n pair. DataFrame.unstack : Pivot based on the index values instead of a column. wide_to_long : Wide panel to long format. Less flexible but more user-friendly than melt. Examples -------- >>> data = pd.DataFrame({'hr1': [514, 573], 'hr2': [545, 526], ... 'team': ['Red Sox', 'Yankees'], ... 'year1': [2007, 2007], 'year2': [2008, 2008]}) >>> data hr1 hr2 team year1 year2 0 514 545 Red Sox 2007 2008 1 573 526 Yankees 2007 2008 >>> pd.lreshape(data, {'year': ['year1', 'year2'], 'hr': ['hr1', 'hr2']}) team year hr 0 Red Sox 2007 514 1 Yankees 2007 573 2 Red Sox 2008 545 3 Yankees 2008 526 c