Best NWSL Player ESPY Award

The Best NWSL Player ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of an individual from the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It has been awarded annually since the first award at the 2018 ESPY Awards. It was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Best NWSL Player ESPY Award
Awarded for	best NWSL player
Presented by	ESPN
First award	2018
Currently held by	Ashley Hatch (USA)
Website	www.espn.com/espys/

Winners and nominees

  Player's team won the NWSL Challenge Cup
  Player's team lost in the NWSL Challenge Cup

Best NWSL Player ESPY Award winners and nominees

Year	Image	Player	Nation	Team	Position	Other nominees	Ref(s)
2018		Megan Rapinoe	USA	Seattle Reign FC[a]	Midfielder	Adrianna Franch ( USA) – Portland Thorns FC Sam Kerr ( AUS) – Chicago Red Stars Sam Mewis ( USA) – North Carolina Courage	[2]
2019		Sam Kerr	AUS	Chicago Red Stars	Forward	Abby Erceg ( NZL) – North Carolina Courage Adrianna Franch ( USA) – Portland Thorns FC Lindsey Horan ( USA) – Portland Thorns FC	[3]
2020	Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic						[1]
2021		Julie Ertz	USA	Chicago Red Stars	Midfielder	Rachel Daly ( ENG) – Houston Dash Kailen Sheridan ( CAN) – NJ/NY Gotham FC Lynn Williams ( USA) – North Carolina Courage	[4]
2022		Ashley Hatch	USA	Washington Spirit	Forward	Aubrey Kingsbury ( USA) – Washington Spirit Caprice Dydasco ( WAL) – NJ/NY Gotham FC Jess Fishlock ( USA) – OL Reign	[5]

Statistics

Multiple winners and nominees Name Wins Nominations Sam Kerr 1 2 Adrianna Franch 0 2

Winners by team represented Team Wins Nominations Chicago Red Stars 2 3 OL Reign 1 2 Washington Spirit 1 2 Portland Thorns FC 0 3 North Carolina Courage 0 3 Houston Dash 0 1 NJ/NY Gotham FC 0 2

Winners by nation represented Country Winners Nominations  USA 3 10  AUS 1 2  CAN 0 1  ENG 0 1  NZL 0 1  WAL 0 1

Footnotes

1. Now known as OL Reign.