List of female soccer players with at least 50 international goals
The list of soccer players with at least 50 international goals includes soccer players with at least 50 goals in international matches. So far, 17 players have managed to score at least 100 international goals. The last time Alex Morgan managed to do this was on April 4, 2019 - which only one male player, Iranian Ali Daei , managed. The world record holder has been the Canadian Christine Sinclair since January 29, 2020 , who replaced the American Abby Wambach as the record holder with two goals in the game against St. Kitts and Nevis . In 2013 she replaced her compatriot Mia Hamm . Its predecessor, the Italian Elisabetta Vignotto , was the first player to score 100 goals. As the last player to date, the American Christen Press scored her 50th international goal in a friendly against Sweden on November 7, 2019 . The Norwegian Dagny Mellgren , who ended her career in 2005, narrowly missed the 50 mark with 49 goals.
list
rank | Player | country | continental association |
year- gang |
Gates | Games | cut | Age e. T. | Age l. T. | WM | KT | OIL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christine Sinclair | Canada | CONCACAF | 1983 | 186 | 296 | 0.63 | 16.8 | 10 | 24 | 11 | |
2 | Abby Wambach | United States | CONCACAF | 1980 | 184 | 255 | 0.72 | 21.9 | 35.2 | 14th | 18th | 9 |
3 | Mia Hamm | United States | CONCACAF | 1972 | 158 | 276 | 0.57 | 18.4 | 32.6 | 8th | 16 | 5 |
4th | Kristine Lilly | United States | CONCACAF | 1971 | 130 | 354 | 0.37 | 16.1 | 38.8 | 8th | 11 | 4th |
5 | Birgit Prinz | Germany | UEFA | 1977 | 128 | 214 | 0.60 | 16.8 | 33.1 | 14th | 10 | 10 |
6th | Carli Lloyd | United States | CONCACAF | 1982 | 123 | 294 | 0.42 | 24.2 | 10 | 10 | 8th | |
7th | Sun Wen | China | AFC | 1973 | 120 | 166 | 0.72 | ? | ? | 11 | ? | 5 |
8th | Julie Fleeting | Scotland | UEFA | 1980 | 116 | 121 | 0.96 | 16.7 | 30.7 | NQ | NQ | NT |
9 | Marta | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 1986 | 108 | 154 | 0.70 | 17.2 | 17th | 14th | 10 | |
Patrizia Panico | Italy | UEFA | 1975 | 108 | 204 | 0.53 | 21.2 | 39.7 | 2 | 5 | NQ | |
11 | Michelle Akers | United States | CONCACAF | 1966 | 107 | 155 | 0.69 | 19.6 | 34.5 | 12 | 16 | 1 |
Alex Morgan | United States | CONCACAF | 1989 | 107 | 169 | 0.63 | 21.3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | ||
Elisabetta Vignotto | Italy | UEFA | 1954 | 107 | 109 | 0.98 | 17.3 | 35.5 | KW | 3 | KW | |
14th | Carolina Morace | Italy | UEFA | 1964 | 105 | 153 | 0.69 | 15.2 | 33.4 | 4th | 7th | NQ |
15th | Han Duan | China | AFC | 1983 | 101 | 188 | 0.54 | ? | ? | 0 | 6+ | 1 |
Portia Modise | South Africa | CAF | 1983 | 101 | 124 | 0.81 | 17.4 | 31.8 | NQ | 4th | 1 | |
17th | Tiffeny Milbrett | United States | CONCACAF | 1972 | 100 | 206 | 0.49 | 19.8 | 32.7 | 7th | 11 | 5 |
18th | Cristiane | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 1985 | 95 | 147 | 0.65 | 17.9 | 11 | 30th | 14th | |
19th | Lotta Schelin | Sweden | UEFA | 1984 | 88 | 185 | 0.48 | 21.5 | 33.4 | 4th | 8th | 6th |
20th | Heidi Mohr † | Germany | UEFA | 1967 | 83 | 104 | 0.80 | 19.2 | 29.3 | 10 | 6th | 1 |
Homare Sawa | Japan | AFC | 1978 | 83 | 205 | 0.40 | 15.2 | 36.7 | 8th | 13 | 3 | |
22nd | Marinette Pichon | France | UEFA | 1975 | 81 | 112 | 0.72 | 18.8 | 30.8 | 2 | 4th | NQ |
23 | Maribel Domínguez | Mexico | CONCACAF | 1978 | 80 | 130 | 0.62 | ? | 2 | 6th | 1 | |
Eugénie Le Sommer | France | UEFA | 1989 | 80 | 170 | 0.47 | 19.8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
Perpetua Nkwocha | Nigeria | CAF | 1976 | 80 | 99 | 0.81 | unknown | 1 | 34 | 2 | ||
26th | Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir | Iceland | UEFA | 1986 | 79 | 122 | 0.65 | 16.9 | NQ | 1 | NQ | |
27 | Cindy Parlow | United States | CONCACAF | 1978 | 75 | 158 | 0.47 | 17.7 | 26.5 | 4th | 5 | 0 |
Pitsamai Sornsai | Thailand | AFC | 1989 | 75 | 115 | 0.65 | unknown | 0 | 1 | NQ | ||
29 | Hanna Ljungberg | Sweden | UEFA | 1979 | 72 | 130 | 0.55 | ? | 29.2 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
30th | Charmaine Hooper | Canada | CONCACAF | 1968 | 71 | 128 | 0.55 | 23.2 | 38.5 | 4th | 32 | NQ |
Pia Sundhage | Sweden | UEFA | 1960 | 71 | 146 | 0.49 | ? | ? | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
Lena Videkull | Sweden | UEFA | 1962 | 71 | 111 | 0.64 | ? | ? | 6th | 2 | 1 | |
33 | Vivianne Miedema | Netherlands | UEFA | 1996 | 69 | 88 | 0.79 | 17.3 | 3 | 4th | NQ | |
34 | Victoria Sandell Svensson | Sweden | UEFA | 1977 | 68 | 166 | 0.41 | ? | 32.3 | 6th | 4th | 0 |
35 | Isabell Herlovsen | Norway | UEFA | 1988 | 67 | 133 | 0.50 | 17.0 | 6th | 3 | 0 | |
36 | Marianne Pettersen | Norway | UEFA | 1975 | 66 | 98 | 0.67 | 19.5 | 28.5 | 8th | 4th | 4th |
37 | Marie-Laure Delie | France | UEFA | 1988 | 65 | 123 | 0.53 | 21.7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
Merete Pedersen | Denmark | UEFA | 1973 | 65 | 136 | 0.48 | 22.7 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
39 | Inca grings | Germany | UEFA | 1978 | 64 | 96 | 0.67 | 19.6 | 32.7 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
Noko Matlou | South Africa | CAF | 1985 | 64 | 157 | 0.41 | 22.4 | 0 | ? | 0 | ||
Linda medals | Norway | UEFA | 1965 | 64 | 152 | 0.42 | 23.0 | 34.0 | 9 | 2 | 4th | |
42 | Celia Šašić | Germany | UEFA | 1988 | 63 | 111 | 0.57 | 17.2 | 27.0 | 8th | 3 | 0 |
43 | Pernille Harder | Denmark | UEFA | 1992 | 61 | 118 | 0.52 | 16.9 | NQ | 1 | NQ | |
44 | Ann Kristin Aarønes | Norway | UEFA | 1973 | 60 | 110 | 0.34 | 18.1 | 26.8 | 10 | 2 | 4th |
Shannon MacMillan | United States | CONCACAF | 1974 | 60 | 177 | 0.34 | 21.8 | 29.4 | 1 | 4th | 4th | |
Jane Ross | Scotland | UEFA | 1989 | 60 | 131 | 0.46 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 | NT | ||
47 | Ana Maria Crnogorčević | Switzerland | UEFA | 1990 | 59 | 119 | 0.50 | 19.5 | 1 | 1 | NQ | |
Kim Little | Scotland / United Kingdom | UEFA | 1990 | 59 | 142 | 0.42 | 17.7 | 1 | NT | 0 | ||
Manon Melis | Netherlands | UEFA | 1986 | 59 | 136 | 0.43 | 17.7 | 29.5 | 0 | 1 | NQ | |
50 | Ji So-yun | South Korea | AFC | 1991 | 58 | 122 | 0.47 | 15.8 | 1 | 2 | NQ | |
Yuki Nagasato | Japan | AFC | 1987 | 58 | 132 | 0.44 | 17.9 | 28.9 | 4th | 8th | 4th | |
Christians Press | United States | CONCACAF | 1988 | 58 | 138 | 0.42 | 24.9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
Maintain Riise | Norway | UEFA | 1969 | 58 | 188 | 0.31 | 21.0 | 34.7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | |
Gaëtane Thiney | France | UEFA | 1985 | 58 | 163 | 0.36 | 21.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
55 | Carin Jennings-Gabarra | United States | CONCACAF | 1965 | 56 | 119 | 0.47 | 22.5 | 31.3 | 6th | 12 | 0 |
56 | Solveig Gulbrandsen | Norway | UEFA | 1981 | 55 | 183 | 0.30 | 18.4 | 34.4 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
57 | Amber Hearn | New Zealand | OFC | 1984 | 54 | 125 | 0.43 | 23.5 | 33.0 | 1 | 19th | 2 |
58 | Nina Burger | Austria | UEFA | 1987 | 53 | 109 | 0.49 | 17.7 | 31.2 | NQ | 2 | NQ |
Lara Dickenmann | Switzerland | UEFA | 1990 | 53 | 135 | 0.39 | 16.7 | 32.8 | 0 | 1 | NQ | |
Alexandra Popp | Germany | UEFA | 1991 | 53 | 107 | 0.50 | 18.9 | 3 | NT | 1 | ||
61 | Megan Rapinoe | United States | CONCACAF | 1985 | 52 | 168 | 0.31 | 21.2 | 9 | 6th | 3 | |
62 | Gabriela Chlumecká | Czech Republic | UEFA | 1975 | 51 | 66 | 0.77 | 18.4 | 32.8 | NQ | NQ | NQ |
Bettina Wiegmann | Germany | UEFA | 1971 | 51 | 154 | 0.33 | 19.0 | 31.5 | 11 | 4th | 3 | |
64 | Anja noon | Germany | UEFA | 1985 | 50 | 158 | 0.32 | 19.8 | 31.8 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Record of the continental championship competition record |
Notes: NQ = not qualified, NT = not participated, NE = not entered, KW = the competition did not exist when the player was active.
Leaderboards
rank | country | at least 50 | at least 100 | active | Association |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 12 | 7th | 4th | CONCACAF |
2 | Germany | 7th | 1 | 1 | UEFA |
Norway | 6th | 0 | 1 | UEFA | |
4th | Sweden | 5 | 0 | 0 | UEFA |
5 | France | 4th | 0 | 3 | UEFA |
6th | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | UEFA |
Scotland | 3 | 1 | 2 | UEFA | |
8th | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 2 | CONMEBOL |
People's Republic of China | 2 | 2 | 0 | AFC | |
Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | CONCACAF | |
South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | CAF | |
Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 1 | UEFA | |
Denmark | 2 | 0 | 1 | UEFA | |
Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | UEFA | |
Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | AFC | |
16 | Iceland | 1 | 0 | 1 | UEFA |
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | OFC | |
South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | AFC | |
Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 | AFC | |
Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | CONCACAF | |
Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | CAF | |
Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | UEFA |
rank | Association | countries | at least 50 | at least 100 | Active |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | UEFA | 11 | 36 | 5 | 11 |
2 | AFC | 4th | 6th | 2 | 2 |
3 | CONCACAF | 3 | 15th | 8th | 5 |
4th | CAF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
5 | CONMEBOL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
6th | OFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
See also
- List of female soccer players with at least 100 international matches
- List of national soccer players
- Men:
Footnotes
- ↑ fifa.com: The football world celebrates the new record scorer Sinclair
- ↑ ussoccer.com: USWNT Kicks Off Andonovski Era With 3-2 Victory Vs. Sweden In Columbus
- ↑ Name in bold = player is still active
- ↑ Countries in bold = the player is the country’s record goal scorer
- ↑ Associations in bold = player is the record goalscorer of the Continental Association
- ↑ Continental tournaments ( African Championship , Asian Championship , European Championship , Oceania Championship , South American Championship and Women's Gold Cup )
- ^ Olympic Games
- ↑ a b c d e f g ussoccer.com: Case of the Missing Caps
- ↑ In a statistic of March 27, 2010 of the US association only 94 goals are counted for Sun Wen, but also the data of some other non-American players in this statistic are not up to date ( Memento of the original of August 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info : The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ In 2012 she decided not to take part in the Olympic Games for Team GB. ( theguardian.com: Scotland's Julie Fleeting turns her back on Team GB for London 2012 ).
- ↑ Squad list for the 2019 World Cup
- ↑ Patrizia Panico website (statistics)
- ↑ Up to the end of 1988 Italy had only played 70 international matches recognized by FIFA, and between 1970 and 1988 61 matches that are only included in the rsssf statistics . The Italian federation, whose game statistics are incomplete, lists them with only 95 games and 97 goals. Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Carolina Morace was listed by FIFA with 150 games for a long time. On January 7, 2011, the number was increased to 153, thereby reducing the average from 0.70 to 0.69. ( PDF )
- ↑ Sasol-Banyana-Banyana-Player-Profiles ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Squad list of the 2015 World Cup
- ↑ fifa.com: Portrait of the 2019 World Cup
- ↑ In 2012 she was nominated as reserve player for Team GB , but then not needed.
- ^ Including five games for Team GB without a goal
- ↑ Due to injury, she could not be nominated in the only participation of the Scottish women so far
- ↑ FIFA has 184 games ( Profile Solveig Gulbrandsen ), the Norwegian Association only 183 games ( fotball.no: Profil Solveig Gulbrandsen )
- ↑ Due to injury, she could not be nominated twice
supporting documents
- FIFA Women's Hundreds Club (as of January 7, 2011, current version of December 20, 2011 no longer available; PDF; 79 kB)
- USA - Women - International Results (as of November 27, 2010)
- Mia Hamm - A Chronology of a World Record (as of October 15, 2004)
- ussoccer.com: Abby Wambach Goals List
- Brazilian National Womens´ Team Archives
- dbu.dk: top scorer
- ussoccer.com: All-Time Leaders
- Squad for the Olympic Games 2012 (PDF; 394 kB)