Women's Super League records and statistics
The following is a list of records and statistics of the Women's Super League — the highest level of women's football in England — since its inception in 2011. Barring total appearances, all statistics exclude the 2017 FA WSL Spring Series, which bridged the gap between the 2016 and 2017–18 season, featuring only 8 games for each team. Many league record team statistics only cover 22 and 14 game seasons, as they have been featured in the league at least more than once.
Chelsea have won the most titles with 8 alongside the most consecutive wins, biggest title-winning margin, most points and most goals in a season. Since the 2022–23 season, Arsenal have held the record for the highest average attendance per season and highest attendance game, breaking the record three more times during the 2023–24 season. The club has the top three highest attendances in the WSL, all made at the Emirates Stadium, with the highest league attendance now set at 60,160 after the February 2024 match against Manchester United. Arsenal previously held the attendance record from 2012 until 2019 in a match against Chelsea with a crowd of 5,052. The club also holds the match record for the biggest win and highest scoring match with [Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City W.F.C.|Bristol City Women|11–1] against Bristol City in the 2019–20 season. Bristol City have experienced the most defeats in a season with 18 and Reading the most draws with 9.
Vivianne Miedema holds numerous player records including the most WSL goals and goal contributions, most goals scored in a season with 22, and quickest to reach 50 and 100 goals in the league. Further achievements include most goals scored in a single match with 6, most goal involvements in a game with 10, most assists in a match with 4, and most hat-tricks in a season with 3. Only Khadija Shaw, who has also won two golden boots, has more WSL hat-tricks than Miedema with 6. Beth Mead has provided the most assists and the most assists in a single season with 12, Jordan Nobbs has made the most WSL appearances with 210, and Mary Earps has the most cleansheets with 56. Millie Bright has won the most titles as a player with 8, all of which were with Chelsea, and Emma Hayes as a manager has won the most titles with 7, also with Chelsea.
List of seasons
The following lists the season lengths of all seasons of the WSL thus far:- 22-game seasons: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
- 15-game season: 2019–20; this season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- 20-game season: 2018–19
- 18-game season: 2017–18
- 16-game season: 2016
- 14-game season: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
League records
Titles
- Most titles: 8, Chelsea
- Most consecutive title wins: 6, Chelsea
- Biggest title-winning margin: 12 points, Chelsea
- Smallest title-winning margin: 0 points, +2 goal difference ; Liverpool over Chelsea. Both finished on 26 points, but Liverpool won the title on goal difference. Excluding the 2017 FA WSL Spring Series, it is the only time the WSL has been decided on goal difference.
- Winning a title with most remaining games: 2, Chelsea
Points
- Most points in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 60, Chelsea
- * In a 14-game season: 36, Liverpool
- Most home points in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 33, Arsenal and Chelsea
- * In a 14-game season: 19, Arsenal
- * In a 14-game season: 19, Arsenal
- Most points without winning the league:
- * In a 22-game season: 56, Manchester United
- * In a 14-game season: 31, Bristol Academy
- Fewest points in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 6, Bristol City
- * In a 14-game season: 4, Everton
- Fewest home points in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 0, Bristol City
- * In a 14-game season: 3, Everton
- Fewest away points in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 0, Reading
- * In a 14-game season: 1, Everton
- Fewest points in a season while winning the league:
- * In a 22-game season: 55, Chelsea
- * In a 14-game season: 26, Liverpool
- Most points in a season while being relegated:
- * Performance-based relegation:
- ** In a 22-game season: 12, Bristol City
- ** In a 14-game season: 8, Bristol Academy
- * Relegated due to failure to obtain WSL licence: 16, Notts County — Notts County folded 2 days before the FA WSL Spring Series began.
- Fewest points in a season while avoiding relegation:
- * In a 22-game season: 13, Leicester City
- * In a 14-game season: 10, Chelsea, Lincoln Ladies
- Most points in a season by a team promoted in the previous season: 23, West Ham United, Manchester United and Liverpool
Wins
- Most wins in a season:
- *In a 22-game season: 19, Chelsea
- *In a 14-game season: 12, Liverpool
- Most home wins in a season:
- *In a 22-game season: 11, Arsenal and Chelsea
- *In a 14-game season: 6, Arsenal and Liverpool
- Most away wins in a season:
- *In a 22-game season: 9, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea
- *In a 14-game season: 6, Arsenal and Liverpool
- Fewest wins in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 1, Bristol City
- * In a 14-game season: 0, Everton
- Fewest home wins in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 0, West Ham United and Birmingham City Bristol City
- * In a 14-game season: 0, Liverpool and Everton
- Fewest away wins in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 0, Bristol City, Liverpool and Reading
- * In a 14-game season: 0, Doncaster Rovers Belles and Everton
- Most consecutive wins: 14, Arsenal and Manchester City
- Most consecutive games without a win: 32, Yeovil Town
- Most consecutive wins within a season: 14, Manchester City
- Most consecutive wins from the start of a season: 9, Arsenal and Chelsea
- Most consecutive wins to the end of a season: 9, Chelsea and Manchester City
- Most consecutive home wins: 15, Chelsea
- Most consecutive away wins: 12, Manchester City
- Most consecutive games without a win from the start of a season: 18, Yeovil Town
- Fastest team to reach 100 wins: Manchester City
Defeats
- Most defeats in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 18, Bristol City
- * In a 14-game season: 11, Liverpool
- Most home defeats in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 11, Bristol City
- * In a 14-game season: 7, Liverpool
- Most away defeats in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 11, Reading
- * In a 14-game season: 6, Chelsea and Everton
- Fewest defeats in a season:
- *In a 22-game season: 0, Chelsea
- * In a 14-game season: 0, Arsenal
- Fewest home defeats in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 0, Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea
- * In a 14-game season: 0, Arsenal, Everton and Chelsea
- Fewest away defeats in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 0, Chelsea
- * In a 14-game season: 0, Birmingham City and Arsenal
- Most consecutive games undefeated: 33, Chelsea
- Most consecutive home games undefeated: 33, Manchester City and Chelsea
- Most consecutive away games undefeated: 39, Chelsea
- Most consecutive defeats: 12, Yeovil Town
Draws
- Most draws in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 9, Reading
- * In a 14-game season: 6, Bristol Academy and Notts County
- Most home draws in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 5, Reading
- * In a 14-game season: 4, Birmingham City
- Most away draws in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 5, Liverpool
- * In a 14-game season: 4, Bristol City and Liverpool
- Fewest draws in a season:
- *In a 22-game season: 1, Leicester City, Chelsea and Manchester City
- * In a 14-game season: 0, Liverpool
- Fewest home draws in a season:
- *In a 22-game season: 0, Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea, Bristol City and Tottenham Hotspur
- * In a 14-game season: 0, Arsenal, Liverpool, Bristol City, Manchester City
- Fewest away draws in a season:
- *In a 22-game season: 0, Manchester United, Leicester City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Reading
- * In a 14-game season: 0, Chelsea, Lincoln Ladies Liverpool and Birmingham City
- Most consecutive draws: 5, Birmingham City
- Most consecutive games without a draw: 46, Arsenal
Goals
- Most goals scored in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 71, Chelsea
- * In a 14-game season: 46, Liverpool
- Fewest goals scored in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 13, Aston Villa
- * In a 14-game season: 7, Birmingham City
- Most goals conceded in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 72, Bristol City
- * In a 14-game season: 42, Doncaster Rovers Bells
- Fewest goals conceded in a season:
- *In a 22-game season: 10, Chelsea, Arsenal
- * In a 14-game season: 8, Notts County
- Best goal difference in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: +59, Chelsea
- * In a 14-game season: +27, Liverpool
- Worst goal difference in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: −54, Bristol City
- * In a 14-game season: −33, Doncaster Rovers Bells
- Highest finish with a negative goal difference:
- * In a 22-game season: 5th, Brighton & Hove Albion
- * In a 14-game season: 4th, Birmingham City
- Lowest finish with a positive goal difference:
- * In a 22-game season: 5th, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Manchester United W.F.C.
- * In a 14-game season: 6th, Notts County
- Most goals scored in a season by a relegated team:
- * In a 22-game season: 23, Reading
- * In a 14-game season: 12, Bristol City
- Most goals scored at home in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 42, Chelsea
- * In a 14-game season: 20, Arsenal
- Fewest goals scored at home in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 5, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Aston Villa
- * In a 14-game season: 2, Birmingham City
- Most goals conceded at home in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 33, Bristol City, Brighton & Hove Albion
- * In a 14-game season: 27, Doncaster Rovers Bells
- Fewest goals conceded at home in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 3, Manchester United
- *In a 14-game season: 2, Arsenal
- Most goals scored away in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 33, Chelsea
- * In a 14-game season: 27, Liverpool
- Fewest goals scored away in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 4, Leicester City
- * In a 14-game season: 4, Doncaster Rovers Bells
- Most goals conceded away in a season:
- * In a 22-game season: 39, Bristol City
- * In a 14-game season: 17, Everton
- *In a 14-game season: 5, Arsenal, Notts County
- Most consecutive matches scored in: 59, Chelsea
- Most different individual goal scorers in one match by a single team: 9, Chelsea
- Longest consecutive run of matches without conceding a goal: 10,
- Matches played with 6 or more goals scored in the second half: Arsenal 11–1 Bristol City, Brighton & Hove Albion 0–6 Manchester City Crystal Palace F.C. 0-7 Chelsea F.C.
- Most shots on target in a match: 22, Chelsea
- First team to score 3 goals in the opening 10 minutes of a game: Chelsea
Disciplinary
- Most yellow cards in a season: 43, Brighton & Hove Albion
- Most red cards in a season: 4, Manchester City
- Most penalties awarded to a team in a season: 6, Manchester City
- Most penalties conceded by a team in a season: 7, Yeovil Town
Attendances
- Highest attendance, single game: 60,160, Arsenal 3–1 Manchester United
- Lowest attendance, single game: 105, Liverpool 1–4 Bristol Academy
- Highest season league average attendance: 5,272
| Date | Fixture | Results | Venue | Attendance | Season | Ref | |
| 17 February 2024 | Arsenal vs Manchester United | 3–1 | Emirates Stadium | 60,160 | 2023–24 | ||
| 3 March 2024 | Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | Emirates Stadium | 60,050 | 2023–24 | ||
| 10 December 2023 | Arsenal vs Chelsea | 4–1 | Emirates Stadium | 59,042 | 2023–24 |
;Record progression
| Date | Fixture | Results | Venue | Attendance | Season | Held for | Ref |
| 13 April 2011 | Chelsea vs Arsenal | 0–1 | Imperial Fields | 2,510 | 2011 | ||
| 26 April 2012 | Arsenal vs Chelsea | 3–1 | Emirates Stadium | 5,052 | 2012 | ||
| 29 April 2019 | Brighton & Hove Albion vs Arsenal | 0–4 | Amex Stadium | 5,265 | 2018–19 | ||
| 7 September 2019 | Manchester City vs Manchester United | 1–0 | City of Manchester Stadium | 31,213 | 2019–20 | ||
| 17 November 2019 | Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal | 0–2 | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | 38,262 | 2019–20 | ||
| 24 September 2022 | Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur | 4–0 | Emirates Stadium | 47,367 | 2022-23 | ||
| 1 October 2023 | Arsenal vs Liverpool | 0–1 | Emirates Stadium | 54,115 | 2023–24 | ||
| 10 December 2023 | Arsenal vs Chelsea | 4–1 | Emirates Stadium | 59,042 | 2023–24 | ||
| 17 February 2024 | Arsenal vs Manchester United | 3–1 | Emirates Stadium | 60,160 | 2023–24 |
;Average attendances
Player records
Appearances
- Most WSL appearances: 210, Jordan Nobbs
- Most WSL appearances as a teenager: 54, Maya Le Tissier
- Most different clubs played for in WSL: 7, Lucy Staniforth
- Oldest player appearance: 41 years and 134 days, Becky Easton
- Youngest player appearance: 16 years and 30 days, Lauren James
- Most seasons appeared in: 15, Jordan Nobbs
- Most wins within first 50 games: 39, Vivianne Miedema, Lia Wälti, Guro Reiten
Goals
- First WSL goal: Gilly Flaherty
- Fastest WSL goal: 12 seconds, Jane Ross
- Youngest goal scorer: 16 years and 180 days, Issy Hobson
- Oldest goal scorer: 41 years and 87 days, Becky Easton
- Most WSL goals: 93, Vivianne Miedema
- Most WSL goals at one club: 80, Vivianne Miedema
- Most goal contributions: 125, Vivianne Miedema
- Most goals in a season: 22, Vivianne Miedema and Rachel Daly
- Most goals in WSL full season debut: 21, Sam Kerr
- Most goals in a calendar year: 23, Sam Kerr
- Quickest to reach 50 goals: Vivianne Miedema
- Quickest to reach 100 goal involvements: Vivianne Miedema
- Most teams scored against in a season: 10, Sam Kerr
- Most consecutive games scoring against the same opposition: 7, Vivianne Miedema
- Most different clubs to score for in WSL: 6, Lucy Staniforth
- Most consecutive games scored in: 9, Bethany England
- Most consecutive seasons to score at least 10 goals: 4, Vivianne Miedema
- Most consecutive seasons to score at least 15 goals: 3, Vivianne Miedema
- Most consecutive seasons to score at least 20 goals: 2, Sam Kerr
- Most goals in a calendar month: 10, Vivianne Miedema
- Most penalties scored: 17, Kim Little
- Most combined goals between two players: 22, Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema
- Most combined goals between two players in a season: 12, Fran Kirby and Sam Kerr
- Most goals scored as headers: 17, Bethany England
- Most goals scored as a headers in one season: 9, Sam Kerr
- Players who have scored against every team they have faced: Sam Kerr, Vivianne Miedema, Bethany England
Hat tricks & multiple goal records
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Disciplinary
Awards
Match records
All-time Women's Super League tableThe all-time FA Women's Super League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the FA WSL since its inception in 2011. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2024–25 season. Numbers in bold are the record numbers in each column.
Managers
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