AFL Women's goalkicking records

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Adelaide dual premiership player Danielle Ponter is the AFL Women's all-time leading goalkicker with 82 goals Danielle Ponter 2019.1.jpg
Adelaide dual premiership player Danielle Ponter is the AFL Women's all-time leading goalkicker with 82 goals

This page is a collection of AFL Women's goalkicking records. The AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional women's Australian rules football competition. The following tables only include goals kicked in home-and-away matches and finals; goals kicked in practice matches are excluded from the totals.

Contents

Most AFL Women's goals

Below are the players who have kicked at least 50 goals at AFLW level.

‡Most AFL Women's goals for that club
BoldCurrent player

Updated to the end of finals week 2, 2024.

#PlayerGoalsClub(s)GamesAverage
per game		Average
per season		Career spanRef.
1 Danielle Ponter 82‡ Adelaide ‡711.1511.002019–present [1]
2 Kate Hore 81‡ Melbourne ‡781.0410.432018–present [2]
3 Katie Brennan 78 Western Bulldogs (2017–2019; 15 goals, 13 games)631.248.132017–present [3]
Richmond (2020–present; 63 goals, 50 games)‡
Jasmine Garner 77 Collingwood (2017–2018; 10 goals, 14 games)870.898.002017–present [4]
North Melbourne (2019–present; 67 goals, 73 games)‡
5 Gemma Houghton 76 Fremantle (2017–2022 (S6); 40 goals, 46 games)‡731.047.502017–present [5]
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–present; 36 goals, 27 games)‡
6 Jesse Wardlaw 69 Brisbane (2019–2022 (S7); 47 goals, 49 games)700.999.172019–present [6]
St Kilda (2023–present; 22 goals, 21 games)
7 Ashleigh Saint 67 Melbourne (2019; 0 goals, 4 games)621.0811.602019, 2021–present [7]
Adelaide (2021–2022 (S7); 44 goals, 36 games)
Port Adelaide (2023–present; 23 goals, 22 games)
Dakota Davidson 67‡ Brisbane ‡611.1011.002020–present [8]
9 Darcy Vescio 64‡ Carlton ‡770.837.752017–present [9]
10 Tayla Harris 61 Brisbane (2017; 4 goals, 8 games)700.887.632017–present [10]
Carlton (2018–2021; 25 goals, 29 games)
Melbourne (2022 (S6)–present; 32 goals, 33 games)
11 Chloe Molloy 57 Collingwood (2018–2022 (S7); 37 goals, 47 games)‡600.957.862018–present [11]
Sydney (2023–present; 20 goals, 13 games)
12 Tahlia Randall 56 Brisbane (2017–2018; 0 goals, 15 games)880.645.432017–present [12]
North Melbourne (2019–present; 56 goals, 73 games)
Greta Bodey 56 Brisbane (2020–2022 (S7); 35 goals, 42 games)630.898.802020–present [13]
Hawthorn (2023–present; 21 goals, 21 games)
14 Kate Shierlaw 55 Carlton (2017–2018; 3 goals, 10 games)660.835.572017–2018, 2020–present [14]
St Kilda (2020–2022 (S7); 24 goals, 34 games)
North Melbourne (2023–present; 28 goals, 22 games)
Cora Staunton 55‡ Greater Western Sydney ‡501.109.172018–2022 (S7) [15]
Bonnie Toogood 55 Western Bulldogs (2018–2022 (S6); 29 goals, 37 games)‡640.867.432018–present [16]
Essendon (2022 (S7)–present; 26 goals, 27 games)‡
Eden Zanker 55 Melbourne 720.767.002018–present [17]
18 Chloe Scheer 54 Adelaide (2019–2021; 13 goals, 17 games)491.109.002019–present [18]
Geelong (2022 (S6)–present; 41 goals, 32 games)‡
19 Erin Phillips 53 Adelaide (2017–2022 (S6); 50 goals, 46 games)660.806.632017–2023 [19]
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–2023; 3 goals, 20 games)
Caitlin Gould 53 Adelaide 600.886.802020–present [20]
Alyssa Bannan 53 Melbourne 590.9010.252021–present [21]
22 Caitlin Greiser 50 St Kilda (2020–2022 (S7); 29 goals, 34 games)‡550.917.402020–present [22]
Richmond (2023–present; 21 goals, 21 games)

Club goalkicking record holders

Below are the players who hold the record for most goals kicked at their respective clubs.

§AFL Women's goalkicking record holder
BoldCurrent player

Updated to the end of finals week 2, 2024.

ClubPlayerGoalsGamesSeasonsRef.
Adelaide Danielle Ponter §82§71§2019–present§ [23]
Brisbane Dakota Davidson 67612020–present [24]
Carlton Darcy Vescio 64772017–present [25]
Collingwood Chloe Molloy 37472018–2022 (S7) [26]
Essendon Bonnie Toogood 26272022 (S7)–present [27]
Fremantle Gemma Houghton 40462017–2022 (S6) [28]
Geelong Chloe Scheer 41322022 (S6)–present [29]
Gold Coast Tara Bohanna 45422022 (S6)–present [30]
Greater Western Sydney Cora Staunton 55502018–2022 (S7) [31]
Hawthorn Aine McDonagh 30302022 (S7)–present [32]
Melbourne Kate Hore 81782018–present [33]
North Melbourne Jasmine Garner 67732019–present [34]
Port Adelaide Gemma Houghton 36272022 (S7)–present [35]
Richmond Katie Brennan 63502020–present [36]
St Kilda Caitlin Greiser 29342020–2022 (S7) [37]
Sydney Rebecca Privitelli 34312022 (S7)–present [38]
West Coast Kellie Gibson 25442020–present [39]
Western Bulldogs Ellie Blackburn 29712017–present [40]
Bonnie Toogood 29372018–2022 (S6)

AFL Women's goalkicking record holder

BoldCurrent player

Updated to the end of finals week 2, 2024.

PlayerTotalRecord broken/equalledCareer goalsClub(s)Career span
Darcy Vescio First to reach 50 goals (round 8, 2022 (S6))64 Carlton 2017–present
Tayla Harris 57Round 8, 2022 (S7)61 Brisbane (2017; 4 goals)2017–present
Carlton (2018–2021; 25 goals)
Melbourne (2022 (S6)–present; 32 goals)
Kate Hore 59Round 2, 202381 Melbourne 2018–present
Danielle Ponter 79Week 9, 202482 Adelaide 2019–present
Kate Hore 81Week 10, 202481 Melbourne 2018–present
Danielle Ponter 82Finals week 2, 202482 Adelaide 2019–present
AFL Women's goalkicking records

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  3. ↑ "Katie Brennan". Australian Football. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Jasmine Garner". Australian Football. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
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