As the stature of the women’s game continues to grow, so too does the competition to be ranked among the world’s best.
Mia Hamm, Ellen White, Marta, Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan were once considered some of the very best, but who tops the list now?
That’s what we’re here to find out.
As part of our Top 90 series, the 90min team have predicted who we think were the top 25 best forwards of 2024.
England international Rachel Daly took the WSL by storm when she joined Aston Villa from Houston Dash in 2022. She ended her first season as the league’s top goalscorer, and matched Vivianne Miedema’s record for the most goals in a single season (22).
2023/24 was less prolific for the striker as Villa struggled for form, particularly in the early stages of the campaign. Daly announced her retirement from international football earlier this year, and will hope she can return to her best under new Villa manager Robert de Pauw in the upcoming season.
Sweden striker Stina Blackstenius has been at Arsenal since 2021, and while she hasn’t always been a regular starter, she has been a consistent goalscorer. The 28-year-old has scored 43 goals in 86 appearances for the Gunners across all competitions since her arrival three years ago.
For her country, she is among the top goalscorers of all time with 31 in just over 100 caps for Sweden. She is currently recovering from a hip problem with Arsenal, but will hope for another productive campaign in 2024/25.
Poland international Ewa Pajor is one of Barcelona’s new recruits this summer and it’s easy to see why the Liga F club were desperate to land the former Wolfsburg star. She scored 135 goals in 196 appearances for the German club across all competitions since 2015.
Pajor won five Frauen-Bundesliga with Wolfsburg, and reached four Champions League finals with the team. Now, the 27-year-old will hope to end her European trophy drought after so many near-misses.
Japan international Mina Tanaka has spent the majority of her senior career playing in her homeland, and only in the last few years has she tested herself abroad. She had an initial loan spell with Bayer Leverkusen in 2021, and in July this year the 30-year-old signed for NWSL side Utah Royals.
Tanaka is the joint eighth top goalscorer of all time for her country, having scored 30 times in 74 appearances for Japan….
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