Lauren James

**Lauren Elizabeth James** (born 29 September 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Chelsea Women's Super League team and also represents the England women's national team.  She is of Grenadian and Dominican descent through her father, and English descent through her mother. She attended Whitton School in Whitton, London.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Arsenal|2017–18|WSL 1|5|0|0|0|3|1|—|8|1|||
|rowspan="4"|Manchester United|2018–19|Championship|18|14|3|2|6|1|—|27|17||
|2019–20|WSL|12|6|1|1|5|2|—|18|9||||
|2020–21|WSL|10|2|0|0|1|0|—|11|2||||
|rowspan="4"|Chelsea|2021–22|WSL|6|1|3|0|2|0|1|0|12|1|
|2022–23|WSL|18|5|4|0|3|1|8|2|33|8|||
|2023–24|WSL|16|13|3|1|2|1|8|1|29|16|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|England|2022|5|0|
|2023|15|6|||
|2024|4|1|||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each James goal._
|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center"|1|16 February 2023|Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England||align=center|4–0|align=center|4–0|2023 Arnold Clark Cup|align=center||||||
|style="text-align:center"|2|28 July 2023|Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia||align=center|1–0|align=center|1–0|rowspan="3"|2023 FIFA Women's World Cup|align=center|||||
|align=center|3|rowspan="2"|1 August 2023|rowspan="2"|Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia|rowspan="2"||align=center|3–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|6–1|rowspan="2" align=center||||
|align=center|4|align=center|4–1|||||||||||||
|align=center|5|rowspan="2"|5 December 2023|rowspan="2"|Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland|rowspan="2"||align=center|2–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|6–0|rowspan="2"|2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League A|rowspan="2" align="center"||
|align=center|6|align=center|3–0|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|7|9 April 2024|Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland||align=center|1–0|align=center|2–0|UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying|align=center||||||

## Honours

**Arsenal**
- FA Women's League Cup: 2017–18

**Manchester United**
- FA Women's Championship: 2018–19

**Chelsea**
- FA Women's Super League: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Women's FA Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23

**England**

- FIFA Women's World Cup runner-up: 2023
- Women's Finalissima: 2023
- Arnold Clark Cup: 2023

**Individual**

- FA Women's Championship Player of the Month: September 2018
- North-West Football Awards Women's Rising Star: 2020
- WSL Goal of the Month: February 2023
- WSL Player of the Month: November 2023, January 2024
- Arnold Clark Cup Player of the Tournament: 2023
- Arnold Clark Cup NXGN Player of the Tournament: 2023
- London Football Awards Women’s Young Player of the Year: 2023
- Women's Football Awards Young Player of the Year: 2023
- PFA Women's Young Player of the Year: 2022–23
- PFA WSL Team of the Year: 2023–24
- FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11: 2023
- Chelsea Women's Player of the Year: 2023–24

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Lauren James
- **image**: File:Eng Women 0 Czech Rep 0 11 10 2022-52 (52427086918) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: James with England in 2022
- **fullname**: Lauren Elizabeth James
- **birth place**: London, England
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea
- **clubnumber**: 10
- **youthyears1**: 2010–2014
- **youthclubs1**: Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea
- **youthyears2**: 2014–2017
- **youthclubs2**: Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal
- **years1**: 2017–2018
- **clubs1**: Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal
- **caps1**: 5
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2018–2021
- **clubs2**: Manchester United W.F.C., Manchester United
- **caps2**: 40
- **goals2**: 22
- **years3**: 2021–
- **clubs3**: Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea
- **caps3**: 25
- **goals3**: 7
- **nationalyears1**: 2017–2018
- **nationalteam1**: England women's national under-17 football team, England U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 6
- **nationalyears2**: 2019
- **nationalteam2**: England women's national under-19 football team, England U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2022–
- **nationalteam3**: England women's national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 18
- **nationalgoals3**: 4
- **club-update**: 20:20, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 01:35, 27 September 2023 (UTC)