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Women's Super League Golden Boot

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Women’s Super League Golden Boot
Khadija Shaw is the current holder of the award.
Awarded forLeading goalscorer in the Women's Super League, England's top women's football league
Presented byBarclays
First awarded2011
Currently held byKhadija Shaw
Most awardsVivianne 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.[1] Vivianne Miedema and Sam Kerr are the only players to win the Golden Boot multiple times having both won it twice.[2] Rachel Daly for Aston Villa in the 2022–23 season,[3] and Miedema for Arsenal in the 2018–19 season, hold the record for the most goals in a season with 22.[2]

Winners

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Key
Player (X) Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Games The number of WSL games played by the winner that season
Rate The 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
WSL Golden Boot winners
Season Player Nationality Club Goals Games Rate Ref(s)
2011 Rachel Williams  England Birmingham 14 14 1 [4]
2012 Kim Little  Scotland Arsenal § 11 14 0.79 [5]
2013 Natasha Dowie  England Liverpool § 19 21 0.9 [6]
2014 Karen Carney  England Birmingham 8 16 0.5 [7][8]
2015 Beth Mead  England Sunderland 12 18 0.67 [9]
2016 Eniola Aluko  England Chelsea 9 16 0.56 [10][11][12]
Spring Series Fran Kirby  England Chelsea § 6 5 1.2 [13][14]
2017–18 Ellen White  England Birmingham City 15 14 1.07 [15][16]
2018–19 Vivianne Miedema  Netherlands Arsenal § 22 # 20 1.1 [2][17]
2019–20 Vivianne Miedema (2)  Netherlands Arsenal 16 14 1.14 [18][17]
2020–21 Sam Kerr  Australia Chelsea § 21 22 0.95 [19]
2021–22 Sam Kerr (2)  Australia Chelsea § 20 20 1
2022–23 Rachel Daly  England Aston Villa 22 # 22 1 [20]
2023–24 Khadija Shaw  Jamaica Manchester CIty 21 18 1.36 [1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kelsey, George (18 May 2024). "Shaw wins WSL Golden Boot". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Golden Boot Race". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. ^ "WSL round-up: Rachel Daly equals goal record in Aston Villa win at Arsenal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  4. ^ "How the 2011 FA WSL season was won". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  5. ^ "2012 WSL". Soccer Way. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Liverpool big winners at FA Women's Football Awards". BBC. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Ji So-Yun named FA WSL 1 Players' Player of the Year". The FA. 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Women's Player of 2014 contender: Karen Carney". The FA. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Bronze caps memorable 2015 with Player of the Year award". The FA. 4 December 2015. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Topscorers". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  11. ^ "E. Aluko". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Aluko wins Golden Boot with nine goals in FAWSL 2016 season". Professional Footballers' Association. 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  13. ^ "F. Kirby". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Kirby Wins WSL Golden Boot". SheKicks.net. 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  15. ^ "WSL top scorers of all time". Sportsmob. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  16. ^ "E. White". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  17. ^ a b "V. Miedema". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Blues take Barclays' honours". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Chelsea Women 5–0 Reading Women". BBC Sport. 9 May 2021. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  20. ^ "WSL round-up: Rachel Daly equals goal record in Aston Villa win at Arsenal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 May 2023.