The clinical career of Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw continued last term with the Jamaican winning the Barclays Women’s Super League Golden Boot for a second consecutive season.
Staggering statistics have accompanied Shaw’s time at City since her arrival in 2021, and 2024/25 was no different.
Despite enduring an injury-hit campaign, she still scored an impressive 12 top-flight goals in 14 outings, which presented the division’s best average of just shy of 0.86 per match, as she shared the trophy with Arsenal’s Alessia Russo.
All 12 of Shaw’s goals for the campaign came from inside the box—the joint-most from the area across the entirety of the WSL and the highest among her City teammates. A total of five of those were netted by headers, as the Jamaican was also ranked the highest in this area across the top flight.
Shaw’s Golden Boot triumph in 2024/25 followed the 2023/24 award, which she copped with a tally of 21 goals in 18 games. By virtue of that, she became only the third player in the WSL’s history to collect the prize back-to-back, joining City teammate Vivianne Miedema, who claimed the Golden Boot with Arsenal in 2018/19 and 2019/20, and Chelsea’s Sam Kerr, who scored the most in 2020/21 and 2021/22.
However, the 28-year-old is still the only City player to win the WSL Golden Boot while playing for the club, as she has established herself as one of the WSL’s most prolific players, built on foundations of a willingness and a desire to shoot.
This was further exemplified last term in the division, as Shaw was ranked high in various categories when it comes to attempts on goal. Despite playing only 14 league matches, her 52 shots are still the fourth highest across her top flight, and her tally of 22 shots on target ranked in third.
Shaw's 12 goals came against six WSL teams last season, with the Jamaican finding the most joy against Liverpool—who she scored four against in 2024/25. In City’s dramatic 2-1 win over the Reds at Anfield in November, she equalised shortly after halftime before scoring a last-gasp winner in added time to seal all three points on Merseyside.
She then added two more to her Liverpool tally in the reverse fixture at the Joie Stadium in February when she bagged a first-half brace as City secured a 4-0 home victory. En route to the Golden Boot, Shaw also became the leading WSL hat-trick scorer of all time.
The Jamaican raised her tally to six with a treble in a 4-0 win over Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium in November, which saw her overtake Miedema, who currently possesses five.