List of international goals scored by Chris Wood

Wood playing for New Zealand at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Chris Wood is a New Zealand professional footballer who has represented the New Zealand national team (nicknamed the "All Whites") since 2009. With 44 goals, he is New Zealand's all-time leading goalscorer.

Goals

As of match played 7 June 2025 ^[1]

Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first.

Key

‡	Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
	Indicates New Zealand won the match
	Indicates the match ended in a draw
	Indicates New Zealand lost the match

List of international goals scored by Chris Wood

No.	Cap	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	13	9 October 2010	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Honduras	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[2]
2	18	29 February 2012	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Jamaica	1–2	2–3	Friendly	[3]
3	22	4 June 2012	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands	Papua New Guinea	2–0	2–1	2012 OFC Nations Cup	[4]
4	23	6 June 2012	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	1–0	1–1		[5]
5	25	10 June 2012	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	1–0	4–3		[6]
6					2–0
7					3–0
8	26	7 September 2012	Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa, New Caledonia	New Caledonia	2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[7]
9	27	11 September 2012	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Solomon Islands	5–1	6–1		[8]
10	29	14 November 2012	Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai, China	China	1–1	1–1	Friendly	[9]
11	34	5 March 2014	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Japan	1–4	2–4	2014 Kirin Challenge Cup	[10]
12					2–4
13	36	14 November 2014	Nanchang Bayi Stadium, Nanchang, China	China	1–1	1–1	Friendly	[11]
14	39	12 November 2015	Al-Seeb Stadium, Muscat, Oman	Oman	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[12]
15	40	28 May 2016	Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Fiji	3–1‡	3–1	2016 OFC Nations Cup	[13]
16	41	31 May 2016	Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu	1–0	5–0		[14]
17					2–0
18	42	8 June 2016	Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia	1–0	1–0		[15]
19	47	25 March 2017	Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji	Fiji	1–0‡	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[16]
20	51	21 June 2017	Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia	Mexico	1–0	1–2	2017 FIFA Confederations Cup	[17]
21	53	1 September 2017	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Solomon Islands	1–0	6–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[18]
22					2–0
23					6–1
24	54	6 October 2017	Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan	Japan	1–1	1–2	2017 Kirin Challenge Cup	[19]
25	58	9 October 2021	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Curaçao	2–0	2–1	Friendly	[20]
26	60	16 November 2021	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Gambia	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[21]
27					2–0
28	61	28 January 2022	New York University Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Jordan	1–1‡	1–3	Friendly	[22]
29	62	21 March 2022	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Fiji	1–0	4–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	[23]
30					3–0
31	63	24 March 2022	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar	New Caledonia	6–1	7–1		[24]
32					7–1
33	65	30 March 2022	Al-Arabi Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Solomon Islands	2–0	5–0		[25]
34	71	13 October 2023	Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain	DR Congo	1–1‡	1–1	Friendly	[26]
35	77	11 October 2024	VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu	Tahiti	2–0	3–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	[27]
36	78	14 October 2024	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Malaysia	3–0	4–0	Friendly
37	79	15 November 2024	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Vanuatu	2–1	8–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
38					3–1
39	80	18 November 2024	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Samoa	2–0	8–0
40					3–0
41					4–0
42	81	21 March 2025	Sky Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand	Fiji	1–0	7–0
43					5–0
44					6–0

Hat-tricks

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Goals	Result	Competition
1	10 June 2012	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	3 – (10', 24', 29')	4–3	2012 OFC Nations Cup
2	1 September 2017	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Solomon Islands	3 – (18', 36', 90+3')	6–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	18 November 2024	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Samoa	3 – (28', 34', 60')	8–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	21 March 2025	Sky Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand	Fiji	3 – (8', 56', 60')	7–0

Statistics

As of match played 5 September 2025 ^[1]

Appearances and goals by year and competition Year Competitive Friendly Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 2009 3 0 2 0 5 0 2010 3 0 6 1 9 1 2011 — 3 0 3 0 2012 8 7 4 2 12 9 2013 2 0 2 0 4 0 2014 — 4 3 4 3 2015 — 2 1 2 1 2016 5 4 2 0 7 4 2017 7 5 3 1 10 6 2018 — — 0 0 2019 — 1 0 1 0 2020 — — 0 0 2021 — 3 3 3 3 2022 5 5 5 1 10 6 2023 — 4 1 4 1 2024 3 6 3 1 6 7 2025 2 3 3 0 5 3 Total 38 30 47 14 85 44 Goals by competition Competition Apps Goals FIFA World Cup 3 0 FIFA Confederations Cup 4 1 Friendlies 47 14 FIFA World Cup qualification 23 20 OFC Nations Cup 8 9 Total 85 44

Goals by opponent Opponent Goals   Solomon Islands 9   Fiji 7   New Caledonia 4   Vanuatu 4   Japan 3   Samoa 3   China 2   Gambia 2   Curaçao 1   DR Congo 1   Honduras 1   Jamaica 1   Jordan 1   Malaysia 1   Mexico 1   Oman 1   Papua New Guinea 1   Tahiti 1 Total 44

See also

• List of top international men's football goal scorers by country
• New Zealand men's national football team records and statistics

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