NWSL Player of the Week

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

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]

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]

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]

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]

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[j]	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]

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]
10		Adriana Leon	San Diego Wave FC	[25 10]
11		Brittany Ratcliffe	Washington Spirit	[25 11]
12		Jessie Fleming	Portland Thorns FC	[25 12]
13		Aubrey Kingsbury	Washington Spirit	[25 13]
14		Croix Bethune	Washington Spirit	[25 14]
15		Jordyn Bloomer	Racing Louisville FC	[25 15]
16		Jordyn Huitema	Seattle Reign FC	[25 16]
17		Ludmila	Chicago Stars FC	[25 17]
18		Riley Tiernan (2)	Angel City FC	[25 18]
19		Trinity Rodman	Washington Spirit	[25 19]
20		Tara McKeown[j]	Washington Spirit	[25 20]
21		Leicy Santos	Washington Spirit	[25 21]
22		Gift Monday	Washington Spirit	[25 22]
23		Rosemonde Kouassi	Washington Spirit	[25 23]
24		Kennedy Fuller	Angel City FC	[25 24]
25		Manaka Matsukubo (2)	North Carolina Courage	[25 25]
26		Jessie Fleming (2)	Portland Thorns FC	[25 26]

Week	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1		Ashley Sanchez	North Carolina Courage	[26 1]
2		Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir	Angel City FC	[26 2]
3		Lia Godfrey	San Diego Wave FC	[26 3]
4		Kiki Van Zanten	Houston Dash	[26 4]
5		Leicy Santos	Washington Spirit	[26 5]

As of April 26, 2026 (includes Challenge Cup winners)

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

Rank	Nat.	Player	Team(s)	Wins
1		Sam Kerr	Western New York Flash, NJ/NY Gotham FC[a], Chicago Stars FC[k]	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[k], 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[k]	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
		Aubrey Kingsbury*[g]	Washington Spirit	4
		Alex Morgan	Portland Thorns FC, San Diego Wave FC	4
		Alyssa Naeher*	Boston Breakers, Chicago Stars FC[k]	4
		Christen Press	Chicago Stars FC[k], Utah Royals FC, Angel City FC	4
16		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
		Eugénie Le Sommer	Seattle Reign FC[b]	3
		Karina LeBlanc	Portland Thorns FC, Chicago Stars FC[k]	3
		Adriana Leon*	Boston Breakers, San Diego Wave FC	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
26		Bethany Balcer	Seattle Reign FC[b]	2
		Michelle Betos	Portland Thorns FC, Racing Louisville FC	2
		Jessie Fleming*	Portland Thorns FC	2
		Shea Groom	FC Kansas City	2
		Ashley Hatch*	Washington Spirit	2
		Tobin Heath	Portland Thorns FC	2
		Carli Lloyd	Western New York Flash	2
		Manaka Matsukubo*	North Carolina Courage	2
		Jessica McDonald	Western New York Flash, North Carolina Courage	2
		Yūki Nagasato	Chicago Stars FC[k]	2
		Ifeoma Onumonu	Seattle Reign FC[b], NJ/NY Gotham FC[a]	2
		Tara Rudd*[j]	Washington Spirit	2
		Lianne Sanderson	Boston Breakers	2
		Christine Sinclair	Portland Thorns FC	2
		Jodie Taylor	Washington Spirit, Seattle Reign FC[b]	2
		Riley Tiernan*	Angel City FC	2
		Abby Wambach	Western New York Flash	2
		Kealia Watt[d]	Houston Dash	2
		McCall Zerboni	North Carolina Courage	2