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Who's been the most impactful player in NWSL history?

Explorer
2016–2026 · 900 minutes
Result
Debinha (Courage) — 45.47 career VAEP since 2016.
How to read it

Career totals reward longevity as much as quality; the 2016-19 era is computed from the event record.

Where this result sits

-3.3245.47 VAEP
Debinha sits at 45.47. The middle of the 567 who qualified is 2.48, and the top tenth starts at 13.07. 384 played too few minutes to be ranked.

The evidence

Top 15 of 567 ranked players°modeled — an estimate, not an observation
DebinhaCourage9178136565967.0-8.028.145.47
Sam KerrStars57668055841.116.910.635.09
Sophia WilsonThorns59773665246.15.918.533.01
Kailen SheridanWave91871732301.0-1.010.832.58
Temwa ChawingaCurrent36149094545.3-0.38.930.89
Christine SinclairThorns8153117724939.010.011.430.64

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