List of top international women's football goal scorers by country

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Christine Sinclair of Canada is the all-time leading goalscorer for women's national teams

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 six years.[2] Wambach's former teammate Mia Hamm topped the list between 1999 and 2013. Italian Elisabetta Vignotto preceded Hamm.[3]

List of top scorers[]

As of 5 August 2021
Players in bold are still active at international level.
Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation.
Number is a count of nations.
Rank Player Country International goals Caps Goals per match First cap Last cap Ref.
1 Christine Sinclair  Canada 187 303 0.62 2000 2 August 2021 [1][4][5]
2 Abby Wambach  United States 184 255 0.72 2001 16 December 2015 [1][6]
3 Birgit Prinz  Germany 128 214 0.6 1994 2011 [1][7][8]
4 Julie Fleeting  Scotland 116 121 0.96 1996 2015 [1][9]
5 Maysa Jbarah  Jordan 113 110 1.03 18 September 2005 12 April 2021 [10][11]
6 Patrizia Panico  Italy 110 204 0.54 1996 2014 [1][12]
7 Marta[a]  Brazil 109 155 0.7 2002 18 February 2021 [1][14][citation needed]
8 Sun Wen  China PR 106 152 0.7 1990 2003 [15][citation needed]
9 Portia Modise  South Africa 101 124 0.81 2000 2015 [16]
10 Lotta Schelin  Sweden 88 185 0.48 2004 2017 [17]
11 Eugénie Le Sommer  France 86 174 0.49 2009 23 October 2020 [18][19]
12 Homare Sawa  Japan 83 205 0.4 1993 2015 [20]
Vivianne Miedema  Netherlands 83 100 0.83 2013 30 July 2021 [21][22]
14 Maribel Domínguez  Mexico 82 116 0.71 1998 2016 [23][citation needed]
15 Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria 80 99 0.81 1999 2015 [24]
16 Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir  Iceland 79 124 0.64 2003 2019 [25][citation needed]
17 Isabell Herlovsen  Norway 67 133 0.5 2005 2020 [26]
18 Merete Pedersen  Denmark 65 136 0.48 1993 2009 [27]
19 Ji So-yun  South Korea 61 125 0.49 2006 2020 [28]
Ana-Maria Crnogorčević   Switzerland 61 125 0.49 2009 13 April 2021 [29][citation needed]
Fanny Vágó  Hungary 61 127 0.48 2007 14 Jun 2021 [30]
22 Amber Hearn  New Zealand 54 125 0.43 2004 2018 [31][32]
Olivia O'Toole  Republic of Ireland 54 130 0.42 1991 2009 [33]
24 Nina Burger  Austria 53 108 0.49 2005 2019 [34][citation needed]
25 Reem Al-Hashmi  Bahrain 51 58 0.88 [citation needed]
Gabriela Chlumecká  Czech Republic 51 63 0.81 1993 2007 [35][citation needed]
27 Tessa Wullaert  Belgium 50 96 0.52 2011 21 February 2021 [36][37][citation needed]
28 Sam Kerr  Australia 48 99 0.48 7 February 2009 5 August 2021 [38]
29 Linda Sällström  Finland 47 105 0.45 2007 23 February 2021 [39][40][41]
30 Kelly Smith  England 46 117 0.39 1995 2015 [42]
31 Khadija Shaw  Jamaica 42 30 1.4 2015 2020 [43]
Helen Ward  Wales 42 89 0.47 2008 2020 [44]
Jennifer Hermoso  Spain 42 82 0.51 2011 18 February 2021 [45][citation needed]
34 Madeleine Ngono Mani  Cameroon 40 87 0.46 2002 2020 [46]
Anastassia Morkovkina  Estonia 40 75 0.53 1997 2015 [47][citation needed]
36 Edite Fernandes  Portugal 39 132 0.3 1997 2016 [48][citation needed]
37 Silvi Jan  Israel 29 23 1.26 1997 2007 [49][50]
38 Yağmur Uraz  Turkey 22 59 0.37 2006 2020 [51][citation needed]
39 Sara Bakri  Lebanon 7 22 0.32 19 April 2006 21 March 2017 [52][53]
40 Furtuna Velaj  Albania 6 25 0.24 2013 2020 [54][citation needed]
41 Marjan Haydaree  Afghanistan 5 - - 2012 [55][citation needed]

Record progression[]

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
107 Elisabetta Vignotto[b]  Italy 1982 22 May 1999 16–17 years [3][57]
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]
186 Christine Sinclair  Canada 30 January 2020 ongoing 1 year, 230 days [1]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Only Marta's goals scored in full international matches (senior international team v senior international team) count toward international goal totals.[13]
  2. ^ Vignotto reportedly scored 107 or 108 goals.[3] The Italian Football Federation lists her record as 97 goals in 95 matches.[56]

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