List of Argentine Primera División top scorers
This is a list of Argentine Primera División top scorers, that enumerates all players that have finished a season as top goalscorers in the top level of the Argentine football league system from 1891 (the year that the first championship was held) to date.[1][2]
All-time top scorers
The ranking includes Primera División tournaments from 1891 to date:[1]
Pos. | Player | Career in Primera División | Goals | Matches | Avg. |
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1 | Arsenio Erico [3] | 1934–47 | 295 | 332 | 0.88 |
2 | Angel Labruna[4][5] | 1939–59 | 294 | 515 | 0.57 |
3 | Herminio Masantonio[6] | 1931–43, 1945 | 253 | 358 | 0.70 |
4 | Manuel Seoane[7] | 1921–32 | 249 | 299 | 0.83 |
5 | Roberto Cherro[8] | 1924–38 | 236 | 345 | 0.68 |
6 | Bernabé Ferreyra[9] | 1929–39 | 233 | 234 | 0.99 |
7 | Manuel Pelegrina[10] | 1938–55 | 231 | 490 | 0.47 |
8 | Martín Palermo[11] | 1993–2000, 2004–11 | 227 | 408 | 0.55 |
9 | José Sanfilippo[12] | 1953–63, 1966–67, 1972 | 226 | 330 | 0.68 |
10 | Ricardo Infante[13] | 1942–61 | 217 | 439 | 0.49 |
11 | Francisco Varallo[14] | 1928–39 | 216 | 282 | 0.76 |
12 | Oscar Más[15] | 1964–76, 1979, 1982, 1985 | 215 | 429 | 0.50 |
13 | Domingo Tarasconi[16][17] | 1921–31, 1934 | 208 | 289 | 0.71 |
14 | Carlos Bianchi[18] | 1967–73, 1980–84 | 206 | 324 | 0.64 |
15 | Miguel Brindisi[19] | 1967–1976, 1979–1983 | 194 | 441 | 0.44 |
16 | Delfín Benítez Cáceres[20] | 1932–44 | 193 | 269 | 0.71 |
17 | José Manuel Moreno[21] | 1935–44, 1946–48, 1950, 1953 | 187 | 359 | 0.52 |
18 | Hugo Gottardi[22] | 1973–83, 1986–88 | 186 | 450 | 0.41 |
19 | Roque Avallay[23] | 1973–83, 1986–88 | 184 | 522 | 0.35 |
20 | Alberto Zozaya[24] | 1929–39 | 183 | 224 | 0.81 |
Top scorers by year
Below is the list of topscorers from 1891 to date:[2]
Records and statistics
- The youngest player ever to become top scorer in the Argentine Primera was Diego Maradona in the 1978 Metropolitano tournament at the age of 17.[25]
- Héctor Scotta scored the most goals in a single calendar year, with 60 in 1975.[26]
- Arsenio Erico is the only player to score more than 40 goals in a single tournament, he managed the feat twice in 1937, with 47 goals and in 1938 with 43 goals.
- Juan Taverna is the player who scored the most goals in a single match (7) when his club, Banfield, thrashed Bahía Blanca's Puerto Comercial 13–1 at Estadio Florencio Sola on October 6, 1974.[27][28]
- José Luis Chilavert is the only goalkeeper to have scored 3 goals in a match. He set the record on November 28, 1999, when Vélez Sarsfield beat Ferro Carril Oeste 6–1 at José Amalfitani Stadium in the 1999 Apertura. This was not only an Argentine but a worldwide record for a goalkeeper.[29]
- Clelio Caucia of Vélez Sarsfield became the first goalkeeper to have scored in Argentine football when he scored a penalty kick v Quilmes on June 24, 1924.[30]
- Carlos Seppaquercia of Gimnasia y Esgrima LP set the record for the fastest goal in a match, scoring on 5 seconds v Huracán, on March 18, 1979 at Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo. The match ended 1–1.[31][32][33]
- Eduardo Maglioni scored 3 goals within 1 minute and 51 seconds playing for Independiente v Gimnasia y Esgrima LP at "La Doble Visera" Stadium in a 1973 Metropolitano match on March 18, 1973.[34][35]
- José Sanfilippo (1958–1961) and Diego Maradona (1978–1980) are the only players to have been top scorers on four consecutive seasons.[2]
- Pedro Pasculli (1984 Nacional), and Diego Latorre and Darío Scotto (both in 1992 Clausura) became top scorers with the fewest goals, they only needed to score 9 times to claim their titles.
- Carlos Bianchi holds the record for the longest period in the top scorers list, his first came in the 1971 Metro and his last came in 1981 Nacional, a gap of 11 years.
- Bianchi also holds the record for the longest gap between titles, he waited nearly ten years between his 1971 Metropolitano and his 1981 Nacional titles.
- Martín Palermo holds the record for goals in a season of 19 matches. His 20 goals in the 1998 Apertura also made him the first player to average more than 1 goal per match since Juan Gómez Voglino (who is also the all-time Atlanta top scorer)[36] in 1973.
- Paraguayan Arsenio Erico and Uruguayan Enzo Francescoli are the two foreigners to have been top scorer of Argentina on the most occasions. Erico was the top scorer three times in a row (between 1937 and 1939), while Francescoli was the top scorer in the 1984 Metropolitano, the 1985–86 season, and in the 1994 Apertura.
- Rolando Zárate and Mauro Zárate are the only brothers to have both been top scorer in the Argentine Primera (2004 Clausura and 2006 Apertura respectively).
- When Lisandro López claimed the 2004 Apertura title, he became the first Racing Club player to be top scorer in 35 years.
- In 2009 José Sand became the first player to become top scorer in consecutive tournaments since Diego Maradona in 1980.
Notes
- ^ The Buenos Aires English High School changed its name to "Alumni" in 1901.
- ^ The Federación Amateurs de Football (FAF) was a rival association that organized its own championships from 1912 to 1914.
- ^ The Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAm) was a rival association that organized its own championships from 1919 to 1926.
- ^ The Liga Argentina de Football (LAF) was a dissident league that organised the first professional championships from 1931 to 1934. In 1935 it merged with the official AFA league (that remained amateur). As a result, all the AFA teams were relegated to the second division.
- ^ Some sources say San Martín de Tucumán which is incorrect. The team where Tarasconi played were a club located in General San Martín Partido of Greater Buenos Aires.
- ^ Copa de Honor
- ^ Copa Campeonato
References
- ^ a b Argentina - All-Time Topscorers in League by Pablo Ciullini and Tomás Rodríguez on the RSSSF
- ^ a b c Argentina list of Topscorers 1891-present by Pablo Ciullini and Emmanuel Castro on the RSSSF
- ^ Revista de la AFA, p. 13 Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, Jul 2013
- ^ "Labruna gritó otro gol 67 años después", Clarín, 2 August 2008
- ^ Ángel Labruna – Goals in Argentina League by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF
- ^ Herminio Masantonio – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Manuel Seoane – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Roberto E. Cherro – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Bernabé Ferreyra – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Manuel Pelegrina – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Martín Palermo – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ José Sanfilippo – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Ricardo Infante – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Francisco Antonio Varallo – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Oscar Más – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Domingo Alberto Tarasconi – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Domingo Tarasconi biography and statistics on Historia de Boca
- ^ Carlos Bianchi – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Miguel Angel Brindisi – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Delfín Benítez Cáceres – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ José Manuel Moreno – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Hugo Ernesto Gottardi – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Roque Alberto Avallay – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Alberto Máximo Zozaya – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ Trece décadas (1891-2017) Los cinco récords imbatibles del fútbol argentino, Clarín, by Oscar Barnade. 31 Oct 2017
- ^ Héctor Scotta. el hombre de los 60 goles on Télam, by JOSÉ POMMARÉS, 27 Sep 2020
- ^ Juan Taverna y los 7 goles by Alejandro Fabbri
- ^ 1974. BANFIELD 13 - PUERTO COMERCIAL 1. EL DÍA QUE TAVERNA HIZO 7 GOLES by Jack Barski on El Gráfico, October 1974
- ^ rrepetible: el día que Chilavert marcó tres goles en un mismo partido on Página/12, 27 Nov 2019
- ^ FÚTBOL: Mirá qué jugadores hicieron historia en el campeonato argentino on Talento Sports
- ^ Carlos Seppaquercia, el gol más rápido de la historia del fútbol argentino on ABC Saladillo, March 18, 2021
- ^ A 42 años del gol más rápido del profesionalismo argentino on LV12, 18 Mar 2021
- ^ Se cumplen 40 años del gol más rápido del fútbol argentino El Patagónico, 17 Mar 2019
- ^ El record Guinness de Eduardo Maglioni
- ^ El reconquistense que hizo tres goles en menos de dos minutos on El Litoral
- ^ Gómez Voglino: "Deseo ver a Atlanta en Primera", 30 Jul 2020 - C.A. Atlanta
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Argentine Primera División top scorers
- 1891: Archer
- 1892
- 1893: Leslie
- 1894: Gifford
- 1895: (No records)
- 1896: Allen / Anderson
- 1897: Stirling
- 1898: Allen
- 1899: Hooton
- 1910: Watson Hutton
- 1911: Malbrán / E. Lett / Piaggio
- 1912: Ohaco
- 1912 FAF: Colla
- 1913: Ohaco
- 1913 FAF: Dannaher
- 1914: Ohaco
- 1914 FAF: Carabelli
- 1915: Ohaco
- 1916: Hiller
- 1917: Marcovecchio
- 1918: Zabaleta
- 1919: Garasino / Martín
- 1919 AAmF: Marcovecchio
- 1920: Lucarelli
- 1920 AAmF: Carreras
- 1921: Dannaher
- 1921 AAmF: Zabaleta
- 1922: Clarke / Tarasconi
- 1922 AAmF: Seoane
- 1923: Tarasconi
- 1923 AAmF: Barceló
- 1924: Tarasconi
- 1924 AAmF: Lucarelli / Ravaschino
- 1925: Gaslini
- 1925 AAmF: Bellomo
- 1926: Cherro
- 1926 AAmF: Seoane
- 1927: Tarasconi
- 1928: Cherro
- 1929: Cortese / Seoane
- 1940: Benítez Cáceres / Lángara
- 1941: Canteli
- 1942: Martino
- 1943: Arrieta / Labruna / Frutos
- 1944: Mellone
- 1945: Labruna
- 1946: Boyé
- 1947: Di Stéfano
- 1948: Santos
- 1949: Simes / Pizzuti
- 1950: Papa
- 1951: Vernazza
- 1952: Ricagni
- 1953: Pizzuti / Benavídez
- 1954: Berni / Conde / Borello
- 1955: Massei
- 1956: Castro / Grillo
- 1957: Rob. Zárate
- 1958: Sanfilippo
- 1959: Sanfilippo
- 1960: Sanfilippo
- 1961: Sanfilippo
- 1962: Artime
- 1963: Artime
- 1964: Veira
- 1965: Carone
- 1966: Artime
- 1967 Met: Acosta
- 1967 Nac: Artime
- 1968 Met: Obberti
- 1968 Nac: Wehbe
- 1969 Met: Machado
- 1969 Nac: Fischer / Bulla
- 1970 Met: Más
- 1970 Nac: Bianchi
- 1971 Met: Bianchi
- 1971 Nac: Obberti / Luñiz
- 1972 Met: Brindisi
- 1972 Nac: Morete
- 1973 Met: Más / Curioni / Peña
- 1973 Nac: Gómez Voglino
- 1974 Met: Morete
- 1974 Nac: Kempes
- 1975 Met: Scotta
- 1975 Nac: Scotta
- 1976 Met: Kempes
- 1976 Nac: Eresuma / L. Ludueña / Marchetti
- 1977 Met: C. Álvarez
- 1977 Nac: Letanú
- 1978 Met: Maradona / Andreucci
- 1978 Nac: Reinaldi
- 1979 Met: Maradona / Fortunato
- 1979 Nac: Maradona
- 1980 Met: Maradona
- 1980 Nac: Maradona
- 1981 Met: Chaparro
- 1981 Nac: Bianchi
- 1982 Nac: M. Juárez
- 1982 Met: Morete
- 1983 Nac: Husillos
- 1983 Met: Ramos
- 1984 Nac: Pasculli
- 1984 Met: Francescoli
- 1985 Nac: Comas
- 1985–86: Francescoli
- 1986–87: Palma
- 1987–88: J. L. Rodríguez
- 1988–89: Dertycia / Gorosito
- 1989–90: Cozzoni
- 1990–91: E. González
- 1991 Ap: Díaz
- Cl 1992: Scotto / Latorre
- 1992 Ap: Acosta
- 1993 Cl: Da Silva
- 1993 Ap: Martínez
- 1994 Cl: Espina / Crespo
- 1994 Ap: Francescoli
- 1995 Cl: Flores
- 1995 Ap: Calderón
- 1996 Cl: A. López
- 1996 Ap: Reggi
- 1997 Cl: Martínez
- 1997 Ap: Da Silva
- 1998 Cl: Sosa
- 1998 Ap: Palermo
- 1999 Cl: Calderón
- 1999 Ap: Saviola
- 2000 Cl: Fuertes
- 2000 Ap: Ángel
- 2001 Cl: Romeo
- 2001 Ap: Cardetti
- 2002 Cl: Cavenaghi
- 2002 Ap: Silvera
- 2003 Cl: Figueroa
- 2003 Ap: Farías
- 2004 Cl: Rol. Zárate
- 2004 Ap: L. López
- 2005 Cl: Pavone
- 2005 Ap: Cámpora
- 2006 Cl: Vargas
- 2006 Ap: M. Zárate / Palacio
- 2007 Cl: Palermo
- 2007 Ap: Denis
- 2008 Cl: Cvitanich
- 2008 Ap: Sand
- 2009 Cl: Sand
- 2009 Ap: Silva
- 2010 Cl: Boselli
- 2010 Ap: Stracqualursi / Silva
- 2011 Cl: Cámpora / Gutiérrez
- 2011 Ap: Ramírez
- 2012 Cl: Luna
- 2012 In: F. Ferreyra / Scocco
- 2013 Fi: Gigliotti / Scocco
- 2013 In: Pereyra
- 2014 Fi: M. Zárate
- 2014 Tr: Pratto / M. Rodríguez / Romero
- 2015: Ruben
- 2016: Sand
- 2016–17: Benedetto
- 2017–18: García
- 2018–19: L. López
- 2020: Borré / Romero
- 2021: J. Álvarez
- 2022: Retegui
- 2023: Santos / Vegetti