42: Steph Houghton
Manchester City and England captain Steph Houghton continued to lead her teams this season. While her games with the national team were limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, she has remained a mainstay in the City defence and remained one of the best ball-playing centre-backs, once again well in the top five for completed passes by a centre-back in the FA WSL this season. Her dead ball abilities also once again came to the fore with a stunning strike against former club Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final and Houghton got to lift her third FA Cup in four years when her City side put three past Everton in an enthralling FA Cup final last month.
The Offside Rule 