Every 2022 NWSL race charted day by day: Shield and playoff race. Final standings, from a season that ran April 29 to October 2, 2022.
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NWSL standings, 2022
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
OL Reign (SEA)
11
7
4
+13
40
7-2-1
W4
Portland Thorns FC (POR)
10
9
3
+25
39
5-3-2
D1
San Diego Wave FC (SD)
10
6
6
+11
36
4-3-3
D2
Houston Dash (HOU)
10
6
6
+8
36
5-3-2
W1
Kansas City Current (KC)
10
6
6
0
36
5-3-2
L1
Chicago Red Stars (CHI)
9
6
7
+6
33
4-1-5
W1
North Carolina Courage (NC)
9
5
8
+13
32
7-1-2
D1
Angel City FC (LA)
8
5
9
-4
29
3-3-4
L2
Racing Louisville FC (LOU)
5
8
9
-12
23
3-3-4
W2
Orlando Pride (ORL)
5
7
10
-23
22
2-3-5
L1
Washington Spirit (WAS)
3
10
9
-7
19
2-4-4
L3
NJ/NY Gotham FC (GFC)
4
1
17
-30
13
0-1-9
D1
The dashed line on the chart is the playoff line: the pace of the last club in a playoff place.
Turning points
The lead changed hands 17 times.
OL Reign trailed by as many as 9 points on May 22, 2022.
OL Reign took first place for good on October 1, 2022.
Angel City FC led by 3 points as late as April 29, 2022.
OL Reign went 4-1-1 from May 24, 2022 to July 1, 2022, turning a deficit of 9 points into a deficit of 2 points. That stretch runs either side of a pause in the schedule.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 66 of the 66 days played.
Eight teams held first place.
San Diego Wave FC held first place for 42 straight days, the season's longest run.
OL Reign spent 3 of the season's 157 charted days in first place.