AFL Women's goalkicking records

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

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.

Most AFL Women's goals

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 the 2024 season.

# Player Goals Club(s) Games Average
per game 		Average
per season 		Career span Ref.
1 Danielle Ponter 82‡ Adelaide‡ 72 1.14 11.71 2019–present
2 Kate Hore 81‡ Melbourne‡ 78 1.04 10.13 2018–present
3 Katie Brennan 78 Western Bulldogs (2017–2019; 15 goals, 13 games) 63 1.24 8.67 2017–present
Richmond (2020–present; 63 goals, 50 games)‡
Jasmine Garner 78 Collingwood (2017–2018; 10 goals, 14 games) 89 0.88 8.67 2017–present
North Melbourne (2019–present; 68 goals, 75 games)‡
5 Gemma Houghton 77 Fremantle (2017–2022 (S6); 40 goals, 46 games)‡ 74 1.04 8.56 2017–present
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–present; 37 goals, 28 games)‡
6 Jesse Wardlaw 69 Brisbane (2019–2022 (S7); 47 goals, 49 games) 70 0.99 9.86 2019–present
St Kilda (2023–present; 22 goals, 21 games)
Dakota Davidson 69‡ Brisbane‡ 63 1.10 11.50 2020–present
8 Ashleigh Saint 67 Melbourne (2019; 0 goals, 4 games) 63 1.06 11.17 2019, 2021–present
Adelaide (2021–2022 (S7); 44 goals, 36 games)
Port Adelaide (2023–present; 23 goals, 23 games)
9 Darcy Vescio 64‡ Carlton‡ 77 0.83 7.11 2017–present
10 Tayla Harris 61 Brisbane (2017; 4 goals, 8 games) 70 0.87 6.78 2017–present
Carlton (2018–2021; 25 goals, 29 games)
Melbourne (2022 (S6)–present; 32 goals, 33 games)
11 Tahlia Randall 58 Brisbane (2017–2018; 0 goals, 15 games) 90 0.64 6.44 2017–present
North Melbourne (2019–present; 58 goals, 75 games)
12 Kate Shierlaw 57 Carlton (2017–2018; 3 goals, 10 games) 68 0.84 7.13 2017–2018, 2020–present
St Kilda (2020–2022 (S7); 24 goals, 34 games)
North Melbourne (2023–present; 30 goals, 24 games)
Chloe Molloy 57 Collingwood (2018–2022 (S7); 37 goals, 47 games)‡ 60 0.95 7.13 2018–present
Sydney (2023–present; 20 goals, 13 games)
14 Greta Bodey 56 Brisbane (2020–2022 (S7); 35 goals, 42 games) 63 0.89 9.33 2020–present
Hawthorn (2023–present; 21 goals, 21 games)
15 Cora Staunton 55‡ Greater Western Sydney‡ 50 1.10 9.17 2018–2022 (S7)
Bonnie Toogood 55 Western Bulldogs (2018–2022 (S6); 29 goals, 37 games)‡ 64 0.86 6.88 2018–present
Essendon (2022 (S7)–present; 26 goals, 27 games)‡
Eden Zanker 55 Melbourne 72 0.76 6.88 2018–present
18 Chloe Scheer 54 Adelaide (2019–2021; 13 goals, 17 games) 49 1.10 7.71 2019–present
Geelong (2022 (S6)–present; 41 goals, 32 games)‡
Caitlin Gould 54 Adelaide 61 0.89 9.00 2020–present
20 Erin Phillips 53 Adelaide (2017–2022 (S6); 50 goals, 46 games) 66 0.80 6.63 2017–2023
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–2023; 3 goals, 20 games)
Alyssa Bannan 53 Melbourne 59 0.90 10.60 2021–present
22 Caitlin Greiser 50 St Kilda (2020–2022 (S7); 29 goals, 34 games)‡ 55 0.91 8.33 2020–present
Richmond (2023–present; 21 goals, 21 games)

Club goalkicking record holders

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 the 2024 season.

Club Player Goals Games Seasons Ref.
Adelaide Danielle Ponter§ 82§ 72§ 2019–present§
Brisbane Dakota Davidson 69 63 2020–present
Carlton Darcy Vescio 64 77 2017–present
Collingwood Chloe Molloy 37 47 2018–2022 (S7)
Essendon Bonnie Toogood 26 27 2022 (S7)–present
Fremantle Gemma Houghton 40 46 2017–2022 (S6)
Geelong Chloe Scheer 41 32 2022 (S6)–present
Gold Coast Tara Bohanna 45 42 2022 (S6)–present
Greater Western Sydney Cora Staunton 55 50 2018–2022 (S7)
Hawthorn Aine McDonagh 30 30 2022 (S7)–present
Melbourne Kate Hore 81 78 2018–present
North Melbourne Jasmine Garner 68 75 2019–present
Port Adelaide Gemma Houghton 37 28 2022 (S7)–present
Richmond Katie Brennan 63 50 2020–present
St Kilda Caitlin Greiser 29 34 2020–2022 (S7)
Sydney Rebecca Privitelli 34 31 2022 (S7)–present
West Coast Kellie Gibson 25 44 2020–present
Western Bulldogs Ellie Blackburn 29 71 2017–present
Bonnie Toogood 29 37 2018–2022 (S6)

AFL Women's goalkicking record holder

Bold Current player

Updated to the end of the 2024 season.

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

References

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