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]

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

By Team

Team Seasons Playoff appearances Championships Shields Total
Portland Thorns FC 6 5 2 (2013, 2017) 1 (2016) 3
North Carolina Courage 2 2 1 (2018) 2 (2017, 2018) 3
FC Kansas City 1 5 3 2 (2014, 2015) - 2
Western New York Flash 1 4 2 1 (2016) 1 (2013) 2
Seattle Reign FC 6 3 - 2 (2014, 2015) 2
Washington Spirit 6 3 - - 0
Chicago Red Stars 6 4 - - 0
Sky Blue FC 6 1 - - 0
Boston Breakers 1 5 0 - - 0
Houston Dash 5 0 - - 0
Orlando Pride 3 1 - - 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
2018650,5626,024-Portland Thorns FC16,959Sky Blue FC2,531TBD

Goals

Regular Season records

Through 2018 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 FC6 (2013-)134653732210156+542271.694122
2 (2)3 (3)Seattle Reign FC6 (2013-)134623834212154+582201.64221
3 (3)4 (4)Chicago Red Stars6 (2013-)134543545190162+282071.545112
4 (4)5 (5)FC Kansas City5 (2013-2017)110453627152125+271681.52721
5 (5)9 (7)Sky Blue FC6 (2013-2018)134425834170224-541601.1941
6 (6)10 (9)Washington Spirit6 (2013-)134406628155214-591481.10412
7 (9)11 (10)Houston Dash5 (2014-)112335821131177-461201.071
8 (7)7 (6)Western New York Flash4 (2013-2016)86333122142118+241191.38411
9 (11)1 (1)North Carolina Courage2 (2017-)4833878645+411062.2082
10 (8)12 (11)Boston Breakers5 (2013-2017)110256520132212-80950.864
11 (10)8 (8)Orlando Pride3 (2016-)682529149598-3891.3091
12 (-)6 (-)Utah Royals FC1 (2018-)249782223-1351.458

Sort order is Pts, finishing positions, wins

Playoff records

Through 2018 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 (1)Portland Thorns FC5/683%853001513+2151.883 (2)
2 (1)FC Kansas City3/560%54100104+6122.401 (1)
3 (6)North Carolina Courage2/2100%4310061+592.252 (4)
4 (3)Western New York Flash2/450%4211187+171.754 (3)
5 (4)Seattle Reign FC3/650%5230076+161.205 (4)
6 (5)Washington Spirit3/650%4121058-341.006 (6)
7 (7)Chicago Red Stars4/667%4040018-700.007 (7)
7 (7)Orlando Pride1/333%1010014-300.007 (7)
7 (7)Sky Blue FC1/617%1010002-200.007 (7)

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

Player records

Most Appearances

(Regular season only as of August 14, 2018)

# Player Apps Tenure Goals
1 Christine Nairn 125 [2] 2013- 19
2 McCall Zerboni 123 2013- 12
3 Lauren Barnes 122 2013- 2
4 Merritt Mathias 119 [3] 2013- 10
5 Allie Long 118 [4] 2013- 33
Jessica McDonald 118 [5] 2013- 41
7 Jasmyne Spencer 117 [6] 2013- 14
8 Alyssa Mautz 113 2013- 14
9 Jessica Fishlock 112 [7] 2013- 25
10 Nicole Barnhart 108 [8] 2013- 0
11 Angela Salem 107 [9] 2013- 1
Christine Sinclair 107 [10] 2013- 38
13 Brittany Taylor 106 2013-2017 5
Katherine Reynolds 106 2013- 1
15 Becky Sauerbrunn 105 2013- 3
16 Ali Krieger 103 2013- 3

Goals

Top scorers

NWSL All-Time Leading Goalscorers
Regular Season Only as of August 22, 2018
Rank Player Goals Games References
1 Australia Samantha Kerr 55 94 [12][13]
2 United States Jessica McDonald 41 118 [14][15]
3 Canada Christine Sinclair 40 109 [16][16]
4 United States Christen Press 37 69 [17][18][17]
5 United States Megan Rapinoe 34 69 [19]
United States Lynn Williams 34 75 [20][21]
7 United States Allie Long 33 118 [22][23]
8 Scotland Kim Little 32 63 [24][25]
United States Alex Morgan 32 80 [26]
10 United States Carli Lloyd 30 76 [27]
11 United States Kealia Ohai 26 88 [28]
United States Sofia Huerta 26 83 [29]
NWSL All-Time Playoff Leading Goalscorers
Last updated October 9, 2018
Bold indicates active player
Rank Player Goals
1 United States Amy Rodriguez 6
2 United States Tobin Heath 3
United States Lindsey Horan 3
United States Jessica McDonald 3
United States Samantha Mewis 3
United States Megan Rapinoe 3
Canada Christine Sinclair 3
United States Lynn Williams 3
9 United States Crystal Dunn 2
United States Carli Lloyd 2
United States Erika Tymrak 2

Top scorers by season

Year Player Goals Apps
2013 United States Lauren Holiday 12 18
2014 Scotland Kim Little 16 23
2015 United States Crystal Dunn 15 20
2016 United States Lynn Williams 14 [30] 21
2017 Australia Sam Kerr 17 22
2018 Australia Sam Kerr 16 19

Assists

Most assists

Most assists (career)
Rank Player Assists Games References
1 United States Christine Nairn 20 125 [2]
United States Tobin Heath 54 [32]
3 United States Vanessa DiBernardo 19 92 [33]
4 United States Lauren Holiday 18 48 [34]
United States Kelley O'Hara 81 [35]
Japan Nahomi Kawasumi 67 [36]
United States Alex Morgan 80 [37]
United States Lynn Williams 75 [38]
United States Jessica McDonald 118 [5]
10 Australia Samantha Kerr 17 94 [13]
11 United States Heather O'Reilly 16 72 [39]
United States Crystal Dunn 86 [4]
Scotland Kim Little 63 [25]

Top assists by season

Year Player Assists Apps
2013 United States Lauren Holiday 9 18
2014 Wales Jessica Fishlock 8 22
2015 Scotland Kim Little 7 20
2016 United States Tobin Heath 10 15
2017 Japan Nahomi Kawasumi 9 24

Goalkeepers

# Player Shutouts Apps
1 Nicole Barnhart 38 103
2 Adrianna Franch 21 52

Match records

Last updated September 14, 2018

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Stats". National Women's Soccer League. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Christine Nairn Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  3. ↑ "Merritt Mathias Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  4. 1 2 "Crystal Dunn Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  5. 1 2 "Jessica McDonald Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  6. ↑ "Jasmyne Spencer Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  7. ↑ "Jessica Fishlock Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  8. ↑ "Nicole Barnhart: 100 NWSL Regular Season Appearances". FC KANSAS CITY. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  9. ↑ "Angela Salem Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  10. ↑ "Christine Sinclair Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  11. 1 2 "Sam Kerr finishes NWSL season with bushel of scoring records". www.socceramerica.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  12. ↑ "Sam Kerr Breaks NWSL Single-Season Goal Record in 4-3 Victory Against Boston". Once A Metro. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  13. 1 2 "Samantha Kerr Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  14. ↑ "Scoreboard.com: Jessica Marie McDonald (North Carolina Courage W) - profile". www.scoreboard.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  15. ↑ "USA - J. McDonald - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  16. 1 2 "Canada - C. Sinclair - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  17. 1 2 "USA - C. Press - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  18. ↑ "Scoreboard.com: Christen Press (Chicago Red Stars W) - profile". www.scoreboard.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
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  24. ↑ Vavel (2016-10-18). "Kim Little: The best that ever was in the NWSL". VAVEL.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
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  27. ↑ "USA - C. Lloyd - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
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  29. ↑ "S.Huerta". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  30. ↑ Ltd, Simplestream. "National Women's Soccer League". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  31. ↑ Ltd, Simplestream. "Nahomi Kawasumi named Player of the Week". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  32. ↑ "Tobin Heath Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  33. ↑ "Vanessa DiBernardo Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  34. ↑ "Lauren Holiday Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  35. ↑ "Kelley O'Hara Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  36. ↑ "Nahomi Kawasumi Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  37. ↑ "Alex Morgan Statistics on StatsCrew.com". Archived from the original on 2017-12-12.
  38. ↑ "Lynn Williams Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  39. ↑ "Heather O'Reilly Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
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