| 2022 NWSL Draft | |
| Sport: | Soccer |
| Time: | 2:00 PM ET |
| Network: | CBS Sports Twitch |
| League: | National Women's Soccer League |
| First: | Naomi Girma, San Diego Wave FC |
| Fewest: | Houston Dash (1 pick) |
| Most: | OL Reign and Racing Louisville FC (6 picks) |
| Overall: | 50 |
| Rounds: | 4 |
| Prev: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 NWSL Draft was the 10th annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select eligible college players. It was held on December 18, 2021, and hosted remotely by CBS Sports.[1]
| + | Denotes player who has been selected as NWSL Most Valuable Player | |
| Denotes player who has been selected for an NWSL Best XI or NWSL Second XI team | ||
| ^ | Denotes player who has been selected as NWSL Rookie of the Year | |
| Denotes player who has never appeared in a competitive NWSL game (regular season, playoff, or Challenge Cup) |
| Notes | College | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 1 |  | *^ | D | Stanford | ||
| 2 | | M | Florida State | ||||
| 3 | | M | Virginia Tech | ||||
| 4 | | * | M | USC | |||
| 5 | | # | F | UCLA | |||
| 6 |  | * | F | Virginia | |||
| 7 | | F | Washington State | ||||
| 8 |  | # | F | St. John's | |||
| 9 | F | Grand Canyon | |||||
| 10 | | D | Duke | ||||
| 11 | | F | Santa Clara | ||||
| 12 | | # | D | Long Beach State | |||
| Round 2 | 13 | | # | F | South Florida | ||
| 14 | F | LSU | |||||
| 15 | | F | Vanderbilt | ||||
| 16 | | # | D | Oklahoma State | |||
| 17 | | M | Oregon | ||||
| 18 | | F | Michigan State | ||||
| 19 |  | M | Notre Dame | ||||
| 20 | | G | North Carolina | ||||
| 21 | | F | Wake Forest | ||||
| 22 | | D | Rutgers | ||||
| 23 | # | F | Hofstra | ||||
| 24 | | D | Georgetown | ||||
| 25 | | M | Washington State | ||||
| 26 | | G | Wisconsin | ||||
| Round 3 | 27 | | M | Stanford | |||
| 28 | | M | Illinois | ||||
| 29 | | # | M | Ole Miss | |||
| 30 | | # | F | Wake Forest | |||
| 31 | | F | USC | ||||
| 32 | | # | F | Santa Clara | |||
| 33 | | M | Washington | ||||
| 34 | | # | G | Clemson | |||
| 35 | | F | Purdue | ||||
| 36 | | M | Duke | ||||
| 37 | | # | M | Arkansas | |||
| 38 | | F | UNC Wilmington | ||||
| Round 4 | 39 | F | Hofstra | ||||
| 40 | | # | D | Georgia | |||
| 41 | | D | TCU | ||||
| 42 |  | # | D | Georgetown | |||
| 43 | | D | Ohio State | ||||
| 44 | | F | South Carolina | ||||
| 45 | | # | G | Purdue | |||
| 46 |  | # | M | Michigan | |||
| 47 | | M | UCLA | ||||
| 48 | | F | Denver | ||||
| 49 |  | # | D | Arizona State | |||
| 50 | | # | D | Gonzaga |
Below is a list of undrafted rookies who appeared in a competitive NWSL game in 2022.
| Player | Original NWSL team | College | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | M | UCLA | |||
| | F | Boston College | |||
| | D | Butler | |||
| | M | Arkansas | |||
| | D | Northeastern | |||
 | M | North Florida | |||
| | M | Rutgers | |||
| | F | BYU |
Round 1:
Round 2:
Round 3:
Round 4:
Compensatory picks:
In 2022, a total of 40 colleges had players selected. Of these, five had a player drafted to the NWSL for the first time: Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, Long Beach State, Michigan State and Purdue.
| Conference | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACC | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Big East | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Big Ten | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Big West | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Big 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Colonial | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Pac-12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| SEC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Summit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| The American | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| WAC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Position | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Defender | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | |
| Midfielder | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |
| Forward | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 |