NWSL records and statistics
The following is a compilation of notable records and statistics for teams and players in and seasons of the National Women's Soccer League.[1]
Champions and Shield winners
By Season
Season | Playoff final | Regular season | ||||
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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 |
By Team
Team | Seasons | Playoff appearances | Championships | Shields | Total |
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FC Kansas City | 4 | 3 | 2 (2014, 2015) | - | 2 |
Western New York Flash 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 (2016) | 1 (2013) | 2 |
Portland Thorns FC | 4 | 3 | 1 (2013) | 1 (2016) | 2 |
Seattle Reign FC | 4 | 2 | - | 2 (2014, 2015) | 2 |
Washington Spirit | 4 | 3 | - | - | 0 |
Chicago Red Stars | 4 | 2 | - | - | 0 |
Sky Blue FC | 4 | 1 | - | - | 0 |
Boston Breakers | 4 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
Houston Dash | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
Orlando Pride | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
1 – Defunct
Scoring
Players
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Games
Last updated July 27, 2017
All-time successes and records
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Regular Season records
Through 2016 season
Pts Rank (Prev. Season) |
PPG Rank (Prev. Season) |
Club | Seasons | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pts Per Game |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
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Finishing Positions | ||||||||||||||||
1 (1) | 1 (1) | Seattle Reign FC | 4 (2013-) | 86 | 42 | 25 | 19 | 142 | 98 | +44 | 145 | 1.686 | 2 | |||
2 (4) | 2 (4) | Portland Thorns FC | 4 (2013-) | 86 | 39 | 26 | 21 | 133 | 108 | +25 | 138 | 1.604 | 1 | 2 | ||
3 (2) | 3 (2) | FC Kansas City | 4 (2013-) | 86 | 37 | 27 | 20 | 123 | 94 | +29 | 137 | 1.593 | 2 | 1 | ||
4 (3) | 4 (3) | Chicago Red Stars | 4 (2013-) | 86 | 34 | 23 | 29 | 119 | 104 | +15 | 131 | 1.523 | 1 | 1 | ||
5 (6) | 5 (6) | Western New York Flash | 4 (2013-) | 86 | 33 | 31 | 22 | 142 | 118 | +24 | 119 | 1.384 | 1 | 1 | ||
6 (7) | 6 (7) | Washington Spirit | 4 (2013-) | 86 | 33 | 34 | 19 | 113 | 131 | -18 | 118 | 1.372 | 1 | 2 | ||
6 (5) | 6 (5) | Sky Blue FC | 4 (2013-) | 86 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 107 | 121 | -14 | 118 | 1.372 | 1 | |||
8 (8) | 10 (8) | Boston Breakers | 4 (2013-) | 86 | 21 | 52 | 13 | 108 | 177 | -69 | 76 | 0.884 | ||||
9 (9) | 8 (9) | Houston Dash | 3 (2014-) | 64 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 73 | 99 | -26 | 64 | 1.000 | ||||
10 (-) | 9 (-) | Orlando Pride | 1 (2016-) | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 30 | -10 | 19 | 0.950 |
Sort order is Pts, PPG, finishing positions, wins
Playoff records
Through 2016 playoffs
Pts Rank (Prev. Season) |
Club | Appearances vs Seasons |
Appearances Percentages |
GP | W | L | T1 | SOW1 | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | PPG Rank (Prev. Season) |
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1 (1) | FC Kansas City | 3/4 | 75% | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 | 2.40 | 1 (1) |
2 (4) | Western New York Flash | 2/4 | 50% | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | 1.75 | 2 (3) |
3 (2) | Portland Thorns FC | 3/4 | 75% | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1.50 | 3 (2) |
3 (2) | Seattle Reign FC | 2/4 | 50% | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | 1.50 | 3 (3) |
5 (5) | Washington Spirit | 3/4 | 75% | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 4 | 1.00 | 5 (5) |
6 (5) | Chicago Red Stars | 2/4 | 50% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 (5) |
6 (5) | Sky Blue FC | 1/4 | 25% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 (5) |
1Ties after 120min decided by shootout
Sort order is Pts, appearance%, total seasons, RRG, finishing position
Streaks
Includes playoff games - for predetermined venue matches, home team is determined by first listed
Highlight indicates active streak as of the 2016-17 offseason.
All games
Winning
- The longest winning start to a season was achieved by Seattle Reign FC in 2014, who opened the campaign with 7 consecutive wins.
- The longest winning end to a season was achieved by Sky Blue FC in 2014, who closed the campaign with 5 consecutive wins.
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Undefeated
- The longest undefeated start to a season was achieved by Seattle Reign FC in 2014, who opened the campaign with 16 unbeaten matches (13W, 3D).
- The longest undefeated end to a season was achieved by Seattle Reign FC in 2015, who closed the campaign with 8 unbeaten matches (7W, 1D).
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Winless
- The longest winless start to a season was achieved by Seattle Reign FC in 2013, who opened the campaign with 11 winless matches (9L, 2D).
- The longest winless end to a season was achieved by both the Houston Dash in 2014 and the Orlando Pride in 2016, who closed the campaign with 8 winless matches (6L, 2D and 7L, 1D respectively).
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Losing
- The longest losing start to a season was achieved by the Boston Breakers in 2016, who opened the campaign with 5 consecutive losses.
- The longest losing end to a season was achieved by the Houston Dash in 2014, who closed the campaign with 6 consecutive losses.
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Postseason
The following tables list the top 5 streaks (longer than one year) in each category displayed as well as all active streaks in each category displayed with the corresponding years in parentheses. Top 5 streaks are marked in bold, active streaks are marked in blue highlight.
Appearances
As of the end of the 2016 playoffs
Team | Playoffs streak | Finals streak | Championship streak |
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Washington Spirit | 3 (2014-2016) | 1 (2016) | - |
FC Kansas City | 3 (2013-2015) | 2 (2014-2015) | 2 (2014-2015) |
Chicago Red Stars | 2 (2015-2016) | - | - |
Seattle Reign FC | 2 (2014-2015) | 2 (2014-2015) | - |
Portland Thorns FC | 2 (2013-2014) | 1 (2013) | 1 (2013) |
Portland Thorns FC | 1 (2016) | - | - |
Western New York Flash | 1 (2016) | 1 (2016) | 1 (2016) |
Droughts
As of the end of the 2016 playoffs
Team | Playoffs drought | Finals drought |
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Boston Breakers | 4 (2013-2016) | 4 (2013-2016) |
Sky Blue FC | 3 (2014-2016) | 4 (2013-2016) |
Houston Dash | 3 (2014-2016) | 3 (2014-2016) |
Chicago Red Stars | 2 (2013-2014) | 4 (2013-2016) |
Washington Spirit | 2 (2013-2014) | 3 (2013-2015) |
Western New York Flash | 2 (2014-2015) | 2 (2014-2015) |
Portland Thorns FC | 1 (2015) | 3 (2014-2016) |
FC Kansas City | 1 (2016) | 1 (2016) |
Orlando Pride | 1 (2016) | 1 (2016) |
Seattle Reign FC | 1 (2016) | 1 (2016) |
Scoring streaks
- Most consecutive games scoring: 28 games by FC Kansas City (2013-2014) includes 3 playoff games
- Most consecutive games scoring 2+ goals: 7 games by the Western New York Flash (2013)
- Most consecutive games scored on: 22 games by the Seattle Reign FC (2013)
- Most consecutive games scored on 2+ goals: 10 games by the Boston Breakers (2014)
- Longest shutout: 5 games by Seattle Reign FC (2016)
- Longest being shut out: 6 games by the Boston Breakers (2015-2016) and by the Houston Dash (2016)
- Longest streak avoiding 2+ goals against: 13 games by the Seattle Reign FC (2015-2016) includes 2 playoff games
- Longest streak failing to score 2+ goals: 15 games by the Boston Breakers (2015-2016)
Attendance
Season | Overall | Highest | Lowest | Playoff mean | ||||
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Total | Mean | Median | Club | Mean | Club | Mean | ||
2013 | 375,743 | 4,270 | 3,007 | Portland Thorns FC | 13,320 | Sky Blue FC | 1,664 | 6,820 |
2014 | 446,311 | 4,133 | 3,014 | Portland Thorns FC | 13,362 | Sky Blue FC | 1,639 | 3,763 |
2015 | 454,100 | 5,046 | 3,367 | Portland Thorns FC | 15,639 | Sky Blue FC | 2,268 | 6,766 |
2016 | 555,775 | 5,558 | 3,997 | Portland Thorns FC | 16,945 | Sky Blue FC | 2,162 | 10,863 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Stats". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ↑ "Statistics". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved 8 July 2017.