Copa America: List of all golden boot winners

Lionel Messi won the Golden Boot in 2021.

Copa America is the South American continental championship where the best nations across the continent compete to win the ultimate trophy.

With its first-ever edition held in 1916, this competition is the oldest international continental football tournament in the world. Unlike the 16-team group stage format now, the maiden Copa America was a small tournament with just four teams: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil, where Uruguay were crowned the inaugural champions (a round-robin format at the time).

Over its 48 iterations, Argentina are the most successful nations in the competition’s history, with a whopping 16 Copa America titles each under their belt.

Brazil comes in third with an impressive nine Copa America titles in its history. On the other end of the spectrum lie Ecuador and Venezuela, who remain the only two CONMEBOL members to have never clinched the continental title.

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In terms of individual achievements, Argentina’s Norberto Méndez and Brazil’s Zizinho hold the record for the joint-most Copa America goals with 17. On the other hand, Argentina’s captain Lionel Messi holds the record for the most appearances in the Copa America with 37 matches played.

Copa America has also produced some of the most prolific goal-scoring campaigns by some of the greatest players of all time throughout its various editions. Greats such as Jair da Rosa, Maschio, and Ambrois hold the record for the joint-most goals scored in a single tournament (9 goals). On the other hand, incredible players such as Scarone, Marvezzi, Evaristo, and Lautaro Martinez hold the record for the joint-most goals scored in a single Copa America match (5 goals).

List of all Golden Boot winners in the Copa America:

• 2024- Lautaro Martinez (Argentina): 5 goals
• 2021 – Lionel Messi (Argentina): 4 goals
• 2021 – Luis Díaz (Colombia): 4 goals
• 2019 – Everton Soares (Brazil): 3 goals
• 2016 – Eduardo Vargas (Chile): 6 goals
• 2015 – Paolo Guerrero (Peru): 4 goals
• 2015 – Eduardo Vargas (Chile): 4 goals
• 2011 – Paolo Guerrero (Peru):  5 goals
• 2007 – Robinho (Brazil): 8 goals
• 2004 – Adriano (Brazil): 7 goals
• 2001 – Victor Aristizabal (Colombia): 6 goals
• 1999 – Rivaldo (Brazil): 5 goals
• 1999 – Ronaldo (Brazil): 5 goals
• 1997 – Luis Hernandez (Mexico): 6 goals
• 1995 – Gabriel Batustuta (Argentina): 4 goals
• 1995 – Luis Garcia (Mexico): 4 goals
• 1993 – Jose Luis Dolgetta (Venezuela): 4 goals
• 1991 – Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina): 6 goals
• 1989 – Bebeto (Brazil): 6 goals
• 1987 – Arnoldo Iguaran (Colombia): 4 goals
• 1983 – Jorge Burruchaga (Argentina): 3 goals
• 1983 – Roberto Dinamite (Brazil): 3 goals
• 1979 – Jorge Peredo (Chile): 4 goals
• 1979 – Eugenio Morel (Paraguay): 4 goals
• 1975 – Leopoldo Luque (Argentina): 4 goals
• 1967 – Luis Artime (Argentina): 5 goals
• 1963 – Carlos Alberto Raffo (Ecuador): 6 goals
• 1959 – Pele (Brazil): 8 goals
• 1959 – Jose Sanifilippo (Argentina): 6 goals
• 1957 – Humberto Maschio (Argentina): 9 goals
• 1957 – Javier Ambrois (Uruguay): 9 goals
• 1956 – Enrique Hormazabal (Chile): 4 goals
• 1955 – Rodolfo Micheli (Argentina): 8 goals
• 1953 – Franciso Molina (Chile): 7 goals
• 1949 – Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil): 9 goals
• 1947 – Nicolas Falero (Uruguay): 8 goals
• 1946 – Jose Maria Medina (Uruguay) : 7 goals
• 1945 – Norberto Mendez (Brazil): 6 goals
• 1945 – Heleno de Freitas (Argentina): 6 goals
• 1942 – Herminio Masantonio (Argentina): 7 goals
• 1942 – Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina): 7 goals
• 1941 – Juan Marvezzi (Argentina): 5 goals
• 1939 – Teodoro Fernandez (Peru): 7 goals
• 1937 – Raúl Toro Julio (Chile): 7 goals
• 1935 – Herminio Masantonio (Argentina): 4 goals
• 1929 – Aurelio González (Paraguay): 5 goals
• 1927 – Alfredo Carricaberry (Argentina): 3 goals
• 1927 – Segundo Luna (Argentina): 3 goals
• 1927 – Roberto Figueroa (Uruguay): 3 goals
• 1927 – Pedro Petrone (Uruguay): 3 goals
• 1927 – Héctor Scarone (Uruguay): 3 goals
• 1926 – David Arellano (Chile): 7 goals
• 1925 – Manuel Seoane (Argentina): 6 goals
• 1924 – Pedro Petrone (Uruguay):4 goals
• 1923 – Vicente Aguirre (Argentina): 3 goals
• 1923 – Pedro Petrone (Uruguay): 3 goals
• 1922 – Juan Francia (Argentina): 4 goals
• 1921 – Julio Libonatti (Argentina): 3 goals
• 1920 – José Pérez (Uruguay): 3 goals
• 1920 – Ángel Romano (Uruguay): 3 goals
• 1919 – Arthur Friedenreich: (Brazil): 4 goals
• 1919 – Neco (Brazil): 4 goals
• 1917 – Ángel Romano (Uruguay): 4 goals
• 1916 – Isabelino Gradín (Uruguay): 3 goals

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