This is a list of Primera Division Argentina topscorers and associated statistics and facts. The list starts in 1931 with the beginning of the professional era in Argentine football.
Topscorers
- 1 The Number of Games column indicates the number of games played by the club in the season in question.
- 2 Met ! Metropolitano
- 3 Nac Nacional
Records
Players with multiple titles
- 5
- 4
- Luis Artime
- Jose Sanfilippo
- 3
- Carlos Bianchi
- Arsenio Erico
- Enzo Francescoli
- Carlos Manuel Morete
- 2
- Evaristo Barrera
- Ruben Da Silva
- Mario Kempes
- Angel Labruna
- Sergio Martinez
- Oscar Mas
- Alfredo Obberti
- Juan Jose Pizzuti
- Hector Horacio Scotta
- Martin Palermo
Top 5 Goal averages
- 1: Arsenio Erico 1.382
- 2: Arsenio Erico 1.265
- 3: Bernabe Ferreyra 1.229
- 4: Arsenio Erico 1.176
- 5: Jose Sanfilippo 1.133
Titles by club
- 22
- 16
- 12
- 10
- 9
- 8
- Argentinos Juniors
- Rosario Central
- 7
- 4
- 3
- 2
- Ferro Carril Oeste
- Gimnasia de La Plata
- Talleres de Cordoba
- 1
- Atlanta
- Banfield
- Colon de Santa Fe
- Deportivo Espanol
- Instituto
- Juventud Antoniana
- Loma Negra
- Los Andes
- Quilmes
- San Lorenzo (MdP)
- Tiro Federal
- Union
Facts
- The youngest player ever to become topscorer in the Argentine Primera was Diego Maradona in the Metropolitano 1978 tournament at the age of 17.
- Hector 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.
- Jose Sanfilippo and Diego Maradona are the only players to have been topscorer on four consecutive occasions.
- Pedro Pablo Pasculli and Diego Latorre became topscorers 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 topscorers list, his first came in the Nacional 1970 and his last came in Nacional 1981, a gap of 11 years.
- Bianchi also holds the record for the longest gap between titles, he waited nearly ten years between his Metropolitano 1971 and his Nacional 1981 titles.
- Martin Palermo holds the record for goals in a season of 19 games. His 20 goals in Apertura 1998 also made him the first player to average more than 1 goal per game since Juan Gomez Voglino in 1973.
- Uruguayan Enzo Francescoli is the foreigner to have been topscorer of Argentina on the most occasions, he topscored in Metropolitano 1984, the 1985-1986 season and in Apertura 1994.
- Rolando and Mauro Zarate are the only brothers to have both been topscorer in the Argentine Primera.
- When Lisandro Lopez claimed the Apertura 2004 title, he became the first Racing Club player to be topscorer in 35 years.
See also
- Primera Division Argentina
- Argentine football league system
External link
Other pages about Football in Argentina
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