List of FIFA Women's World Cup goalscorers

Last updated

This article lists each country's goalscorers in the FIFA Women's World Cup. There are 373 goalscorers for the 917 goals scored at the 8 editions of the World Cup final tournaments. 17 Numbers in green means the player finished as the tournament top scorer (or joint top scorer).

Contents

Overall top goalscorers

Players with at least 10 goals at the FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments
RankPlayerTeamGoals scoredMatches playedGoal averageTournaments
1 Marta Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 17200.852003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
2 Birgit Prinz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14240.581995, 1999, 2003, 2007, (2011)
Abby Wambach Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14250.562003, 2007, 2011, 2015
4 Michelle Akers Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12130.921991, (1995), 1999
5 Sun Wen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 11200.551991, 1995, 1999, 2003
Cristiane Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 11210.52(2003), 2007, 2011, (2015), 2019
Bettina Wiegmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11220.501991, 1995, 1999, 2003
8 Ann Kristin Aarønes Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 10110.901995, 1999
Heidi Mohr Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10120.831991, 1995
Christine Sinclair Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10210.482003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Carli Lloyd Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10250.40(2007), 2011, 2015, 2019

Top scorers by tournament

YearPlayer(s)Goals
scored
Matches
played
1991 Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Akers 106
1995 Flag of Norway.svg Ann Kristin Aarønes 66
1999 Flag of Brazil.svg Sissi 76
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Wen 6
2003 Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Prinz 76
2007 Flag of Brazil.svg Marta 76
2011 Flag of Japan.svg Homare Sawa 56
2015 Flag of Germany.svg Célia Šašić 67
Flag of the United States.svg Carli Lloyd 7
2019 Flag of England.svg Ellen White 66
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Morgan 6
Flag of the United States.svg Megan Rapinoe 5

Goalscorers by country

Numbers in green means the player finished as the tournament top scorer (or joint top scorer). Years outlined in red indicate host nation status (or co-host).

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

PlayerGoals 2003 2007 2019 2023
Florencia Bonsegundo 11
Yanina Gaitán 11
Eva González 11
Milagros Menéndez 11
Own goals 11
Total5113
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

PlayerGoals 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Lisa De Vanna 7412
Sam Kerr 55
Kyah Simon 523
Heather Garriock 321
Julie Murray 22
Cheryl Salisbury 211
Lisa Casagrande 11
Lauren Colthorpe 11
Caitlin Foord 11
Kelly Golebiowski 11
Sunni Hughes 11
Angela Iannotta 11
Elise Kellond-Knight 11
Leena Khamis 11
Chloe Logarzo 11
Collette McCallum 11
Ellyse Perry 11
Emily van Egmond 11
Sarah Walsh 11
Own goals 11
Total383339659
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

PlayerGoals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Marta 1737412
Cristiane 11524
Sissi 77
Kátia 624
Pretinha 5131
Rosana 312
Cidinha 22
Daniela 211
Formiga 211
Roseli 22
Andressa Alves 11
Elane 11
Érika 11
Maycon 11
Nenê 11
Raquel 11
Renata 11
Thaisa 11
Own goals 11
Total651316917947
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon

PlayerGoals 2015 2019
Gaëlle Enganamouit 33
Ajara Nchout 312
Gabrielle Onguéné 321
Madeleine Ngono Mani 22
Christine Manie 11
Total1293
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

PlayerGoals 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Christine Sinclair 1033121
Charmaine Hooper 422
Silvana Burtini 321
Christine Latham 33
Geri Donnelly 22
Kara Lang 22
Josée Bélanger 11
Kadeisha Buchanan 11
Candace Chapman 11
Jessie Fleming 11
Martina Franko 11
Ashley Lawrence 11
Nichelle Prince 11
Sophie Schmidt 11
Helen Stoumbos 11
Melissa Tancredi 11
Total3453107144

Flag of Chile.svg  Chile

PlayerGoals 2019
María José Urrutia 11
Own goals 11
Total22

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

PlayerGoals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2015 2019 2023
Sun Wen 111271
Liu Ailing 8413
Jin Yan 33
Shi Guihong 33
Wei Haiying 312
Bai Jie 22
Li Jie 22
Sun Qingmei 211
Wang Lisi 22
Wang Shanshan 22
Zhang Ouying 22
Zhou Yang 211
Bi Yan 11
Fan Yunjie 11
Li Ying 11
Liu Ying 11
Ma Li 11
Pu Wei 11
Song Xiaoli 11
Wang Liping 11
Wu Weiying 11
Xie Caixia 11
Zhao Lihong 11
Total531011193541

Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei

PlayerGoals 1991
Chou Tai-ying 11
Lin Mei-chun 11
Total22

Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia

PlayerGoals 2011 2015 2023
Lady Andrade 22
Daniela Montoya 11
Catalina Usme 11
Total404

Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica

PlayerGoals 2015 2023
Melissa Herrera 11
Raquel Rodríguez 11
Karla Villalobos 11
Total33

Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark

PlayerGoals 1991 1995 1999 2007 2023
Helle Jensen 321
Gitte Krøgh 33
Susan Mackensie 22
Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen 211
Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen 22
Christina Bonde 11
Christina Hansen 11
Janni Johansen 11
Lisbet Kolding 11
Hanne Nissen 11
Katrine Pedersen 11
Annette Thychosen 11
Total197714

Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador

PlayerGoals 2015
Angie Ponce 11
Total11
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of England.svg  England

PlayerGoals 1995 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Ellen White 716
Fara Williams 5113
Kelly Smith 44
Jill Scott 4121
Lucy Bronze 321
Karen Carney 22
Gillian Coultard 22
Karen Farley 22
Steph Houghton 211
Fran Kirby 211
Jodie Taylor 211
Jessica Clarke 11
Vicky Exley 11
Alex Greenwood 11
Nikita Parris 11
Marieanne Spacey 11
Karen Walker 11
Rachel Yankey 11
Own goals 11
Total436861013
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea

PlayerGoals 2011
Genoveva Añonma 22
Total22

Flag of France.svg  France

PlayerGoals 2003 2011 2015 2019 2023
Marie-Laure Delie 523
Eugénie Le Sommer 532
Wendie Renard 44
Amandine Henry 312
Élodie Thomis 321
Valérie Gauvin 22
Marinette Pichon 22
Gaëtane Thiney 22
Camille Abily 11
Sonia Bompastor 11
Élise Bussaglia 11
Laura Georges 11
Louisa Nécib 11
Own goals 11
Total322101010
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

PlayerGoals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Birgit Prinz 141175
Bettina Wiegmann 113332
Heidi Mohr 1073
Kerstin Garefrekes 8422
Célia Šašić 826
Maren Meinert 624
Sara Däbritz 523
Inka Grings 532
Renate Lingor 514
Anja Mittag 55
Sandra Smisek 413
Melanie Behringer 321
Simone Laudehr 3111
Martina Müller 321
Alexandra Popp 312
Melanie Leupolz 211
Lina Magull 22
Sandra Minnert 22
Silvia Neid 211
Lena Petermann 22
Anouschka Bernhard 11
Gudrun Gottschlich 11
Stefanie Gottschlich 11
Giulia Gwinn 11
Ariane Hingst 11
Steffi Jones 11
Annike Krahn 11
Nia Künzer 11
Ursula Lohn 11
Dzsenifer Marozsán 11
Conny Pohlers 11
Lea Schueller 11
Kerstin Stegemann 11
Britta Unsleber 11
Martina Voss 11
Pia Wunderlich 11
Own goals 211
Total121131312252172010

Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana

PlayerGoals 1999 2003 2007
Alberta Sackey 22
Anita Amankwa 11
Adjoa Bayor 11
Nana Gyamfua 11
Florence Okoe 11
Total6123

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

PlayerGoals 1991 1999 2019
Carolina Morace 44
Aurora Galli 33
Cristiana Girelli 33
Barbara Bonansea 22
Patrizia Panico 22
Feriana Ferraguzzi 11
Valentina Giacinti 11
Rita Guarino 11
Adele Marsiletti 11
Raffaella Salmaso 11
Paola Zanni 11
Total20839

Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast

PlayerGoals 2015
Ange N'Guessan 22
Josée Nahi 11
Total33

Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica

PlayerGoals 2019 2023
Havana Solaun 11
Total11

Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

PlayerGoals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Homare Sawa 835
Aya Miyama 6222
Yūki Ōgimi 4112
Mio Otani 33
Mana Iwabuchi 211
Nahomi Kawasumi 22
Akemi Noda 22
Yuika Sugasawa 211
Saori Ariyoshi 11
Yui Hasegawa 11
Karina Maruyama 11
Shinobu Ohno 11
Nami Otake 11
Mizuho Sakaguchi 11
Aya Sameshima 11
Emi Yamamoto 11
Own goals 22
Total390217312113
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico

PlayerGoals 1999 2011 2015
Maribel Domínguez 211
Fabiola Ibarra 11
Stephany Mayor 11
Mónica Ocampo 11
Verónica Pérez 11
Total6132
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco

PlayerGoals 2023
Total

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

PlayerGoals 2015 2019
Lieke Martens 312
Vivianne Miedema 33
Kirsten van de Ven 22
Jill Roord 11
Dominique Bloodworth 11
Stefanie van der Gragt 11
Lineth Beerensteyn 11
Jackie Groenen 11
Anouk Dekker 11
Total14311

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

PlayerGoals 1991 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Hannah Wilkinson 211
Sarah Gregorius 11
Amber Hearn 11
Kim Nye 11
Rebecca Smith 11
Rebekah Stott 11
Own goals 11
Total810421
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria

PlayerGoals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rita Nwadike 321
Nkiru Okosieme 33
Mercy Akide 22
Adaku Okoroafor 22
Asisat Oshoala 211
Patience Avre 11
Nkechi Egbe 11
Prisca Emeafu 11
Perpetua Nkwocha 11
Ngozi Okobi 11
Francisca Ordega 11
Cynthia Uwak 11
Own goals 11
Total2005801132
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea

PlayerGoals 1999 2003 2007 2011
Jin Pyol-hui 312
Jo Song-ok 22
Kil Son-hui 11
Kim Kum-sil 11
Kim Kyong-hwa 11
Kim Yong-ae 11
Ri Kum-suk 11
Ri Un-gyong 11
Ri Un-suk 11
Total124350

Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

PlayerGoals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Ann Kristin Aarønes 1064
Linda Medalen 9621
Hege Riise 9153
Marianne Pettersen 8332
Ragnhild Gulbrandsen 66
Isabell Herlovsen 6222
Solveig Gulbrandsen 4112
Dagny Mellgren 413
Tina Svensson 431
Ada Hegerberg 33
Kristin Sandberg 33
Agnete Carlsen 22
Linda Ørmen 22
Brit Sandaune 211
Ane Stangeland Horpestad 22
Gro Espeseth 11
Emilie Haavi 11
Caroline Graham Hansen 11
Tone Haugen 11
Birthe Hegstad 11
Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland 11
Lise Klaveness 11
Unni Lehn 11
Randi Leinan 11
Maren Mjelde 11
Anita Rapp 11
Guro Reiten 11
Trine Rønning 11
Lene Storløkken 11
Elise Thorsnes 11
Own goals 3112
Total931423161012297
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines

PlayerGoals 2023
Total

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

PlayerGoals 1999 2003
Elena Fomina 321
Olga Letyushova 321
Natalia Barbashina 211
Elena Danilova 11
Irina Grigorieva 11
Natalia Karasseva 11
Olga Karasseva 11
Galina Komarova 11
Marina Saenko 11
Larisa Savina 11
Own goals 11
Total16106

Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland

PlayerGoals 2019
Claire Emslie 11
Kim Little 11
Jen Beattie 11
Erin Cuthbert 11
Lana Clelland 11
Total55
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

PlayerGoals 2019 2023
Thembi Kgatlana 11
Total11

Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

PlayerGoals 2003 2015 2019 2023
Cho So-hyun 11
Jeon Ga-eul 11
Ji So-yun 11
Kim Jin-hee 11
Kim Soo-yun 11
Yeo Min-ji 11
Total6141
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

PlayerGoals 2015 2019 2023
Jennifer Hermoso 33
Verónica Boquete 11
Lucía García 11
Victoria Losada 11
Total624

Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

PlayerGoals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Victoria Svensson 6231
Lena Videkull 651
Hanna Ljungberg 523
Pia Sundhage 541
Anneli Andelén 431
Lotta Schelin 422
Malin Andersson 321
Kosovare Asllani 33
Lisa Dahlkvist 33
Sofia Jakobsson 312
Malin Moström 312
Linda Sembrant 321
Stina Blackstenius 22
Helen Nilsson 22
Josefine Öqvist 211
Kristin Bengtsson 11
Nilla Fischer 11
Marie Hammarström 11
Susanne Hedberg 11
Lina Hurtig 11
Madelen Janogy 11
Ingrid Johansson 11
Ulrika Kalte 11
Jessica Landström 11
Malin Lundgren 11
Fridolina Rolfö 11
Elin Rubensson 11
Therese Sjögran 11
Jane Törnqvist 11
Own goals 3111
Total71186710310512
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland

PlayerGoals 2015
Ramona Bachmann 33
Fabienne Humm 33
Eseosa Aigbogun 11
Ana-Maria Crnogorčević 11
Martina Moser 11
Own goals 22
Total1111

Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand

PlayerGoals 2015 2019
Orathai Srimanee 22
Kanjana Sungngoen 11
Thanatta Chawong 11
Total431
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

PlayerGoals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Abby Wambach 143641
Michelle Akers 12102
Carli Lloyd 10163
Alex Morgan 9216
Megan Rapinoe 9126
Mia Hamm 82222
Kristine Lilly 83221
Tiffeny Milbrett 7331
Carin Jennings 66
Tisha Venturini 532
Julie Foudy 41111
April Heinrichs 44
Cindy Parlow 422
Shannon Boxx 321
Joy Fawcett 3111
Lauren Holiday 321
Rose Lavelle 33
Heather O'Reilly 321
Lori Chalupny 22
Lindsey Horan 22
Sam Mewis 22
Christen Press 211
Cat Whitehill 22
Brandi Chastain 11
Julie Ertz 11
Wendy Gebauer 11
Tobin Heath 11
Debbie Keller 11
Shannon MacMillan 11
Kelley O'Hara 11
Carla Overbeck 11
Mallory Pugh 11
Rachel Van Hollebeke 11
Own goals 3111
Total1382515181512131426
Own goals scored for opponents

Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam

PlayerGoals 2023
Total

Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia

PlayerGoals 2023
Total

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FIFA Women's World Cup</span> Association football competition for womens national teams

The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing body. The competition has been held every four years and one year after the men's FIFA World Cup since 1991, when the inaugural tournament, then called the FIFA Women's World Championship, was held in China. Under the tournament's current format, national teams vie for 31 slots in a three-year qualification phase. The host nation's team is automatically entered as the 32nd slot. The tournament, called the World Cup Finals, is contested at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about one month.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1999 FIFA Women's World Cup</span> 1999 edition of the FIFA Womens World Cup

The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at eight venues across the country. The tournament was the most successful FIFA Women's World Cup in terms of attendance, television ratings, and public interest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birgit Prinz</span> German association football player

Birgit Prinz is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga as well as the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's league in the United States. Prinz remains one of the game's most prolific strikers and is the second FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals. In 2011, she announced the end of her active career. She currently works as a sport psychologist for the men's and women's teams of Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States women's national soccer team</span> Womens national association football team representing the United States

The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles, four Olympic gold medals, and nine CONCACAF Gold Cups. It medaled in every World Cup and Olympic tournament in women's soccer from 1991 to 2015, before being knocked out in the quarterfinal of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team is governed by United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Germany women's national football team</span> Womens national association football team representing Germany

The Germany women's national football team represents Germany in international women's football. The team is governed by the German Football Association (DFB).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pia Sundhage</span> Swedish football player and manager

Pia Mariane Sundhage is a Swedish football manager and former professional player. She is the head coach of the Brazil women's national team. As a player, Sundhage played most of her career as a forward and retired as the top scorer for the Sweden national team, but she also had stints playing as a midfielder and a sweeper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Inka Grings</span> Retired German international footballer

Inka Grings is a German former international footballer who played as a striker. She played sixteen years for FCR 2001 Duisburg before joining FC Zürich Frauen. She also played for the Germany national team. Grings is the second all-time leading goalscorer in Germany's top division, the Frauen-Bundesliga, with 195 goals and claimed the league's top-scorer award for a record six seasons. Playing for Germany, she was the top-scorer at two UEFA European Championships. Grings was named Women's Footballer of the Year (Germany) in 1999, 2009 and 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marta (footballer)</span> Marta Vieira da Silva, Brazilian-swedish footballer (born 1986)

Marta Vieira da Silva, known mononymously as Marta, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Brazil national team. Marta is often regarded as the greatest female footballer of all time. She has been named FIFA World Player of the Year six times, five of them being consecutive and the latest award coming in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pretinha</span> Brazilian footballer

Delma Gonçalves, commonly known as Pretinha, is a Brazilian professional soccer coach and former forward. A longtime member of the Brazil national team, for whom she debuted in 1991, she played for clubs in Brazil, the United States and Japan before moving to Icheon Daekyo of South Korea's WK-League in 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patrizia Panico</span> Italian footballer

Patrizia Panico is an Italian former footballer who is the current manager of Italy U16. A prolific goalscorer, Panico is a longstanding member of the Italy women's national team; she won over 185 caps for Italy, and also served as her national side's captain. She is a veteran of Italy's 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013 UEFA Women's Championship campaigns and played at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. In a club career that spanned more than two decades, Panico won ten Scudetti and collected five Coppa Italia winner's medals with her various clubs. She was Serie A's top scorer on 14 occasions and spent part of 2010 in the United States, representing Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) club Sky Blue FC. Panico is nicknamed "The Scorpion" due to her deadly goalscoring instincts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ellen White (footballer)</span> English footballer (born 1989)

Ellen Toni Convery, commonly known as Ellen White, is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. White is the record goalscorer for the England women's national team. With England, she has competed at three FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments: in the 2011, 2015 and 2019, reaching the semi-finals in 2015 and 2019 and finishing third in 2015. White earned the Bronze Boot award at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. She represented Great Britain team at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australia women's national soccer team</span> Womens national association football team representing Australia

The Australia women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is "the Matildas", having been known as the "Female Socceroos" before 1995.

This is a list of records of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States at the FIFA Women's World Cup</span>

The United States women's national soccer team is the most successful women's national team in the history of the Women's World Cup, having won four titles, earning second-place once and third-place finishes three times. The United States is one of the countries besides Germany, Japan, and Norway to win a FIFA Women's World Cup. The United States are also the only team that has played the maximum number of matches possible in every tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brazil at the FIFA Women's World Cup</span>

The Brazil women's national football team has represented Brazil at the FIFA Women's World Cup on eight occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. They were runners-up once. They also reached the third place once.

Association football is among the most popular sports in Asia, with nine members of the Asian Football Confederation having competed at the sport's biggest international event, the FIFA Women's World Cup. The highest ranked result in the Women's World Cup for an Asian team is 1st place in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup by Japan, the first Asian nation to achieve this feat at either men's or women's World Cup.

Association football is among the most popular sports in Europe, with twelve members of the UEFA having competed at the sport's biggest international event, the FIFA Women's World Cup. The highest ranked result in the Women's World Cup for a European team is 1st place in the 1995, 2003 and 2007 FIFA Women's World Cups by Germany and Norway.

References