Copa America: List of all golden boot winners

Published at :July 15, 2024 at 10:18 AM

Modified at :July 15, 2024 at 10:18 AM

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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