How many World Cups has USWNT won?

  • The USWNT holds the record for most World Cups in women's soccer
  • The USWNT has four-times the number of World Cups than the USMNT
  • Spain won the 2023 Women's World Cup
Here's how many World Cups the USWNT has won.
Here's how many World Cups the USWNT has won. / SOPA Images/GettyImages
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The USWNT has won the most World Cups since the competition's inception in 1991, cementing their legacy as the faces of United States soccer.

Over the last decade and a half, the U.S. Women's National Team has dominated international soccer. From World Cups to Olympic Gold to even the Tournament of Nations, the USWNT collected trophy after trophy as they bested players from all across the globe.

Although they had a disappointing showing in the 2023 Women's World Cup, losing to Sweden in the Round of 16, the USWNT is always a threat come tournament time. After all, they have the lifted the World Cup trophy a record number of times.

Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan - Soccer Player, Carli Lloyd - Soccer Player
U.S. Women's National Team World Cup Champions Ticker Tape Parade / Ira L. Black - Corbis/GettyImages

How many World Cups has USWNT won?

The USWNT has won four World Cups, claiming victories in 1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019. The women in red, white, and blue have tallied more wins than any other nation in the competition's history.

The four stars above the USA crest on the women's national team's jerseys represent each hard-fought World Cup victory. There would be five stars if not for a heartbreaking loss to Japan in the 2011 Women's World Cup final.

Just four years later, though, the USWNT bounced back in a major way at the 2015 Women's World Cup, beginning a dominant run in international soccer with their 5-2 win against Japan. The core group, led by Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe, became back-to-back World Cup champions in 2019, defeating the Netherlands 2-0.

As the USWNT added more and more silverware to their trophy case, the USMNT struggled to make a World Cup semi-final. In fact, 1930 was the last time the U.S. Men's National Team survived a World Cup quarter-final match. Despite participating in 11 World Cups, the U.S. Men's National Team has never even made a World Cup final, let alone walked away with the ultimate prize.

When it comes to the biggest stages in soccer, it is the USWNT that brings World Cup glory to the United States.