Sam Kerr will leave Chelsea at the end of the 2025-26 season when her contract expires, ending a six-and-a-half-year spell at the club [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]. Her final match came on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Stamford Bridge against Manchester United, where she scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory to become Chelsea Women’s joint all-time top scorer with 116 goals [1, 8]. Before the game, Kerr was one goal behind Fran Kirby’s record of 116 goals [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7].
Kerr scored 64 goals in Women’s Super League play for Chelsea, making her the club’s all-time leading WSL scorer [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]. In total, she netted 116 goals across all competitions during around 157 appearances, ranking her fourth in Chelsea Women’s all-time appearance list [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]. Kerr scored 16 goals in 29 appearances in the 2025-26 season before departing [2, 3, 5, 6, 7].
Her Chelsea honors include five WSL titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups, and a Community Shield [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]. Individually, she won the WSL Golden Boot twice and finished second in the 2023 Ballon d'Or voting [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]. Kerr faced a setback in January 2024 when she tore her ACL, sidelining her for about 20 months. She returned early in the 2025-26 season and soon scored her 100th Chelsea goal [2, 3, 5, 6, 7].
Chelsea expressed gratitude for Kerr’s contributions on and off the pitch and wished her well for the next stage of her career [4]. Reflecting on her time at the club, Kerr said, "When I reflect on my Chelsea career and doing it for the last time, I just feel happy. Happy that it happened, and I feel so grateful to have played for this club for six years and won as many trophies as we could" [1].
