To date, 18 female footballers have scored at least 100 international goals at the senior level. Christine Sinclair of Canada holds the all-time record with 190. The United States leads with seven players who have reached the milestone, followed by Italy with three. CONCACAF has the most players overall, with eight reaching 100 goals.
Elisabetta Vignotto of Italy was the first to reach 100 goals. Mia Hamm, the youngest to do so at 26 years and 185 days, surpassed Vignotto in 1999 with her 108th goal and held the record until 20 June 2013, when Abby Wambach overtook her with 159. Wambach reached 100 goals in nine years; Sinclair did so in just under ten.
List of players with 100 or more international goals
Players in bold are still active at international level. Indicates the top scorer of the respective confederation. Indicates the top scorer of the respective nation. RankPlayerPositionNationConfederationGoalsCapsGoalspermatchCareerspanDate of 100th goal1 Christine SinclairForwardCONCACAF1903312000–20232Abby WambachForwardCONCACAF1842553Mia HammForward, midfielderCONCACAF1582761987–20044Maysa Jbarah ForwardAFC 134 140 2005–present10 goals and 11 matches are not recognized by FIFA5Carli LloydMidfielder, forwardCONCACAF1343162005–2021 6Kristine LillyForward, midfielderCONCACAF1303541987–20107Birgit PrinzForwardUEFA1282141994–20118Alex MorganForwardCONCACAF1232242010–20249MartaForwardCONMEBOL1212002002–present10Julie FleetingForwardUEFA1161181996–201111Patrizia PanicoForwardUEFA1102041996–201412Elisabetta VignottoForwardUEFA1071091970–1989unknownMichelle AkersMidfielder, forwardCONCACAF1071551985–200014Carolina MoraceForwardUEFA1051531978–1997unknown15Vivianne MiedemaForwardUEFA1041322013–present16Portia ModiseMidfielder, forwardCAF1011242000–2015Tessa WullaertForwardUEFA1011542011–present18Tiffeny MilbrettForwardCONCACAF1002061991–2005
Number of players with 100 or more goals by country FootballersCountryConfederation 7 CONCACAF 3 UEFA 1 UEFA CONMEBOL CONCACAF UEFA AFC UEFA UEFA CAF 18 10 Total
Number of players with 100 or more goals by confederation Footballers CountriesConfederation 8 2 CONCACAF 7 5 UEFA 1 1 AFC 1 1 CAF 1 1 CONMEBOL 0 0 OFC 18 10 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.
See also List of top international women's football goalscorers by country List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps List of top international men's football goalscorers by country List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps List of women footballers with 500 or more goals
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