By Opta Analyst | Created at 2025-03-12 09:59:14 | Updated at 2025-03-12 15:46:21
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Nikita Parris recently became just the fifth player to reach 100 goal involvements in the Women’s Super League, but who else is part of that illustrious group?
With her assist for Marisa Olislagers in Brighton’s 2-2 draw with Chelsea in the WSL in early March, Nikita Parris became just the fifth player to register 100+ goal involvements in the competition.
But who are the other WSL players with 100 goal involvements to their name? We run you through the list below.
Vivianne Miedema – 122 (86 goals, 36 assists)
After a long layoff with an ACL injury which saw her miss most of the 2022-23 and 2023-24 campaigns, Miedema has found her form this term, with a move to Manchester City reinvigorating her.
As well as being the league’s all-time top scorer, Miedema also leads the WSL for goal contributions, which now stands at 122 following her assist for Khadija Shaw against West Ham on 5 March.
She is prolific in front of goal and scores on average every 102 minutes in the competition, which is behind only Sam Kerr (95) and Bunny Shaw (80) for all players to have scored at least 10 times in WSL history.
Her best season came in 2018-19 when she managed 32 goal involvements (22 goals, 10 assists). In fact, Miedema has registered 20+ goals and assists in four different WSL campaigns; no other player has done so more than twice.
Beth Mead – 114 (67 goals, 47 assists)
Beth Mead sits just behind former teammate, Miedema, and it’s no surprise after their years together at Arsenal. The Gunners won the league in 2018-19, which proved one of Mead’s best seasons.
In that title-winning campaign, Mead had 19 goal involvements (7 goals, 12 assists), while her second-best season came ahead of the Euros in 2021-22, when, again, she registered 19 (11 goals, 8 assists).
Mead took that incredible form into the Euros, helping the Lionesses win the tournament – she was involved in 10 goals (6 goals, 4 assists), the most by any player that Opta has on record across the last three tournaments. Mead’s six goals were the joint most by a player in a single edition in history.
Mead has created 350 chances, at least 109 more than anyone else on this list, at an average of 2.07 per game. Her 114 goal contributions mean she averages 0.67 per match.
The Arsenal star will be looking to break another record soon as she is just three assists away from 50 in the WSL.
Bethany England – 106 (82 goals, 24 assists)
As well as being third on the all-time goal contributions list, Bethany England is also the second-highest scorer in WSL history (82), sitting just four behind Miedema (86), who she continues to chase down.
This year she has continued to make her mark on the league, breaking records for fun.
On matchday 12, she claimed a unique record, becoming the first player to score against all 19 clubs to have played in the league since its inception in 2011.
On the last matchday against Man City, she also became the first player to register 25+ goals for two different teams in the WSL. Her time at Chelsea and Tottenham has shown her ability to score and provide no matter where she is.
Her best WSL season came in 2019-20, when she managed 18 goal involvements (14 goals, 4 assists), helping Chelsea to win the first of five consecutive titles.
She averages a goal contribution every 105 minutes and every 52 touches. However, with just 24 assists, England has set up fewer goals than any other player on this list.
Fran Kirby – 101 (66 goals, 35 assists)
Kirby is fourth in the all-time WSL goal involvement rankings, and in her nine-year spell at Chelsea she proved why she is one of the league’s all-time best. She left as the club’s leading scorer with 115 goals in 205 appearances in all competitions.
Kirby has the best shot conversion rate (22.5%) of these five players, scoring 66 goals from 294 shots in the WSL. She has either scored or created a goal every 79 minutes.
Her best season came in 2020-21, when she registered an incredible 28 goal involvements (16 goals, 12 assists). She finished third in the Golden Boot race that season behind Sam Kerr (21) and Miedema (18).
Nikita Parris – 100 (67 goals, 33 assists)
Parris is the latest player to join the list and does so having played for five different WSL clubs. She also spent two years in France, making this milestone all the more impressive.
Parris has had the second-most shots of any player on this list (480), with only Miedema attempting more in the WSL (488).
Her best return came in 2018-19 when she managed 26 goal involvements (19 goals, 7 assists). It was her highest-ever goal haul in a WSL season, averaging a goal every 84 minutes.
She has created the fewest chances of anyone to hit 100 goal involvements in the competition though, at 167.
Who Could be Next?
Jordan Nobbs and Lauren Hemp both sit on 89 involvements and are the two players closest to joining the 100-goal-involvement club. Without the injury this season, Hemp may already have reached this milestone.
Hemp (51 goals, 38 assists) became the youngest player in WSL history to reach 50+ goals and, once fit and healthy, it won’t be long before she hits the 100-goal-involvement mark.
Nobbs (58 goals, 31 assists), meanwhile, is the only player to make more than 200 appearances in the WSL (205), although Millie Bright has played the most games in the competition for one club (164 for Chelsea).
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