By OkayGoal 
Credit: Aaron Baker-Imagn Images
Here’s a look at some stats and minutiae following Week 24 of the 2026 NWSL season. We’ll keep evolving this space every week to try and keep you informed. Have an idea or an addition? Hit me @thedanlauletta on Bsky or X.
All statistics reference regular season games only except where noted.
PLAYER STATS
-Ashley Sanchez remains on 20 goals, tied for the single-season league record first established by Temwa Chawinga in 2024. Meanwhile, Barbra Banda scored for the Pride and is up to 17 goals.
-Kaleigh Kurtz has now played 141 consecutive regular season matches and 12,652 consecutive minutes. Both are league records. The streaks began June 26, 2021 while playing for the Courage. (the unrounded number is due to a rain-shortened match in 2023.)
-One player, Naomi Eto, made her NWSL debut over the weekend. The Cameroonian replaced Ayo Oke in the 88th minute of the Summit’s victory in Chicago.
-The 10/10 watch continues with Trinity Rodman and Pietra Tordin inching closer to becoming the first to score 10 goals and dish out 10 assists in the same season. Rodman assisted a goal for Sofia Cantore and now has 11G/8A. She is closest along with Cloe Lacasse who was not on the scoresheet for the Royals and remains on 8G/10A. Tordin scored for the Thorns and is at 8G/9A.
-With a 27th game having happened for the first time over the weekend, some league records are going down. Nine players have played all 2,430 minutes on offer, beating prior records of 2,340. Six of this season’s ironwomen are field players — Kurtz, Del Dava, Jessie Fleming, Kennedy Fuller, Tara Rudd, and Ryan Williams. The other three are goalkeepers — Angelina Anderson, Sandy MacIver, and Kailen Sheridan. Thirteen other players have started 27 games, and a total of 42 players have appeared in 27 games.
-Ally Sentnor is an outlier. When Sentnor was traded from the Current to Angel City, her new side had a match in hand. Sentnor has not missed a start for either team and has played and started 28 games. If she stars the last three, she will have the statistical anomaly of playing 31 games in a 30-game season. Sentnor does not have enough minutes to go beyond the new full-season ironwoman number of 2,700.
TEAM STATS
-Kate Del Fava remains minute-perfect for the Royals having played all 7,110 over 79 games since the team launched in 2024. Those are the longest streaks from the start of any expansion team.
–The Wave clinched a playoff berth, joining Gotham with official invitations to the dance. It will be the Wave’s 4th playoff appearance in the club’s 5 seasons and 2nd in a row.
-The Dash were officially eliminated from the playoffs. It is the 11th time in 12 seasons in NWS the Dash will sit out the playoffs. It will be their 4th time in a row missing out since their lone appearance in 2022. The Stars, Bay FC, Louisville, and Legacy had already been eliminated.
-The Pride lost their 100th regular season game over the weekend. They did it in their 139th game and have a record of 90-100-49. The team to beat them the most was the team that bet them first, the Thorns, against who the Pride are 5-16-2.
-Racing Louisville drew the Royals to snap their team-record losing streak at 6. Unfortunately, they surrendered a stoppage time goal which cost them a win and means that 27 games into the season, Racing have not kept a clean sheet. They also broke their mark for consecutive minutes not scoring with 295—topping their 2023 streak by a single minute.
