List of Argentine Primera División top scorers explained
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.
All-time top scorers
The ranking includes Primera División tournaments from 1891 to date:[1]
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| Arsenio Erico[2] | 1934–47 | | | |
| Ángel Labruna[3] [4] | 1939–59 | | | |
| Herminio Masantonio[5] | 1931–43, 1945 | | | |
| Manuel Seoane[6] | 1921–32 | | | |
| Roberto Cherro[7] | 1924–38 | | | |
| Bernabé Ferreyra[8] | 1929–39 | | | |
| Manuel Pelegrina[9] | 1938–55 | | | |
| Martín Palermo[10] | 1993–2000, 2004–11 | | | |
| José Sanfilippo[11] | 1953–63, 1966–67, 1972 | | | |
| Ricardo Infante[12] | 1942–61 | | | |
| Francisco Varallo[13] | 1928–39 | | | |
| Oscar Más[14] | 1964–76, 1979, 1982, 1985 | | | |
| Domingo Tarasconi[15] [16] | 1921–31, 1934 | | | |
| Carlos Bianchi[17] | 1967–73, 1980–84 | | | |
| Miguel Brindisi[18] | 1967–1976, 1979–1983 | | | |
| Delfín Benítez Cáceres[19] | 1932–44 | | | |
| José Manuel Moreno[20] | 1935–44, 1946–48, 1950, 1953 | | | |
| Hugo Gottardi[21] | 1973–83, 1986–88 | | | |
| Roque Avallay[22] | 1973–83, 1986–88 | | | |
| Alberto Zozaya[23] | 1929–39 | | | | |
Top scorers by year
Below is the list of topscorers from 1891 to date:[24]
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] [27]
- 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.[28]
- 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.[29]
- 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.[30] [31]
- José Sanfilippo (1958–1961) and Diego Maradona (1978–1980) are the only players to have been top scorers on four consecutive seasons.[24]
- 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)[32] 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 and References
- https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argtops-allt.html Argentina - All-Time Topscorers in League
- Web site: Arsenio Erico, un paraguayo cuya dimensión futbolística pervive en el tiempo. Arsenio Erico, a Paraguayan whose football dimension survives over time. 30 March 2015. CONMEBOL. 5 May 2024. spanish.
- http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2008/07/02/deportes/d-04801.htm "Labruna gritó otro gol 67 años después"
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/labrunadata.html Ángel Labruna – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/masantoniodata.html Herminio Masantonio – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/seoanedata.html Manuel Seoane – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/cherrodata.html Roberto E. Cherro – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/bferreyradata.html Bernabé Ferreyra – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/pelegrinadata.html Manuel Pelegrina – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/mpalermodata.html Martín Palermo – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/sanfilippodata.html José Sanfilippo – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/infantedata.html Ricardo Infante – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/varallodata.html Francisco Antonio Varallo – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/omasdata.html Oscar Más – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/tarasconidata.html Domingo Alberto Tarasconi – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.historiadeboca.com.ar/jugadores/domingo-alberto-tarasconi/7/1905/2022/2.html Domingo Tarasconi biography and statistics
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/cbianchidata.html Carlos Bianchi – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/brindisidata.html Miguel Angel Brindisi – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/benitezcaceresdata.html Delfín Benítez Cáceres – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/jmorenodata.html José Manuel Moreno – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/gottardidata.html Hugo Ernesto Gottardi – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/avallaydata.html Roque Alberto Avallay – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/players/zozayadata.html Alberto Máximo Zozaya – Goals in Argentina League
- https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argtops.html Argentina list of Topscorers 1891-present
- https://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/records-imbatibles-futbol-argentino_0_H19OP1ICW.html Trece décadas (1891–2017) Los cinco récords imbatibles del fútbol argentino
- https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202009/518640-scotta-el-hombre-de-los-60-goles-en-un-ano-cumple-70.html Héctor Scotta. el hombre de los 60 goles
- https://www.elgrafico.com.ar/articulo/1088/32276/1974-banfield-13---puerto-comercial-1-el-dia-que-taverna-hizo-7-goles 1974. BANFIELD 13 - PUERTO COMERCIAL 1. EL DÍA QUE TAVERNA HIZO 7 GOLES
- https://www.pagina12.com.ar/233473-irrepetible-el-dia-que-chilavert-marco-tres-goles-en-un-mism rrepetible: el día que Chilavert marcó tres goles en un mismo partido
- http://talentosports.com.ar/noticia/4831/ftbol-mira-que-jugadores-hicieron-historia-en-el-campeonato-argentino/ FÚTBOL: Mirá qué jugadores hicieron historia en el campeonato argentino
- https://soydelrojo.com/el-record-guinness-de-eduardo-maglioni/ El record Guinness de Eduardo Maglioni
- https://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/288161-el-reconquistense-que-hizo-tres-goles-en-menos-de-dos-minutos-eduardo-maglioni-un-delantero-record-guinnes-deportes.html El reconquistense que hizo tres goles en menos de dos minutos
- https://www.caatlanta.com.ar/archives/gomez-voglino-deseo-ver-a-atlanta-en-primera Gómez Voglino: "Deseo ver a Atlanta en Primera"