The following is a compilation of notable records and statistics for teams and players in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The NWSL's inaugural season was kicked off on April 13, 2013 with 8 participating clubs, four of the eight inaugural clubs still exist with their original names. [1] [2] For Historical purposes, the league's stats and records include active and defunct clubs.
Statistics for the NWSL Challenge Cup, a competition originally created in place of the 2020 season that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are treated separately from regular season statistics.
Through November 3, 2024 (Regular season and Playoff matches)
Through November 23, 2024 (2024 NWSL Playoffs)
Italics indicates a defunct team.
Team | Seasons* | Playoff appearances | Championships | Shields | Challenge Cups | Total |
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North Carolina Courage | 7 | 5 | 2 (2018, 2019) | 3(2017, 2018, 2019) | 2(2022, 2023) | 7 |
Portland Thorns FC | 11 | 9 | 3(2013, 2017, 2022) | 2 (2016, 2021) | 1 (2021) | 6 |
Seattle Reign FC/OL Reign/Reign FC | 11 | 7 | – | 3(2014, 2015, 2022) | – | 3 |
FC Kansas City | 5 | 3 | 2 (2014, 2015) | – | – | 2 |
Western New York Flash | 4 | 2 | 1 (2016) | 1 (2013) | – | 2 |
San Diego Wave FC | 3 | 2 | – | 1 (2023) | 1 (2024) | 2 |
Orlando Pride | 8 | 2 | 1 (2024) | 1 (2024) | – | 2 |
Washington Spirit | 11 | 5 | 1 (2021) | – | – | 1 |
NJ/NY Gotham FC/Sky Blue FC | 11 | 3 | 1 (2023) | – | – | 1 |
Houston Dash | 10 | 1 | – | – | 1 (2020*) | 1 |
Chicago Red Stars | 11 | 7 | – | – | – | 0 |
Angel City FC | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 |
Kansas City Current | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 |
Bay FC | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Utah Royals | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Racing Louisville FC | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Boston Breakers | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
*While there was no 2020 regular season (i.e., it is not included in the second column), 2020 did include the inaugural Challenge Cup, which was won by the Houston Dash. It also included the 2020 Fall Series, in which the "Community Shield" (separate from the NWSL Shield and thus not included here) was won by the Portland Thorns.
Season | Matches | Overall | Highest | Lowest | Playoff mean | ||||
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Total | Mean | Median | Club | Mean | Club | Mean | |||
2013 | 88 | 375,743 | 4,270 | 3,007 | Portland Thorns FC | 13,320 | Sky Blue FC | 1,664 | 6,820 |
2014 | 108 | 446,311 | 4,133 | 3,014 | Portland Thorns FC | 13,362 | Sky Blue FC | 1,639 | 3,763 |
2015 | 90 | 454,100 | 5,046 | 3,367 | Portland Thorns FC | 15,639 | Sky Blue FC | 2,268 | 6,766 |
2016 | 100 | 555,775 | 5,558 | 3,997 | Portland Thorns FC | 16,945 | Sky Blue FC | 2,162 | 10,863 |
2017 | 120 | 609,960 | 5,083 | 3,576 | Portland Thorns FC | 17,653 | FC Kansas City | 1,788 | 12,111 |
2018 | 108 | 650,562 | 6,024 | 4,025 | Portland Thorns FC | 16,959 | Sky Blue FC | 2,531 | 13,323 [a] |
2019 | 108 | 792,409 | 7,337 | 5,565 | Portland Thorns FC | 20,098 | Sky Blue FC | 3,338 | 8,956 |
2021 [b] | 120 | 567,072 | 5,155 | Portland Thorns FC | 14,391 | Chicago Red Stars | 3,222 | 8,774 | |
2022 | 132 | 1,042,063 | 7,917 | Angel City FC | 19,105 | Orlando Pride | 4,385 | 21,730 | |
2023 | 132 | 1,366,581 | 10,869 | San Diego Wave FC | 20,718 | North Carolina Courage | 5,384 | 19,581 | |
2024 | 182 | 2,040,348 | 11,211 | San Diego Wave FC | 19,575 [c] | Houston Dash | 6,194 |
Through 2024 season (regular season games only) [3] [4] [5]
Pts rank (prev. season) | PPG rank (prev. season) | Club | Seasons [a] | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
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Finishing positions | ||||||||||||||||
1 (1) | 2 (2) | Portland Thorns FC | 11 (2013–) | 252 | 119 | 62 | 71 | 411 | 295 | 116 | 419 | 1.663 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
2 (2) | 3 (3) | Seattle Reign FC [b] | 11 (2013–) | 252 | 111 | 62 | 79 | 364 | 292 | 72 | 395 | 1.567 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3 (3) | 6 (7) | Chicago Red Stars | 11 (2013–) | 252 | 105 | 63 | 84 | 352 | 334 | 18 | 356 | 1.413 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
4 (4) | 11 (10) | Washington Spirit | 11 (2013–) | 252 | 88 | 62 | 102 | 317 | 355 | -38 | 326 | 1.294 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
5 (5) | 13 (13) | NJ/NY Gotham FC [c] | 11 (2013–) | 252 | 84 | 63 | 105 | 301 | 339 | -68 | 315 | 1.250 | 1 | 1 | ||
6 (6) | 1 (1) | North Carolina Courage | 7 (2017–) | 166 | 87 | 31 | 48 | 282 | 168 | 114 | 292 | 1.759 | 3 | 1 | ||
7 (7) | 15 (11) | Houston Dash | 10 (2014–) | 230 | 70 | 50 | 110 | 254 | 331 | -77 | 260 | 1.130 | 1 | |||
8 (8) | 9 (12) | Orlando Pride | 8 (2016–) | 186 | 69 | 39 | 78 | 241 | 276 | -35 | 246 | 1.323 | 1 | 1 | ||
9 (-) | 4 (-) | FC Kansas City | 5 (2013–2017) | 110 | 45 | 27 | 36 | 152 | 125 | 27 | 168 | 1.527 | 2 | 1 | ||
10 (12) | 5 (14) | Kansas City Current [d] | 4 (2021–) | 94 | 37 | 22 | 35 | 131 | 132 | -1 | 133 | 1.415 | 1 | |||
11 (-) | 8 (-) | Western New York Flash | 4 (2013–2016) | 86 | 33 | 22 | 31 | 142 | 118 | 24 | 119 | 1.384 | 1 | 1 | ||
12 (14) | 16 (15) | Racing Louisville FC | 4 (2021–) | 94 | 23 | 31 | 40 | 102 | 138 | -36 | 100 | 1.064 | ||||
13 (15) | 7 (3) | San Diego Wave FC | 3 (2022–) | 70 | 27 | 17 | 26 | 87 | 78 | 9 | 98 | 1.400 | 1 | 1 | ||
14 (-) | 17 (-) | Boston Breakers | 5 (2013–2017) | 110 | 25 | 20 | 65 | 132 | 212 | -80 | 95 | 0.864 | ||||
15 (-) | 12 (-) | Utah Royals | 3 (2018–2019, 2024–) | 74 | 26 | 16 | 32 | 69 | 88 | -19 | 94 | 1.270 | ||||
16 (16) | 14 (9) | Angel City FC | 3 (2022–) | 70 | 23 | 18 | 29 | 83 | 99 | -16 | 84 [e] | 1.200 [e] | ||||
17 (-) | 10 (-) | Bay FC | 1 (2024–) | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 41 | -10 | 34 | 1.308 | ||||
Sort order is points, finishing positions, wins.
Italics denote defunct teams.
Through 2023 playoffs
Rank | Club | Championships | Runners-up | Seasons qualified | GP | W | L | D [a] | Penalty wins [a] | PPG | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Portland Thorns FC | 3 | 1 | 9/10 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.615 | 19 | 18 | +1 |
2 | North Carolina Courage | 2 | 1 | 5/6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.875 | 14 | 5 | +9 |
3 | FC Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 3/5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.400 | 10 | 4 | +6 |
4 | Washington Spirit | 1 | 1 | 4/10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.857 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
5 | Western New York Flash | 1 | 1 | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.750 | 8 | 7 | +1 |
6 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 1 | 0 | 3/10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.800 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
7 | Seattle Reign FC | 0 | 3 | 7/10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.900 | 10 | 15 | −5 |
8 | Chicago Red Stars | 0 | 2 | 7/10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.900 | 7 | 16 | −9 |
9 | Kansas City Current | 0 | 1 | 1/3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.000 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
10 | San Diego Wave FC | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
11 | Angel City FC | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
12 | Orlando Pride | 0 | 0 | 1/7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 4 | −3 |
13 | Houston Dash | 0 | 0 | 1/9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
14 | Racing Louisville FC | 0 | 0 | 0/3 | Have not qualified | ||||||||
15 | Utah Royals | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | |||||||||
16 | Boston Breakers | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | |||||||||
Sort order is championships, runners-up, PPG, fraction of seasons qualified.
Italics denote defunct teams.
Bold text denotes a column's maximum value.
Boldface indicates players currently active in the league.
Rank | Player | Minutes played | Games |
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1 | Lauren Barnes | 18,298 | 211 |
2 | McCall Zerboni | 16,141 | 204 |
3 | Jess Fishlock | 15,305 | 180 |
4 | Ali Krieger | 15,026 | 176 |
5 | Abby Erceg | 14,921 | 169 |
6 | Allie Long | 14,753 | 172 |
7 | Alyssa Naeher | 14,580 | 163 |
8 | Christine Sinclair | 14,426 | 176 |
9 | Sofia Huerta | 14,286 | 161 |
10 | Becky Sauerbrunn | 14,071 | 164 |
11 | Merritt Mathias | 14,020 | 183 |
12 | Kristie Mewis | 13,987 | 171 |
13 | Emily Menges | 13,850 | 160 |
14 | Vanessa DiBernardo | 13,426 | 166 |
15 | Danielle Colaprico | 13,398 | 165 |
16 | Megan Montefusco | 13,257 | 155 |
17 | Meghan Klingenberg | 13,049 | 156 |
18 | Tori Huster | 13,013 | 159 |
19 | Nicole Barnhart | 12,674 | 144 |
20 | Jessica McDonald | 12,593 | 182 |
2013–2023 regular seasons, a total of 226 matches for each team that has been active since the start of the NWSL. [8]
Rank | Player | Games |
---|---|---|
1 | Lauren Barnes | 211 |
2 | McCall Zerboni | 204 |
3 | Merritt Mathias | 183 |
4 | Jessica McDonald | 182 |
5 | Jess Fishlock | 180 |
6 | Christine Sinclair | 176 |
Ali Krieger | 176 | |
8 | Allie Long | 172 |
Jasmyne Spencer | 172 | |
10 | Kristie Mewis | 171 |
11 | Erika Tymrak | 168 |
12 | Vanessa DiBernardo | 166 |
Abby Erceg | 166 | |
14 | Danielle Colaprico | 165 |
15 | Becky Sauerbrunn | 164 |
16 | Amber Brooks | 163 |
Alyssa Naeher | 163 | |
18 | Sofia Huerta | 161 |
19 | Emily Menges | 160 |
20 | Tori Huster | 159 |
Rank | Player | Goals |
---|---|---|
1 | Lynn Williams | 80 |
2 | Sam Kerr | 77 |
3 | Christine Sinclair | 64 |
4 | Alex Morgan | 60 |
5 | Jessica McDonald | 54 |
6 | Megan Rapinoe | 51 |
7 | Christen Press | 48 |
8 | Ashley Hatch | 50 |
9 | Debinha | 44 |
10 | Carli Lloyd | 43 |
11 | Jess Fishlock | 42 |
12 | Sydney Leroux | 41 |
13 | Amy Rodriguez | 39 |
14 | Crystal Dunn | 38 |
Nadia Nadim | ||
16 | Rachel Daly | 37 |
17 | Allie Long | 36 |
18 | Sofia Huerta | 35 |
19 | Kealia Watt | 33 |
20 | Kim Little | 32 |
Sophia Smith | ||
Jodie Taylor |
Rank | Player | Goals |
---|---|---|
1 | Amy Rodriguez | 6 |
2 | Crystal Dunn | 5 |
3 | Jessica McDonald | 4 |
Samantha Mewis | ||
Lynn Williams | ||
5 | Debinha | 3 |
Tobin Heath | ||
Lindsey Horan | ||
Megan Rapinoe | ||
Christine Sinclair |
Year | Player | Team | Goals | Games | GPG |
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2013 | Lauren Holiday | FC Kansas City | 12 | 18 | .666 |
2014 | Kim Little | Seattle Reign FC | 16 | 23 | .695 |
2015 | Crystal Dunn | Washington Spirit | 15 | 20 | .75 |
2016 | Lynn Williams | Western New York Flash | 11 | 19 | .579 |
2017 | Sam Kerr | Sky Blue FC | 17 | 22 | .773 |
2018 | Sam Kerr | Chicago Red Stars | 16 | 19 | .842 |
2019 | Sam Kerr | Chicago Red Stars | 18 | 21 | .857 |
2021 | Ashley Hatch | Washington Spirit | 10 | 20 | .50 |
2022 | Alex Morgan | San Diego Wave FC | 15 | 17 | .882 |
2023 | Sophia Smith | Portland Thorns FC | 11 | 18 | .611 |
2024 | Temwa Chawinga | Kansas City Current | 21 | 26 | .80 |
*GPG = goals ger game
Rank | Player | Assists |
---|---|---|
1 | Sofia Huerta | 31 |
Jessica McDonald | ||
3 | Lynn Williams | 28 |
4 | Alex Morgan | 27 |
5 | Nahomi Kawasumi | 26 |
Megan Rapinoe | ||
7 | Jess Fishlock | 25 |
8 | Vanessa DiBernardo | 24 |
Crystal Dunn | ||
Tobin Heath | ||
Sam Kerr | ||
Yūki Nagasato |
Year | Player | Assists | Apps |
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2013 | Lauren Holiday | 9 | 18 |
2014 | Jessica Fishlock | 8 | 22 |
2015 | Kim Little | 7 | 20 |
2016 | Tobin Heath | 10 | 15 |
2017 | Nahomi Kawasumi | 9 | 24 |
2018 | Jessica McDonald | 8 | 23 |
2019 | Yūki Nagasato | 8 | 24 |
2021* | Trinity Rodman | 6 | 22 |
Sofia Huerta | 23 | ||
2022* | Carson Pickett | 6 | 20 |
Mallory Swanson | 16 | ||
2023 | Sam Coffey | 8 | 22 |
2024 | Croix Bethune | 10 | 17 |
*Joint record
# | Player | Shutouts | Apps | Shutout % |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nicole Barnhart | 52 | 144 | 36.1% |
2 | Alyssa Naeher | 43 | 163 | 26.4% |
3 | Adrianna Franch | 42 | 127 | 33.1% |
4 | Casey Murphy | 32 | 80 | 40.0% |
5 | Kailen Sheridan | 31 | 117 | 26.5% |
6 | Jane Campbell | 30 | 103 | 29.1% |
Aubrey Kingsbury | 119 | 25.2% | ||
8 | Bella Bixby | 24 | 57 | 42.1% |
9 | Ashlyn Harris | 22 | 135 | 16.3% |
10 | Katelyn Rowland | 20 | 60 | 33.3% |
# | Player | Saves |
---|---|---|
1 | Ashlyn Harris | 518 |
2 | Alyssa Naeher | 494 |
3 | Nicole Barnhart | 468 |
4 | Kailen Sheridan | 401 |
5 | Adrianna Franch | 395 |
6 | Aubrey Kingsbury | 362 |
7 | Michelle Betos | 340 |
8 | Jane Campbell | 336 |
9 | Erin McLeod | 288 |
10 | Haley Kopmeyer | 239 |
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