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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Arsenio Erico[3] | 1934–47 | 295 |
332 |
0.88
|
2 |
Ángel 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 consecutive seasons (1937 to 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
- ^ "Arsenio Erico, un paraguayo cuya dimensión futbolística pervive en el tiempo" [Arsenio Erico, a Paraguayan whose football dimension survives over time] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "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