List of players who have appeared in four or more FIFA Women's World Cups

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In the FIFA Women's World Cup, the following female players have been named in the national team in at least four finals tournaments.

Tournaments[edit]

Team Player[n 1] In squad[n 2] Played[n 3] Tournaments[n 4]
 Brazil Formiga[1] 7 7 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Japan Homare Sawa[2] 6 6 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Brazil Marta[3] 6 6 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Canada Christine Sinclair[3] 6 6 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Nigeria Onome Ebi[3] 6 6 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 United States Kristine Lilly[4] 5 5 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Germany Birgit Prinz[4] 5 5 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011
 United States Christie Rampone[5] 5 5 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Brazil Cristiane 5 5 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Canada Sophie Schmidt 5 5 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 New Zealand Annalie Longo[6] 5 5 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 New Zealand Ria Percival[6] 5 5 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 New Zealand Ali Riley[6] 5 5 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Sweden Caroline Seger 5 5 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Norway Bente Nordby[4] 5 4 (1991), 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Australia Clare Polkinghorne 5 4 2007, 2011, (2015), 2019, 2023
 Australia Lydia Williams 5 3 (2007), 2011, 2015, 2019, (2023)
 Germany Nadine Angerer[7] 5 3 (1999), (2003), 2007, 2011, 2015
 Canada Karina LeBlanc[8] 5 2 (1999), 2003, (2007), 2011, (2015)
 Brazil Bárbara 5 1 (2007), (2011), (2015), 2019, (2023)
 China Sun Wen 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Germany Bettina Wiegmann 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Nigeria Florence Omagbemi 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Nigeria Nkiru Okosieme 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Norway Hege Riise 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 United States Joy Fawcett 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 United States Julie Foudy 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 United States Mia Hamm 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Brazil Pretinha 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007
 Australia Cheryl Salisbury 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Brazil Tânia 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Canada Andrea Neil 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Germany Sandra Minnert 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Germany Sandra Smisek 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 United States Briana Scurry 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Germany Ariane Hingst 4 4 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011
 Nigeria Stella Mbachu 4 4 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011
 Norway Solveig Gulbrandsen 4 4 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015
 Japan Kozue Ando 4 4 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Australia Melissa Barbieri 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Brazil Rosana 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Canada Diana Matheson 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Canada Rhian Wilkinson 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Japan Aya Miyama 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Nigeria Precious Dede 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Nigeria Perpetua Nkwocha 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Norway Trine Rønning 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Sweden Therese Sjögran 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 United States Shannon Boxx[5] 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 United States Abby Wambach[5] 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Australia Lisa De Vanna 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 England Karen Carney 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 England Jill Scott 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 New Zealand Katie Duncan[9] 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 New Zealand Abby Erceg[9] 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Norway Isabell Herlovsen 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Sweden Nilla Fischer 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Sweden Hedvig Lindahl 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 United States Carli Lloyd 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Australia Caitlin Foord 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Australia Emily van Egmond 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Australia Sam Kerr 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Australia Tameka Yallop 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Brazil Beatriz 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 France Eugénie Le Sommer 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 France Wendie Renard 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Germany Alexandra Popp 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Japan Saki Kumagai 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 New Zealand Katie Bowen 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 New Zealand Betsy Hassett 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 New Zealand Hannah Wilkinson 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Nigeria Osinachi Ohale 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Nigeria Desire Oparanozie 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Nigeria Francisca Ordega 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Norway Emilie Haavi 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Norway Maren Mjelde 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Sweden Sofia Jakobsson 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Sweden Linda Sembrant 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 United States Alex Morgan[10] 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 United States Kelley O'Hara[10] 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 United States Megan Rapinoe[10] 4 4 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Brazil Kátia 4 3 (1995), 1999, 2003, 2007
 Nigeria Maureen Mmadu 4 3 1995, (1999), 2003, 2007
 Brazil Andréia 4 3 (1999), 2003, 2007, 2011
 Canada Erin McLeod 4 3 (2003), 2007, 2011, 2015
 Nigeria Faith Michael 4 3 (2003), 2007, 2011, 2019
 Japan Rumi Utsugi 4 3 2007, 2011, 2015, (2019)
 Argentina Vanina Correa 4 3 (2003), 2007, 2019, 2023
 Japan Nozomi Yamago 4 2 1999, 2003, (2007), (2011)
 Japan Mizuho Sakaguchi 4 2 (2007), 2011, 2015, (2019)
 New Zealand Erin Nayler 4 2 (2011), 2015, 2019, (2023)
 Nigeria Tochukwu Oluehi 4 1 (2007), (2011), 2019, (2023)
  1. ^ Name in bold indicates a player still active at club level.
  2. ^ Number of finals tournaments in which the player was part of the squad.
  3. ^ Number of finals tournaments in which the player played in at least one match.
  4. ^ Tournaments in round brackets: e.g., (1991): Part of the tournament squad, but did not play

Matches[edit]

The following players earned caps in at least 18 matches, which requires appearances at a minimum of three World Cup tournaments.[11]

Team Player[o 1] Matches[o 2] Tournaments
 United States Kristine Lilly 30 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Brazil Formiga 27 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 United States Abby Wambach 25 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 United States Carli Lloyd 25 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 United States Julie Foudy 24 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Japan Homare Sawa 24 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Germany Birgit Prinz 24 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011
 Canada Christine Sinclair 24 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 United States Joy Fawcett 23 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 United States Mia Hamm 23 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Brazil Marta 23 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Norway Bente Nordby 22 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Norway Hege Riise 22 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Germany Bettina Wiegmann 22 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 United States Alex Morgan 22 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Brazil Cristiane 21 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 England Jill Scott 21 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Japan Saki Kumagai 21 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 China Sun Wen 20 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Sweden Hedvig Lindahl 20 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Sweden Caroline Seger 20 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 France Eugénie Le Sommer 20 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 United States Megan Rapinoe 20 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 England Lucy Bronze 20 2015, 2019, 2023
 United States Briana Scurry 19 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 United States Christie Rampone 19 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Norway Solveig Gulbrandsen 19 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015
 Australia Caitlin Foord 19 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Australia Emily van Egmond 19 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 United States Carla Overbeck 18 1991, 1995, 1999
 United States Tiffeny Milbrett 18 1995, 1999, 2003
 Sweden Therese Sjögran 18 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Canada Sophie Schmidt 18 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
 Germany Alexandra Popp 18 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
  1. ^ Name in bold indicates a player still active in international football.
  2. ^ Number of finals matches the player entered the field, not counting those as an unused substitute.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Brazil star Formiga sets seven-up World Cup record". 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ Kassouf, Jeff. "Sawa makes Japan roster for record 6th World Cup – Equalizer Soccer".
  3. ^ a b c "Women's World Cup 2023: Nigeria's Onome Ebi on 'unreal' sixth tournament".
  4. ^ a b c "U.S. WNT wraps up World Cup Send-Off Series today vs. Korea Republic".
  5. ^ a b c "Ellis Names U.S. Roster for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Team". www.ussoccer.com.
  6. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup: Football Ferns one win from making history". Newsroom.co.nz. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  7. ^ Goldberg, Jamie (24 May 2015). "Portland Thorns goalkeeper Nadine Angerer officially named to Germany's World Cup roster". oregonlive.com.
  8. ^ "Glenn Crooks.....On the Pitch (And other fields) :: LeBlanc Earns Fifth World Cup". Archived from the original on 19 August 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Teenagers turned veterans: Five Football Ferns set to play at their fourth World Cup". Stuff.co.nz. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  10. ^ a b c "Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan selected to fourth World Cup roster". Fox News. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Women World Cup: All-time appearances". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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