Seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Women's Super League game.
For example, "2017–22" indicates that the player has played in every season from 2017–18 to 2021–22, but not necessarily every calendar year from 2017 to 2022.
Similarly, a player making their debut in 2019, during the 2019–20 season, will have '2019–20' after their name but this does not necessarily mean they played in 2020.
For each country, the leading appearance-maker is indicated by the number of matches that they played in the Women's Super League as of the end of the 2023–24 season.
Tanzania was the most recent nation to be newly-represented when Aisha Masaka made their WSL debut playing for Brighton & Hove Albion on 8 November 2024 against Arsenal.
Rosella Ayane
has the most WSL appearances of any African player with 97. A former England youth international, she made her Morocco debut in 2021.
Mackenzie Arnold
played 73 times for West Ham United, keeping 12 clean sheets and captaining the club during the 2023–24 season.
In 2021,
Tang Jiali
became the first Chinese national to play in the WSL.
Ji So-yun
made 124 appearances and won six WSL titles with Chelsea.
Following a world record fee move,
Pernille Harder
played three seasons in the WSL, winning the title with Chelsea in all three.
Kenza Dali
is France's leading WSL appearance maker.
Ann-Katrin Berger
won the golden glove in Chelsea's 2020–21 title-winning season with 12 clean sheets.
Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
is Iceland's leading appearance maker in the WSL and was named West Ham United captain in 2022.
Vivianne Miedema
scored 80 WSL goals in 106 appearances for Arsenal, winning two consecutive golden boots 2018–20.
Katie McCabe
won one WSL title with Arsenal and was named in the 2020–21 WSL Team of the Year.
Ona Batlle
was named to back to back WSL Team of the Year teams 2021–23.
Magdalena Eriksson
made 104 league appearances for Chelsea, winning the WSL title five times.
Alisha Lehmann
is Switzerland's leading WSL appearance maker, playing 108 games for three different clubs.
Adriana Leon
is Canada's leading WSL appearance maker and has played for three different clubs.
Khadija Shaw
won the WSL golden boot during the 2023–24 season, scoring 21 goals in 18 games.
Sam Mewis
was named to the 2020–21 WSL Team of the Year during her only season in the WSL.
New Zealand international
Ria Percival
has made 73 WSL appearances, the most of any OFC player.
Mayra Ramírez
joined Chelsea for a world-record fee in 2024.