All-time NWSL forwards bracket

The greatest forwards in NWSL history, by their honours. Run a knockout bracket of all-time NWSL forwards and see who makes it to the final.
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Round of 16

1Alex Morgan
16Ifeoma Onumonu
8Rachel Daly
9Lindsay Tarpley
4Lauren Holiday
13Michelle Alozie
5Debinha
12Adriana Leon
2Sydney Leroux
15Christine Sinclair
7Marta
10Denise O'Sullivan
3Sam Kerr
14Abby Wambach
6Natasha Kai
11Cloé Lacasse

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Seeds

Drag to reorder (or tap one, then tap where it goes). The top 16 are in. Changing seeds keeps the picks that still fit.

1
Alex Morgan2011–2024
2
Sydney Leroux2015–2022
3
Sam Kerr2013–2019
4
Lauren Holiday2013–2015
5
Debinha2017–2022
6
Natasha Kai2009–
7
Marta2011
8
Rachel Daly2016–
9
Lindsay Tarpley2009–2013
10
Denise O'Sullivan2016–2017
11
Cloé Lacasse2024–
12
Adriana Leon2013–2018
13
Michelle Alozie2021–
14
Abby Wambach2013–2014
15
Christine Sinclair2011–2012
16
Ifeoma Onumonu2020–2023
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Laura Österberg Kalmari2010–2011
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Rocky Rodríguez2016–
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Mariana Larroquette2021
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Heather O'Reilly2009–2016
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Jessica McDonald2010–2021
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Sofia Huerta2015–
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Nahomi Kawasumi2019–2023
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Amy Rodriguez2014–
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Margaret Purce2020–
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Kerolin2022–2025
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Nadia Nadim2014–2015
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Lianne Sanderson2016–
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Kyra Carusa2023–
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Christen Press2014–2017
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Adriana Martín2011–2014
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Mónica Ocampo2013–2015
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Katie Johnson2018–2022
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Ella Masar2009–2015
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Inka Grings2013
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PG
Paulina Gramaglia2022–
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Ashley Sanchez2024–
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Cortnee Vine2024–
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Manon Melis2012
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Nina Burger2014
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Claire Emslie2019–2020
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Thembi Kgatlana2018
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Jessica Landström2010
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Sonia Bermúdez2014
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MH
Melissa Henderson2013–2015
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Jodi-Ann Robinson2013
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Sarah Walsh2009
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Emma Kete2014
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Deneisha Blackwood2020–2021
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Nanase Kiryu2014–
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Kayla McKenna2019–2020
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Tiffany Cameron2013
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Janine Sonis2016–
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IC
Ivonne Chacón2025–2026
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Clarissa Larisey2025–
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Lynn Biyendolo2015–
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Sofia Jakobsson2022–2026
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Abby Erceg2014–2015
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Teresa Noyola2013–2014
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Josée Bélanger2016–
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Lauren Sesselmann2009–2015
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Chioma Ubogagu2016–
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Kealia Watt2014–
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Danesha Adams2009–2013
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Alyssa Mautz2011
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Esther González2023–2026
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Shea Groom2015–2017
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Savannah McCaskill
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Jasmyne Spencer2014–2015
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Paige Monaghan2019–
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Maya Hayes2014–
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Jeon Ga-eul2016–
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Kristen Hamilton2014–
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Lisa De Vanna2013
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HB
Haley Bugeja2022–
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Jen Hoy2013–2017
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Tiffany McCarty2014–2015
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Stephanie Ochs2012
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Sarah Hagen2014–2015
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Alexa Newfield2016–
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Brittany Ratcliffe
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Cristiane Rozeira2008–2010
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Jamia Fields2015
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FS
Frances Silva2014–
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CK
Caroline Kastor2015–
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Imani Dorsey2018–
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Carrie Dew2011–
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Makenzy Robbe2016–
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JD
Julie Doyle2019–
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Cara Walls2015–
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Veronica Latsko2018–
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Beverly Yanez2011
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Tziarra King
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Lindsay Agnew
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Liz Bogus2014–2015
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Ally Brazier
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MM
McKenzie Meehan2019–
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Taryn Torres2022–
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Elise Thorsnes2018
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Melissa Tancredi2014–2015

Top all-time NWSL forwards — November 2026

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How a bracket works

A bracket is a knockout: each matchup sends one winner to the next round until a single champion is left.

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The greatest forwards in NWSL history, by their honours.

Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top all-time NWSL forwards for November 2026.

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  3. Keep going until the final names a champion.
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