Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw: Is Man City star the best striker in WSL history?

Some of the best attackers in the world have made the WSL their home, so Shaw is certainly no shoe-in as the best.

City team-mate Miedema holds a host of records to go with the single-season goals tally.

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).

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).

Australia’s Sam Kerr, who will leave Chelsea this summer after six years in west London, is up there too.

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.

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%.

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.

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.

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.

Shaw needs 15 more goals to become the WSL’s all-time outright leading scorer, though Miedema could still add to her tally.

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.