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]

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	Lanùs AC	11
1899	Percy Hooton	Belgrano AC	3
1900	Spencer Leonard	BAEHS [note 1]	8
1901	Herbert Dorning	Belgrano AC	5
1902	Jorge Brown	Alumni	11
1903	Jorge Brown (2)	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 (4)	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 [note 2]	Ernesto Colla	Independiente	12
1913	Alberto Ohaco	Racing	20
1913 FAF	Guillermo Dannaher	Argentino (Q)	16
1914	Alberto Ohaco	Racing	20
1914 FAF	Norberto Carabelli	Hispano Argentino	11
1915	Alberto Ohaco (4)	Racing	31
1916	Marius Hiller	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	16
1917	Alberto Marcovecchio	Racing	18
1918	Albérico Zabaleta (2)	Racing	13
1919	Alfredo Garasini Alfredo Martín	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors	6
1919 AAm [note 3]	Alberto Marcovecchio (2)	Racing	16
1920	Fausto Lucarelli	Banfield	15
1920 AAm	Santiago Carreras	Vélez Sársfield	19
1921	Guillermo Dannaher (2)	Huracán	23
1921 AAm	Alberico Zabaleta	Racing	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	15
1924	Domingo Tarasconi	Boca Juniors	16
1924 AAm	Fausto Lucarelli (2) Luis Ravaschino	Sportivo Buenos Aires Independiente	15
1925	José Gaslini	Chacarita Juniors	16
1925 AAm	Alberto Bellomo	Estudiantes (LP)	16
1926	Roberto Cherro	Boca Juniors	20
1926 AAm	Manuel Seoane	Independiente	29
1927	Domingo Tarasconi (3)	Boca Juniors	32
1928	Roberto Cherro	Boca Juniors	32
1929	José Cortecce Manuel Seoane (2)	San Lorenzo Independiente	13
1930	Roberto Cherro (3)	Boca Juniors	37
1931 LAF [note 4]	Alberto Zozaya	Estudiantes	33	34
1931	José Ciancio	Almagro	14
1932 LAF	Bernabé Ferreyra	River Plate	43	35
1932	Juan Carlos Irurieta	All Boys	23
1933 LAF	Francisco Varallo	Boca Juniors	34	34
1933	Alfonso Lorenzo	Barracas Central	16
1934 LAF	Evaristo Barrera	Racing	34	39
1934	Pedro Maseda Domingo Tarasconi	Argentino de Quilmes Gral. San Martín [note 5]	16
1935	Agustín Cosso	Vélez Sársfield	33	34
1936 (CH) [note 6]	Alberto Zozaya (2)	Estudiantes (LP)	16
1936 (CC) [note 7]	Evaristo Barrera (2)	Racing	19
1937	Arsenio Erico	Independiente	47	34
1938	Arsenio Erico	Independiente	43	34
1939	Arsenio Erico (3)	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 (2)	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 Armando 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 (4)	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 (4)	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 (2) 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 (2) Hugo Curioni Ignacio Peña	River Plate Boca Juniors Estudiantes (LP)	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 (2)	San Lorenzo	32	23
1976 Met	Mario Kempes (2)	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 Andreuchi	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 (5)	Argentinos Juniors	18	18
1981 Met	Raúl Chaparro	Instituto	20	34
1981 Nac	Carlos Bianchi (3)	Vélez Sársfield	15	20
1982 Met	Carlos Manuel Morete (3)	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 (3)	River Plate	12	16
1995 Cl	José Oscar Flores	Vélez Sársfield	14	17
1995 Ap	José Luis Calderón	Estudiantes (LP)	13	18
1996 Cl	Ariel López	Lanús	13	18
1996 Ap	Gustavo Reggi	Ferro Carril Oeste	11	17
1997 Cl	Sergio Martínez (2)	Boca Juniors	15	15
1997 Ap	Rubén Da Silva (2)	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 (2)	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	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 (2)	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 (LP)	13	14
2010 Ap	Santiago Silva (2) Denis Stracqualursi	Vélez Sársfield Tigre	11 11	19 19
2011 Cl	Javier Cámpora Teófilo Gutiérrez	Huracán Racing	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 (2) Emanuel Gigliotti	Newell's Old Boys Colón	11	16 18
2013 In	César Pereyra	Belgrano	10
2014 Fi	Mauro Zárate (2)	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
2016	José Sand (3)	Lanús	15	19
2016–17	Darío Benedetto	Boca Juniors	21	25
2017–18	Santiago García	Godoy Cruz	17	26
2018–19	Lisandro López (2)	Racing	17	23
2019–20	Silvio Romero (2)	Independiente	12	20
	Rafael Santos Borré	River Plate		20
2021	Julián Álvarez	River Plate	18	21
2022	Mateo Retegui	Tigre	19	27
2023	Michael Santos	Talleres (C)	13	24
	Pablo Vegetti	Belgrano		27
2024	Franco Jara	Belgrano	13	21
2025 Ap	Tomás Molina	Argentinos Juniors	10

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

1. The Buenos Aires English High School changed its name to "Alumni" in 1901.
2. The Federación Amateurs de Football (FAF) was a rival association that organized its own championships from 1912 to 1914.
3. The Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAm) was a rival association that organized its own championships from 1919 to 1926.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Copa de Honor
7. Copa Campeonato