Copa América Top Goalscorers

South American Championships & Copa América
Top Goalscorers from 1916 to 2024

Copa America Top Goalscorers from 1916 to 2024.
Copa America was previously known as South American Championship until 1975.
Norberto Méndez and Zizinho are the Copa America All Time Top Scorers.
Pelé was Top Copa America Scorer in 1959.

Copa América Top Scorers by Year


Host Nation		Year	#	Player	Nat	Goals
	Argentina	1916	1	Isabelino Gradín		3
	Uruguay	1917	2	Ángel Romano		4
	Brazil	1919	3	Neco		4
	Brazil	1919	3			4		Arthur Friedenreich
	Chile	1920	4	Angel Romano		3
	Chile	1920	4			3		José Pérez
	Argentina	1921	5	Julio Libonatti		3
	Brazil	1922	6	Julio Francia		4
	Uruguay	1923	7	Pedro Petrone		3
	Uruguay	1923	7			3		Valdino Aguirre
	Uruguay	1924	8	Pedro Petrone		4
	Argentina	1925	9	Manuel Seoane		6
	Chile	1926	10	David Arellano		7
	Peru	1927	11	Roberto Figueroa		7
	Argentina	1929	12	Aurelio González		5
	Peru	1935	13	Herminio Masantonio		4
	Argentina	1937	14	Raúl Toro		7
	Peru	1939	15	Teodoro Fernández		7
	Chile	1941	16	Juan Marvezzi		5
	Uruguay	1942	17	Herminio Masantonio		7
	Uruguay	1942	17			7		José Manuel Moreno
	Chile	1945	18	Norberto Méndez		6
	Chile	1945	18			6		Heleno de Freitas
	Argentina	1946	19	José María Medina		7
	Ecuador	1947	20	Nicolás Falero		8
	Brazil	1949	21	Jair Rosa Pinto		9
	Peru	1953	22	Francisco Molina		7
	Chile	1955	23	Francisco Molina		8
	Uruguay	1956	24	Enrique Hormazábal		4
	Peru	1957	25	Humberto Maschio		9
	Peru	1957	25			9		Javier Ambrois
	Argentina	1959	26	Pelé		8
	Ecuador	1959	27	Jose Sanfilippo		6
	Bolivia	1963	28	Carlos Alberto Raffo		6
	Uruguay	1967	29	Luis Artime		5
No fixed venue			1975	30	Leopoldo Luque		4
No fixed venue			1975	30			4	Ernesto Díaz
No fixed venue			1979	31	Jorge Peredo		4
No fixed venue			1979	31			4	Eugenio Morel
No fixed venue			1983	32	Carlos Aguilera		3
								Jorge Burruchaga
								Roberto Dinamite
	Argentina	1987	33	Arnoldo Iguarán		4
	Brazil	1989	34	Bebeto		6
	Chile	1991	35	Gabriel Batistuta		6
	Ecuador	1993	36	José Luis Dolguetta		4
	Uruguay	1995	37	Gabriel Batistuta		4
	Uruguay	1995	37			4		Luis García Postigo
	Bolivia	1997	38	Luis Hernández		6
	Paraguay	1999	39	Ronaldo		5
	Paraguay	1999	39			5		Rivaldo
	Colombia	2001	40	Víctor Aristizábal		6
	Peru	2004	41	Adriano		7
	Venezuela	2007	42	Robinho		6
	Argentina	2011	43	Paolo Guerrero		5
	Chile	2015	44	Eduardo Vargas		5
	Chile	2015	44			5		Paolo Guerrero
	United States	2016	45	Eduardo Vargas		6
	Brazil	2019	46	Everton Soares		3
	Brazil	2021	47	Lionel Messi		4
	Brazil	2021	47			4		Luis Díaz
	United States	2024	48	Lautaro Martínez		5

Copa América Top Scorers All-Time



Player	Nat	Goals
Norberto Méndez		17
Zizinho
Lionel Messi
Severino Varela		15
Teodoro Fernández		15
Paolo Guerrero		14
Eduardo Vargas		14
Gabriel Batistuta		13
Ademir
Jairzhino
Héctor Scarone
Jose Manuel Moreno
Angel Romano		12
Roberto Porta
Eduardo Vargas
Víctor Agustín Ugarte		11
Didi
Herminio Masantonio
Javier Ambrois		10
Héctor Castro
Enrique Hormazábal
Arnoldo Iguarán
Ángel Labruna
Ronaldo
Óscar Gómez Sánchez
Pedro Petrone

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