NWSL records and statistics

The following is a compilation of notable records and statistics for teams and players in the National Women's Soccer League, which started in 2013.[1]

Statistics for the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup, a competition created in place of the 2020 season that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are not included here.

Champions and Shield winners

By Season

Season Playoff final Regular season
Champions Score Runners-up Shield winners Points Runners-up
2013 Portland Thorns FC 2–0
Details
Western New York Flash Western New York Flash 38–38
Standings
FC Kansas City
2014 FC Kansas City 2–1
Details
Seattle Reign FC Seattle Reign FC 54–41
Standings
FC Kansas City
2015 FC Kansas City 1–0
Details
Seattle Reign FC Seattle Reign FC 43–33
Standings
Chicago Red Stars
2016 Western New York Flash 2–2 AET, 3–2 PKs
Details
Washington Spirit Portland Thorns FC 41–39
Standings
Washington Spirit
2017 Portland Thorns FC 1–0
Details
North Carolina Courage North Carolina Courage 49–47
Standings
Portland Thorns FC
2018 North Carolina Courage 3–0
Details
Portland Thorns FC North Carolina Courage 57–42
Standings
Portland Thorns FC
2019 North Carolina Courage 4–0
Details
Chicago Red Stars North Carolina Courage 49–44
Standings
Chicago Red Stars

By Team

Team Seasons Playoff appearances Championships Shields Total
North Carolina Courage 3 3 2 (2018, 2019) 3 (2017, 2018, 2019) 5
Portland Thorns FC 7 6 2 (2013, 2017) 1 (2016) 3
FC Kansas City 1 5 3 2 (2014, 2015) 2
Western New York Flash 1 4 2 1 (2016) 1 (2013) 2
OL Reign/Reign FC/Seattle Reign FC 7 4 2 (2014, 2015) 2
Chicago Red Stars 7 5 0
Washington Spirit 7 3 0
Orlando Pride 4 1 0
Sky Blue FC 7 1 0
Utah Royals FC 2 0 0
Boston Breakers 1 5 0 0
Houston Dash 6 0 0

1 – Defunct, no longer in NWSL

Team records

Wins

Losses

Attendance

Season Overall Highest Lowest Playoff
mean
Total Mean Median Club Mean Club Mean
2013375,7434,2703,007Portland Thorns FC13,320Sky Blue FC1,6646,820
2014446,3114,1333,014Portland Thorns FC13,362Sky Blue FC1,6393,763
2015454,1005,0463,367Portland Thorns FC15,639Sky Blue FC2,2686,766
2016555,7755,5583,997Portland Thorns FC16,945Sky Blue FC2,16210,863
2017609,9605,0833,576Portland Thorns FC17,653FC Kansas City1,78812,111
2018650,5626,0244,025Portland Thorns FC16,959Sky Blue FC2,53113,323*
2019792,4097,3375,565Portland Thorns FC20,098Sky Blue FC3,3388,956

* A semifinal that would have been played in North Carolina was moved to Portland due to Hurricane Florence.

Goals

Regular season records

Through 2019 season

Pts Rank
(Prev.
Season)
PPG Rank
(Prev.
Season)
Club Seasons GP W L D GF GA GD Pts Pts Per
Game
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Finishing Positions
1 (1)2 (2)Portland Thorns FC7 (2013–)158764339250187+632671.690123
2 (2)3 (3)OL Reign[lower-alpha 1]7 (2013–)158724442239181+582581.633211
3 (3)4 (4)Chicago Red Stars7 (2013–)158684347231190+412511.589212
4 (6)8 (10)Washington Spirit7 (2013–)158497435185239−541821.15212
5 (5)10 (9)Sky Blue FC7 (2013–)158477239190258−681801.1391
6 (4)5 (5)FC Kansas City5 (2013–2017)110453627152125+271681.52721
7 (9)1 (1)North Carolina Courage3 (2017–)7248131114068+721552.1533
8 (7)11 (11)Houston Dash6 (2014–)136407026152213−611461.074
9 (8)7 (7)Western New York Flash4 (2013–2016)86333122142118+241191.38411
10 (11)9 (8)Orlando Pride4 (2016–)92294518119151−321051.1411
11 (10)12 (12)Boston Breakers5 (2013–2017)110256520132212−80950.864
12 (12)6 (6)Utah Royals FC2 (2018–)481917124748−1691.438

Sort order is Pts, finishing positions, wins

  1. Known as Seattle Reign FC from 2013–2018 and as Reign FC in 2019.

Playoff records

Through 2019 playoffs

Pts Rank
(Prev. Season)
Club Appearances
vs Seasons
Appearances
Percentages
GP W L D1 SOW1 GF GA GD Pts PPG PPG Rank
(Prev. Season)
1 (3)North Carolina Courage3/3100%65100142+12152.501 (2)
1 (1)Portland Thorns FC6/786%954001514+1151.674 (3)
3 (2)FC Kansas City3/560%54100104+6122.402 (1)
4 (4)Western New York Flash2/450%4211187+171.753 (4)
5 (5)Reign FC4/757%62400810−261.005 (5)
6 (6)Washington Spirit3/743%4121058−341.005 (6)
7 (7)Chicago Red Stars5/771%61500212−1030.507 (7)
8 (7)Orlando Pride1/425%1010014−300.008 (7)
8 (7)Sky Blue FC1/714%1010002−200.008 (7)

1Ties after 120min decided by shootout
Sort order is Pts, appearance%, total seasons, PPG

Player records

Most appearances

2013–2019 seasons. 158 total matches. Regular season only.[2]

NWSL Most Appearances
Regular Season Only as of October 12, 2019
Rank Player Games
1 Christine Nairn 150
2 Lauren Barnes 149
3 McCall Zerboni 147
4 Merritt Mathias 142
5 Tori Huster 138
6 Jessica McDonald 135
Nicole Barnhart
8 Allie Long 133
9 Katherine Reynolds 129
10 Christine Sinclair 128
11 Kristie Mewis 124
12 Amber Brooks 123
Beverly Yanez
14 Becky Sauerbrunn 122
Jasmyne Spencer
16 Alyssa Mautz 121
Jess Fishlock
18 Erika Tymrak 120

Goals

Top scorers

NWSL All-Time Leading Goalscorers
Regular Season Only as of October 12, 2019[4]
Rank Player Goals Games
1 Samantha Kerr 77 119
2 Lynn Williams 50 100
3 Christine Sinclair 49 128
4 Jessica McDonald 47 135
5 Christen Press 45 85
6 Carli Lloyd 39 93
7 Megan Rapinoe 34 75
Amy Rodriguez 77
9 Allie Long 33 133
Alex Morgan 89
11 Crystal Dunn 32
Sofia Huerta 100
Kim Little 63
14 Sydney Leroux 29 92
15 Nadia Nadim 28 61
Kealia Ohai 114
NWSL All-Time Playoff Leading Goalscorers
Last updated October 27, 2019
Bold indicates active player
Rank Player Goals
1 Amy Rodriguez 6
2 Crystal Dunn 4
Jessica McDonald
Samantha Mewis
5 Debinha 3
Tobin Heath
Lindsey Horan
Megan Rapinoe
Christine Sinclair
Lynn Williams

Assists

Most assists

Most assists (career)
Regular Season Only as of October 12, 2019[6]
Rank Player Assists Games
1 Tobin Heath 25 74
Jessica McDonald 127
Christine Nairn 143
4 Lynn Williams 24 86
5 Nahomi Kawasumi 19 68
Samantha Kerr 98
7 Vanessa DiBernardo 18 94
Kelley O'Hara 83
Alex Morgan
10 Lauren Holiday 17 80
Jess Fishlock 116
12 Crystal Dunn 16 76
Kim Little 63
Heather O'Reilly 75

Top assists by season

Year Player Assists Apps
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

Goalkeepers

# Player Shutouts Apps
1 Nicole Barnhart 51 131
2 Alyssa Naeher 36 118
3 Adrianna Franch 29 80
4 Ashlyn Harris 17 108
Katelyn Rowland 49
6 Lydia Williams 16 57
7 Aubrey Bledsoe 15 58
Stephanie Labbé 41
9 Brittany Cameron 14 45
Karina LeBlanc 50

Match records

Last updated December 4, 2019

See also

References

  1. "Stats". National Women's Soccer League. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  2. Cooper, Jen (2019), Keeper Notes NWSL Almanac, p. 13.
  3. "Sam Kerr finishes NWSL season with bushel of scoring records". www.socceramerica.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  4. Cooper, Jen (2019), Keeper Notes NWSL Almanac, Keeper Notes, p. 8.
  5. Ltd, Simplestream. "Nahomi Kawasumi named Player of the Week". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  6. Cooper, pp. 6–7
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