| Tourney Name: | Copa Libertadores de América |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Size: | 100px |
| Other Titles: | Libertadores 1996 |
| Dates: | March 13 - June 26 |
| Num Teams: | 21 |
| Associations: | 10 |
| Champion Other: |  River Plate |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second Other: |  América de Cali |
| Matches: | 90 |
| Goals: | 252 |
| Top Scorer: | Anthony de Ávila (11 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1995 |
| Nextseason: | 1997 |
The 1996 edition of Copa Libertadores was the 37th in the tournament's history. Twenty-one teams participated in the competition. River Plate, of Argentina, won the tournament for their second time. The tournament began on March 13 and ended on June 26.
See main article: 1996 Copa Libertadores group stage.
See main article: 1996 Copa Libertadores final stages.
See main article: 1996 Copa Libertadores Finals.
| Rank | Player | Team | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antony de Ávila | América de Cali | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||||||
| 2 | Hernán Crespo | River Plate | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| 3 | Claudio Biaggio | San Lorenzo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| 4 | Sebastián Abreu | Defensor Sporting | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Enzo Francescoli | River Plate | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 6 |  Leonardo | Corinthians | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Roberto Monserrat | San Lorenzo | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Marcelo Salas | Universidad de Chile | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Iván Valenciano | Junior | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Edmundo | Corinthians | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Jardel | Grêmio | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Marcelinho Carioca | Corinthians | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Luis Romero | Peñarol | 2 | 1 | 1 |