NWSL Player of the Week

The National Women's Soccer League Player of the Week was a weekly soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) from 2013 to 2023. The honor was awarded by popular social media vote to the player deemed to have put in the best performances over the past week. The award was replaced by the Goal of the Week award in 2024, but was brought back in 2025.

Selection

From 2013 to 2022, the winner was selected by the NWSL Media Association, an organization of journalists who regularly cover the league.^[1] Since week 2 of the 2022 NWSL season, the winner was selected by the results of a Twitter poll posted by the league.^[2]

Winners

2013

See also: 2013 National Women's Soccer League season

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1		Brittany Cameron	Sky Blue FC[a]	[13 1]
2		Jess Fishlock	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[13 1]
3		Heather O'Reilly	Boston Breakers	[13 1]
4		Sydney Leroux	Boston Breakers	[13 1]
5		Abby Wambach	Western New York Flash	[13 1]
6		Christie Rampone	Sky Blue FC[a]	[13 1]
7		Lianne Sanderson	Boston Breakers	[13 1]
8		Lisa De Vanna	Sky Blue FC[a]	[13 1]
9		Abby Wambach (2)	Western New York Flash	[13 1]
10		Lori Chalupny	Chicago Red Stars	[13 1]
11		Karina LeBlanc	Portland Thorns FC	[13 1]
12		Carli Lloyd	Western New York Flash	[13 1]
13		Sydney Leroux (2)	Boston Breakers	[13 1]
14		Karina LeBlanc (2)	Portland Thorns FC	[13 1]
15		Erika Tymrak	FC Kansas City	[13 2]
16		Megan Rapinoe	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[13 1]
17		Lauren Cheney	FC Kansas City	[13 1]
18		Diana Matheson	Washington Spirit	[13 1]
19		Jen Hoy	Chicago Red Stars	[13 1]

2014

See also: 2014 National Women's Soccer League season

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1		Vicky Losada	Western New York Flash	[14 1]
2		Teresa Noyola	Houston Dash	[14 2]
3		Lianne Sanderson	Boston Breakers	[14 3]
4		Sydney Leroux	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[14 4]
5		Amy Rodriguez	FC Kansas City	[14 5]
6		Jodie Taylor	Washington Spirit	[14 6]
7		Kelley O'Hara	Sky Blue FC[a]	[14 7]
8		Jazmine Reeves	Boston Breakers	[14 8]
9		Sam Kerr	Western New York Flash	[14 9]
10		Verónica Boquete	Portland Thorns FC	[14 10]
11		Alex Morgan	Portland Thorns FC	[14 11]
12		Carli Lloyd	Western New York Flash	[14 12]
13		Nahomi Kawasumi	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[14 13]
14		Verónica Boquete (2)	Portland Thorns FC	[14 14]
15		Christine Sinclair	Portland Thorns FC	[14 15]
16		Nahomi Kawasumi (2)	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[14 16]
17		Verónica Boquete (3)	Portland Thorns FC	[14 17]
18		Alyssa Naeher	Boston Breakers	[14 18]
19		Nadia Nadim	Sky Blue FC[a]	[14 19]

2015

See also: 2015 National Women's Soccer League season

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1		Megan Rapinoe	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[15 1]
2		Christen Press	Chicago Red Stars	[15 2]
3		Crystal Dunn	Washington Spirit	[15 3]
4		Becky Edwards	Western New York Flash	[15 4]
5		Sofia Huerta	Chicago Red Stars	[15 5]
6		Sofia Huerta (2)	Chicago Red Stars	[15 6]
7		Bianca Henninger	Houston Dash	[15 7]
8		Crystal Dunn (2)	Washington Spirit	[15 8]
9		Jess Fishlock	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[15 9]
10		Michelle Betos	Portland Thorns FC	[15 10]
11		Crystal Dunn (3)	Washington Spirit	[15 11]
12		Sinead Farrelly	Portland Thorns FC	[15 12]
13		Shea Groom	FC Kansas City	[15 13]
14		Michelle Heyman	Western New York Flash	[15 14]
15		Beverly Yanez	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[15 15][15 16]
16		Crystal Dunn (4)	Washington Spirit	[15 17]
17		Alyssa Naeher	Boston Breakers	[15 18]
18		Crystal Dunn (5)	Washington Spirit	[15 19]
19		Kim Little	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[15 20]
20		Crystal Dunn (6)	Washington Spirit	[15 21]
21		Karina LeBlanc	Chicago Red Stars	[15 22]

2016

See also: 2016 National Women's Soccer League season

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1		Rachel Daly	Houston Dash	[16 1]
2		Kim Little	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[16 2]
3		Kim Little (2)	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[16 3]
4		Chioma Ubogagu	Houston Dash	[16 4]
5		Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars	[16 5]
6		Tobin Heath	Portland Thorns FC	[16 6]
7		Lynn Williams[c]	Western New York Flash	[16 7]
8		Britt Eckerstrom	Western New York Flash	[16 8][16 9]
9		Sofia Huerta	Chicago Red Stars	[16 10][16 11]
10		Jessica McDonald	Western New York Flash	[16 12]
11		Nahomi Kawasumi	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[16 13]
12		Kristen Edmonds	Orlando Pride	[16 14]
13		Estefanía Banini	Washington Spirit	[16 15]
14		Nicole Barnhart	FC Kansas City	[16 16]
15		Kealia Ohai[d]	Houston Dash	[16 17]
16		Manon Melis	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[16 18]
17		Kealia Ohai[d] (2)	Houston Dash	[16 19]
18		Sam Kerr	Sky Blue FC[a]	[16 20]
19		Allie Long	Portland Thorns FC	[16 21]

2017

See also: 2017 National Women's Soccer League season

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1		Haley Kopmeyer	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[17 1]
2		Jess Fishlock	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[17 2]
3		Adriana Leon	Boston Breakers	[17 3]
4		Francisca Ordega	Washington Spirit	[17 4]
5		Nahomi Kawasumi	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[17 5]
6		Christen Press	Chicago Red Stars	[17 6]
7		Sydney Leroux	FC Kansas City	[17 7]
8		Lindsey Horan[e]	Portland Thorns FC	[17 8]
9		Sam Kerr	Sky Blue FC[a]	[17 9]
10		Poliana	Houston Dash	[17 10]
11		Megan Rapinoe	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[17 11]
12		Sam Kerr (2)	Sky Blue FC[a]	[17 12]
13		Andressinha	Houston Dash	[17 13]
14		Megan Rapinoe (2)	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[17 14]
15		Arielle Ship	Washington Spirit	[17 15]
16		Sam Mewis	North Carolina Courage	[17 16]
17		Sam Kerr (3)	Sky Blue FC[a]	[17 17]
18		Hayley Raso	Portland Thorns FC	[17 18]
19		Shea Groom	FC Kansas City	[17 19]
20		Whitney Church	Washington Spirit	[17 20]
21		Adriana Leon (2)	Boston Breakers	[17 21]
22		Jess Fishlock (2)	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[17 22]

2018

See also: 2018 National Women's Soccer League season

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1		Megan Rapinoe	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[18 1]
2		Mallory Pugh[f]	Washington Spirit	[18 2]
3		McCall Zerboni	North Carolina Courage	[18 3]
4		Sofia Huerta	Chicago Red Stars	[18 4]
5		McCall Zerboni (2)	North Carolina Courage	[18 5]
6		Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars	[18 6]
7		Megan Rapinoe (2)	Seattle Reign FC[b]	[18 7]
8		Crystal Dunn	North Carolina Courage	[18 8]
9		Rachel Daly	Houston Dash	[18 9]
10		Yūki Nagasato	Chicago Red Stars	[18 10]
11/12		Aubrey Bledsoe[g]	Washington Spirit	[18 11]
13		Crystal Dunn (2)	North Carolina Courage	[18 12]
14		Adrianna Franch	Portland Thorns FC	[18 13]
15		Sam Kerr	Chicago Red Stars	[18 14]
16		Lynn Williams[c]	North Carolina Courage	[18 15]
17		Jane Campbell	Houston Dash	[18 16]
19		Lynn Williams[c] (2)	North Carolina Courage	[18 17]
20		Adrianna Franch (2)	Portland Thorns FC	[18 18]
21		Katie Johnson	Sky Blue FC[a]	[18 19]
22		Sam Kerr (2)	Chicago Red Stars	[18 20]
24		Lindsey Horan[e]	Portland Thorns FC	[18 21]

2019

See also: 2019 National Women's Soccer League season

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1		Tobin Heath	Portland Thorns FC	[19 1]
2		Christine Sinclair	Portland Thorns FC	[19 2]
3		Yūki Nagasato	Chicago Red Stars	[19 3]
4		Aubrey Bledsoe[g]	Washington Spirit	[19 4]
5		Sam Kerr	Chicago Red Stars	[19 5]
6		Sam Kerr (2)	Chicago Red Stars	[19 6]
7		Aubrey Bledsoe[g] (2)	Washington Spirit	[19 7]
8		Kristen Hamilton	North Carolina Courage	[19 8]
9		Jess Fishlock	Reign FC[b]	[19 9]
10		Ifeoma Onumonu	Reign FC[b]	[19 10]
11		Sam Kerr (3)	Chicago Red Stars	[19 11]
12		Kristen Hamilton (2)	North Carolina Courage	[19 12]
13		Marta	Orlando Pride	[19 13]
14		Sam Kerr (4)	Chicago Red Stars	[19 14]
15		Kristen Hamilton (3)	North Carolina Courage	[19 15]
16		Sam Kerr (5)	Chicago Red Stars	[19 16]
17		Christen Press	Utah Royals FC	[19 17]
18		Paige Monaghan	Sky Blue FC[a]	[19 18]
19		Midge Purce	Portland Thorns FC	[19 19]
20		Crystal Thomas	Washington Spirit	[19 20]
21		Darian Jenkins	Reign FC[b]	[19 21]
22		Lynn Williams[c]	North Carolina Courage	[19 22]
23		Sam Kerr (6)	Chicago Red Stars	[19 23]
24		Jodie Taylor	Reign FC[b]	[19 24]
25		Jessica McDonald	North Carolina Courage	[19 25]

2020

The 2020 NWSL regular season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

2021 Challenge Cup

See also: 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1	None awarded
2		Ashlyn Harris	Orlando Pride	[21 1]
3		Kristie Mewis	Houston Dash	[21 2]
4		Celia	OL Reign	[21 3]
5		Adrianna Franch	Portland Thorns FC	[21 4]

2021

See also: 2021 National Women's Soccer League season

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1		Midge Purce	NJ/NY Gotham FC	[21 5]
2		Emina Ekic	Racing Louisville FC	[21 6]
3		Mallory Pugh[f]	Chicago Red Stars	[21 7]
4		Lindsey Horan[e]	Portland Thorns FC	[21 8]
5		Michelle Betos	Racing Louisville FC	[21 9]
6		Lynn Williams[c]	North Carolina Courage	[21 10]
7		Havana Solaun	North Carolina Courage	[21 11]
8		Ashley Hatch	Washington Spirit	[21 12]
9		Mallory Pugh[f] (2)	Chicago Red Stars	[21 13]
10		Tziarra King	OL Reign	[21 14]
11		Eugénie Le Sommer	OL Reign	[21 15]
12		Bethany Balcer	OL Reign	[21 16]
13		Ifeoma Onumonu	NJ/NY Gotham FC	[21 17]
14		Megan Rapinoe	OL Reign	[21 18]
15		Sarah Woldmoe	Chicago Red Stars	[21 19]
16		Bethany Balcer (2)	OL Reign	[21 20]
17		Sydney Leroux	Orlando Pride	[21 21]
18		Eugénie Le Sommer (2)	OL Reign	[21 22]
19	Games postponed			[21 23]
20		Rachel Daly	Houston Dash	[21 24]
21		Midge Purce (2)	NJ/NY Gotham FC	[21 25]
22		Eugénie Le Sommer (3)	OL Reign	[21 26]

2022 Challenge Cup

See also: 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1		Mallory Pugh[f]	Chicago Red Stars	[22 1]
2		María Sánchez	Houston Dash	[22 2]
3		Alex Morgan	San Diego Wave FC	[22 3]
4		Hina Sugita	Portland Thorns FC	[22 4]
5		Elyse Bennett	Kansas City Current	[22 5]

2022

See also: 2022 National Women's Soccer League season

Week	Player of the Week			Runner-up			Reference
	Nat.	Player	Club	Nat.	Player	Club
1		Jun Endo	Angel City FC	None			[22 6]
2		Alex Morgan	San Diego Wave FC		Tziarra King	OL Reign	[22 7][22 8]
3		Christen Press	Angel City FC		Elyse Bennett	Kansas City Current	[22 9][22 10]
4		Mallory Pugh[f]	Chicago Red Stars		Katie Lund	Racing Louisville FC	[22 11][22 12]
5		Sofia Huerta	OL Reign		Ifeoma Onumonu	NJ/NY Gotham FC	[22 13][22 14]
6		Nichelle Prince	Houston Dash		Christine Sinclair	Portland Thorns FC	[22 15][22 16]
7		Taylor Kornieck[h]	San Diego Wave FC		Sophia Smith[i]	Portland Thorns FC	[22 17][22 18]
8		Alex Morgan (2)	San Diego Wave FC		Sophia Smith[i]	Portland Thorns FC	[22 19][22 20]
9		Jess Fishlock	OL Reign		Ella Stevens	Chicago Red Stars	[22 21][22 22]
10		Adrianna Franch	Kansas City Current		Taylor Smith	NJ/NY Gotham FC	[22 23][22 24]
11		Ebony Salmon	Houston Dash		Morgan Weaver	Portland Thorns FC	[22 25][22 26]
12		Sofia Huerta (2)	OL Reign		Kailen Sheridan	San Diego Wave FC	[22 27][22 28]
13		Sophia Smith[i]	Portland Thorns FC		Ebony Salmon	Houston Dash	[22 29][22 30]
14		Claire Lavogez	Kansas City Current		Megan Rapinoe	OL Reign	[22 31][22 32]
15		Makenzy Doniak	San Diego Wave FC		Fuka Nagano	North Carolina Courage	[22 33][22 34]
16		Megan Rapinoe	OL Reign		Mallory Pugh[f]	Chicago Red Stars	[22 35][22 36]
17		Amber Brooks	Washington Spirit		Kerolin	North Carolina Courage	[22 37][22 38]
18		Kailen Sheridan	San Diego Wave FC		Mallory Pugh[f]	Chicago Red Stars	[22 39][22 40]
19		Debinha	North Carolina Courage		Morgan Weaver	Portland Thorns FC	[22 41][22 42]

2023

See also: 2023 National Women's Soccer League season

Week	Player of the Week			Runner-up			Reference
	Nat.	Player	Club	Nat.	Player	Club
1		Lynn Williams[c]	NJ/NY Gotham FC		Sophia Smith[i]	Portland Thorns FC	[23 1][23 2]
2		Sophia Smith[i]	Portland Thorns FC		Ary Borges	Racing Louisville FC	[23 3][23 4]
3		Phallon Tullis-Joyce	OL Reign		Penelope Hocking	Chicago Red Stars	[23 5][23 6]
4		Lynn Williams[c] (2)	NJ/NY Gotham FC		Bethany Balcer	OL Reign	[23 7][23 8]
5		Debinha	Kansas City Current		Phallon Tullis-Joyce	OL Reign	[23 9][23 10]
6		Crystal Dunn	Portland Thorns FC		Jun Endo	Angel City FC	[23 11][23 12]
7		Abby Smith	NJ/NY Gotham FC		Wang Shuang	Racing Louisville FC	[23 13][23 14]
8		Lynn Williams[c] (3)	NJ/NY Gotham FC		Savannah DeMelo	Racing Louisville FC	[23 15][23 16]
9		Bruninha	NJ/NY Gotham FC		Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars	[23 17][23 18]
10		Sydney Leroux	Angel City FC		Morgan Weaver	Portland Thorns FC	[23 19][23 20]
11		Kerolin	North Carolina Courage		Adriana	Orlando Pride	[23 21][23 22]
12		Tara McKeown	Washington Spirit		Kerolin	North Carolina Courage	[23 23][23 24]
13		Sophia Smith[i] (2)	Portland Thorns FC		Lynn Williams[c]	NJ/NY Gotham FC	[23 25][23 26]
14		Julie Doyle	Orlando Pride		Elyse Bennett	OL Reign	[23 27]
15		Messiah Bright	Orlando Pride		Abby Smith	NJ/NY Gotham FC	[23 28]
16		Kristen Hamilton	Kansas City Current		Brianna Pinto	North Carolina Courage	[23 29]

2025

See also: 2025 National Women's Soccer League season

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1		Barbra Banda	Orlando Pride	[25 1]
2		Gia Corley	San Diego Wave FC	[25 2]
3		Ashley Hatch	Washington Spirit	[25 3]
4		Alyssa Thompson	Angel City FC	[25 4]
5		Delphine Cascarino	San Diego Wave FC	[25 5]
6		Esther González	NJ/NY Gotham FC	[25 6]
7		Riley Tiernan	Angel City FC	[25 7]
8		Debinha	Kansas City Current	[25 8]
9		Manaka Matsukubo	North Carolina Courage	[25 9]

Multiple winners

As of May 13, 2025 (includes Challenge Cup winners)

The below table lists players who have won on more than one occasion.

bold*	Indicates current NWSL player
italics	Indicates player still playing professional soccer

Rank	Nat.	Player	Team(s)	Wins
1		Sam Kerr	Western New York Flash, NJ/NY Gotham FC[a], Chicago Stars FC[j]	13
2		Crystal Dunn	Washington Spirit, North Carolina Courage, Portland Thorns FC	9
3		Megan Rapinoe	Seattle Reign FC[b]	8
		Lynn Biyendolo*[c]	Western New York Flash, North Carolina Courage, NJ/NY Gotham FC[a]	8
5		Jess Fishlock*	Seattle Reign FC[b]	6
		Sofia Huerta*	Chicago Stars FC[j], Seattle Reign FC[b]	6
		Sydney Leroux*	Boston Breakers, Seattle Reign FC, FC Kansas City, Orlando Pride, Angel City FC	6
8		Mallory Swanson*[f]	Washington Spirit, Chicago Stars FC[j]	5
9		Adrianna Franch	Portland Thorns FC, Kansas City Current	4
		Kristen Hamilton*	North Carolina Courage, Kansas City Current	4
		Nahomi Kawasumi	Seattle Reign FC[b]	4
		Alex Morgan	Portland Thorns FC, San Diego Wave FC	4
		Alyssa Naeher*	Boston Breakers, Chicago Stars FC[j]	4
		Christen Press*	Chicago Stars FC[j], Utah Royals FC, Angel City FC	4
15		Verónica Boquete	Portland Thorns FC	3
		Rachel Daly	Houston Dash	3
		Debinha*	North Carolina Courage, Kansas City Current	3
		Lindsey Heaps [e]	Portland Thorns FC	3
		Aubrey Kingsbury*[g]	Washington Spirit	3
		Eugénie Le Sommer	Seattle Reign FC[b]	3
		Karina LeBlanc	Portland Thorns FC, Chicago Stars FC[j]	3
		Kim Little	Seattle Reign FC[b]	3
		Midge Purce*	Portland Thorns FC, NJ/NY Gotham FC[a]	3
		Sophia Wilson*[i]	Portland Thorns FC	3
25		Bethany Balcer*	Seattle Reign FC[b]	2
		Michelle Betos*	Portland Thorns FC, Racing Louisville FC	2
		Shea Groom*	FC Kansas City	2
		Ashley Hatch*	Washington Spirit	2
		Tobin Heath	Portland Thorns FC	2
		Adriana Leon*	Boston Breakers	2
		Carli Lloyd	Western New York Flash	2
		Jessica McDonald	Western New York Flash, North Carolina Courage	2
		Yūki Nagasato	Chicago Stars FC[j]	2
		Ifeoma Onumonu	Seattle Reign FC[b], NJ/NY Gotham FC[a]	2
		Lianne Sanderson	Boston Breakers	2
		Christine Sinclair	Portland Thorns FC	2
		Jodie Taylor	Washington Spirit, Seattle Reign FC[b]	2
		Abby Wambach	Western New York Flash	2
		Kealia Watt[d]	Houston Dash	2
		McCall Zerboni	North Carolina Courage	2

See also

• Women's association football portal
• Association football portal
• Sports portal

• List of sports awards honoring women
• NWSL awards
• NWSL Team of the Month
• NWSL Rookie of the Month
• NWSL Player of the Month
• NWSL records and statistics
• Women's soccer in the United States

Notes

1. NJ/NY Gotham FC was previously known as Sky Blue FC.
2. Seattle Reign FC was previously known as Reign FC and OL Reign.
3. Lynn Biyendolo, née Lynn Williams.
4. Kealia Watt, née Kealia Ohai.
5. Lindsey Heaps, née Lindsey Horan.
6. Mallory Swanson, née Mallory Pugh.
7. Aubrey Kingsbury, née Aubrey Bledsoe.
8. Taylor Flint, née Taylor Kornieck.
9. Sophia Wilson, née Sophia Smith.
10. Chicago Stars FC was previously known as Chicago Red Stars.