List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers

This is a list of top goalscorers in the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000.

Overall top goalscorers
As of 2016, eighteen female players have scored 20 or more goals at the Summer Olympics.

By confederation
Last updated: 1 April 2021.

By team
Last updated: 1 April 2021.

One tournament
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), number of goals (in descending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 12 August 2021.


 * Legend
 * Team* – Host team

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 53), 2008 (p. 54), 2012 (p. 345), 2016 (p. 193), 2020 (p. 234).

All-time
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), number of total goals (in descending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.


 * Legend
 * Team* – Host team

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 53), 2008 (p. 54), 2012 (p. 345), 2016 (p. 193).

Top goalscorers by team
The following tables are pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.


 * Legend
 * Year* – As host team

Australia
* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 6 (2000*–2020)
 * As host team: 2000*
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 4
 * Last updated: 1 April 2021.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 96), 2004 (pp. 56–57), 2008 (pp. 56–57), 2012 (pp. 347–348), 2016 (pp. 197–198).

Brazil

 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 1 (2016*)
 * As host team: 2016*
 * Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
 * Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Canada
* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 3 (2000–2004, 2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
 * Last updated: 1 April 2021.

China
* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 4 (2008*–2020)
 * As host team: 2008*
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
 * Last updated: 1 April 2021.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 59–60), 2012 (pp. 350–351), 2016 (pp. 203–204).

Great Britain

 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 1 (2012*)
 * As host team: 2012*
 * Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
 * Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Greece
* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 2 (2004*–2008)
 * As host team: 2004*
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
 * Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Hungary
* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 5 (2004–2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 3
 * Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 68–69), 2008 (pp. 65–66), 2012 (pp. 359–360), 2016 (pp. 209–210).

Italy
* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 1
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 4 (2004–2016)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
 * Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 72–73), 2008 (pp. 68–69), 2012 (pp. 362–363), 2016 (pp. 212–213).

Japan

 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 1 (2020*)
 * As host team: 2020*
 * Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
 * Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Kazakhstan

 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 2 (2000–2004)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
 * Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Netherlands
* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 3 (2000, 2008, 2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 1
 * Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 99), 2008 (pp. 71–72).

ROC

 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 1 (2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Related team: Russia
 * Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 2
 * Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 74–75), 2012 (pp. 365–366), 2016 (pp. 215–216), 2020 (pp. 266–267).

Russia

 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 5 (2000–2016)
 * As host team: —
 * Related team: ROC
 * Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
 * Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Source: Notes:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 100), 2004 (pp. 80–81), 2008 (pp. 74–75), 2012 (pp. 365–366), 2016 (pp. 215–216).
 * Nadezhda Glyzina is listed in section ROC.
 * Evgeniya Ivanova is listed in section ROC.
 * Ekaterina Prokofyeva is listed in section ROC.

South Africa

 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 1 (2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
 * Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Spain
* Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 3 (2012–2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 4
 * Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2012 (pp. 353–354), 2016 (pp. 206–207), 2020 (pp. 251–252).

United States
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 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 6 (2000–2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 2
 * Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 1
 * Last updated: 12 August 2021.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 101), 2004 (pp. 84–85), 2008 (pp. 77–78), 2012 (pp. 368–369), 2016 (pp. 218–219), 2020 (pp. 273–274).<section end=UnitedStates />