diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index ddb2bfd..9427a20 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 export(.basis_release_raw_roster)
 export(.draft_release_season)
+export(.espn_combine_raw_players)
+export(.espn_release_raw_players)
 export(.pff_release_raw_players)
 export(players_basis_release)
 export(players_build_dataset)
 export(players_download)
 export(players_draft_release)
+export(players_espn_release)
 export(players_fetch_manual_ids)
 export(players_manual_overwrite)
 export(players_otc_release)
diff --git a/man/dot-espn_combine_raw_players.Rd b/man/dot-espn_combine_raw_players.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fbe45f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/dot-espn_combine_raw_players.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/players_espn.R
+\name{.espn_combine_raw_players}
+\alias{.espn_combine_raw_players}
+\title{Combine Raw ESPN Player Files}
+\usage{
+.espn_combine_raw_players(overwrite = !interactive())
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{overwrite}{If \code{TRUE} overwrites all existing raw ESPN files in the
+directory \code{./build/raw_espn}.}
+}
+\value{
+Returns the combined raw players ESPN dataset invisibly
+}
+\description{
+This function downloads raw ESPN player files from the release tag \code{raw_espn}
+in the nflverse-players repo, and summarizes the data (uses the latest season
+of each player) to the raw players ESPN dataset. Raw players data are saved
+locally. Set argument \code{overwrite} to \code{TRUE} to always download the latest data.
+The function finishes by releasing the raw players ESPN data to the release tag
+\code{raw_espn} of the nflverse-players repo.
+}
diff --git a/man/dot-espn_release_raw_players.Rd b/man/dot-espn_release_raw_players.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f45d78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/dot-espn_release_raw_players.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/players_espn.R
+\name{.espn_release_raw_players}
+\alias{.espn_release_raw_players}
+\title{Release ESPN Players Files}
+\usage{
+.espn_release_raw_players(seasons)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{seasons}{The seasons for which to release ESPN players files}
+}
+\description{
+This function releases raw ESPN players files to a release in the nflverse-players
+repo. This function is intended to update the most recent season in order
+to get up to date ESPN player information.
+}
diff --git a/man/players_download.Rd b/man/players_download.Rd
index 53351c6..2cadb87 100644
--- a/man/players_download.Rd
+++ b/man/players_download.Rd
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 \alias{players_download}
 \title{Download Players Components}
 \usage{
-players_download(type = c("basis", "pfr", "otc", "pff", "draft", "full"))
+players_download(
+  type = c("basis", "pfr", "otc", "pff", "espn", "draft", "full")
+)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{type}{One of \code{"basis"}, \code{"pfr"}, \code{"pff"}, \code{"otc"}, \code{"full"}}
+\item{type}{One of \code{"basis"}, \code{"pfr"}, \code{"pff"}, \code{"otc"}, \code{"espn"}, \code{"draft"}, \code{"full"}}
 }
 \value{
 A dataframe with players data
diff --git a/man/players_espn_release.Rd b/man/players_espn_release.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bcb77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/players_espn_release.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/players_espn.R
+\name{players_espn_release}
+\alias{players_espn_release}
+\title{Release Players ESPN ID Mapping}
+\usage{
+players_espn_release(
+  players_espn_full_rebuild = Sys.getenv("PLAYERS_ESPN_REBUILD", "false")
+)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{players_espn_full_rebuild}{If \code{FALSE} (the default), the function will
+load the players dataset using \code{players_download("full")} and fill only missing
+ESPN IDs. Otherwise, it will fill ESPN IDs of all players. Set the environment
+variable \code{"PLAYERS_ESPN_REBUILD"} to control the behavior.}
+}
+\value{
+Returns the players ESPN dataset invisibly
+}
+\description{
+This function loads ESPN player IDs and the players basis dataset
+(see \link{players_basis_release}) and tries to join as many ESPN IDs as possible.
+Currently the function tries to join by
+\itemize{
+\item{Full name and position}
+\item{Full name}
+}
+Joining is done in the order given and the function cleans the names prior
+to joins with \code{\link[nflreadr:clean_player_names]{nflreadr::clean_player_names()}}.
+The function finishes by releasing a ESPN ID to GSIS ID mapping to the release
+tag \code{players_components} of the nflverse-players repo.
+}
+\details{
+The underlying join function prints messages of join status. You can suppress
+the messages by setting \code{options(players_espn_join.verbose = FALSE)}.
+}
diff --git a/man/players_validate.Rd b/man/players_validate.Rd
index 2b33391..ffb4b4c 100644
--- a/man/players_validate.Rd
+++ b/man/players_validate.Rd
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ players_validate(data, verbose = FALSE)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{data}{A data frame, tibble, or data.table consisting of player IDs.
-The variable names must be one of gsis_id, pfr_id, pff_id, and otc_id.}
+The variable names must be one of gsis_id, pfr_id, pff_id, otc_id, and espn_id.}
 
 \item{verbose}{If \code{TRUE}, will print success messages and a summary.}
 }
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Returns \code{data}. duplicated observations will be attached in attributes.
 \description{
 Search for duplicated player IDs in a table and attach them to the input data.
 The function automatically loops over the player ID variable names
-gsis_id, pfr_id, pff_id, and otc_id and searches for duplicated IDs in each
+gsis_id, pfr_id, pff_id, otc_id, and espn_id and searches for duplicated IDs in each
 of these variables.
 }
 \seealso{
diff --git a/man/players_validate_extract_duplicated.Rd b/man/players_validate_extract_duplicated.Rd
index ab4314d..e8d4237 100644
--- a/man/players_validate_extract_duplicated.Rd
+++ b/man/players_validate_extract_duplicated.Rd
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ players_validate_extract_duplicated(data, id = relevant_ids())
 \item{data}{A data frame that was checked with \link{players_validate}}
 
 \item{id}{ID to extract a table of duplicates. Must be one of
-gsis_id, pfr_id, pff_id, and otc_id}
+gsis_id, pfr_id, pff_id, otc_id, and espn_id}
 }
 \value{
 A table of duplicated IDs, sorted by value of \code{id}