List of England women's international footballers explained

This is a list of England women's international footballersassociation football players who have played for the England women's national football team. This table takes into account all official England matches.

Legacy numbers were introduced in November 2022 to mark the 50th anniversary of an official England women's team.[1]

Key

Tournament medalists at the:
BoldCurrently available for selection. Correct as of 16 July 2024 against .
PosPositions
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward

Table

Legacy
number!scope=col rowspan=2
Playerscope=col rowspan=2Date of birthscope=col rowspan=2Capsscope=col rowspan=2Goalsscope=col colspan=2Debutscope=col colspan=2Last or most recent match scope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortable
scope=colDate scope=col style="text-align:left;"Opponentscope=colDate scope=col style="text-align:left;"Opponent
11 January 1944290
2 (née Kirkland)400
310
4110[2]
5335
662
783
841[3] [4]
983
10111
1110
12160
1321
141612
1570
16127[5]
1710
18227[6]
1941
2054
2148
22 (née McCune)560
23 (née Dobb)362[7]
24 (née Chilton)1
2517
26128[8]
2771
2828
29 (née Hamstead)20
30 (née Smith)30
3151
321
333213
3462
3519626328
3691
37 (née Lee)4
381
39 (née Napier)1
40957 [9] [10]
416
4211
435
44224
4560
46 (née Jameson)1
4730
4852
491
5041
51115
522
53 (née Irvine)7
54 (née Meacham)1
55355
5611930[11] [12]
57 (née Hunt)16
581
598244
60 (née Fowkes)1
616635[13] [14]
62555
63475
64351
659430 [15]
666
67286
68391[16]
69273
703
71150
728641[17]
732
7420[18]
75261
76142
77351
7819
7932
80227
81 (née Shipp)15
82325
836
843
853
863
873
88653
89 (née Hayward)80[19]
902
915 June 19682025 May 1991
925
931
9421
95727
963
9720
981
99150[20]
1001
1013
10226
103118
104440 [21]
10510
106600 [22]
1075
10811746[23] [24]
109411[25]
110200
11161
11210
113527 [26] [27]
11465[28] [29]
11510
1164
11710
1189416[30] [31]
119820[32]
1209012[33]
1213
1223
12341
1244
1251
12612919[34]
127250[35] [36]
12870[37]
12930
13050[38]
131184[39]
132948[40] [41]
133240
1341306[42]
1351028[43]
13610
13740
1383910
13970
14017240[44] [45]
141 (née McArthur)171
14230[46]
143120 [47]
144386
145100
146632[48] [49]
14790
14870
14940 [50]
1501
15160
152511[51] [52]
153431[53]
15410233[54] [55]
15514012[56]
156353[57]
157500[58]
15890
159324
16014432[59]
161820[60]
1625015[61] [62]
16316127[63] [64]
16412113[65] [66]
165270[67] [68]
16680[69]
16710
168align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"5211[70] [71]
169 (née Buet)80[72]
170210
171align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"134[73] [74]
172align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"162[75] [76]
173145[77] [78]
17411352 [79] [80]
175180[81]
176280[82] [83]
177100
178align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"501[84] [85]
179align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"7922[86] [87]
180align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"708[88] [89]
181align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"12415[90]
182align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"111[91] [92]
183align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"691[93] [94]
184align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"937[95] [96]
18510[97] [98]
186align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"7319[99] [100]
1875119[101] [102]
188align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"40[103]
189316[104] [105]
190align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"56[106] [107]
19190[108]
19210
193align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"70[109] [110]
19410[111] [112]
1958416[113]
196align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"7117[114] [115]
197align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"815[116]
198align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"500[117] [118]
199align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"121[119] [120]
200align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"770[121] [122]
201align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"362[123] [124]
202180[125] [126]
203align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"30[127] [128]
204align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"5933[129] [130]
205align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"484[131] [132]
206align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"20[133] [134]
207align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"10[135] [136]
208align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"172[137] [138]
209align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"7119[139] [140]
210align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"31[141]
211align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"110[142] [143]
212align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"457[144] [145]
213align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"2611
214align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"5918
215align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"4220
216align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"5119
217align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"131
21810
219align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"40
220align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"180
221align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"120
222align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"80
223align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"247
224align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"80
225align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"91
226align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"40
227align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"50
228align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"31
229align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"10
230align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"10
231align=left style="background-color:#FFCCCC"10

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