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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE
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OMB Number: 3235-0006
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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 03-31-2021
Check here if Amendment    Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.):    is a restatement.
   adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Nationwide Fund Advisors
Address: ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA
5-02-210V
COLUMBUS, OH  43215
Form 13F File Number: 028-05161

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: /s/ Lee T. Cummings
Title: Senior Vice President
Phone: 614-435-1792
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Lee T. Cummings COLUMBUS,  OH 04-23-2021
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
   13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
   13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
X 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
Form 13F Summary Page
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 7
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 1,442,097
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
8 028-11937 J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.
11 028-00595 Neuberger & Berman Management, Inc.
23 028-01091 American Century Investment Management, Inc.
28 028-12016 Blackrock Investment Management, LLC
34 028-10981 Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
35 028-04041 Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
37 028-04557 Wellington Management Co. LLP
38 028-00165 Wells Capital Management, Inc.
41 028-00165 Invesco Advisers, Inc.
45 028-04375 Federated Investment Management Company
51 028-12592 BNY Mellon
54 028-02682 UBS Global Asset Management, Inc.
56 028-03139 Brown Capital Management LLC
62 028-10747 Lazard Investments, LLC
64 028-01707 Bailard, Inc.
65 028-03935 Geneva Capital Management, LLC
72 028-11419 Amundi Smith Breeden, LLC
74 028-03059 Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.
75 028-14115 Standard Life Investments LTD
76 028-00398 Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
77 028-16741 Vident Investment Advisory, LLC
78 028-10648 Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc.
79 028-07104 WCM Investment Management
80   Doubleline Capital LP
81 028-10120 AQR Capital Management LLC
83   Nationwide Asset Management, LLC
84 028-13991 Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC
85 028-10245 Western Asset Management Co.
86   Harvest Volatility Management (ETF)
87 028-04797 Newton Investment Management Limited
88 028-00139 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
89 028-17876 GQG Partners LLC
90   Janus Henderson