This is a list of female athletes by sport. Each section is ordered alphabetical by the last name (originally or most commonly known). For specific groupings, see Category:Sportswomen.
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American football
Archery
Athletics
- Veronica Campbell-Brown - 7 Olympic medals
- Allyson Felix - 6 Olympic medals
- Evelyn Ashford - 5 Olympic medals
- Sanya Richards-Ross - 5 Olympic medals
- Fanny Blankers-Koen - 4 Olympic medals
- Betty Cuthbert - 4 Olympic medals
- Cathy Freeman - 2 Olympic medals in running
- Kim Gevaert - sprint runner
- Florence Griffith Joyner - 5 Olympic medals
- Wilma Glodean Rudolph - 4 Olympic medals in athletics
- Kelly Holmes - 3 Olympic medals in middle distance running
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee - 6 Olympic medals in athletics
- Zhanna Pintusevich-Block - sprint runner, world 100-m & 200-m champion
- Tamara Press - 6 world records (shot put & discus throw); 3x Olympic champion (2x shot put & discus)
- Irina Press - sprint runner, 2x Olympic champion (80-m hurdles & pentathlon)
- Paula Radcliffe - long distance runner
- Bobbie Rosenfeld - runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4x100-m relay)
- Joan Benoit Samuelson - Olympic medal in marathon running
- Helen Stephens - 2 Olympic medals in athletics
- Shirley Strickland - 7 Olympic medals
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee - 6 Olympic medals
- Irena Szewińska - sprinter & long jumper, 7 Olympic medals; world records (100-m, 200-m, and 400-m)
- Grete Waitz - marathon running
- Fatima Whitbread - 2 Olympic medals in javelin throw
- Bärbel Wöckel - 4 Olympic medals
- Joanna Zeiger - triathlete, Ironman 70.3 World champion; world record (half ironman)
Basketball
See also: Category:Women's National Basketball Association
- Sue Bird, 3x Olympic champion, 4x WNBA All-Star
- Tamika Catchings, 2x Olympic champion, 2x WNBA MVP
- Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, Olympic champion
- Shay Doron, WNBA
- Lauren Jackson, 3x WNBA MVP
- Nancy Lieberman, WNBA, Olympic silver
- Lisa Leslie, 4x Olympic champion, 3x WNBA MVP
- Cheryl Miller, Olympic champion
- Candace Parker, 2x WNBA MVP
- Katie Smith, 3x Olympic champion
- Dawn Staley, 3x Olympic champion
- Sheryl Swoopes, 3x Olympic champion, 3x WNBA MVP
- Diana Taurasi, Olympic champion, WNBA MVP
Field hockey
- Luciana Aymar - 4 Olympic medals
- Minke Booij - 3 Olympic medals
- Giselle Kañevsky - Olympic medal
- Natascha Keller - Olympic medal
- Maartje Paumen - 2 Olympic gold medals
- Fanny Rinne - Olympic medal
Figure skating
- Mao Asada
- Oksana Baiul - Olympic champion and World Champion
- Sasha Cohen - reigning US Figure Skating Champion & Olympic silver
- Peggy Gale Fleming
- Dorothy Stuart Hamill
- Sarah Hughes - Olympic champion
- Kim Yuna
- Lily Kronberger - 4x World Champion, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
- Emilia Rotter - 4x World Champion
- Irina Slutskaya - 2x World Champion
- Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi
Golf
- Amy Alcott - 5 LPGA majors
- Patty Berg - 15 LPGA majors
- Pat Bradley - 6 LPGA majors
- Juli Inkster - 7 LPGA majors
- Betsy King - 6 LPGA majors
- Nancy Lopez - 3 LPGA majors
- Betsy Rawls - 8 LPGA majors
- Patty Sheehan - 6 LPGA majors
- Annika Sörenstam - 10 LPGA majors
- Louise Suggs - 11 LPGA majors
- Karrie Webb - 7 LPGA majors
- Kathy Whitworth - 6 LPGA majors
- Michelle Wie - 1 LPGA major
- Mickey Wright - 13 LPGA majors
- Sebastian Burton - 1 LPGA majors
Gymnastics
- Estella Agsteribbe - Olympic champion (team combined exercises)
- Polina Astakhova - 10 Olympic medals
- Valery Belenky - Olympic champion (team combined exercises)
- Věra Čáslavská - 11 Olympic medals
- Nadia Comăneci - 9 Olympic medals
- Ágnes Keleti - 10 Olympic medals
- Olga Korbut - 6 Olympic medals
- Kezia Bates - 100x Olympic champion (all around, team, solo)
- Larisa Latynina - 18 Olympic medals
- Tatiana Lysenko - 3 Olympic medals in gymnastics
- Mary Lou Retton - 5 Olympic medals
- Yelena Shushunova - 2x Olympic champion (all-around, team)
Ice hockey
Martial arts
- Laila Ali - boxing
- Gina Carano - mixed martial arts
- Hagar Finer - WIBF bantamweight boxing champion
- Megumi Fujii - mixed martial arts
- Cristiane Justino - mixed martial arts
- Daniela Krukower - World Judo Champion
- Christy Martin - boxing
- Elaina Maxwell - mixed martial arts
- Ronda Rousey - mixed martial arts
- Miesha Tate - mixed martial arts
Motorsport
- Janet Guthrie - 11th at Indianapolis 500
- Jutta Kleinschmidt - Dakar Rally winner
- Ellen Lohr - DTM race winner
- Elena Myers - AMA Supersport race winner
- Michèle Mouton - World Rally Championship runner-up
- Shirley Muldowney - NHRA champion
- Danica Patrick - IndyCar race winner
- Angelle Sampey - NHRA champion
- Laia Sanz - Trial world champion
- Lyn St. James - 9th at Indianapolis 500
- Desiré Wilson - World Sportscar Championship race winner
Skiing
- Marit Bjørgen - 10 Olympic medals
- Yuliya Chepalova - 6 Olympic medals
- Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi - 7 Olympic medals
- Galina Kulakova - 8 Olympic medals
- Larisa Lazutina - 7 Olympic medals
- Raisa Smetanina - 10 Olympic medals
- Yelena Välbe - 7 Olympic medals
- Lyubov Yegorova - 9 Olympic medals
Soccer
- Michelle Akers
- Nadine Angerer
- Yael Averbuch
- Verónica Boquete
- Shannon Boxx
- Brandi Chastain
- Joy Fawcett
- Mia Hamm
- Nahomi Kawasumi
- Sydney Leroux
- Kristine Lilly
- Kim Little
- Shannon MacMillan
- Marta
- Kate Markgraf
- Alex Morgan
- Heather Mitts
- Heather O'Reilly
- Cindy Parlow
- Christen Press
- Christie Rampone
- Megan Rapinoe
- Cat Reddick
- Briana Scurry
- Christine Sinclair
- Hope Solo
- Aly Wagner
- Abby Wambach
- Stephanie Cox
Swimming
- Rebecca Adlington - 4 Olympic medals
- Inge de Bruijn - 8 Olympic medals
- Krisztina Egerszegi - 7 Olympic medals
- Dawn Fraser - 8 Olympic medals
- Jenny Thompson - 12 Olympic medals
- Stephanie Rice - 3 Olympic medals
- Keena Rothhammer - Olympic champion (800-m freestyle) and world champion (200-m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Éva Székely - 2 Olympic medals
- Dara Torres - 12 Olympic medals
- Amy Van Dyken - 6 Olympic medals
- Paula Martín Borderías - 16 Olympic medals
- Debbie Meyer - 3 Olympic Gold medals. 200,400,800 freestyle 1968. 15 individual World Records.
Tennis
- Victoria Azarenka - 2 Grand Slam singles titles
- Jennifer Capriati - 3 Grand Slam singles titles
- Margaret Court - 24 Grand Slam singles titles
- Lindsay Davenport - 3 Grand Slam singles titles
- Evonne Goolagong - 7 Grand Slam singles titles
- Steffi Graf - 22 Grand Slam singles titles
- Helen Jacobs - world singles ranking # 1
- Billie Jean King - 12 Grand Slam singles titles
- Ilana Kloss - world doubles ranking # 1
- Martina Navratilova - 18 Grand Slam singles titles
- Justine Henin - 7 Grand Slam singles titles
- Martina Hingis - 5 Grand Slam singles titles
- Monica Seles - 9 Grand Slam singles titles
- Maria Sharapova - 5 Grand Slam singles titles
- Agnieszka Radwańska - world singles ranking # 2
- Arantxa Sánchez - 4 Grand Slam singles titles
- Chris Evert - 18 Grand Slam singles titles
- Monica Seles - 9 Grand Slam singles titles
- Venus Williams - 7 Grand Slam singles titles
- Serena Williams - 18 Grand Slam singles titles
- Caroline Wozniacki - world singles ranking # 1
- Li Na - 2 Grand Slam singles titles
Other sports
- Josée Auclair - explorer
- Ann Bancroft - explorer
- Kajsa Bergqvist - high jumping
- Bonnie Kathleen Blair Speedskater
- Susan Butcher - sled dog musher
- Ann Calvello - roller derby
- Zefania Carmel - world champion yachtsman
- Rebekah Colberg - Olympic medals in discus and javelin throw
- Ellen van Dijk - world road and track cycling champion
- Jennie Finch - Softball
- Vonetta Flowers - Olympic medal in bobsleigh
- Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi - slalom canoer, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2x K-1, 3x K-1 team)
- Sue Sally Hale - Legendary American Polo Pioneer, broke the gender barrier in Polo.
- Liz Heaston - first woman to play and score in a college football game
- Emily Jacobson - saber fencer
- Sada Jacobson - US saber fencer, ranked # 1 in the world, Olympic silver
- Shawn Johnson - 4 Olympic medals in gymnastics
- Malia Jones - surfing
- Michelle Kwan - Ice Skating
- Debbie Lee - Australian rules football
- Ann Penelope Marston - archery
- Helene Mayer - foil fencer, Olympic champion
- Maria Mazina - épée fencer, Olympic champion
- Leah Neuberger - 29x US table tennis champion
- Ellen Osiier - foil fencer, Olympic champion
- Ellen Preis - foil fencing, 3x world champion (1947, 1949, and 1950), Olympic champion, 17x Austrian champion
- Judit Polgár - chess
- Ellen Preis - foil fencer, Olympic champion and 3-time world champion
- Libby Riddles - sled dog musher
- Angelica Rozeanu - 17x table tennis world champion, Hall of Fame
- Anna Sipos - 11x world table tennis champion, Hall of Fame
- Joan Weston - roller derby
See also
- Women's sports
- Women's National Team
- Women's professional sports
- Major women's sport leagues in North America
- International Women's Sports Hall of Fame
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
- Women's association football
- Women's Australian rules football
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players