The 2025 NWSL season is already five weeks old, which can only mean one thing: the return of ESPN’s NWSL MVP Tracker!
We will be checking in on the developing MVP race periodically throughout the season as the form of top players ebbs and flows. Who is positioning themselves to be the league MVP? We’re here to tell you, all season long.
Our methodology is a combination of not just data, but observation because (1) numbers aren’t the entire story, and (2) it allows us to analyze players across all positions.
Yes, goal-scorers inherently get much of the attention and often win the MVP award. There really wasn’t any arguing with Kansas City Current forward Temwa Chawinga claiming the award last year after she set a new league scoring record, but all players are eligible to win the MVP award and can earn a spot on our shortlist.
Whether history repeats itself and another goalscorer is named the MVP at the end of the year remains to be seen, but undoubtedly, there are a host of familiar names on our first in-season edition of these rankings. (Several of our preseason MVP predictions look like good shouts early on).
Of note: There are prominent players who we expect to make their way onto this list when or if they get healthy. Thus far, however, their time on…
