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 disputed) to date.
All-time Topscorers
The ranking includes Primera División tournaments from 1891 to date:[1][2]
| Pos. | Player | Career | Goals | Matches | (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 1933-47 | 332 | 88% | |
| 2 |  | 1939-59 | 293 | 515 | 56% |
| 3 | | 1931-45 | 256 | 358 | 72% |
| 4 | | 1928–39 | 236 | ||
| 5 | | 1921-33 | 233 | 249 | |
| 6 | | 1938–1956 | 231 | 490 | 47% |
| 7 | | 1992–2000, 2004–11 | 227 | 330 | 68% |
| 8 | | 1953–63, 1966–67, 1972 | 226 | 405 | 56% |
| 9 | | 1942–61 | 217 | 439 | 49% |
| 10 | | 1964-77, 1979, 1982, 1985 | 215 | 429 | 50% |
| 1931-39 | 197 | 105% | ||
| 1967-72, 1980-84 | 324 | 64% |
Top scorers by year
Below is the list of topscorers from 1891 to date:[7][8]
Facts
- 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.
- Héctor Horacio Scotta scored the most goals in a single calendar year, with 60 in 1975.
- 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.
- José Sanfilippo and Diego Maradona are the only players to have been top scorer on four consecutive occasions.
- Pedro Pablo Pasculli and Diego Latorre 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 1970 Nacional 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 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 1985–1986 season, and in the 1994 Apertura.
- Rolando and Mauro Zárate are the only brothers to have both been top scorer in the Argentine Primera.
- 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.
- Copa de Honor
- Copa Campeonato
References
- Argentina list of Topscorers Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Goleadores argentinos de todas las épocas 1931-2010 Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, Guillermo Gasparini
- 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
- 34 goals with Estudiantes L.P. and 193 with Boca Juniors (International Goals aren't part of Primera División Argentina totals), As of May 29, 2011.
- "Martín Palermo" (in Spanish). Olé.com.ar. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- Argentine list of Topscorers - RSSSF Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Goleadores del campeonato Argentino at Misceléanes del Fútbol website
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