List of FIFA Women's World Cup goalscorers

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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).

Overall top goalscorers[]

  • Tournaments in round brackets, e.g., (2011): Played in the tournament, but did not score a goal
  • Tournaments in square brackets: e.g., [1995]: Part of the squad for the tournament, but did not play
Players with at least 10 goals at the FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments
Rank Player Team Goals scored Matches played Goal average Tournaments
1 Marta  Brazil 17 20 0.85 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
2 Birgit Prinz  Germany 14 24 0.58 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, (2011)
Abby Wambach  United States 14 25 0.56 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
4 Michelle Akers  United States 12 13 0.92 1991, (1995), 1999
5 Sun Wen  China PR 11 20 0.55 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
Cristiane  Brazil 11 21 0.52 (2003), 2007, 2011, (2015), 2019
Bettina Wiegmann  Germany 11 22 0.50 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
8 Ann Kristin Aarønes  Norway 10 11 0.90 1995, 1999
Heidi Mohr  Germany 10 12 0.83 1991, 1995
Christine Sinclair  Canada 10 21 0.48 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Carli Lloyd  United States 10 25 0.40 (2007), 2011, 2015, 2019

Top scorers by tournament[]

Year Player(s) Goals
scored
Matches
played
1991 United States Michelle Akers 10 6
1995 Norway Ann Kristin Aarønes 6 6
1999 Brazil Sissi 7 6
China Sun Wen 6
2003 Germany Birgit Prinz 7 6
2007 Brazil Marta 7 6
2011 Japan Homare Sawa 5 6
2015 Germany Célia Šašić 6 7
United States Carli Lloyd 7
2019 England Ellen White 6 6
United States Alex Morgan 6
United States 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.

 Argentina[]

Player Goals 2003 2007 2019
Florencia Bonsegundo 1 1
Yanina Gaitán 1 1
Milagros Menéndez 1 1
Eva González 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 5 1 1 3
Own goals scored for opponents

 Australia[]

Player Goals 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Lisa De Vanna 7 4 1 2
Kyah Simon 5 2 3
Sam Kerr 5 5
Heather Garriock 3 2 1
Julie Murray 2 2
Cheryl Salisbury 2 1 1
Lisa Casagrande 1 1
Lauren Colthorpe 1 1
Kelly Golebiowski 1 1
Sunni Hughes 1 1
Angela Iannotta 1 1
Leena Khamis 1 1
Collette McCallum 1 1
Ellyse Perry 1 1
Caitlin Foord 1 1
Chloe Logarzo 1 1
Elise Kellond-Knight 1 1
Emily van Egmond 1 1
Sarah Walsh 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 38 3 3 3 9 6 5 9
Own goals scored for opponents

 Brazil[]

Player Goals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Marta 17 3 7 4 1 2
Cristiane 11 5 2 4
Sissi 7 7
Kátia 6 2 4
Pretinha 5 1 3 1
Rosana 3 1 2
Cidinha 2 2
Daniela 2 1 1
Formiga 2 1 1
Roseli 2 2
Andressa Alves 1 1
Elane 1 1
Érika 1 1
Thaisa 1 1
Maycon 1 1
Nenê 1 1
Raquel 1 1
Renata 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 65 1 3 16 9 17 9 4 7
Own goals scored for opponents
  • Daiane (scored for United States in 2011)
  • Mônica (scored for Australia in 2019)

 Cameroon[]

Player Goals 2015 2019
Gaëlle Enganamouit 3 3
Gabrielle Onguéné 3 2 1
Ajara Nchout 3 1 2
Madeleine Ngono Mani 2 2
Christine Manie 1 1
Total 12 9 3
Own goals scored for opponents
  • Aurelle Awona (scored for New Zealand in 2019)

 Canada[]

Player Goals 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Christine Sinclair 10 3 3 1 2 1
Charmaine Hooper 4 2 2
Silvana Burtini 3 2 1
Christine Latham 3 3
Geri Donnelly 2 2
Kara Lang 2 2
Josée Bélanger 1 1
Candace Chapman 1 1
Martina Franko 1 1
Ashley Lawrence 1 1
Sophie Schmidt 1 1
Kadeisha Buchanan 1 1
Nichelle Prince 1 1
Jessie Fleming 1 1
Helen Stoumbos 1 1
Melissa Tancredi 1 1
Total 34 5 3 10 7 1 4 4

 Chile[]

Player Goals 2019
María José Urrutia 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 2 2

 China PR[]

Player Goals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2015 2019
Sun Wen 11 1 2 7 1
Liu Ailing 8 4 1 3
Jin Yan 3 3
Shi Guihong 3 3
Wei Haiying 3 1 2
Bai Jie 2 2
Li Jie 2 2
Sun Qingmei 2 1 1
Wang Lisi 2 2
Wang Shanshan 2 2
Zhang Ouying 2 2
Zhou Yang 2 1 1
Bi Yan 1 1
Fan Yunjie 1 1
Liu Ying 1 1
Ma Li 1 1
Pu Wei 1 1
Song Xiaoli 1 1
Wang Liping 1 1
Wu Weiying 1 1
Li Ying 1 1
Xie Caixia 1 1
Zhao Lihong 1 1
Total 53 10 11 19 3 5 4 1

 Chinese Taipei[]

Player Goals 1991
Chou Tai-ying 1 1
Lin Mei-chun 1 1
Total 2 2

 Colombia[]

Player Goals 2011 2015
Lady Andrade 2 2
Daniela Montoya 1 1
Catalina Usme 1 1
Total 4 0 4

 Costa Rica[]

Player Goals 2015
Melissa Herrera 1 1
Raquel Rodríguez 1 1
Karla Villalobos 1 1
Total 3 3

 Denmark[]

Player Goals 1991 1995 1999 2007
Helle Jensen 3 2 1
Gitte Krøgh 3 3
Susan Mackensie 2 2
Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen 2 1 1
Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen 2 2
Christina Bonde 1 1
Christina Hansen 1 1
Janni Johansen 1 1
Lisbet Kolding 1 1
Hanne Nissen 1 1
Katrine Pedersen 1 1
Annette Thychosen 1 1
Total 19 7 7 1 4

 Ecuador[]

Player Goals 2015
Angie Ponce 1 1
Total 1 1
Own goals scored for opponents

 England[]

Player Goals 1995 2007 2011 2015 2019
Ellen White 7 1 6
Fara Williams 5 1 1 3
Kelly Smith 4 4
Jill Scott 4 1 2 1
Lucy Bronze 3 2 1
Karen Carney 2 2
Gillian Coultard 2 2
Karen Farley 2 2
Jodie Taylor 2 1 1
Steph Houghton 2 1 1
Fran Kirby 2 1 1
Jessica Clarke 1 1
Vicky Exley 1 1
Marieanne Spacey 1 1
Nikita Parris 1 1
Alex Greenwood 1 1
Karen Walker 1 1
Rachel Yankey 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 43 6 8 6 10 13
Own goals scored for opponents
  • Laura Bassett (scored for Japan in 2015)

 Equatorial Guinea[]

Player Goals 2011
Genoveva Añonma 2 2
Total 2 2

 France[]

Player Goals 2003 2011 2015 2019
Marie-Laure Delie 5 2 3
Eugénie Le Sommer 5 3 2
Wendie Renard 4 4
Élodie Thomis 3 2 1
Amandine Henry 3 1 2
Marinette Pichon 2 2
Gaëtane Thiney 2 2
Valérie Gauvin 2 2
Camille Abily 1 1
Sonia Bompastor 1 1
Élise Bussaglia 1 1
Laura Georges 1 1
Louisa Nécib 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 32 2 10 10 10
Own goals scored for opponents
  • Wendie Renard (scored for Norway in 2019)

 Germany[]

Player Goals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Birgit Prinz 14 1 1 7 5
Bettina Wiegmann 11 3 3 3 2
Heidi Mohr 10 7 3
Kerstin Garefrekes 8 4 2 2
Célia Šašić 8 2 6
Maren Meinert 6 2 4
Inka Grings 5 3 2
Renate Lingor 5 1 4
Anja Mittag 5 5
Sara Däbritz 5 2 3
Sandra Smisek 4 1 3
Melanie Behringer 3 2 1
Simone Laudehr 3 1 1 1
Martina Müller 3 2 1
Alexandra Popp 3 1 2
Sandra Minnert 2 2
Silvia Neid 2 1 1
Lena Petermann 2 2
Melanie Leupolz 2 1 1
Lina Magull 2 2
Anouschka Bernhard 1 1
Gudrun Gottschlich 1 1
Stefanie Gottschlich 1 1
Ariane Hingst 1 1
Steffi Jones 1 1
Annike Krahn 1 1
Nia Künzer 1 1
Ursula Lohn 1 1
Dzsenifer Marozsán 1 1
Conny Pohlers 1 1
Giulia Gwinn 1 1
Lea Schueller 1 1
Kerstin Stegemann 1 1
Britta Unsleber 1 1
Martina Voss 1 1
Pia Wunderlich 1 1
Own goals 2 1 1
Total 121 13 13 12 25 21 7 20 10

 Ghana[]

Player Goals 1999 2003 2007
Alberta Sackey 2 2
Anita Amankwa 1 1
Adjoa Bayor 1 1
Nana Gyamfua 1 1
Florence Okoe 1 1
Total 6 1 2 3

 Italy[]

Player Goals 1991 1999 2019
Carolina Morace 4 4
Cristiana Girelli 3 3
Aurora Galli 3 3
Patrizia Panico 2 2
Barbara Bonansea 2 2
Valentina Giacinti 1 1
Feriana Ferraguzzi 1 1
Rita Guarino 1 1
Adele Marsiletti 1 1
Raffaella Salmaso 1 1
Paola Zanni 1 1
Total 20 8 3 9

 Ivory Coast[]

Player Goals 2015
Ange N'Guessan 2 2
Josée Nahi 1 1
Total 3 3

 Jamaica[]

Player Goals 2019
Havana Solaun 1 1
Total 1 1

 Japan[]

Player Goals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Homare Sawa 8 3 5
Aya Miyama 6 2 2 2
Yūki Ōgimi 4 1 1 2
Mio Otani 3 3
Nahomi Kawasumi 2 2
Akemi Noda 2 2
Mana Iwabuchi 2 1 1
Yuika Sugasawa 2 1 1
Yui Hasegawa 1 1
Saori Ariyoshi 1 1
Karina Maruyama 1 1
Shinobu Ohno 1 1
Nami Otake 1 1
Mizuho Sakaguchi 1 1
Aya Sameshima 1 1
Emi Yamamoto 1 1
Own goals 2 2
Total 39 0 2 1 7 3 12 11 3
Own goals scored for opponents
  • Sayuri Yamaguchi (scored for Sweden in 1991)
  • Hiromi Isozaki (scored for Norway in 1999)

 Mexico[]

Player Goals 1999 2011 2015
Maribel Domínguez 2 1 1
Fabiola Ibarra 1 1
Stephany Mayor 1 1
Mónica Ocampo 1 1
Verónica Pérez 1 1
Total 6 1 3 2
Own goals scored for opponents
  • Jennifer Ruiz (scored for France in 2015)

 Netherlands[]

Player Goals 2015 2019
Lieke Martens 3 1 2
Vivianne Miedema 3 3
Kirsten van de Ven 2 2
Jill Roord 1 1
Dominique Bloodworth 1 1
Stefanie van der Gragt 1 1
Lineth Beerensteyn 1 1
Jackie Groenen 1 1
Anouk Dekker 1 1
Total 14 3 11

 New Zealand[]

Player Goals 1991 2007 2011 2015 2019
Hannah Wilkinson 2 1 1
Sarah Gregorius 1 1
Amber Hearn 1 1
Kim Nye 1 1
Rebecca Smith 1 1
Rebekah Stott 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 8 1 0 4 2 1
Own goals scored for opponents
  • Terry McCahill (scored for Norway in 1991)

 Nigeria[]

Player Goals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Rita Nwadike 3 2 1
Nkiru Okosieme 3 3
Mercy Akide 2 2
Adaku Okoroafor 2 2
Asisat Oshoala 2 1 1
Patience Avre 1 1
Nkechi Egbe 1 1
Prisca Emeafu 1 1
Perpetua Nkwocha 1 1
Ngozi Okobi 1 1
Francisca Ordega 1 1
Cynthia Uwak 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 20 0 5 8 0 1 1 3 2
Own goals scored for opponents

 North Korea[]

Player Goals 1999 2003 2007 2011
Jin Pyol-hui 3 1 2
Jo Song-ok 2 2
Kil Son-hui 1 1
Kim Kum-sil 1 1
Kim Kyong-hwa 1 1
Kim Yong-ae 1 1
Ri Kum-suk 1 1
Ri Un-gyong 1 1
Ri Un-suk 1 1
Total 12 4 3 5 0

 Norway[]

Player Goals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Ann Kristin Aarønes 10 6 4
Linda Medalen 9 6 2 1
Hege Riise 9 1 5 3
Marianne Pettersen 8 3 3 2
Ragnhild Gulbrandsen 6 6
Isabell Herlovsen 6 2 2 2
Solveig Gulbrandsen 4 1 1 2
Dagny Mellgren 4 1 3
Tina Svensson 4 3 1
Ada Hegerberg 3 3
Kristin Sandberg 3 3
Agnete Carlsen 2 2
Linda Ørmen 2 2
Brit Sandaune 2 1 1
Ane Stangeland Horpestad 2 2
Gro Espeseth 1 1
Emilie Haavi 1 1
Tone Haugen 1 1
Birthe Hegstad 1 1
Lise Klaveness 1 1
Unni Lehn 1 1
Randi Leinan 1 1
Maren Mjelde 1 1
Anita Rapp 1 1
Trine Rønning 1 1
Guro Reiten 1 1
Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland 1 1
Caroline Graham Hansen 1 1
Lene Storløkken 1 1
Elise Thorsnes 1 1
Own goals 3 1 1 2
Total 93 14 23 16 10 12 2 9 7
Own goals scored for opponents

 Russia[]

Player Goals 1999 2003
Elena Fomina 3 2 1
Olga Letyushova 3 2 1
Natalia Barbashina 2 1 1
Elena Danilova 1 1
Irina Grigorieva 1 1
Natalia Karasseva 1 1
Olga Karasseva 1 1
Galina Komarova 1 1
Marina Saenko 1 1
Larisa Savina 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 16 10 6

 Scotland[]

Player Goals 2019
Claire Emslie 1 1
Kim Little 1 1
Jen Beattie 1 1
Erin Cuthbert 1 1
Lana Clelland 1 1
Total 5 5
Own goals scored for opponents
  • Lee Alexander (scored for Argentina in 2019)

 South Africa[]

Player Goals 2019
Thembi Kgatlana 1 1
Total 1 1

 South Korea[]

Player Goals 2003 2015 2019
Cho So-hyun 1 1
Jeon Ga-eul 1 1
Ji So-yun 1 1
Yeo Min-ji 1 1
Kim Jin-hee 1 1
Kim Soo-yun 1 1
Total 6 1 4 1
Own goals scored for opponents
  • Kim Do-yeon (scored for Nigeria in 2019)

 Spain[]

Player Goals 2015 2019
Jennifer Hermoso 3 3
Verónica Boquete 1 1
Lucía García 1 1
Victoria Losada 1 1
Total 6 2 4

 Sweden[]

Player Goals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Victoria Svensson 6 2 3 1
Lena Videkull 6 5 1
Hanna Ljungberg 5 2 3
Pia Sundhage 5 4 1
Anneli Andelén 4 3 1
Lotta Schelin 4 2 2
Malin Andersson 3 2 1
Lisa Dahlkvist 3 3
Malin Moström 3 1 2
Linda Sembrant 3 2 1
Kosovare Asllani 3 3
Sofia Jakobsson 3 1 2
Helen Nilsson 2 2
Josefine Öqvist 2 1 1
Stina Blackstenius 2 2
Kristin Bengtsson 1 1
Nilla Fischer 1 1
Marie Hammarström 1 1
Susanne Hedberg 1 1
Madelen Janogy 1 1
Fridolina Rolfö 1 1
Lina Hurtig 1 1
Elin Rubensson 1 1
Ingrid Johansson 1 1
Ulrika Kalte 1 1
Jessica Landström 1 1
Malin Lundgren 1 1
Therese Sjögran 1 1
Jane Törnqvist 1 1
Own goals 3 1 1 1
Total 71 18 6 7 10 3 10 5 12
Own goals scored for opponents
  • Jonna Andersson (scored for United States in 2019)

  Switzerland[]

Player Goals 2015
Ramona Bachmann 3 3
Fabienne Humm 3 3
Eseosa Aigbogun 1 1
Ana-Maria Crnogorčević 1 1
Martina Moser 1 1
Own goals 2 2
Total 11 11

 Thailand[]

Player Goals 2015 2019
Orathai Srimanee 2 2
Kanjana Sungngoen 1 1
Thanatta Chawong 1 1
Total 4 3 1
Own goals scored for opponents

 United States[]

Player Goals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Abby Wambach 14 3 6 4 1
Michelle Akers 12 10 2
Carli Lloyd 10 1 6 3
Alex Morgan 9 2 1 6
Megan Rapinoe 9 1 2 6
Mia Hamm 8 2 2 2 2
Kristine Lilly 8 3 2 2 1
Tiffeny Milbrett 7 3 3 1
Carin Jennings 6 6
Tisha Venturini 5 3 2
Julie Foudy 4 1 1 1 1
April Heinrichs 4 4
Cindy Parlow 4 2 2
Shannon Boxx 3 2 1
Joy Fawcett 3 1 1 1
Lauren Holiday 3 2 1
Heather O'Reilly 3 2 1
Rose Lavelle 3 3
Lori Chalupny 2 2
Cat Whitehill 2 2
Sam Mewis 2 2
Lindsey Horan 2 2
Christen Press 2 1 1
Tobin Heath 1 1
Brandi Chastain 1 1
Wendy Gebauer 1 1
Debbie Keller 1 1
Shannon MacMillan 1 1
Kelley O'Hara 1 1
Mallory Pugh 1 1
Julie Ertz 1 1
Carla Overbeck 1 1
Rachel Van Hollebeke 1 1
Own goals 3 1 1 1
Total 138 25 15 18 15 12 13 14 26
Own goals scored for opponents

References[]

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