AFL Women's goalkicking records

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Melbourne premiership player Kate Hore is the AFL Women's all-time leading goalkicker with 73 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.

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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 the 2023 season.

#PlayerGoalsClub(s)GamesAverage
per game
Average
per season
Career spanRef.
1 Kate Hore 73 Melbourne 681.0710.432018–present [1]
2 Danielle Ponter 66 Adelaide 581.1411.002019–present [2]
3 Katie Brennan 65 Western Bulldogs (2017–2019; 15 goals, 13 games)521.258.132017–present [3]
Richmond (2020–present; 50 goals, 39 games)
4 Jasmine Garner 64 Collingwood (2017–2018; 10 goals, 14 games)750.858.002017–present [4]
North Melbourne (2019–present; 54 goals, 61 games)
5 Darcy Vescio 62 Carlton 680.917.752017–present [5]
6 Tayla Harris 61 Brisbane (2017; 4 goals, 8 games)690.887.632017–present [6]
Carlton (2018–2021; 25 goals, 29 games)
Melbourne (2022 (S6)–present; 32 goals, 32 games)
7 Gemma Houghton 60 Fremantle (2017–2022 (S6); 40 goals, 46 games)601.007.502017–present [7]
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–present; 20 goals, 14 games)
8 Ashleigh Saint 58 Melbourne (2019; 0 goals, 4 games)491.1811.602019, 2021–present [8]
Adelaide (2021–2022 (S7); 44 goals, 36 games)
Port Adelaide (2023–present; 14 goals, 9 games)
9 Cora Staunton 55 Greater Western Sydney 501.109.172018–2022 (S7) [9]
Chloe Molloy 55 Collingwood (2018–2022 (S7); 37 goals, 47 games)590.937.862018–present [10]
Sydney (2023–present; 18 goals, 12 games)
Jesse Wardlaw 55 Brisbane (2019–2022 (S7); 47 goals, 49 games)590.939.172019–present [11]
St Kilda (2023–present; 8 goals, 10 games)
Dakota Davidson 55 Brisbane 511.0811.002020–present [12]
13 Chloe Scheer 54 Adelaide (2019–2021; 13 goals, 17 games)491.109.002019–present [13]
Geelong (2022 (S6)–present; 41 goals, 32 games)
14 Erin Phillips 53 Adelaide (2017–2022 (S6); 50 goals, 46 games)660.806.632017–2023 [14]
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–2023; 3 goals, 20 games)
15 Bonnie Toogood 52 Western Bulldogs (2018–2022 (S6); 29 goals, 37 games)580.907.432018–present [15]
Essendon (2022 (S7)–present; 23 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 the 2023 season.

ClubPlayerGoalsGamesSeasonsRef.
Adelaide Danielle Ponter 66582019–present [16]
Brisbane Dakota Davidson 55512020–present [17]
Carlton Darcy Vescio 62682017–present [18]
Collingwood Chloe Molloy 37472018–2022 (S7) [19]
Essendon Bonnie Toogood 23212022 (S7)–present [20]
Fremantle Gemma Houghton 40462017–2022 (S6) [21]
Geelong Chloe Scheer 41322022 (S6)–present [22]
Gold Coast Tara Bohanna 36312022 (S6)–present [23]
Greater Western Sydney Cora Staunton 55502018–2022 (S7) [24]
Hawthorn Aine McDonagh 14172022 (S7)–present [25]
Melbourne Kate Hore §73§68§2018–present§ [26]
North Melbourne Jasmine Garner 54612019–present [27]
Port Adelaide Gemma Houghton 20142022 (S7)–present [28]
Richmond Katie Brennan 50392020–present [29]
St Kilda Caitlin Greiser 29342020–2022 (S7) [30]
Sydney Rebecca Privitelli 22202022 (S7)–present [31]
West Coast Kellie Gibson 17342020–present [32]
Western Bulldogs Bonnie Toogood 29372018–2022 (S6) [33]

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