu
  3. Select 'Copy Link to Table to Clipboard'
  4. Switch to python:
url = 'https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/westbru01.html#per_game::none'
table = pd.read_html(url)[0]