This page lists the top all-time goalscorer for each women's national football team. This list is not an all-time top international goalscorers list, as several countries have two or more players with more goals than another country's top scorer. It simply lists only the top scorer for each country.
Since January 2020, Canadian forward Christine Sinclair is the leading all-time international goalscorer. [1] She overtook Abby Wambach of the United States, who had held the top position for over six years. [2] Wambach's former teammate Mia Hamm topped the list between 1999 and 2013, who was preceded by Italian player Elisabetta Vignotto. [3]
Rank | Player | Country | Goals | Caps | Goals per match | First cap | Last cap | Ref. |
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1 | Christine Sinclair | Canada | 190 | 331 | 0.57 | 12 March 2000 | 5 December 2023 | [1] [4] [5] |
2 | Abby Wambach | United States | 184 | 255 | 0.72 | 9 September 2001 | 16 December 2015 | [1] [6] |
3 | Maysa Jbarah | Jordan | 133 | 129 | 1.03 | 18 September 2005 | 11 April 2023 | [7] [8] |
4 | Birgit Prinz | Germany | 128 | 214 | 0.6 | 27 July 1994 | 30 June 2011 | [1] [9] [10] |
5 | Julie Fleeting | Scotland | 116 | 121 | 0.96 | 1996 | 8 February 2015 | [1] [11] |
6 | Marta [lower-alpha 1] | Brazil | 115 | 175 | 0.66 | 2002 | 2 August 2023 | [1] [13] [14] [15] |
7 | Patrizia Panico | Italy | 110 | 196 | 0.56 | 8 April 1996 | 2014 | [1] [16] |
8 | Sun Wen | China | 106 | 152 | 0.7 | 1990 | 2003 | [17] [ citation needed ] |
9 | Portia Modise | South Africa | 101 | 124 | 0.81 | 2000 | 2015 | [18] |
10 | Vivianne Miedema | Netherlands | 95 | 118 | 0.81 | 26 September 2013 | 23 February 2024 | [19] [20] |
11 | Eugénie Le Sommer | France | 93 | 188 | 0.49 | 12 February 2009 | 1 December 2023 | [21] [22] |
12 | Lotta Schelin | Sweden | 88 | 185 | 0.48 | 16 March 2004 | 2017 | [23] |
13 | Homare Sawa | Japan | 83 | 205 | 0.4 | 6 December 1993 | 5 July 2015 | [24] |
14 | Maribel Domínguez | Mexico | 82 | 116 | 0.71 | 1998 | 2016 | [25] [ citation needed ] |
15 | Perpetua Nkwocha | Nigeria | 80 | 99 | 0.81 | 1999 | 2015 | [26] |
16 | Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir | Iceland | 79 | 124 | 0.64 | 14 June 2003 | 8 October 2019 | [27] [ citation needed ] |
17 | Tessa Wullaert | Belgium | 77 | 127 | 0.61 | 2011 | 5 December 2023 | [28] [29] [30] |
18 | Pernille Harder | Denmark | 74 | 147 | 0.5 | 2009 | 2023 | [31] [ citation needed ] |
Fanny Vágó | Hungary | 74 | 146 | 0.51 | 2007 | 14 Jun 2021 | [32] | |
20 | Ana-Maria Crnogorčević | Switzerland | 72 | 155 | 0.46 | 12 August 2009 | 5 December 2023 | [33] [ citation needed ] |
21 | Sam Kerr | Australia | 69 | 128 | 0.54 | 7 February 2009 | 1 November 2023 | [34] |
Ji So-yun | South Korea | 69 | 154 | 0.45 | 19 May 2010 | 1 November 2023 | [35] [36] | |
23 | Huỳnh Như | Vietnam | 68 | 109 | 0.62 | 2011 | 1 November 2023 | [37] [ citation needed ] |
24 | Isabell Herlovsen | Norway | 67 | 133 | 0.5 | 2005 | 2020 | [38] |
Win Theingi Tun | Myanmar | 67 | 71 | 0.94 | 2014 | 3 May 2023 | [39] [40] [ citation needed ] | |
26 | Ewa Pajor | Poland | 58 | 74 | 0.78 | 20 August 2013 | 31 October 2023 | [41] |
27 | Linda Sällström | Finland | 57 | 132 | 0.43 | 31 May 2007 | 27 October 2023 | [42] [43] [44] |
28 | Khadija Shaw | Jamaica | 55 | 41 | 1.34 | 2015 | 27 September 2023 | [45] |
29 | Amber Hearn | New Zealand | 54 | 125 | 0.43 | 18 February 2004 | 10 June 2018 | [46] [47] |
Olivia O'Toole | Republic of Ireland | 54 | 130 | 0.42 | 1991 | 2009 | [48] | |
31 | Sabitra Bhandari | Nepal | 53 | 46 | 1.15 | 12 November 2014 | 27 February 2024 | [49] |
Nina Burger | Austria | 53 | 108 | 0.49 | 2005 | 2019 | [50] [ citation needed ] | |
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Bala Devi | India | 52 | 61 | 0.85 | 2007 | 2020 | [51] | |
Ellen White | England | 52 | 113 | 0.46 | 25 March 2010 | 31 July 2022 | [52] | |
Jennifer Hermoso | Spain | 52 | 107 | 0.49 | 17 September 2011 | 31 October 2023 | [53] [54] | |
36 | Reem Al-Hashmi | Bahrain | 51 | 58 | 0.88 | [ citation needed ] | ||
Gabriela Chlumecká | Czech Republic | 51 | 63 | 0.81 | 1993 | 2007 | [55] [ citation needed ] | |
38 | Madeleine Ngono Mani | Cameroon | 49 | 109 | 0.45 | 2002 | 2020 | [56] |
39 | Helen Ward | Wales | 44 | 102 | 0.43 | 2008 | 2020 | [57] |
40 | Anastassia Morkovkina | Estonia | 40 | 75 | 0.53 | 1997 | 2015 | [58] [ citation needed ] |
41 | Edite Fernandes | Portugal | 39 | 132 | 0.3 | 1997 | 2016 | [59] [ citation needed ] |
42 | Sabina Khatun | Bangladesh | 34 | 53 | 0.64 | 2010 | 4th December 2023 | [ citation needed ] |
43 | Nérilia Mondésir | Haiti | 29 | 19 | 1.53 | 2016 | 30 October 2023 | |
44 | Silvi Jan | Israel | 29 | 23 | 1.26 | 2 November 1997 | 10 May 2007 | [60] [61] |
45 | Sarina Bolden | Philippines | 28 | 44 | 0.64 | 6 April 2018 | 26 October 2023 | [62] |
46 | Yağmur Uraz | Turkey | 26 | 73 | 0.36 | 2006 | 31 October 2023 | [63] [ citation needed ] |
47 | Ghizlane Chebbak | Morocco | 22 | 69 | 0.32 | 8 March 2008 | 31 October 2023 | [64] |
48 | Mariana Larroquette | Argentina | 22 | 77 | 0.29 | 21 May 2015 | 23 September 2023 | [65] |
49 | Zahra Ghanbari | Iran | 17 | 65 | 0.26 | 21 May 2013 | 25 September 2021 | [66] [67] |
50 | Lili Iskandar | Lebanon | 12 | 23 | 0.52 | 8 November 2018 | 23 February 2024 | [68] [69] |
51 | Megi Doçi | Albania | 11 | 43 | 0.26 | 22 October 2015 | 22 February 2024 | [70] [ citation needed ] |
52 | Al Bandari Mobarak | Saudi Arabia | 10 | 17 | 0.59 | 20 February 2022 | 23 February 2024 | [71] [72] |
53 | Marjan Haydaree | Afghanistan | 5 | 2012 | [73] [ citation needed ] | |||
54 | Rawan Abdelmoneim | Sudan | 1 | 24 August 2021 | 20 October 2021 | [74] | ||
Rayan Ragab | 1 | 24 August 2021 | 20 October 2021 | [74] |
Since the early 1980s there have been four players who have topped the all-time global goal scorers list.
Goals | Name | Country | Start | End | Span | Ref |
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107 | Elisabetta Vignotto [lower-alpha 2] | Italy | 1982 | 22 May 1999 | 16–17 years | [3] [76] |
158 | Mia Hamm | United States | 22 May 1999 | 20 June 2013 | 14 years, 29 days | [2] |
184 | Abby Wambach | United States | 20 June 2013 | 30 January 2020 | 6 years, 224 days | [2] |
190 | Christine Sinclair | Canada | 30 January 2020 | ongoing | 4 years, 29 days | [1] |
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