San Diego Wave FC is an American professional women's soccer club which began play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2022 as an expansion team. [1] All rostered players during the NWSL season, including the playoffs, Challenge Cup, CONCACAF W Champions Cup, and NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, even if they did not make an appearance, are listed below.
| GK | Goalkeeper |
|---|---|
| DF | Defender |
| MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward |
| Player | Appearances | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nat. | Pos. | Wave career | NWSL | Playoffs | Cup | Cont'l | Other | Total |
| Christen Westphal |  USA | DF | 2022– | 59 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 80 |
| Makenzy Doniak | USA | FW | 2022– | 61 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 77 |
| Kristen McNabb | USA | DF | 2022– | 59 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 75 |
| Naomi Girma [a] | USA | DF | 2022– | 58 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 72 |
| Kailen Sheridan |  CAN | GK | 2022– | 62 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 71 |
| Emily van Egmond |  AUS | MF | 2022– | 58 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 70 |
| Amirah Ali | USA | FW | 2022– | 48 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 68 |
| Alex Morgan | USA | FW | 2022–2024 | 48 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 63 |
| Jaedyn Shaw | USA | FW | 2022– | 47 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 59 |
| Sofia Jakobsson |  SWE | FW | 2022–2024 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 59 |
| Danielle Colaprico | USA | MF | 2023– | 45 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 57 |
| Kaleigh Riehl | USA | DF | 2022–2023 | 39 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Taylor Kornieck | USA | MF | 2022–2023 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Kelsey Turnbow | USA | MF | 2022–2023 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Belle Briede | USA | MF | 2022–2023 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Abby Dahlkemper [b] | USA | DF | 2022–2023 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 37 |
| Madison Pogarch | USA | DF | 2022–2023 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| María Sánchez |  MEX | FW | 2024– | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 29 |
| Hanna Lundkvist | SWE | DF | 2024– | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Melanie Barcenas | USA | FW | 2023– | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 28 |
| Kyra Carusa |  IRL | FW | 2023– | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Savannah McCaskill | USA | MF | 2024– | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| Mya Jones | CAN | FW | 2024– | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| Rachel Hill | USA | FW | 2023 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Elyse Bennett | USA | FW | 2024– | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| Jodie Taylor |  ENG | FW | 2022 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Katie Johnson | MEX | FW | 2022 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Sierra Enge | USA | MF | 2023–2024 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Kaitlyn Torpey | AUS | DF | 2024– | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Meggie Dougherty Howard | USA | MF | 2023 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Kennedy Wesley | USA | DF | 2024– | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Tegan McGrady | USA | DF | 2022 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Marleen Schimmer |  GER | FW | 2022 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Delphine Cascarino |  FRA | FW | 2024– | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Kimmi Ascanio | USA | MF | 2024– | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Shae Yanez | USA | GK | 2023 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Mia Gyau | USA | DF | 2022–2023 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Perle Morroni | FRA | DF | 2024– | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Carly Telford | ENG | GK | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Hillary Beall | USA | GK | 2024– | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Cheyenne Shorts | USA | DF | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chai Cortez | USA | DF | 2023, 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jackie Altschuld | USA | DF | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Shea Connors | USA | FW | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Giovanna DeMarco | USA | MF | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Morgan Messner | USA | GK | 2024– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sydney Pulver | USA | MF | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Hansen | USA | DF | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kayla Bruster | USA | DF | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lauren Brzykcy |  BIH | GK | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trinity Byars | USA | FW | 2024– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Cummings |  GUY | DF | 2022, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caroline DeLisle | USA | GK | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melissa Lowder | USA | GK | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackenzie Rath | USA | GK | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarah Sodoma | USA | FW | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emma Vanderhyden | USA | DF | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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