Women's World Cup All-Time Top Scorers: Every Player with 10+ Goals
Key Findings
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Marta leads in goals in World Cup final tournaments with 17.
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Average goals in World Cup final tournaments: 11.82 · median: 11.
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Gap: Marta is 1.7× larger than Heidi Mohr.
About This Dataset
Women's World Cup All-Time Top Scorers: Every Player with 10+ Goals
Marta leads the displayed comparison with 17 goals in World Cup final tournaments. Abby Wambach records 14.
These records cover completed FIFA Women's World Cup final tournaments through 2023, providing context ahead of Brazil 2027. Qualifying matches, Olympic tournaments and other international competitions are excluded.
All eleven players with at least ten goals are included, retaining all ties at the cutoff. Totals were cross-checked against the German Football Association (DFB) record-scorer table. Standard display names include Sun Wen and Carli Lloyd.
Goals in normal play and extra time count, including match penalties. Penalty-shootout conversions and opponents' own goals are excluded. These are cumulative scoring totals, not goals per match or predictions for 2027.
Sources checked October 22, 2026. This is a static, dated comparison; later source revisions may change the figures. Equal values represent ties regardless of display order.
These records cover completed FIFA Women's World Cup final tournaments through 2023, providing context ahead of Brazil 2027. Qualifying matches, Olympic tournaments and other international competitions are excluded.
All eleven players with at least ten goals are included, retaining all ties at the cutoff. Totals were cross-checked against the German Football Association (DFB) record-scorer table. Standard display names include Sun Wen and Carli Lloyd.
Goals in normal play and extra time count, including match penalties. Penalty-shootout conversions and opponents' own goals are excluded. These are cumulative scoring totals, not goals per match or predictions for 2027.
Sources checked October 22, 2026. This is a static, dated comparison; later source revisions may change the figures. Equal values represent ties regardless of display order.
Analysis
The gap between the first two displayed values is 3 goals in World Cup final tournaments. Read the source definitions and coverage before interpreting the ranking.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- RSSSF - Women's World Cup 1991-2023; DFB record-scorer cross-check
- Coverage
- 11 entities · 1991-2023 · 11 observations
- Measure
- goals in World Cup final tournaments
- Last updated
- 22 October 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
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