W-League Golden Boot

The W-League Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Australian W-League.

W-League Golden Boot
Awarded for	The leading goalscorer in a given W-League season.
Country	Australia
Presented by	Football Federation Australia
First awarded	2008
Currently held by	Morgan Andrews Natasha Dowie Kristen Hamilton Remy Siemsen
Most awards	Kate Gill Michelle Heyman Sam Kerr (2 each)

The W-League was established in 2008 as the top tier of women's football in Australia. The award is given to the top-scorer over the regular season (not including the finals series). The inaugural award was won by Leena Khamis of Sydney FC, who also scored the fewest to win with seven.

Michelle Heyman, Kate Gill and Sam Kerr have each won the award twice. England's Jodie Taylor was the first non-Australian to have won the award.

Winners

Key

Player ^X	Name of the player and ^X the number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Games	The number of W-League regular season games played by the winner that season[upper-alpha 1]
Rate	The winner's goals-to-games ratio that regular season
§	Denotes the club were W-League Champions in the same season
	Indicates multiple award winners in the same season

W-League Golden Boot winners

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals	Games	Rate	Reference
2008–09	Leena Khamis	Australia	Sydney FC	7	10	0.7	[1]
2009	Michelle Heyman	Australia	Central Coast Mariners	11	10	1.1	[2]
2010–11	Kyah Simon	Australia	Sydney FC	11	10	1.1	[3]
2011–12	Michelle Heyman ^(2)	Australia	Canberra United^§	12	10	1.2	[4]
2012–13	Kate Gill	Australia	Perth Glory	11	11	1.0	[5]
2013–14	Jodie Taylor	England	Sydney FC	10	11	0.9	[6]
2014	Kate Gill ^(2)	Australia	Perth Glory	12	12	1.0	[7]
2015–16	Larissa Crummer	Australia	Melbourne City^§	11	10	1.1	[8]
2016–17	Ashleigh Sykes	Australia	Canberra United	12	12	1.0	[9]
2017–18	Sam Kerr	Australia	Perth Glory	13	9	1.4	[10]
2018–19	Sam Kerr ^(2)	Australia	Perth Glory	13	11	1.2	[11]
2019–20	Morgan Andrews	United States	Perth Glory	7	11	0.64	[12]
	Natasha Dowie	England	Melbourne Victory		12	0.58
	Kristen Hamilton	United States	Western Sydney Wanderers		12	0.58
	Remy Siemsen	Australia	Sydney FC		12	0.58

Awards won by club

Club	Total
Perth Glory	5
Sydney FC	4
Canberra United	2
Central Coast Mariners	1
Melbourne City	1
Perth Glory	1
Western Sydney Wanderers	1

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women
• A-League Golden Boot
• W-League records and statistics
• Julie Dolan Medal

Notes

1. This does not necessarily match the total number of games in a season.

References

1. "Khamis's Golden season spurs Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
2. Kasmarik, Morgan (10 December 2009). "W-League stars shine at awards". ABC Radio Grandstand. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
3. "Kyah Simon named Julie Dolan Medal winner". Sydney FC. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
4. "A-League & W-League Awards Night". Football Federation Tasmania. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
5. "Rojas wins Johnny Warren Medal". The World Game. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
6. "Lady Reds Barbieri Awarded Westfield W-League Goalkeeper of the Year". Football Federation South Australia. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
7. "Gill looking to continue Glory's golden run". The Women's Game. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
8. "Larissa Crummer claims Golden Boot". The Women's Game. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
9. Tom Lowrey (31 January 2017). "Canberra United 'disappointed' at W-League semi-final move away from home turf to play before men's fixture". ABC News. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
10. "Westfield W-League stats wrap: Kerr cruises to maiden Golden Boot". Football Federation Australia. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
11. "Matildas star Kerr driven towards Perth glory". SBS The World Game. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
12. Dejan Kalinic (12 March 2020). "Dowie Victory's first W-League Golden Boot winner". www.melbournevictory.com.au. Retrieved 21 March 2020.