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.
Below are the players who have kicked at least 50 goals at AFLW level.
‡ | Most AFL Women's goals for that club |
Bold | Current player |
Updated to the end of the 2023 season.
# | Player | Goals | Club(s) | Games | Average per game | Average per season | Career span | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kate Hore | 73‡ | Melbourne ‡ | 68 | 1.07 | 10.43 | 2018–present | [1] |
2 | Danielle Ponter | 66‡ | Adelaide ‡ | 58 | 1.14 | 11.00 | 2019–present | [2] |
3 | Katie Brennan | 65 | Western Bulldogs (2017–2019; 15 goals, 13 games) | 52 | 1.25 | 8.13 | 2017–present | [3] |
Richmond (2020–present; 50 goals, 39 games)‡ | ||||||||
4 | Jasmine Garner | 64 | Collingwood (2017–2018; 10 goals, 14 games) | 75 | 0.85 | 8.00 | 2017–present | [4] |
North Melbourne (2019–present; 54 goals, 61 games)‡ | ||||||||
5 | Darcy Vescio | 62‡ | Carlton ‡ | 68 | 0.91 | 7.75 | 2017–present | [5] |
6 | Tayla Harris | 61 | Brisbane (2017; 4 goals, 8 games) | 69 | 0.88 | 7.63 | 2017–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)‡ | 60 | 1.00 | 7.50 | 2017–present | [7] |
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–present; 20 goals, 14 games)‡ | ||||||||
8 | Ashleigh Saint | 58 | Melbourne (2019; 0 goals, 4 games) | 49 | 1.18 | 11.60 | 2019, 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 ‡ | 50 | 1.10 | 9.17 | 2018–2022 (S7) | [9] |
Chloe Molloy | 55 | Collingwood (2018–2022 (S7); 37 goals, 47 games)‡ | 59 | 0.93 | 7.86 | 2018–present | [10] | |
Sydney (2023–present; 18 goals, 12 games) | ||||||||
Jesse Wardlaw | 55 | Brisbane (2019–2022 (S7); 47 goals, 49 games)‡ | 59 | 0.93 | 9.17 | 2019–present | [11] | |
St Kilda (2023–present; 8 goals, 10 games) | ||||||||
Dakota Davidson | 55‡ | Brisbane ‡ | 51 | 1.08 | 11.00 | 2020–present | [12] | |
13 | Chloe Scheer | 54 | Adelaide (2019–2021; 13 goals, 17 games) | 49 | 1.10 | 9.00 | 2019–present | [13] |
Geelong (2022 (S6)–present; 41 goals, 32 games)‡ | ||||||||
14 | Erin Phillips | 53 | Adelaide (2017–2022 (S6); 50 goals, 46 games) | 66 | 0.80 | 6.63 | 2017–2023 | [14] |
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–2023; 3 goals, 20 games) | ||||||||
15 | Bonnie Toogood | 52 | Western Bulldogs (2018–2022 (S6); 29 goals, 37 games)‡ | 58 | 0.90 | 7.43 | 2018–present | [15] |
Essendon (2022 (S7)–present; 23 goals, 21 games)‡ |
Below are the players who hold the record for most goals kicked at their respective clubs.
§ | AFL Women's goalkicking record holder |
Bold | Current player |
Updated to the end of the 2023 season.
Club | Player | Goals | Games | Seasons | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adelaide | Danielle Ponter | 66 | 58 | 2019–present | [16] |
Brisbane | Dakota Davidson | 55 | 51 | 2020–present | [17] |
Carlton | Darcy Vescio | 62 | 68 | 2017–present | [18] |
Collingwood | Chloe Molloy | 37 | 47 | 2018–2022 (S7) | [19] |
Essendon | Bonnie Toogood | 23 | 21 | 2022 (S7)–present | [20] |
Fremantle | Gemma Houghton | 40 | 46 | 2017–2022 (S6) | [21] |
Geelong | Chloe Scheer | 41 | 32 | 2022 (S6)–present | [22] |
Gold Coast | Tara Bohanna | 36 | 31 | 2022 (S6)–present | [23] |
Greater Western Sydney | Cora Staunton | 55 | 50 | 2018–2022 (S7) | [24] |
Hawthorn | Aine McDonagh | 14 | 17 | 2022 (S7)–present | [25] |
Melbourne | Kate Hore § | 73§ | 68§ | 2018–present§ | [26] |
North Melbourne | Jasmine Garner | 54 | 61 | 2019–present | [27] |
Port Adelaide | Gemma Houghton | 20 | 14 | 2022 (S7)–present | [28] |
Richmond | Katie Brennan | 50 | 39 | 2020–present | [29] |
St Kilda | Caitlin Greiser | 29 | 34 | 2020–2022 (S7) | [30] |
Sydney | Rebecca Privitelli | 22 | 20 | 2022 (S7)–present | [31] |
West Coast | Kellie Gibson | 17 | 34 | 2020–present | [32] |
Western Bulldogs | Bonnie Toogood | 29 | 37 | 2018–2022 (S6) | [33] |
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