Who are the Libertadores top scorers [2024]?

The Libertadores 2024 top scorers will be listed below for you, with those who are still playing and also those who have already been eliminated. This award is one of the biggest in South America and is close to being decided.

The biggest club competition on the continent is close to its end, with Botafogo and Atlético-MG having an advantage in their respective semi-finals, and must compete for the trophy on Argentine soil, in yet another Brazilian decision in the tournament.

The competition is in the semifinals, with River Plate and Atlético-MG facing each other on one side of the bracket and Botafogo and Peñarol facing each other on the other side. With the Brazilians at an advantage, both the Argentine and Uruguayan teams need a miracle to pass.

In addition to talking about this season's top scorers, we will bring you a list of the top scorers of the 2023 Copa Libertadores, won by Fluminense, and we will highlight the highest scoring players in the tournament's history.

Therefore, follow this text from Esportelandia, the list of top scorers for the 2024 Libertadores, also the already closed list from the last edition, in 2023 and a list of the greatest scorers in the history of the tournament.

Libertadores 2024 top scorers

In the 2024 Libertadores season, the main scorer is Júnior Santos, who is one of the main names in Botafogo's excellent campaign in the competition. In search of their first title, Glorioso has strong reinforcements to try to achieve this.

So far, the black-and-white striker has scored nine goals, having been a key player in the Rio club's classification for the group stage of the continental tournament. In good form, the striker ended up injured in July, with a fractured tibia.

Thus, he missed the start of the Libertadores knockout stage and is still recovering in Botafogo's medical department. With the expected return to the pitch closer, he should be 100% in October.

Top 10 – Libertadores 2024 Top Scorers

1. Júnior Santos – Botafogo, 10 goals;
2. Miguel Borja – River Plate, 6 goals;
3. Maximiliano Silvera – Peñarol, 6 goals;
4. Pedro – Flamengo, 5 goals;
5. Chico – Cerro Porteño, 5 goals;
6. Jonathan Calleri – São Paulo, 5 goals;
7. Diego Duarte – Nacional, 4 goals;
8. Agustín Modica – Rosario Central, 4 goals;
9. Deyverson – Atlético-MG, 4 goals.
10. Savarino – Botafogo, 4 goals

* In italics the players already eliminated from the competition.

Libertadores 2023 top scorers

In the last edition of the Copa Libertadores, the top scorer in the continental competition was Argentine Germán Cano. The Fluminense striker took the lead in artillery by scoring two goals against Olimpia, putting Tricolor in the semi-finals of the tournament.

Cano was also decisive in the semifinal, becoming one of Fluminense's main names in the victory. Against Internacional, he scored three goals that were very important for the club to reach the Libertadores 2023 decision.

In the big decision, he helped Fluminense achieve Eternal Glory, scoring another goal in the final against Boca Juniors and finishing the competition as top scorer, having scored 13 goals and also being crowned with the tournament title.

In second place, striker Paulinho from Atlético Mineiro appears, the number 10 scored seven goals in eleven matches, the striker from Enter it featured more games as it helped the team in the preliminary stages of the tournament.

Paulinho maintained an impressive average of almost one goal per match in this edition of the Libertadores da América. However, both the striker and Atlético Mineiro were eliminated in the round of 16 after the defeat to Palmeiras.

Top 15 – Libertadores 2023 Top Scorers

1. Germán Cano – Fluminense, 13 goals;
2. Paulinho – Atlético Mineiro, 7 goals;
3. Dorlan Pabon – Atlético Nacional, 6 goals;
4. Luciano Pons – Independiente Medellín, 5 goals;
5. Arthur – Palmeiras, 5 goals;
6. Alan Patrick – International, 5 goals;
7. Enner Valencia, International, 4 goals;
8. Rubén Bentancourt – Liverpool, 4 gols;
9. Enrique Triverio – The Strongest, 4 goals;
10. Guilhermo Paiva – Olimpia, 4 goals;
11. Vitor Roque – Athletico Paranaense, 4 goals;
12. Ronnie Fernández – Bolívar, 4 goals;
13. Gustavo Gómez – Palmeiras, 3 goals;
14. Rony – Palmeiras, 3 goals;
15. Raphael Veiga – Palmeiras, 3 goals.

Top scorers in Copa Libertadores history

The list of Libertadores' top scorers includes historic names, who marked an era in South American football. Check out the list that features two Brazilians, Gabriel Barbosa and Luizão.

1. Alberto Spencer – 54 goals (Peñarol – 48, Barcelona de Guayaquil – 6).
2. Fernando Morena – 37 goals (Peñarol – 37)
3. Pedro Rocha – 36 goals (Peñarol – 25, São Paulo – 10, Palmeiras – 1).
4. Daniel Ortega – 31 goals (River Plate – 31).
5. Gabriel Barbosa – 31 goals (Santos – 1, Flamengo – 30).
6. Julio Morales – 30 goals (National – 30)
7. Lucas Pratto – 30 goals (Universidad Católica – 6, Vélez Sarsfield – 8, Atlético Mineiro – 7, River Plate – 9).
8. Luizão – 29 goals (Vasco – 8, Corinthians – 15, Grêmio – 1, São Paulo – 5).
9. Juan Carlos Sarnari – 29 goals (River Plate – 10, Universidad Católica – 12, Universidad do Chile – 4, Independiente Santa Fé – 3).
10. Anthony de Ávila – 29 goals (America De Cáli – 27, Barcelona de Guayaquil – 2).

Curiosities about the Copa Libertadores top scorers

• The competition's three top scorers, Alberto Spencer, Fernando Morena and Pedro Rocha, played for Peñarol in Uruguay;
• Luizão is the second highest Brazilian scorer in the tournament. However, in the 2000 edition, the striker then at Corinthians scored 15 goals, only Daniel Ortega scored more goals in a single edition, 17 times in 1966;
• Gabriel Barbosa, in 2023, entered the history of the competition by becoming the greatest Brazilian goalscorer in the competition, with 31 goals and the potential to climb even higher on the list of greatest goals in the entire tournament.

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Carioca, with a degree in geography and sports management, Rafael Singelo is passionate about sports in general and, especially, football.