- The race for the 2024 edition’s finished with Lautaro Martinez sealing his place as the competition’s top scorer with the match winning goal in the Grand Final.
- The tournament’s top scorer has been tracked since the first edition back in 1916
The world’s oldest national team tournament in the world has a fantastic history, filled with legendary goal scorers who have excited fans for over a hundred years. Players such as Pele, Lionel Messi, Ronaldo and Gabriel Batistuta have won the coveted Golden Boot award, given to the top goal scorer of the tournament. Here is a full list of every top scorer in the competitions history:
1916: Isabelino Gradin - Uruguay (3 goals)
1917: Angel Romano - Uruguay (4 goals)
1919: Arthur Friedenreich - Brazil (4 goals), Neco - Brazil (4 goals)
1920: Jose Perez - Uruguay (3 goals), Angel Romano - Uruguay (4 goals)
1921: Julio Libonatti - Argentina (3 goals)
1922: Juan Francia - Argentina (4 goals)
1923: Vicente Aguirre - Argentina (3 goals), Pedro Petrone - Uruguay (3 goals)
1924: Pedro Petrone - Uruguay (4 goals)
1925: Manuel Seoane - Argentina (6 goals)
1926 David Arellano - Chile (7 goals)
1927: Roberto Figueroa - Uruguay (4 goals),
1929: Aurelio González - Paraguay (5 goals)
1935: Herminio Masantonio - Argentina (4 goals)
1937: Raul Toro Julio - Chile (7 goals)
1939: Teodoro Fernandez - Peru (7 goals)
1941: Juan Marvezzi - Argentina (5 goals)
1942: Herminio Masantonio - Argentina (7 goals), Jose Manuel Moreno - Argentina (7 goals)
1945: Norberto Mendez - Argentina (6 goals), Heleno de Freitas - Brazil (6 goals)
1946: Jose Maria Medina - Uruguay (7 goals)
1947: Nicolas Falero - Uruguay (8 goals)
1949: Jair - Brazil (9 goals)
1953: Francisco Molina - Chile (7 goals)
1955: Rodolfo Micheli - Argentina (8 goals)
1956: Enrique Hormazabal - Chile (4 goals)
1957: Humberto Maschio - Argentina (9 goals), Javier Ambrois - Uruguay (9 goals)
1959: Pele - Brazil (8 goals)
1963: Carlos Alberto Raffo - Ecuador (6 goals)
1967: Luis Artime - Argentina (5 goals)
1975: Leopoldo Luque - Argentina (4 goals), Ernesto Diaz - Colombia (4 goals)
1979: Jorge Peredo - Chile (4 goals), Eugenio Morel - Paraguay (4 goals)
1983: Jorge Burruchago - Argentina (3 goals), Roberto Dinamite - Brazil (3 goals), Carlos Aguilera - Uruguay (3 goals)
1987: Arnoldo Iguaran - Colombia (4 goals)
1989: Bebeto - Brazil (6 goals)
1991: Gabriel Batistuta - Argentina (6 goals)
1993: Jose Luis Dolgetta - Venezuela (4 goals)
1995: Gabriel Batistuta - Argentina (4 goals), Luis Garcia - Mexico (4 goals)
1997: Luis Hernandez - Mexico (6 goals)
1999: Rivaldo - Brazil (5 goals), Ronaldo - Brazil (5 goals)
2001: Victor Aristizabal - Colombia (6 goals)
2004: Adriano - Brazil (7 goals)
2007: Robinho - Brazil (6 goals)
2011: Paolo Guerrero - Peru (5 goals)
2015: Eduardo Vargas - Chile (4 goals), Paolo Guerrero - Peru (4 goals)
2016: Eduardo Vargas - Chile (6 goals)
2019: Everton - Brazil (3 goals), Paolo Guerrero - Peru (3 goals)
2021: Lionel Messi - Argentina (4 goals), Luis Diaz - Colombia (4 goals)
2024: Lautaro Martinez - Argentina (5 goals)
Each Country’s First Golden Boot Winner:
Uruguay: Isabelino Gradin, 3 goals (1916)
Brazil: Arthur Freidenreich & Neco, 4 goals (1919)
Argentina: Julio Libonatti, 3 goals (1921)
Chile: David Arellano, 7 goals (1926)
Paraguay: Aurelio Gonzalez, 5 goals (1929)
Peru: Raul Toro Julio, 7 goals (1939)
Ecuador: Carlos Alberto Raffo, 6 goals (1963)
Colombia: Ernesto Diaz, 4 goals (1975)
Venezuela: Jose Luis Dolgetta, 4 goals (1993)
Mexico: Luis Garcia, 4 goals (1995)
Players with the most Golden Boot Awards:
Paolo Guerrero - Peru (2011, 2015, 2019) & Pedro Petrone - Uruguay (1923, 1924, 1927), each with three.
