A light-emitting semiconductor chip, a light-emitting component and a method for producing a light-emitting component are disclosed. In an embodiment a light-emitting semiconductor chip includes a light-transmissive substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a first side and a second side surface arranged opposite the first side surface, a semiconductor body arranged on the top surface of the substrate and a contacting including a first current distribution structure and a second current distribution structure, wherein the first current distribution structure and the second current distribution structure are freely accessible from a side of the semiconductor body facing away from the substrate, and wherein the semiconductor chip, on the side of the semiconductor body facing away from the substrate and on the bottom surface of the substrate, is free of any connection point configured to electrically contact the first and second current distribution structures.