Women's Super League Golden Boot Explained

Women’s Super League Golden Boot
Awarded For:Leading goalscorer in the Women's Super League, England's top women's football league
Year:2011
Holder:Khadija Shaw
Most Wins:Vivianne Miedema and Sam Kerr (2)

The Women's Super League Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in Women's Super League (WSL). The award is sponsored by Barclays. The most recent winner is Khadija Shaw who scored 21 goals in 18 games for Manchester City in the 2023–24 season. Vivianne Miedema and Sam Kerr are the only players to win the Golden Boot multiple times having both won it twice.[1] Rachel Daly for Aston Villa in the 2022–23 season,[2] and Miedema for Arsenal in the 2018–19 season, hold the record for the most goals in a season with 22.[1]

Winners

Player
Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
GamesThe number of WSL games played by the winner that season
RateThe winner's goals-to-games ratio that season
Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
§Denotes the club were WSL champions in the same season
WSL record
Season!scope="col"
PlayerNationalityClubGoalsGamesRateRef(s)
2011Birmingham1414[3]
2012Arsenal §1114[4]
2013Liverpool §1921[5]
2014Birmingham816[6] [7]
2015Sunderland1218[8]
2016Chelsea916[9] [10] [11]
Spring SeriesChelsea §65[12] [13]
2017–18Birmingham City1514[14] [15]
2018–19Arsenal §22 #20[16]
2019–20 (2)Arsenal1614[17]
2020–21Chelsea §2122[18]
2021–22 (2)Chelsea §2020
2022–2322 #221[19]
2023–24Manchester CIty21181.36[20]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Golden Boot Race. The Football Association. 20 February 2021. 9 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211009071200/https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/en/Article/20211201GoldenBootRace. live.
  2. Web site: WSL round-up: Rachel Daly equals goal record in Aston Villa win at Arsenal . 2023-05-27 . Sky Sports . en.
  3. Web site: How the 2011 FA WSL season was won. The Football Association. 28 April 2021. 9 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211009071310/https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/en/Article/How-the-2011-FA-WSL-season-was-won-08042020. live.
  4. Web site: 2012 WSL. Soccer Way. 9 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213152027/http://us.women.soccerway.com/national/england/wsl/2012/regular-season/r17035/. 13 December 2013. live.
  5. Web site: Liverpool big winners at FA Women's Football Awards. BBC. 16 May 2016. 22 November 2013. 5 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140105064051/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25061165. live.
  6. Web site: Ji So-Yun named FA WSL 1 Players' Player of the Year. The FA. 16 May 2016. 14 November 2014. 9 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211009071223/https://www.thefa.com/news/2014/nov/14/fa-womens-awards-ji-so-yun-chelsea-fran-kirby-liverpool-david-parker-sheffield-helen-mitchell. live.
  7. Web site: Women's Player of 2014 contender: Karen Carney. The FA. 28 April 2021. 28 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428210057/https://www.thefa.com/news/2014/dec/04/karen-carney-england-player-of-the-year-contender-041214. live.
  8. Web site: Bronze caps memorable 2015 with Player of the Year award. The FA. 16 May 2016. 4 December 2015. 9 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211009071236/https://www.thefa.com/news/2015/dec/04/fa-womens-award-2015-vauxhall-england-player-of-the-year-lucy-bronze-beth-mead. live.
  9. Web site: Topscorers . Soccerway . 10 July 2016 . 6 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406123137/http://uk.women.soccerway.com/national/england/wsl/2016/regular-season/r34382/players/ . live .
  10. Web site: E. Aluko. Soccerway. 21 February 2021. 18 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201018041929/https://uk.women.soccerway.com/players/eniola-aluko/19370/. live.
  11. News: Aluko wins Golden Boot with nine goals in FAWSL 2016 season. 8 November 2016. Professional Footballers' Association. 21 February 2021. 8 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201008020736/https://www.thepfa.com/news/2016/11/8/aluko-wins-golden-boot. live.
  12. Web site: F. Kirby. Soccerway. 20 February 2021. 9 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211009071252/https://us.soccerway.com/players/-/340123/. live.
  13. News: Kirby Wins WSL Golden Boot. 6 June 2017. SheKicks.net. 21 February 2021. 9 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211009071211/https://shekicks.net/kirby-wins-wsl-golden-boot/. live.
  14. Web site: WSL top scorers of all time. Sportsmob. 20 February 2021. 23 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123195009/https://sportmob.com/en/article/894808-wsl-top-scorers-of-all-time. live.
  15. Web site: E. White. Soccerway. 20 February 2021. 5 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210505112812/https://int.soccerway.com/players/ellen-white/20530/. live.
  16. Web site: V. Miedema. Soccerway. 20 February 2021. 5 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210505055042/https://us.soccerway.com/players/vivianne-miedema/195616/. live.
  17. Web site: Blues take Barclays' honours. The Football Association. 19 February 2021. 5 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210505060232/https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/en/Article/chelsea-take-individual-honours-160720. live.
  18. News: Chelsea Women 5–0 Reading Women. BBC Sport. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509154044/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56960386. live.
  19. Web site: WSL round-up: Rachel Daly equals goal record in Aston Villa win at Arsenal . 2023-05-27 . Sky Sports . en.
  20. News: Kelsey . George . May 18, 2024 . Shaw wins WSL Golden Boot . May 18, 2024 . Manchester City F.C..

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