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. 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.
Champions and shield winners
By season Through November 22, 2025 (2025 NWSL Championship) SeasonPlayoff finalRegular seasonChampionsScoreRunners-upShield winnersPointsRunners-up 2013 Portland Thorns FC 2–0Details Western New York Flash Western New York Flash 38–38Standings FC Kansas City 2014 FC Kansas City 2–1Details Seattle Reign FC Seattle Reign FC 54–41Standings FC Kansas City 2015 FC Kansas City 1–0Details Seattle Reign FC Seattle Reign FC 43–33Standings Chicago Red Stars 2016 Western New York Flash 2–2 AET, 3–2 PKsDetails Washington Spirit Portland Thorns FC 41–39Standings Washington Spirit 2017 Portland Thorns FC 1–0Details North Carolina Courage North Carolina Courage 49–47Standings Portland Thorns FC 2018 North Carolina Courage 3–0Details Portland Thorns FC North Carolina Courage 57–42Standings Portland Thorns FC 2019 North Carolina Courage 4–0Details Chicago Red Stars North Carolina Courage 49–44Standings Chicago Red Stars 2021 Washington Spirit 2–1 AET Details Chicago Red Stars Portland Thorns FC 44–42Standings OL Reign 2022 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Details Kansas City Current OL Reign 40–39Standings Portland Thorns FC 2023 NJ/NY Gotham FC 2–1Details OL Reign San Diego Wave FC 37–35Standings Portland Thorns FC 2024 Orlando Pride 1–0Details Washington Spirit Orlando Pride 60–56Standings Washington Spirit2025 Gotham FC 1–0Details Washington SpiritKansas City Current65-44StandingsWashington Spirit
Total trophies by team Through June 26, 2026 (2026 NWSL Challenge Cup)
Green shading indicates record highs. Italics indicates a defunct team.
TeamTrophiesRegular seasons*Domestic InternationalPlayoffsChampionshipsShieldsChallenge CupsCommunity ShieldsCONCACAF W Champions CupNWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup Portland Thorns FC 7 12 11 3 (2013, 2017, 2022) 2 (2016, 2021) 1 (2021) 1 (2020*) –– North Carolina Courage 7 8 6 2 (2018, 2019) 3 (2017, 2018, 2019) 2 (2022, 2023) – –– Gotham FC / NJ/NY Gotham FC / Sky Blue FC 4 12 5 2 (2023, 2025) – 1 (2026) – 1 (2024-25)– Seattle Reign FC / OL Reign / Reign FC 3 12 9 – 3 (2014, 2015, 2022) – – –– Washington Spirit 2 12 6 1 (2021) – 1 (2025) – –– Orlando Pride 2 9 3 1 (2024) 1 (2024) – – ––Kansas City Current253– 1 (2025)–– –1 (2024) FC Kansas City 2 5 3 2 (2014, 2015) – – – –– San Diego Wave FC 2 4 3 – 1 (2023) 1 (2024) – –– Western New York Flash 2 4 2 1 (2016) 1 (2013) – – –– Houston Dash 1 11 1 – – 1 (2020*) – –– Chicago Stars 0 12 8 – – – – ––Angel City FC041–––– ––Bay FC021–––– ––Racing Louisville FC051–––––– Boston Breakers 0 5 0 – – – ––– Utah Royals 0 4 0 – – – – ––
Team records Wins Most wins in a season: 26 games: 21, Kansas City Current (2025) 24 games: 17, North Carolina Courage (2018) 22 games: 11, Portland Thorns (2013), FC Kansas City (2013), OL Reign (now Seattle Reign) (2022), San Diego Wave (2023) 20 games: 13, Seattle Reign FC (2015) Fewest wins in a season: 20 games: 3, Boston Breakers (2016) 24 games: 1, Sky Blue FC (Gotham FC) (2018) Highest win percentage in a season: 80.8%, Kansas City Current (2025) Lowest win percentage in a season: 4.2%, Sky Blue FC (now Gotham FC) (2018) Most home wins in a season: 11, Kansas City Current (2025) Most away wins in a season: 10, Kansas City Current (2025) Most consecutive wins: 9, Kansas City Current (October 5, 2024–April 19, 2025) Most consecutive wins in a season (26 games): 8, Orlando Pride (April 12, 2024–June 7, 2024), Kansas City Current (May 11, 2025–August 8, 2025) Most consecutive games without a win: 23, Sky Blue FC (now Gotham FC) (2018) Most consecutive away games without a win: 19, Boston Breakers (August 6, 2014–July 10, 2016) Most consecutive home wins in a season: 7, Portland Thorns FC (June 28, 2017–September 30, 2017), North Carolina Courage (July 5, 2019–October 12, 2019) Most consecutive away wins in a season: 8, Kansas City Current (May 16, 2025–October 6, 2025) Most consecutive home wins: 10, Kansas City Current (September 20, 2025–May 30, 2026) Most total wins in regular season (278 games): 130, Portland Thorns FC (April, 13, 2013–November 2, 2025)
Losses Most losses in a season: 26 games: 16, Houston Dash (2024) 24 games: 17, Sky Blue FC (now Gotham FC) (2018) 22 games: 17, NJ/NY Gotham FC (now Gotham FC) (2022) 20 games: 15, Boston Breakers (2016) Fewest losses in a season (24 games): 1, North Carolina Courage (2018) Highest loss percentage: 77.3%, NJ/NY Gotham FC (now Gotham FC) (2022) Lowest loss percentage: 4.2%, North Carolina Courage (2018) Longest unbeaten regular season run: 24 games, Orlando Pride (October 15, 2023–October 11, 2024) Most losses in total (278 games): 113, Sky Blue FC / Gotham FC Fewest home losses in a season: (13 games): 0, Kansas City Current (2025) (12 games): 0, Seattle Reign FC (2014) Most consecutive losses in a season: 11, NJ/NY Gotham FC (now Gotham FC) (2022) Most consecutive home games undefeated: 30, Kansas City Current (September 7, 2024–September 26, 2026)
Points
Most points in a season: 26 games: 65, Kansas City Current (2025) 24 games: 57, North Carolina Courage (2018) 22 games: 40, OL Reign (now Seattle Reign) (2022) 20 games: 43, Seattle Reign (2015) Most points per game in a season: 2.50, Kansas City Current (2025) Fewest points per game in a season: 0.375, Sky Blue FC (now Gotham FC) (2018)
Attendance by season
Season Regular season Playoffs Matches Overall Highest Lowest Mean 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 2019 108 792,409 7,337 5,565 Portland Thorns FC 20,098 Sky Blue FC 3,338 8,956 2021120 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 Houston Dash 6,194 14,73420251821,917,40110,535Portland Thorns FC18,173Racing Louisville FC5,52116,351
Goals Most goals scored in a season: 26 games: 57, Kansas City Current (2024) 24 games: 54, North Carolina Courage (2019) 22 games: 49, Portland Thorns (2022) 20 games: 41, Seattle Reign (2015) Fewest goals scored in a season: 12, Washington Spirit (2018) Most goals conceded in a season: 54, Chicago Stars (2025) Fewest goals conceded in a season: 13, Kansas City Current (2025) Best goal difference in a season: 36, North Carolina Courage (2018), Kansas City Current (2025) Most penalty-kick goals in a season: 7, Portland Thorns FC (2025) Most goals scored in total (through 2025): 447, Portland Thorns FC Most goals conceded in total (through 2025): 394, Sky Blue FC / Gotham FC Most consecutive games scoring: 28 games, FC Kansas City (2013–2014) includes 3 playoff games Most games scoring 2+ goals: 18 games, Kansas City Current (2025) Most consecutive games scoring 2+ goals: 7 games, Western New York Flash (2013) Longest shutout streak: 9 games / 870 minutes, Kansas City Current (2025) Most shutouts in a season: 16, Kansas City Current (2025) Most consecutive shutouts in a season: 9, Kansas City Current (2025)
Regular season records Through 2025 season (regular season games only) (prev.season) (prev.season) Club Seasons 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Finishing positions 1 (1) 2 (2) Portland Thorns FC 12 (2013–) 278 130 69 79 447 324 123 459 1.651 2 4 4 2 (2) 4 (3) Seattle Reign FC 12 (2013–) 278 121 71 86 396 321 75 434 1.561 3 1 1 1 3 (3) 8 (6) Chicago Red Stars 12 (2013–) 278 108 74 96 384 388 -4 376 1.353 2 1 3 4 (4) 10 (11) Washington Spirit 12 (2013–) 278 100 70 108 359 388 -29 370 1.331 3 1 2 5 (5) 11 (13) Gotham FC 12 (2013–) 278 93 72 113 336 364 -58 351 1.263 1 1 6 (6) 1 (1) North Carolina Courage 8 (2017–) 192 96 39 57 319 207 112 327 1.703 3 1 7 (7) 15 (15) Houston Dash 11 (2014–) 256 78 56 122 281 370 -89 290 1.133 1 8 (8) 9 (9) Orlando Pride 9 (2016–) 212 80 46 86 274 303 -29 286 1.349 1 1 1 9 (10) 3 (5) Kansas City Current 5 (2021–) 120 58 24 38 180 145 35 198 1.650 1 1 10 (9) 5 (4) FC Kansas City 5 (2013–2017) 110 45 27 36 152 125 27 168 1.527 2 1 11 (12) 14 (16) Racing Louisville FC 5 (2021–) 120 33 38 49 137 176 -39 137 1.142 12 (13) 6 (7) San Diego Wave FC 4 (2022–) 96 37 24 35 128 112 16 135 1.406 1 1 13 (11) 7 (8) Western New York Flash 4 (2013–2016) 86 33 22 31 142 118 24 119 1.384 1 1 13 (15) 12 (12) Utah Royals 4 (2018–2019, 2024–) 100 32 23 45 97 130 -33 119 1.190 15 (16) 13 (14) Angel City FC 4 (2022–) 96 30 24 42 114 140 -26 111 1.156 16 (14) 17 (17) Boston Breakers 5 (2013–2017) 110 25 20 65 132 212 -80 95 0.864 17 (17) 16 (10) Bay FC 2 (2024–) 52 15 9 28 57 82 -25 54 1.039 Sort order is points, finishing positions, wins.Italics denote defunct teams., , and denote a column's best and worst values.
Playoff records Through 2025 playoffs Rank Club Championships Runners-up Seasonsqualified Penaltywins 1 Portland Thorns FC 3 1 11/12168 8 0 0 1.500 21 22 −1 2 North Carolina Courage 2 1 6/8 9 5 4 0 0 1.667 14 6 +8 3 FC Kansas City 2 0 3/5 5 4 1 0 0 2.400 10 4 +6 4 Gotham FC 2 0 5/12 10 7 2 1 0 2.200 12 7 +5 5 Washington Spirit 1 3 6/12 13 6 4 3 2 1.615 16 15 +1 6 Western New York Flash 1 1 2/4 4 2 1 1 1 1.750 8 7 +1 7 Orlando Pride 1 0 3/9 6 4 2 0 0 2.000 11 8 −4 8 Seattle Reign FC 0 3 8/12 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 12 18 −6 9 Chicago Stars FC 0 2 8/12 11 3 8 0 0 0.818 8 20 −12 10 Kansas City Current 0 1 3/5 6 3 3 0 0 1.500 8 8 0 11 San Diego Wave FC 0 0 3/4 4 1 3 0 0 0.750 3 5 −2 12 Bay FC 0 0 1/2 1 0 1 0 0 0.000 1 2 −1 13 Angel City FC 0 0 1/4 1 0 1 0 0 0.000 0 1 −1 14 Racing Louisville 0 0 1/5 1 0 0 1 0 0.000 1 1 0 15 Houston Dash 0 0 1/11 1 0 1 0 0 0.000 1 2 −1 16 Utah Royals 0 0 0/4 Have not qualified 17 Boston Breakers 0 0 0/5 Sort order is championships, runners-up, fraction of seasons qualified, PPG.Italics denotes defunct teams., , and denote a column's best and worst values.
Player records Boldface indicates players currently active in the league.
Consecutive play streaks
Most consecutive games played: 134 games, Kayleigh Kurtz, 26 June 2021–present (as of 26 Aug 2026). Most consecutive minutes played: 12,022 minutes, Kayleigh Kurtz, 26 June 2021–present (as of 26 Aug 2026; this is not a multiple of 90 minutes due a rain-shortened game). Most consecutive games played from an expansion team's start in the league: 73 games, Kate Del Fava, Utah Royals, 2024–present (as of 26 Aug 2026). Most consecutive minutes played from an expansion team's start in the league: 6570 minutes, Kate Del Fava, Utah Royals, 2024–present (as of 26 Aug 2026).