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:

Pos.	Player	Career	Goals	Matches	(%)
1	Arsenio Erico	1933-47	295	334	88%
2	Angel Labruna	1939-59	293	515	57%
3	Herminio Masantonio	1931-45	256	358	72%
4	Francisco Varallo	1928–39	236
5	Manuel Seoane	1921-33	233	249
6	Manuel Pellegrina	1938–1956	231	490	47%
7	Martín Palermo	1992–2000, 2004–11	227	330	68%
8	José Sanfilippo	1953–63, 1966–67, 1972	226	405	56%
9	Ricardo Infante	1942–61	217	439	49%
10	Oscar Más	1964-77, 1979, 1982, 1985	215	429	50%
11	Bernabé Ferreyra	1931-39	206	197	105%
	Carlos Bianchi	1967-72, 1980-84		324	64%

Top scorers by year

Below is the list of topscorers from 1891 to date:

Season	Player	Club	Goals	Matches
1891	Frederick Archer	Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway	7
1892	(No championship held)
1893	William Leslie	Lomas	7
1894	James Gifford	Flores	7
1895	(No records for this season)
1896	Thomas Fearnley Allen Juan Anderson	Flores Lomas	7
1897	William Stirling	Lomas	20
1898	Thomas Fearnley Allen	Lanús Athletic	11
1899	Percy Hooton	Belgrano AC	3
1900	Spencer Leonard	BAEHS	8
1901	Herbert Dorning	Belgrano AC	5
1902	Jorge Brown	Alumni	11
1903	Jorge Brown	Alumni	12
1904	Alfredo Brown	Alumni	11
1905	Tristán Gonzáles Carlos Lett	Estudiantes (BA) Alumni	12
1906	Eliseo Brown Percy Hooton Henry Lawrie Carlos Whalley	Alumni Quilmes Lomas Belgrano AC	8
1907	Eliseo Brown	Alumni	24
1908	Eliseo Brown	Alumni	19
1909	Eliseo Brown	Alumni	17
1910	Arnold Watson Hutton	Alumni	13
1911	Ricardo Malbrán Ernesto Lett Antonio Piaggio	San Isidro Alumni Porteño	10
1912	Alberto Ohaco	Racing Club	9
1912 FAF	Ernesto Colla	Independiente	12
1913	Alberto Ohaco	Racing Club	20
1913 FAF	Guillermo Dannaher	Argentino de Quilmes	16
1914	Alberto Ohaco	Racing Club	20
1914 FAF	Norberto Carabelli	Hispano Argentino	11
1915	Alberto Ohaco	Racing Club	31
1916	Marius Hiller	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	16
1917	Alberto Marcovecchio	Racing Club	18
1918	Albérico Zabaleta	Racing Club	13
1919	Alfredo Garassino Alfredo Martín	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors	6
1919 AAm	Alberto Marcovecchio	Racing Club	16
1920	Fausto Lucarelli	Banfield	15
1920 AAm	Santiago Carreras	Vélez Sársfield	19
1921	Guillermo Dannaher	Huracán	23
1921 AAm	Alberico Zabaleta	Racing Club	32
1922	José Clarke Domingo Tarasconi	Sportivo Palermo Boca Juniors	11
1922 AAm	Manuel Seoane	Independiente	55
1923	Domingo Tarasconi	Boca Juniors	40
1923 AAm	Martín Barceló	Racing Club	15
1924	Domingo Tarasconi	Boca Juniors	16
1924 AAm	Fausto Lucarelli Luis Ravaschino	Sportivo Buenos Aires Independiente	15
1925	José Gaslini	Chacarita Juniors	16
1925 AAm	Alberto Bellomo	Estudiantes de La Plata	16
1926	Roberto Cherro	Boca Juniors	20
1926 AAm	Manuel Seoane	Independiente	29
1927	Domingo Tarasconi	Boca Juniors	32
1928	Roberto Cherro	Boca Juniors	32
1929	José Cortecce Manuel Seoane	San Lorenzo Independiente	13
1930	Roberto Cherro	Boca Juniors	37
1931	Alberto Zozaya	Estudiantes	33	34
1931 AAF	José Ciancio	Almagro	14
1932	Bernabé Ferreyra	River Plate	43	35
1932 AAF	Juan Carlos Irurieta	All Boys	23
1933	Francisco Varallo	Boca Juniors	34	34
1933 AAF	Alfonso Lorenzo	Barracas Central	16
1934	Evaristo Barrera	Racing Club	34	39
1934 AAF	Pedro Maseda Domingo Tarasconi	Argentino de Quilmes San Martín de Tucumán	16
1935	Agustín Cosso	Vélez Sársfield	33	34
1936	Evaristo Barrera	Racing Club	33	35
1937	Arsenio Erico	Independiente	47	34
1938	Arsenio Erico	Independiente	43	34
1939	Arsenio Erico	Independiente	40	34
1940	Delfín Benítez Cáceres Isidro Lángara	Racing Club San Lorenzo	33 33	34 34
1941	José Canteli	Newell's Old Boys	30	30
1942	Rinaldo Martino	San Lorenzo	25	30
1943	Luis Arrieta Ángel Labruna Raúl Frutos	Lanús River Plate Platense	23 23 23	30 30 30
1944	Atilio Mellone	Huracán	26	30
1945	Ángel Labruna	River Plate	25	30
1946	Mario Boyé	Boca Juniors	24	30
1947	Alfredo Di Stéfano	River Plate	27	30
1948	Benjamín Santos	Rosario Central	21	30
1949	Llamil Simes Juan José Pizzuti	Racing Club Banfield	26 26	34 34
1950	Mario Papa	San Lorenzo	24	34
1951	Santiago Vernazza	River Plate	22	24
1952	Eduardo Ricagni	Huracán	28	34
1953	Juan José Pizzuti Juan Benavídez	Racing Club San Lorenzo	22 22	30
1954	Ángel Berni Norberto Conde José Borello	San Lorenzo Vélez Sársfield Boca Juniors	19 19 19	30 30 30
1955	Oscar Massei	Rosario Central	21	30
1956	Juan A. Castro Ernesto Grillo	Rosario Central Independiente	17 17	30 30
1957	Roberto Zárate	River Plate	22	30
1958	José Sanfilippo	San Lorenzo	28	30
1959	José Sanfilippo	San Lorenzo	31	30
1960	José Sanfilippo	San Lorenzo	34	30
1961	José Sanfilippo	San Lorenzo	26	30
1962	Luis Artime	River Plate	28	25
1963	Luis Artime	River Plate	26	25
1964	Héctor Rodolfo Veira	San Lorenzo	17	30
1965	Juan Carlos Carone	Vélez Sársfield	19	34
1966	Luis Artime	Independiente	23	38
1967 Met	Bernardo Acosta	Lanús	18	22
1967 Nac	Luis Artime	Independiente	11	15
1968 Met	Alfredo Obberti	Los Andes	13	22
1968 Nac	Omar Wehbe	Vélez Sársfield	13	17
1969 Met	Wálter Machado	Racing Club	14	23
1969 Nac	Rodolfo Fischer Carlos Bulla	San Lorenzo Platense	14 14	19 17
1970 Met	Oscar Más	River Plate	16	20
1970 Nac	Carlos Bianchi	Vélez Sársfield	18	20
1971 Met	Carlos Bianchi	Vélez Sársfield	36	36
1971 Nac	Alfredo Obberti José Artemio Luñiz	Newell's Old Boys Juventud Antoniana	10 10	15 15
1972 Met	Miguel Ángel Brindisi	Huracán	21	34
1972 Nac	Carlos Manuel Morete	River Plate	14	15
1973 Met	Oscar Más Hugo Curioni Ignacio Peña	River Plate Boca Juniors Estudiantes	17 17 17	32 32 32
1973 Nac	Juan Gómez Voglino	Atlanta	18	16
1974 Met	Carlos Manuel Morete	River Plate	18	18
1974 Nac	Mario Kempes	Rosario Central	25	25
1975 Met	Héctor Horacio Scotta	San Lorenzo	28	38
1975 Nac	Héctor Horacio Scotta	San Lorenzo	32	23
1976 Met	Mario Kempes	Rosario Central	21	33
1976 Nac	Norberto Eresumo Luis Ludueña Víctor Marchetti	San Lorenzo Talleres Unión de Santa Fe	12 12 12	20 22 21
1977 Met	Carlos Álvarez	Argentinos Juniors	27	44
1977 Nac	Alfredo Letanú	Estudiantes	13	16
1978 Met	Diego Maradona Luis Andreucci	Argentinos Juniors Quilmes	22 22	40 40
1978 Nac	José Omar Reinaldi	Talleres	18	18
1979 Met	Diego Maradona Sergio Fortunato	Argentinos Juniors Estudiantes	14 14	19
1979 Nac	Diego Maradona	Argentinos Juniors	12	14
1980 Met	Diego Maradona	Argentinos Juniors	25	38
1980 Nac	Diego Maradona	Argentinos Juniors	17	18
1981 Met	Raúl Chaparro	Instituto	20	34
1981 Nac	Carlos Bianchi	Vélez Sársfield	15	20
1982 Met	Carlos Manuel Morete	Independiente	20	36
1982 Nac	Miguel Ángel Juárez	Ferro Carril Oeste	22	22
1982 Met	Víctor Ramos	Newell's Old Boys	30	38
1983 Nac	Armando Husillos	Loma Negra	11	14
1984 Met	Enzo Francescoli	River Plate	24	36
1984 Nac	Pedro Pablo Pasculli	Argentinos Juniors	9	10
1985 Nac	Jorge Comas	Vélez Sársfield	12	15
1985-86	Enzo Francescoli	River Plate	25	36
1986-87	Omar Palma	Rosario Central	20	38
1987-88	José Luis Rodríguez	Deportivo Español	18	38
1988-89	Oscar Dertycia Néstor Raúl Gorosito	Argentinos Juniors San Lorenzo	20 20	38 38
1989-90	Ariel Cozzoni	Newell's Old Boys	23	38
1990-91	Esteban González	Vélez Sársfield	18	38
1991 Ap	Ramón Díaz	River Plate	14	17
1992 Cl	Darío Scotto Diego Latorre	Platense Boca Juniors	9 9	16 19
1992 Ap	Alberto Acosta	San Lorenzo	12	19
1993 Cl	Rubén Da Silva	River Plate	13	18
1993 Ap	Sergio Martínez	Boca Juniors	12	19
1994 Cl	Marcelo Espina Hernán Crespo	Platense River Plate	11 11	18 19
1994 Ap	Enzo Francescoli	River Plate	12	16
1995 Cl	José Oscar Flores	Vélez Sársfield	14	17
1995 Ap	José Luis Calderón	Estudiantes	13	18
1996 Cl	Ariel López	Lanús	13	18
1996 Ap	Gustavo Reggi	Ferro Carril Oeste	11	17
1997 Cl	Sergio Martínez	Boca Juniors	15	15
1997 Ap	Rubén Da Silva	Rosario Central	15	17
1998 Cl	Roberto Sosa	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	16	19
1998 Ap	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	20	19
1999 Cl	José Luis Calderón	Independiente	17	18
1999 Ap	Javier Saviola	River Plate	15	18
2000 Cl	Esteban Fuertes	Colón	17	18
2000 Ap	Juan Pablo Ángel	River Plate	13	18
2001 Cl	Bernardo Romeo	San Lorenzo	15	16
2001 Ap	Martín Cardetti	River Plate	17	19
2002 Cl	Fernando Cavenaghi	River Plate	15	19
2002 Ap	Andrés Silvera	Independiente	16	19
2003 Cl	Luciano Figueroa	Rosario Central	17	19
2003 Ap	Ernesto Farías	Estudiantes	12	16
2004 Cl	Rolando Zárate	Vélez Sársfield	13	17
2004 Ap	Lisandro López	Racing Club	12	19
2005 Cl	Mariano Pavone	Estudiantes	16	19
2005 Ap	Javier Cámpora	Tiro Federal	13	19
2006 Cl	Gonzalo Vargas	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	12	18
2006 Ap	Mauro Zárate Rodrigo Palacio	Vélez Sársfield Boca Juniors	12	19 20
2007 Cl	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	11	16
2007 Ap	Germán Denis	Independiente	18	19
2008 Cl	Darío Cvitanich	Banfield	13	16
2008 Ap	José Sand	Lanús	15	19
2009 Cl	José Sand	Lanús	13	19
2009 Ap	Santiago Silva	Banfield	14	12
2010 Cl	Mauro Boselli	Estudiantes	13	14
2010 Ap	Santiago Silva Denis Stracqualursi	Vélez Sársfield Tigre	11 11	19 19
2011 Cl	Javier Cámpora Teófilo Gutiérrez	Huracán Racing Club	11 11	19 16
2011 Ap	Rubén Ramírez	Godoy Cruz	12	17
2012 Cl	Carlos Luna	Tigre	12	18
2012 In	Facundo Ferreyra Ignacio Scocco	Vélez Sársfield Newell's Old Boys	13	15 17
2013 Fi	Ignacio Scocco Emanuel Gigliotti	Newell's Old Boys Colón	11	16 18
2013 In	César Pereyra	Belgrano (C)	10
2014 Fi	Mauro Zárate	Vélez Sársfield	13
2014 Tr	Lucas Pratto	Vélez Sársfield	11	17
	Maxi Rodríguez	Newell's Old Boys		17
	Silvio Romero	Lanús		19
2015	Marco Ruben	Rosario Central	21	30

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 least 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.

External links

• RSSSF: List of Top scorers - Argentina