AFL Women's goalkicking records

This page is a collection of AFL Women's goalkicking records. The AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional women's Australian rules football competition. The following tables only include goals kicked in home-and-away matches and finals; goals kicked in practice matches are excluded from the totals.

Adelaide dual premiership player Danielle Ponter is the AFL Women's all-time leading goalkicker with 82 goals

Most AFL Women's goals

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Below are the players who have kicked at least 50 goals at AFLW level.

Most AFL Women's goals for that club
Bold Current player

Updated to the end of finals week 2, 2024.

# Player Goals Club(s) Games Average
per game
Average
per season
Career span Ref.
1 Danielle Ponter 82 Adelaide 71 1.15 11.00 2019–present [1]
2 Kate Hore 81 Melbourne 78 1.04 10.43 2018–present [2]
3 Katie Brennan 78 Western Bulldogs (2017–2019; 15 goals, 13 games) 63 1.24 8.13 2017–present [3]
Richmond (2020–present; 63 goals, 50 games)
Jasmine Garner 77 Collingwood (2017–2018; 10 goals, 14 games) 87 0.89 8.00 2017–present [4]
North Melbourne (2019–present; 67 goals, 73 games)
5 Gemma Houghton 76 Fremantle (2017–2022 (S6); 40 goals, 46 games) 73 1.04 7.50 2017–present [5]
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–present; 36 goals, 27 games)
6 Jesse Wardlaw 69 Brisbane (2019–2022 (S7); 47 goals, 49 games) 70 0.99 9.17 2019–present [6]
St Kilda (2023–present; 22 goals, 21 games)
7 Ashleigh Saint 67 Melbourne (2019; 0 goals, 4 games) 62 1.08 11.60 2019, 2021–present [7]
Adelaide (2021–2022 (S7); 44 goals, 36 games)
Port Adelaide (2023–present; 23 goals, 22 games)
Dakota Davidson 67 Brisbane 61 1.10 11.00 2020–present [8]
9 Darcy Vescio 64 Carlton 77 0.83 7.75 2017–present [9]
10 Tayla Harris 61 Brisbane (2017; 4 goals, 8 games) 70 0.88 7.63 2017–present [10]
Carlton (2018–2021; 25 goals, 29 games)
Melbourne (2022 (S6)–present; 32 goals, 33 games)
11 Chloe Molloy 57 Collingwood (2018–2022 (S7); 37 goals, 47 games) 60 0.95 7.86 2018–present [11]
Sydney (2023–present; 20 goals, 13 games)
12 Tahlia Randall 56 Brisbane (2017–2018; 0 goals, 15 games) 88 0.64 5.43 2017–present [12]
North Melbourne (2019–present; 56 goals, 73 games)
Greta Bodey 56 Brisbane (2020–2022 (S7); 35 goals, 42 games) 63 0.89 8.80 2020–present [13]
Hawthorn (2023–present; 21 goals, 21 games)
14 Kate Shierlaw 55 Carlton (2017–2018; 3 goals, 10 games) 66 0.83 5.57 2017–2018, 2020–present [14]
St Kilda (2020–2022 (S7); 24 goals, 34 games)
North Melbourne (2023–present; 28 goals, 22 games)
Cora Staunton 55 Greater Western Sydney 50 1.10 9.17 2018–2022 (S7) [15]
Bonnie Toogood 55 Western Bulldogs (2018–2022 (S6); 29 goals, 37 games) 64 0.86 7.43 2018–present [16]
Essendon (2022 (S7)–present; 26 goals, 27 games)
Eden Zanker 55 Melbourne 72 0.76 7.00 2018–present [17]
18 Chloe Scheer 54 Adelaide (2019–2021; 13 goals, 17 games) 49 1.10 9.00 2019–present [18]
Geelong (2022 (S6)–present; 41 goals, 32 games)
19 Erin Phillips 53 Adelaide (2017–2022 (S6); 50 goals, 46 games) 66 0.80 6.63 2017–2023 [19]
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–2023; 3 goals, 20 games)
Caitlin Gould 53 Adelaide 60 0.88 6.80 2020–present [20]
Alyssa Bannan 53 Melbourne 59 0.90 10.25 2021–present [21]
22 Caitlin Greiser 50 St Kilda (2020–2022 (S7); 29 goals, 34 games) 55 0.91 7.40 2020–present [22]
Richmond (2023–present; 21 goals, 21 games)

Club goalkicking record holders

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Below are the players who hold the record for most goals kicked at their respective clubs.

§ AFL Women's goalkicking record holder
Bold Current player

Updated to the end of finals week 2, 2024.

Club Player Goals Games Seasons Ref.
Adelaide Danielle Ponter§ 82§ 71§ 2019–present§ [23]
Brisbane Dakota Davidson 67 61 2020–present [24]
Carlton Darcy Vescio 64 77 2017–present [25]
Collingwood Chloe Molloy 37 47 2018–2022 (S7) [26]
Essendon Bonnie Toogood 26 27 2022 (S7)–present [27]
Fremantle Gemma Houghton 40 46 2017–2022 (S6) [28]
Geelong Chloe Scheer 41 32 2022 (S6)–present [29]
Gold Coast Tara Bohanna 45 42 2022 (S6)–present [30]
Greater Western Sydney Cora Staunton 55 50 2018–2022 (S7) [31]
Hawthorn Aine McDonagh 30 30 2022 (S7)–present [32]
Melbourne Kate Hore 81 78 2018–present [33]
North Melbourne Jasmine Garner 67 73 2019–present [34]
Port Adelaide Gemma Houghton 36 27 2022 (S7)–present [35]
Richmond Katie Brennan 63 50 2020–present [36]
St Kilda Caitlin Greiser 29 34 2020–2022 (S7) [37]
Sydney Rebecca Privitelli 34 31 2022 (S7)–present [38]
West Coast Kellie Gibson 25 44 2020–present [39]
Western Bulldogs Ellie Blackburn 29 71 2017–present [40]
Bonnie Toogood 29 37 2018–2022 (S6)

AFL Women's goalkicking record holder

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Bold Current player

Updated to the end of finals week 2, 2024.

Player Total Record broken/equalled Career goals Club(s) Career span
Darcy Vescio First to reach 50 goals (round 8, 2022 (S6)) 64 Carlton 2017–present
Tayla Harris 57 Round 8, 2022 (S7) 61 Brisbane (2017; 4 goals) 2017–present
Carlton (2018–2021; 25 goals)
Melbourne (2022 (S6)–present; 32 goals)
Kate Hore 59 Round 2, 2023 81 Melbourne 2018–present
Danielle Ponter 79 Week 9, 2024 82 Adelaide 2019–present
Kate Hore 81 Week 10, 2024 81 Melbourne 2018–present
Danielle Ponter 82 Finals week 2, 2024 82 Adelaide 2019–present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Danielle Ponter". Australian Football. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Kate Hore". Australian Football. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Katie Brennan". Australian Football. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Jasmine Garner". Australian Football. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Gemma Houghton". Australian Football. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Jesse Wardlaw". Australian Football. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Ashleigh Saint". Australian Football. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Dakota Davidson". Australian Football. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Darcy Vescio". Australian Football. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Tayla Harris". Australian Football. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Chloe Molloy". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Tahlia Randall". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Greta Bodey". Australian Football. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Kate Shierlaw". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Cora Staunton". Australian Football. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Bonnie Toogood". Australian Football. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Eden Zanker". Australian Football. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Chloe Scheer". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  19. ^ "Erin Phillips". Australian Football. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Caitlin Gould". Australian Football. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Alyssa Bannan". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  22. ^ "Caitlin Greiser". Australian Football. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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