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Some of the best attackers in the world have made the WSL their home, so Shaw is certainly no shoe-in as the best.<\/p>\n
City team-mate Miedema holds a host of records to go with the single-season goals tally.<\/p>\n
The former Arsenal striker is the WSL’s all-time leading scorer with 97, with Bethany England (89) second in the rankings and Shaw third (83).<\/p>\n
The former Arsenal striker holds the record for the most goals scored in a single match (six), the most goal involvements in a single game (10), the most assists in a single match (four), and the most hat-tricks in one season (three).<\/p>\n
Australia’s Sam Kerr, who will leave Chelsea this summer after six years in west London, is up there too.<\/p>\n
Kerr’s 65 WSL goals helped Chelsea win five consecutive titles between 2019 and 2024, while earlier this season she became the club’s all-time top scorer in the WSL.<\/p>\n
No player in WSL history has a better non-penalty shot conversion rate than Kerr (21.5%), having scored 65 goals from 303 non-penalty shots, while Shaw ranks joint-fourth with 19.7%.<\/p>\n
Arsenal and England striker Alessia Russo is in the mix too, though her tendency to drop deep and help build attacks means she is less of an out-and-out number nine.<\/p>\n
That said, only Shaw (83) has scored more goals since the start of the 2021-22 season than Russo (56), while the 27-year-old is arguably the most tactically and positionally versatile striker in the division.<\/p>\n
Shaw leads when it comes to the best goals per 90 minutes ratio in WSL history (1.08) and non-penalty goals per 90 minutes (1.04). No other player is above the one goal per game threshold.<\/p>\n
Shaw needs 15 more goals to become the WSL’s all-time outright leading scorer, though Miedema could still add to her tally.<\/p>\n
The stats suggest Shaw is on course to overtake her team-mate – Shaw scored 80 goals in her first 90 WSL games, six more than Miedema, whereas the Dutchwoman reached 80 WSL goals in 106 appearances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n