List of Women 's footballers with 100 or more international goals - wikipedia List of Women 's footballers with 100 or more international goals Abby Wambach is the current top scorer with 184. She scored her 100th goal on July 20, 2009. Mia Hamm held the goal scoring record for women 's international matches from May 1999, when she surpassed Italy 's Elisabetta Vignotto by scoring her 108th goal for the United States, until June 20, 2013 when fellow American Abby Wambach passed her with goal 159. Association football at the professional level is a low scoring sport ( see article Association football for more detail ). An athlete in association football, or soccer in short, can score 100 goals in international matches by playing a forward position, maintaining a high - level of success in scoring for a long period of usually more than 10 years. This page lists the highly accomplished top all - time female goal scorers in official international football matches for her country. The world governing body FIFA calls this elite group the Century Club. For every soccer player, especially a player not playing in a forward position, a measure of her accomplishment is the number of times she played for her national team, which shows her value to the team as a competitor on the field. See Most capped international women footballers. The world governing body FIFA calls that elite group the Century Club. Contents 1 List of women 's footballers with 100 or more international goals 1.1 Notes 2 Number of women 's footballers with 100 or more international goals by country 3 Number of women 's footballers with 100 or more international goals by Confederation 4 See also 5 References List of Women 's footballers with 100 or more international goals The first player to reach 100 international goals was Italian Elisabetta Vignotto. Abby Wambach scored 100 goals in 9 years, while Christine Sinclair reached the milestone in just under 10 years. Most played exclusively in the forward position, with Kristine Lilly and Michelle Akers having also played as midfielder. All players scored at a high average rate of more than one goal every three matches. International goals in this list should not include goals scored in penalty - shoot - out ; see Penalty shootout ( association football ). Players who are currently active at international level are indicated in bold type. Indicates the FIFA world top scorer. Indicates the top scorer of the respective confederation. Indicates the top scorer of the respective nation. # Name Position National team Intl goals Caps Goals per match Active years Date of 100th goal Abby Wambach Forward United States 184 256 0.72 2001 -- 2015 2009 - 07 - 20 Christine Sinclair Forward / Midfielder Canada 177 268 0.66 2000 -- 2010 - 02 - 20 Mia Hamm Forward United States 158 275 0.57 1987 -- 2004 1998 - 09 - 18 Kristine Lilly Forward / Midfielder United States 130 352 0.36 1987 -- 2010 2004 - 10 - 03 5 Birgit Prinz Forward Germany 128 214 0.59 1994 -- 2011 2006 - 10 - 25 6 Julie Fleeting Forward Scotland 116 120 0.97 1996 -- 2011 2007 - 10 - 27 7 Patrizia Panico Forward Italy 110 204 0.54 1996 -- 2014 2014 - 03 - 10 8 Marta Forward Brazil 110 120 0.97 2002 -- 2015 - 12 - 13 9 Elisabetta Vignotto Forward Italy 107 110 0.97 1970 -- 1989 unknown 10 Sun Wen Forward China PR 106 152 0.69 1990 -- 2006 unknown 11 Carli Lloyd Midfielder United States 105 262 0.40 2005 -- 2018 - 04 - 08 12 Michelle Akers Forward / Midfielder United States 105 153 0.68 1985 -- 2000 1999 - 01 - 30 13 Carolina Morace Forward Italy 105 153 0.68 1978 -- 1997 unknown 14 Han Duan Forward China PR 101 188 0.53 2000 -- 2011 unknown 15 Portia Modise Forward South Africa 101 124 0.81 2000 -- 2015 2014 - 10 - 18 16 Tiffeny Milbrett Forward United States 100 204 0.49 1991 -- 2006 2005 - 7 - 10 Notes Vignotto reportedly scored 107, or 108 goals and her record was broken by Mia Hamm. FIFA indicates that she made 110 appearances. The Italian Football Federation ( FIGC ) website lists her record as 97 goals in 95 matchers. Morace reportedly scored 105 goals in 153 games. The FIGC website lists Morace 's record as 94 goals in 136 games. Han Duan reportedly scored her one hundredth goal on August 6, 2008 in China 's opening match against Sweden at Beijing 2008 Olympics. Another source reported that she scored her goal 101 that day. FIFA Match Report shows that she scored only one goal in that match. Some of Marta 's 105 goals include goals scored against the USA u-20 women 's national team in the 2007 Pan Am Games and in other unofficial matches like a friendly against a combined team of Finland & the Umea club from Sweden. Generally only goals scored in full international matches ( senior int'l team v senior int'l team ) count toward international goal totals. Number of women 's footballers with 100 or more international goals by country Footballers Country Confederation 6 United States CONCACAF Italy UEFA China PR AFC Brazil CONMEBOL Canada CONCACAF Germany UEFA Scotland UEFA South Africa CAF Number of women 's footballers with 100 or more international goals by Confederation Footballers Confederation 7 CONCACAF 5 UEFA AFC CAF CONMEBOL 0 OFC 16 Total See also List of women 's footballers with 100 or more caps List of men 's footballers with 100 or more caps List of men 's footballers with 50 or more international goals List of international goals scored by Abby Wambach List of international goals scored by Christine Sinclair References ^ Jump up to : `` Abby Wambach Scores 100th Career Goal in Hometown As U.S. Women Defeats Canada 1 - 0 ''. U.S. Soccer. Archived from the original on 2014 - 01 - 03. Jump up ^ Lisette Hilton ( 2004 - 08 - 30 ). `` Feet of Gold ''. ESPN. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Canada vs Poland - 2010 - 02 - 20 ''. Canada Soccer. Jump up ^ `` soccer profile : Mia Hamm ''. soccertimes.com. Jump up ^ `` Lilly Scores 100th Career Goal as U.S. Downs New Zealand 5 - 0 ''. U.S. Soccer. Archived from the original on 2013 - 11 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Germany Women 5 - 1 England Women ''. BBC SPORT. Jump up ^ `` JULIE FLEETING 'S 100th INTERNATIONAL GOAL IN WIN AGAINST SLOVAKIA ''. Scottish Football Association. Jump up ^ `` Panico claims 100th Italy goal ''. uefa.com. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014. Jump up ^ http://www.womenssoccerunited.com/marta-has-now-scored-100-international-goals/ Jump up ^ `` Carli Lloyd Scores 100TH Goal In Wild 6 - 2 Win vs. Mexico ''. U.S. Soccer. ^ Jump up to : `` Akers Joins Century Club with 100th International Goal as U.S. Women 's National Team Downs Portugal, 6 - 0 ''. U.S. Soccer. Archived from the original on 2013 - 03 - 13. ^ Jump up to : `` China celebrates opening victory ''. BBC SPORT. Jump up ^ `` China beats New Zealand Olympic women 's soccer warm - up ''. chinadaily.com.cn. Jump up ^ `` Striker Ma may miss Olympics for injury ''. chinadaily.com.cn. Jump up ^ `` China PR : Fixtures and Results ''. FIFA. Jump up ^ `` Portia Modise : South Africa 's centurion in numbers ''. fifa.com. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014. Jump up ^ `` U.S. Women 's National Team Earns 7 - 0 Win Against Ukraine ; Tiffeny Milbrett earned her 100th 's career goal ''. U.S. Soccer. Archived from the original on 2012 - 07 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Mia Hamm Set to Break All - time International Goal Scoring Mark ''. U.S. Soccer. Jump up ^ `` Fact Sheet : FIFA Century Club '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. 2011 - 02 - 09. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 24. ^ Jump up to : `` Classifica Marcatori ''. FIGC.it. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 24. Jump up ^ Kevin Ashby ( 2011 - 07 - 05 ). `` 1997 : Carolina Morace ''. UEFA.com. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 24. Jump up ^ `` 韩端 百 球 ( Han Duan playing 100 ball ) ''. 搜狐 体育 ( SOHU.com ). Jump up ^ `` Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Women ''. FIFA. Jump up ^ https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/11/44/u-20-wnt-fall-in-pan-am-final-to-full-brazilian-national-team Jump up ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_Brazilian_football#Women's_football Jump up ^ `` Carli Lloyd Scores 100th Goal in Wild 6 - 2 Win vs. Mexico ''. www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 09. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_women%27s_footballers_with_100_or_more_international_goals&oldid=864080262 '' Categories : National association football team records and statistics Lists of association football players Lists of women 's association football players Hidden categories : Association football player non-biographical articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 15 October 2018, at 00 : 01 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who has the most international goals in women's soccer
Answer: Abby Wambach