NWSL Most Valuable Player

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2024 and 2025 winner Temwa Chawinga

The NWSL Most Valuable Player award is presented annually to the best player in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Lauren Holiday (2013) won the first MVP award in the NWSL's inaugural season. Lindsey Horan (2018) was the first winner not also to win the Golden Boot presented to the NWSL's top goal scorer.[1] Sam Kerr (2017 and 2019) and Temwa Chawinga (2024 and 2025) are the only players to win multiple MVP awards. Five players born outside the United States have won the award: Kim Little (2014), Kerr, Jess Fishlock (2021), Kerolin (2023), and Chawinga.[2]

As of 2025, the NWSL's individual end-of-year awards are voted upon in two rounds: in the first round, players (50%), owners/general managers/coaches (25%), and media (25%) vote to determine the nominees; in the second round, players (40%), owners/general managers/coaches (25%), media (25%), and fans (10%) vote among the nominees to determine the winner.[3]

Winners

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Season Player Position Nationality Club Other finalists Ref.
2013 Lauren Holiday Midfielder File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States FC Kansas City Lori Chalupny, Abby Wambach [4]
2014 Kim Little Midfielder File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Seattle Reign FC Verónica Boquete, Amy Rodriguez [5]
2015 Crystal Dunn Forward File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Washington Spirit [6]
2016 Lynn Williams Forward File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Western New York Flash Tobin Heath, Allie Long, Kealia Ohai, Christen Press [7]
2017 Sam Kerr Forward File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Sky Blue FC Marta, Sam Mewis, Christen Press, Megan Rapinoe [8]
2018 Lindsey Horan Midfielder File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Portland Thorns FC Sam Kerr, Megan Rapinoe, Lynn Williams, McCall Zerboni [9]
2019 Sam Kerr (2) Forward File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Chicago Red Stars Debinha, Kristen Hamilton, Yūki Nagasato, Lynn Williams [10]
2020 2020 regular season cancelled due COVID-19 pandemic [11]
2021 Jess Fishlock Midfielder File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales OL Reign[a] Ashley Hatch, Mallory Pugh, Midge Purce, Angela Salem [12]
2022 Sophia Smith Forward File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Portland Thorns FC Debinha, Naomi Girma, Alex Morgan, Mallory Pugh [13]
2023 Kerolin Forward File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil North Carolina Courage Sam Coffey, Debinha, Naomi Girma, Sophia Smith [14]
2024 Temwa Chawinga Forward File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi Kansas City Current Barbra Banda, Marta, Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith [15]
2025 Temwa Chawinga (2) Forward File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi Kansas City Current Delphine Cascarino, Esther González, Manaka Matsukubo, Bia Zaneratto [16]

Wins by team

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Club Wins
Kansas City Current 2
Portland Thorns FC 2
Seattle Reign FC[a] 2
Chicago Red Stars 1
FC Kansas City 1
North Carolina Courage 1
Sky Blue FC 1
Washington Spirit 1
Western New York Flash 1

Wins by nationality

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Nationality Wins
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 5
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 2
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 1
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Seattle Reign FC was previously known as OL Reign.

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