AFL Women's goalkicking records

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Melbourne premiership player Kate Hore is the AFL Women's all-time leading goalkicker with 73 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 2023 season.

# Player Goals Club(s) Games Average
per game
Average
per season
Career span Ref.
1 Kate Hore 73 Melbourne 68 1.07 10.43 2018–present [1]
2 Danielle Ponter 66 Adelaide 58 1.14 11.00 2019–present [2]
3 Katie Brennan 65 Western Bulldogs (2017–2019; 15 goals, 13 games) 52 1.25 8.13 2017–present [3]
Richmond (2020–present; 50 goals, 39 games)
4 Jasmine Garner 64 Collingwood (2017–2018; 10 goals, 14 games) 75 0.85 8.00 2017–present [4]
North Melbourne (2019–present; 54 goals, 61 games)
5 Darcy Vescio 62 Carlton 68 0.91 7.75 2017–present [5]
6 Tayla Harris 61 Brisbane (2017; 4 goals, 8 games) 69 0.88 7.63 2017–present [6]
Carlton (2018–2021; 25 goals, 29 games)
Melbourne (2022 (S6)–present; 32 goals, 32 games)
7 Gemma Houghton 60 Fremantle (2017–2022 (S6); 40 goals, 46 games) 60 1.00 7.50 2017–present [7]
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–present; 20 goals, 14 games)
8 Ashleigh Saint 58 Melbourne (2019; 0 goals, 4 games) 49 1.18 11.60 2019, 2021–present [8]
Adelaide (2021–2022 (S7); 44 goals, 36 games)
Port Adelaide (2023–present; 14 goals, 9 games)
9 Cora Staunton 55 Greater Western Sydney 50 1.10 9.17 2018–2022 (S7) [9]
Chloe Molloy 55 Collingwood (2018–2022 (S7); 37 goals, 47 games) 59 0.93 7.86 2018–present [10]
Sydney (2023–present; 18 goals, 12 games)
Jesse Wardlaw 55 Brisbane (2019–2022 (S7); 47 goals, 49 games) 59 0.93 9.17 2019–present [11]
St Kilda (2023–present; 8 goals, 10 games)
Dakota Davidson 55 Brisbane 51 1.08 11.00 2020–present [12]
13 Chloe Scheer 54 Adelaide (2019–2021; 13 goals, 17 games) 49 1.10 9.00 2019–present [13]
Geelong (2022 (S6)–present; 41 goals, 32 games)
14 Erin Phillips 53 Adelaide (2017–2022 (S6); 50 goals, 46 games) 66 0.80 6.63 2017–2023 [14]
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–2023; 3 goals, 20 games)
15 Bonnie Toogood 52 Western Bulldogs (2018–2022 (S6); 29 goals, 37 games) 58 0.90 7.43 2018–present [15]
Essendon (2022 (S7)–present; 23 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 2023 season.

Club Player Goals Games Seasons Ref.
Adelaide Danielle Ponter 66 58 2019–present [16]
Brisbane Dakota Davidson 55 51 2020–present [17]
Carlton Darcy Vescio 62 68 2017–present [18]
Collingwood Chloe Molloy 37 47 2018–2022 (S7) [19]
Essendon Bonnie Toogood 23 21 2022 (S7)–present [20]
Fremantle Gemma Houghton 40 46 2017–2022 (S6) [21]
Geelong Chloe Scheer 41 32 2022 (S6)–present [22]
Gold Coast Tara Bohanna 36 31 2022 (S6)–present [23]
Greater Western Sydney Cora Staunton 55 50 2018–2022 (S7) [24]
Hawthorn Aine McDonagh 14 17 2022 (S7)–present [25]
Melbourne Kate Hore§ 73§ 68§ 2018–present§ [26]
North Melbourne Jasmine Garner 54 61 2019–present [27]
Port Adelaide Gemma Houghton 20 14 2022 (S7)–present [28]
Richmond Katie Brennan 50 39 2020–present [29]
St Kilda Caitlin Greiser 29 34 2020–2022 (S7) [30]
Sydney Rebecca Privitelli 22 20 2022 (S7)–present [31]
West Coast Kellie Gibson 17 34 2020–present [32]
Western Bulldogs Bonnie Toogood 29 37 2018–2022 (S6) [33]

AFL Women's goalkicking record holder

Bold Current player

Updated to the end of the 2023 season.

Player Total Record broken Career goals Club(s) Career span
Darcy Vescio First to reach 50 goals (round 8, 2022 (S6)) 62 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 73 Melbourne 2018–present

See also

References

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  15. ^ "Bonnie Toogood". Australian Football. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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