IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2023
IFFHS AWARDS 2023 - CORRAL THE FIRST
Third last year, Veronica Corral is the winner of IFFHS WOMEN’S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION Award 2023. Playing in Pachuca, she has scored 34 goals in 2023, 3 more as Alicia Cervantes, her mexican rival of Chivas and 4 more as Temwa Chawinga, the revelation from Malawi, recordwoman in China’s Super League.
Mexico’s Liga MX is represented in this World ranking by 6 players in the Top 10 and 8 in the Top 15 , Kirsty Howat is the first European player and Romana Nunez the best South American Goalscorer in 2023. Alicia Cervantes is the most regular Goalscorer in the decade (ranked 2 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 2 in 2023) before Tessa Wullaert (ranked 6 in 2021, 10 in 2022 and 10 in 2023).
| Rank | Name | Country | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Veronica CORRAL | Mexico | Pachuca | 34 |
| 2 | Alicia CERVANTES | Mexico | Chivas | 31 |
| 3 | Temwa CHAWINGA | Malawi | Wuhan (China) | 30 |
| 4 | Kiana PALACIOS | Mexico | Club America | 29 |
| 5 | Christina BURKENROAD | USA | CF Monterrey (Mexico) | 26 |
| 6 | Kirsty HOWAT | Scotland | Rangers FC | 26 |
| 7 | Romana NUNEZ | Argentina | Urquiza | 26 |
| 8 | Jennifer HERMOSO | Spain | Pachuca (Mexico) | 25 |
| 9 | Jaqueline OVALLE | Mexico | Tigres UANL | 24 |
| 10 | Tessa WULLAERT | Belgium | Sittard (Netherlands) | 24 |
| 11 | Amy GALLACHER | Scotland | Celtic | 24 |
| 12 | Mari Carmen REYES | Mexico | Tigres UANL | 23 |
| 13 | Katty MARTINEZ | Mexico | Club America | 23 |
| 14 | Asisat OSHOALA | Nigeria | FC Barcelona (Spain) | 22 |
| 15 | Racheal KUNDANANJI | Zambia | Madrid CFF (Spain) | 22 |
| 16 | Lauren DAVIDSON | Scotland | Glasgow City | 21 |
| 17 | Kadisha SHAW | Jamaica | Manchester City (England) | 20 |
| 18 | Tabitha CHAWINGA | Malawi | Inter (Italy)/Paris SG (France | 20 |
| 19 | Nafula NEKESA | Kenya | Slavia Prag (Cech Rep) | 19 |
| 20 | Cathinka TANDBERG | Norway | Linköping (Sweden) | 19 |
| 21 | Alba REDONDO | Spain | Levante | 18 |
| 22 | Evelyne VIENS | Canada | Krist (Sweden)/AS Roma (I) | 18 |
| 23 | Fenna KALMA | Netherlands | FC Twente/VFL Wolfsburg | 18 |
| 24 | Liz RIJSBERGEN | Netherlands | FC Twente | 18 |
| 25 | Ana DIAS | Portugal | Zenith (Russia) | 18 |
| 26 | Cornelia KAPOCZ | Sweden | Linköpings | 18 |
| 27 | Linda NATTER | Austria | Altach | 17 |
| 28 | Francisca NAZARETH | Portugal | Benfica | 17 |
| 29 | Rachel DALY | England | Aston Villa | 17 |
| 30 | Lotta LINDSTRÖM | Finland | HJK | 17 |
| 31 | Tereza KOZAROVA | Cech Republic | Sparta Prag | 17 |
| 32 | Caroline HANSEN | Norway | FC Barcelona (Spain) | 16 |
| 33 | Romee LEUCHTER | Netherlands | Ajax | 16 |
| 34 | Riko UEKI | Japan | Beleza/West Ham (Engl) | 16 |
| 35 | Mia FISHEL | USA | TIGRES (Mex)/Chelsea (Eng) | 16 |
| 36 | Alison GONZALES | Mexico | Club América | 16 |
| 37 | Barbra BANDA | Zambia | Shangai (China) | 16 |
| 38 | Courtney STRODE | USA | YB Bern (Switzerland) | 16 |
| 39 | Anam IMO | Nigeria | Pitea (Sweden) | 15 |
| 40 | Yuka MOMIKI | Japan | Linköpings (Sweden) | 15 |
| 41 | Cloe LACASSE | Canada | Benfica/Arsenal | 15 |
| 42 | Stephany MAYOR | Mexico | UANL Tigres | 15 |
| 43 | Yana SHEINA | Russia | Lokomotiv Moscow | 15 |
| 44 | Bryndis Arna NIELSDOTTIR | Iceland | Valur | 15 |
All goals scored in the top 40 national leagues worldwide are taken into account.
Period: from 1 January to 31 December 2023.
Tie-breaking criteria at equal number of goals: strength of the league (according to IFFHS ranking).
