THE FIRST IFFHS WOMAN WORLD'S TOP GOAL SCORER RANKING IN HISTORY !
Posted on Mar 31, 2021 | Best GoalScorer Category
Picture : Esther Gonzales Rodriguez is the first leader of the WOMEN WORLD'S TOP GOAL SCORER Ranking !
THE FIRST IFFHS WOMAN WORLD'S TOP GOAL SCORER RANKING IN HISTORY !
For the first time in History, the IFFHS publish the ranking of the Women World’s Best Top Goal Scorer !
We have taken in consideration the women best 20 nations in the World (official source : Top 20 FIFA Ranking Dezember 2020) and we add all the Goals of the Goalscorers in these countries from January 1, 2021 to Dezember 31, 2021 ( the same rules that the IFFHS has established in 1991 for the men).
Today, at April 1, 2021 , the IFFHS has the pleasure to publish this first ranking and each month, we will update until Dezember 31, 2021 to crown :
- THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN TOP GOAL SCORER (all competitions Goals)
- THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN NATIONAL LEAGUE GOAL SCORER (only National league goals)
- THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER (only international Goals).
Esther Gonzales Rodriguez (Spain/Levante) is the first leader of this historical Ranking of THE WOMEN WORLD’S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2021 with 19 goals (11 in National League, 1 in National Cup and 7 with National Team) before her Spanish teammate Jennifer Hermoso (FC Barcelona) with 17 goals ( 7 in National League, 1 in National Cup, 4 in International Club Competition and 5 with National Team) and FC Bayern München’s Lea Schüller with 16 goals (7 in National League, 7 in National Cup, 1 in International Club Competition and 1 with National Team). The two Italian Goal Scorers Valentina Giacinti (AC Milan) and Cristiana Girelli (Juventus FC) scored 13 goals, the same total than Nigerian Star Asisat Oshoala , Chelsea’s Fran Kirby and Australian Emily Gielnik (13 goals with Brisbane Roar), who decided in the last days to join Sweden Club Vittsjö GIK.
THE IFFHS WOMEN WORLD’S TOP GOAL SCORER RANKING at March 31, 2021
| Place | Player | Country | Club | NL | NC | ICC | NT | TOTAL |
| 1 | Esther GONZALES RODRIGUEZ | Spain | Levante UD | 11 | 1 | 7 | 19 | |
| 2 | Jennifer HERMOSO | Spain | FC Barcelona | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Lea SCHÜLLER | Germany | FC Bayern München | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | Asisat OSHOALA | Nigeria | FC Barcelona | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Valentina GIACINTI | Italy | AC Milan | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| 6 | Fran KIRBY | England | Chelsea FC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| 7 | Cristiana GIRELLI | Italy | FC Juventus | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
| 8 | Emily GIELNIK | Australia | Brisbane Roar | 13 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Samantha KERR | Australia | Chelsea FC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| 10 | Pernille HARDER | Denmark | Chelsea FC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| 11 | Ellen WHITE | England | Manchester City FC | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| 12 | Michelle HEYMAN | Australia | Canberra United | 10 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Samantha MEWIS | USA | Manchester City FC | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| 14 | Wendie RENARD | France | Olympique Lyon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 15 | Alexia PUTELLAS | Spain | FC Barcelona | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| 16 | Andrea STASKOVA | Czech Republic | FC Juventus | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 17 | Barbara BONANSEA | Italy | FC Juventus | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| 18 | Victoria ALBUQUERQUE | Brazil | Corinthians | 7 | 7 | |||
| 18 | GRAZIELLE | Brazil | Corinthians | 7 | 7 | |||
| 18 | Gabi NUNES | Brazil | Corinthians | 7 | 7 | |||
| 21 | Linda DALLMANN | Germany | FC Bayern München | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 22 | Klara BUHL | Germany | FC Bayern München | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 22 | Lauren HEMP | England | Manchester City FC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 24 | Agnethe NIELSEN | Denmark | Bröndby IF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 25 | Khadija SHAW | Jamaica | Bordeaux | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 26 | Tine DE CAIGNY | Belgium | RSC Anderlecht | 7 | 7 | |||
| 26 | Remy SIEMSEN | Australia | Sydney FC | 7 | 7 | |||
| 26 | Martina MOSER | Switzerland | FC Zurich | 7 | 7 | |||
| 29 | Fenna KALMA | Netherlands | FC Twente | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 30 | Daniela SABATINO | Italy | ACF Fiorentina | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 31 | Marie Antoinette KATOTO | France | Paris SG | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 32 | Lina MAGULL | Germany | FC Bayern München | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 33 | Caroline WEIR | Scotland | Manchester City FC | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 34 | Fabienne HUMM | Switzerland | FC Zurich | 6 | 6 | |||
| 34 | Marie MINNAERT | Belgium | Club Brugge | 6 | 6 | |||
| 34 | Ella VAN KERKHOVEN | Belgium | KAA Gent | 6 | 6 | |||
| 34 | Tessa WULLAERT | Belgium | RSC Anderlecht | 6 | 6 | |||
| 34 | Anna Lena STOLZE | Germany | FC Twente | 6 | 6 | |||
| 39 | Deyna CASTELLANOS | Venezuela | Atlético Madrid | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 40 | Lina HURTIG | Sweden | FC Juventus | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 41 | Jaimy RAVENSBERGEN | Netherlands | Ado Den Haag | 3 | 3 | 6 |
All goals at top senior level are counted (top national divisions, national cups, official international club tournaments, official games between national teams).
Abbreviatures:
NL – National League
NC – National Cups
ICC – International Club Competitions
NT – National Team
Period: from January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2021.
Tiebreaking criteria in case of equal number of total goals:
1) international goals (ICC + NT), 2) goals scored for national team (NT), 3) goals scored in domestic league (NL), 4) strength of the league (according to IFFHS ranking), 5) number of total games played.
THE IFFHS WOMEN WORLD’S NATIONAL LEAGUE GOAL SCORER RANKING
and THE IFFHS WOMEN WORLD’S INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER RANKING
at March 31, 2021
Jennifer Hermoso (Spain/FC Barcelona) leads the ranking for THE WORLD’S BEST INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER and Emily Gielnik (Australia/Brisbane Roar/Vittsjö GIK) is first in THE WORLD’S BEST NATIONAL LEAGUE GOAL SCORER Ranking 2021.
| NATIONAL LEAGUE GOAL SCORER | TOP 5 | |||
| Goals | ||||
| 1 | Emily GIELNIK | Australia | Brisbane Roar | 13 |
| 2 | Esther GONZALES RODRIGUEZ | Spain | Levante UD | 11 |
| 3 | Michelle HEYMAN | Australia | Canberra United | 10 |
| 4 | Cristiana GIRELLI | Italy | FC Juventus | 9 |
| 5 | Valentina GIACINTI | Italy | Milan AC | 8 |
| 5 | Fran KIRBY | England | Chelsea FC | 8 |
| INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER | TOP 5 | |||
| Goals | ||||
| 1 | Jennifer HERMOSO | Spain | FC Barcelona | 9 |
| 2 | Esther GONZALES RODRIGUEZ | Spain | Levante UD | 7 |
| 2 | Gabi NUNES | Brazil | Corinthians | 7 |
| 2 | GRAZIELLE | Brazil | Corinthians | 7 |
| 2 | Victoria ALBUQUERQUE | Brazil | Corinthians | 7 |
| 2 | Samantha MEWIS | USA | Manchester City FC | 7 |