Association football at the professional level is a low scoring sport (see article Association football for more detail). This page lists the top all-time female goal scorers in official international football matches for their country.
The first player to reach 100 international goals was Italian Elisabetta Vignotto. Abby Wambach scored 100 goals in 9 years, while Christine Sinclair reached the milestone in just under 10 years while Mia Hamm is the youngest player to score 100 international goals at the age of 26 years 185 days. Most played exclusively in the forward position, with Kristine Lilly and Michelle Akers having also played as midfielder. All players scored at a high average rate of more than one goal every three matches. International goals in this list should not include goals scored in penalty-shoot-out; see Penalty shootout (association football). Players who are currently active at international level are indicated in bold type background.
Rank | Player | Position | Nation | Confederation | Goals | Caps | Goals per match | Career span | Date of 100th goal |
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1 | Christine Sinclair | Forward / Midfielder | Canada | CONCACAF | 190 | 328 | 0.58 | 2000–2023 | 20 February 2010 [3] |
2 | Abby Wambach | Forward | United States | CONCACAF | 184 | 255 | 0.72 | 2001–2015 | 20 July 2009 [1] |
3 | Mia Hamm | Forward / Midfielder | United States | CONCACAF | 158 | 276 | 0.57 | 1987–2004 | 18 September 1998 [4] |
4 | Maysa Jbarah | Forward | Jordan | AFC | 137 | 133 | 1.04 | 2005– | unknown [5] [6] |
5 | Carli Lloyd | Forward / Midfielder | United States | CONCACAF | 134 | 315 | 0.43 | 2005–2021 | 8 April 2018 [7] |
6 | Kristine Lilly | Forward / Midfielder | United States | CONCACAF | 130 | 354 | 0.37 | 1987–2010 | 3 October 2004 [8] |
7 | Birgit Prinz | Forward | Germany | UEFA | 128 | 214 | 0.6 | 1994–2011 | 25 October 2006 [9] |
8 | Alex Morgan | Forward | United States | CONCACAF | 123 | 222 | 0.56 | 2010– | 4 April 2019 [10] |
9 | Marta [lower-alpha 1] | Forward | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 119 | 184 | 0.64 | 2002– | 21 October 2017 |
10 | Julie Fleeting | Forward | Scotland | UEFA | 116 | 121 | 0.96 | 1996–2011 | 27 October 2007 [12] |
11 | Patrizia Panico [lower-alpha 2] | Forward | Italy | UEFA | 110 | 196 | 0.55 | 1996–2014 | 10 March 2014 [13] |
12 | Elisabetta Vignotto [lower-alpha 3] | Forward | Italy | UEFA | 107 | 110 | 0.97 | 1970–1989 | unknown |
Michelle Akers [lower-alpha 4] | Forward/Midfielder | United States | CONCACAF | 107 | 155 | 0.69 | 1985–2000 | 27 January 1999 [15] | |
14 | Sun Wen [lower-alpha 5] | Forward | China | AFC | 106 | 163 | 0.65 | 1990–2006 | unknown |
15 | Carolina Morace [lower-alpha 6] | Forward | Italy | UEFA | 105 | 153 | 0.69 | 1978–1997 | unknown |
16 | Portia Modise | Forward | South Africa | CAF | 101 | 124 | 0.81 | 2000–2015 | 18 October 2014 [21] |
Han Duan [lower-alpha 7] | Forward | China | AFC | 101 | 188 | 0.54 | 2000–2011 | unknown [23] [25] [26] [27] | |
18 | Tiffeny Milbrett | Forward | United States | CONCACAF | 100 | 206 | 0.49 | 1991–2006 | 10 July 2005 [28] |
Footballers | Country | Confederation |
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7 | United States | CONCACAF |
3 | Italy | UEFA |
2 | China | AFC |
1 | Brazil | CONMEBOL |
Canada | CONCACAF | |
Germany | UEFA | |
Jordan | AFC | |
Scotland | UEFA | |
South Africa | CAF | |
18 | 9 | Total |
Footballers | Countries | Confederation |
---|---|---|
8 | 2 | CONCACAF |
5 | 3 | UEFA |
3 | 2 | AFC |
1 | 1 | CAF |
1 | 1 | CONMEBOL |
0 | 0 | OFC |
18 | 9 | Total |
No OFC player has scored 100 goals in full internationals. The current record holder is New Zealand player Amber Hearn, with 54 goals in 125 matches between 2004 and 2018. [29] [30]
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