List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers explained

This is a list of top goalscorers in the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000.

Abbreviations

Rk	Rank	Ref	Reference			ISHOF	International Swimming Hall of Fame
L/R	Handedness	L	Left-handed	R	Right-handed
(C)	Captain	p.	page	pp.	pages

Overall top goalscorers

As of 2016, eighteen female players have scored 20 or more goals at the Summer Olympics.

By confederation

Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Confederation	Number of top goalscorers
	Total goals: 40+	Total goals: 30–39	Total goals: 20–29	Total
	0	0	0	0
	0	2	0	2
	0	1	0	1
	1	1	8	10
	0	1	4	5
Total	1	5	12	18

By team

Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Women's team	Number of top goalscorers				Confederation
	Total goals: 40+	Total goals: 30–39	Total goals: 20–29	Total
	0	1	4	5	Oceania – OSA
	0	1	0	1	Asia – AASF
	0	0	3	3	Europe – LEN
	1	0	0	1	Europe – LEN
	0	0	1	1	Europe – LEN
	0	1	2	3	Europe – LEN
	0	0	2	2	Europe – LEN
	0	2	0	2	Americas – UANA
Total	1	5	12	18

Most goals scored

One tournament

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), number of goals (in descending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Legend

• Team^* – Host team

Female players with 15 or more goals in an Olympic tournament (ordered chronologically)

Year	Total	21+ goals		18–20 goals		15–17 goals
	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
	1	—	0	—	0	Daniëlle de Bruijn (17)	1
	4	Maggie Steffens (21)	1	Ma Huanhuan (19) : Tania Di Mario (18)	2	Anni Espar (15)	1
	3	—	0	—	0	Barbara Bujka (15) : Roser Tarragó (15) : Maggie Steffens (17)	3
	9	Simone van de Kraats (28)	1	Beatriz Ortiz (18) : Maddie Musselman (18), Maggie Steffens (18)	3	Kyra Christmas (15) : Zhang Jing (16) : Maud Megens (17) : Ekaterina Prokofyeva (15) : Anni Espar (15)	5
Year	Total	21+ goals		18–20 goals		15–17 goals

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 53), 2008 (p. 54), 2012 (p. 345), 2016 (p. 193), 2020 (p. 234).

Top goalscorers in each tournament

All-time

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), number of total goals (in descending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend

• Team^* – Host team

All-time female players with 20 or more goals at the Olympics (ordered chronologically)

Year	Total	Total goals: 40+		Total goals: 30–39		Total goals: 20–29
	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
	1	—	0	—	0	Sofia Konukh (20)	1
	5	—	0	—	0	Kate Gynther (20) : Tania Di Mario (24) : Daniëlle de Bruijn (28) : Sofia Konukh (27) : Brenda Villa (25)	5
	7	Tania Di Mario (42)	1	Kate Gynther (30) : Sofia Konukh (31) : Brenda Villa (31)	3	Ma Huanhuan (26) : Rita Drávucz (23) : Maggie Steffens (21)	3
	13	Tania Di Mario (47)	1	Ma Huanhuan (37) : Maggie Steffens (38)	2	Ashleigh Southern (26), Rowena Webster (23), Gemma Beadsworth (20), Bronwen Knox (20) : Barbara Bujka (27), Rita Keszthelyi (24) : Ekaterina Prokofyeva (22), Nadezhda Glyzina (21) : Anni Espar (22), Roser Tarragó (20)	10
Year	Total	Total goals: 40+		Total goals: 30–39		Total goals: 20–29

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 53), 2008 (p. 54), 2012 (p. 345), 2016 (p. 193).

Top goalscorers by team

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team

Australia

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 6 (2000^*–2020)
• As host team: 2000^*

* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0

• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 4
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend

• – Hosts

Female players with 20 or more goals at the Olympics

Rk	Player	Birth	L/R	Total goals	Water polo tournaments (goals)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
					1	2	3	4	5
1			Right	30	2004 (7)	2008 (13)	2012 (10)			22/30
2			Right	26	2012 (12)	2016 (14)				19/23
3			Right	23	2012 (12)	2016 (11)				24/28
4			Right	20	2008 (9)	2012 (10)	2016 (1)			21/29
			Right	20	2008 (12)	2012 (4)	2016 (4)			22/30

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 96), 2004 (pp. 56–57), 2008 (pp. 56–57), 2012 (pp. 347–348), 2016 (pp. 197–198).

Brazil

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 1 (2016^*)
• As host team: 2016^*
• Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Canada

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 3 (2000–2004, 2020)
• As host team: —

* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0

• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

China

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 4 (2008^*–2020)
• As host team: 2008^*

* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0

• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend

• – Hosts

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 59–60), 2012 (pp. 350–351), 2016 (pp. 203–204).

Great Britain

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 1 (2012^*)
• As host team: 2012^*
• Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Greece

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 2 (2004^*–2008)
• As host team: 2004^*

* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0

• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Hungary

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 5 (2004–2020)
• As host team: —

* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0

• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 3
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Female players with 20 or more goals at the Olympics

Rk	Player	Birth	L/R	Total goals	Water polo tournaments (goals)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
					1	2	3	4	5
1			Left	27	2012 (12)	2016 (15)				25/29
2			Right	24	2012 (10)	2016 (14)				20/24
3			Right	23	2004 (7)	2008 (10)	2012 (6)			24/32

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 68–69), 2008 (pp. 65–66), 2012 (pp. 359–360), 2016 (pp. 209–210).

Italy

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 4 (2004–2016)
• As host team: —

* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 1

• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 72–73), 2008 (pp. 68–69), 2012 (pp. 362–363), 2016 (pp. 212–213).

Japan

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 1 (2020^*)
• As host team: 2020^*
• Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Kazakhstan

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 2 (2000–2004)
• As host team: —
• Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Netherlands

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 3 (2000, 2008, 2020)
• As host team: —

* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0

• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 1
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 99), 2008 (pp. 71–72).

ROC

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 1 (2020)
• As host team: —
• Related team: Russia
• Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 2
• Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Female players with 20 or more goals at the Olympics

Rk	Player	Birth	L/R	Total goals	Water polo tournaments (goals)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
					1	2	3	4	5
1			Right	37	2008 (4)	2012 (9)	2016 (9)	2020 (15)		17/30
2			Right	28	2008 (1)	2012 (7)	2016 (13)	2020 (7)		20/33
3			Right	26	2012 (9)	2016 (7)	2020 (10)			25/34

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 74–75), 2012 (pp. 365–366), 2016 (pp. 215–216), 2020 (pp. 266–267).

Russia

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 5 (2000–2016)
• As host team: —
• Related team: ROC
• Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 100), 2004 (pp. 80–81), 2008 (pp. 74–75), 2012 (pp. 365–366), 2016 (pp. 215–216).

Notes:

• Nadezhda Glyzina is listed in section ROC.
• Evgeniya Ivanova is listed in section ROC.
• Ekaterina Prokofyeva is listed in section ROC.

South Africa

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 1 (2020)
• As host team: —
• Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Spain

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 3 (2012–2020)
• As host team: —

* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0

• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 4
• Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Female players with 20 or more goals at the Olympics

Rk	Player	Birth	L/R	Total goals	Water polo tournaments (goals)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
					1	2	3	4	5
1			Right	37	2012 (15)	2016 (7)	2020 (15)			19/28
2			Right	29	2012 (5)	2016 (15)	2020 (9)			19/28
3			Right	27	2012 (7)	2016 (11)	2020 (9)			21/30
4			Right	23	2016 (5)	2020 (18)				21/26
5			Left	21	2016 (7)	2020 (14)				20/25

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2012 (pp. 353–354), 2016 (pp. 206–207), 2020 (pp. 251–252).

United States

• Women's national team:
• Team appearances: 6 (2000–2020)
• As host team: —

* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 1

• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 2
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 1
• Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Legend

• – Hosts

Female players with 20 or more goals at the Olympics

Rk	Player	Birth	L/R	Total goals	Water polo tournaments (goals)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
					1	2	3	4	5
1			Right	56	2012 (21)	2016 (17)	2020 (18)			19/28
2			Right	31	2000 (9)	2004 (7)	2008 (9)	2012 (6)		20/32	2018
3			Right	30	2016 (12)	2020 (18)				18/23
4			Right	21	2016 (7)	2020 (14)				19/24

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 101), 2004 (pp. 84–85), 2008 (pp. 77–78), 2012 (pp. 368–369), 2016 (pp. 218–219), 2020 (pp. 273–274).

See also

• Water polo at the Summer Olympics

• Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
  • List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
  • List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
  • List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
  • List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
  • National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament
  • National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament
  • List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
  • List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments
  • List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
  • List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
  • List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
  • List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
  • List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
  • List of Olympic venues in water polo

Sources

ISHOF

External links

• Olympic water polo – Official website

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