73,363 comparisons among 102 agents.
| Description | NBA (and BAA) games 1946-47 to 2022-23 incl. playoffs (73,363 games, 102 teams); agent_a = home, homefield blank for 207 neutral-site games incl. the 2020 bubble |
|---|---|
| Reference | FiveThirtyEight. NBA Elo game file (nba_elo.csv) [Data set]. Internet Archive capture of 2025-03-06. |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Source data | https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/nba-forecasts |
| Comparisons | 73,363 |
|---|---|
| Agents | 102 |
agent_aagent_bdatehomefieldplayoffscore_ascore_bseasonwinner
Or load it directly in R or Python (both need a free Redivis account; the first call opens a browser to sign in):
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("fivethirtyeight_nba_1946_2023", source = "comp")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("fivethirtyeight_nba_1946_2023", source="comp")
@dataset{fivethirtyeight_nba_elo_2025,
author = {FiveThirtyEight},
title = {NBA Elo game file (nba_elo.csv)},
year = {2025},
url = {https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/nba-forecasts},
note = {Internet Archive capture of 2025-03-06}
}
| IRW version | v584 |
|---|---|
| Redivis dataset | irw_competitions v6.2 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/1w3w-5w94 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v6.2 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v44.0 |