Week 19 appears to be a record-setting week on the 2022 NWSL attendance front, with over 108,000 fans reported as attending leagues matches last week.
With league leaders Angel City and Portland hosting two matches this week, it’s not a surprise a record was set (we have an email into league offices to verify). Several other teams hosted solid numbers in their home season finals, including KC Current and Houston, and both NC Courage and Orlando exceeded their season averages as well. Overall, 2022 NWSL attendance is up 21 percent over 2021 numbers, and we’ll be working to fill in unreported match numbers as well.
We should note that although we are in the 2022 regular season, we saw many matches played under the umbrella of preseason tournament. NWSL will play this season at 12 teams following expansion into Los Angeles and San Diego. We have based this ranking on numbers officially posted to the NWSL website, team websites and newspaper reports.
These numbers are current as of Sept. 25, 2022.
| Team | Av. | Totals | Gms | 2021 | YoY | W19 | |
| 1 | Angel City FC | 18,815 | 188,153 | 10 | N/A | N/A | 38,112* |
| 2 | Portland Thorns FC | 15,543 | 170,976 | 11 | 14,391 | 0.08 | 34,779* |
| 3 | SD Wave FC | 8,172 | 73,546 | 9 | N/A | N/A | |
| 4 | KC Current | 7,657 | 84,223 | 11 | 4,861 | 0.58 | 9,593 |
| 5 | Racing Louisville FC | 5,991 | 59,907 | 10 | 6,610 | -0.09 | |
| 6 | Houston Dash | 5,644 | 62,085 | 11 | 3,681 | 0.53 | 7,798 |
| 7 | Chicago Red Stars | 5,624 | 56,241 | 10 | 3,291 | 0.71 | |
| 8 | OL Reign | 5,208 | 57,291 | 11 | 5,433 | -0.04 | |
| 9 | Washington Spirit | 4,743 | 42,688 | 9 | 4,096 | 0.16 | |
| 10 | NC Courage | 4,669 | 46,694 | 10 | 5,036 | -0.07 | 6,376 |
| 11 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 3,791 | 30,330 | 8 | 5,150 | -0.26 | 2,274 |
| 12 | Orlando Pride | 3,761 | 33,848 | 9 | 3,931 | -0.04 | 9,724* |
| TOTALS | 6,682 | 795,110 | 119 | 5,528 | 0.21 | 108,656 | |
| WEEKLY AV. | 10,866 |
* Total of two matches.