CONMEBOL MEN'S BEST GOAL SCORER 2022
The CONMEBOL Best Goal Scorer 2022: Bérgson
The 31-year-old Brazilian striker Bérgson (full name Bérgson Gustavo Silveira da Silva) became the best goal-scorer of 2022 among the players from CONMEBOL countries.
He scored 46 goals in all competitions for his Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim.
All three players on the South American podium (Bérgson, Germán Cano, Tiago Azulão) are not playing for their national teams. The stars who play prominent roles in their national teams (Messi, Julián Álvarez, Neymar) follow them in the rankings.
As for the top 20 chart, as many as 17 places, including all the highest 13, are taken by players from just two countries, Argentina (10) and Brazil (7). The remaining countries of the region received only 3 positions (one each for Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador).
| TOP 20 | CONMEBOL GOAL SCORERS IN 2022 | |||||||
| Player | Club | Country | Goals | Total | ||||
| NL | NC | ICC | NT | |||||
| 1 | Bergson | Johor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia) | Brazil | 29 | 11 | 6 | 46 | |
| 2 | Germán Cano | Fluminense (Brazil) | Argentina | 33 | 5 | 6 | 44 | |
| 3 | Tiago Azulão | Petro de Luanda (Angola) | Brazil | 25 | 4 | 10 | 39 | |
| 4 | Lionel Messi | PSG (France) | Argentina | 12 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 35 |
| 5 | Julián Álvarez | River Plate, Manchester City (England) | Argentina | 14 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Neymar | PSG (France) | Brazil | 21 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Nicolás Ibáñez | Pachuca (Mexico) | Argentina | 31 | 31 | |||
| 8 | Pedro | Flamengo | Brazil | 14 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 30 |
| 9 | Gabriel Barbosa | Flamengo | Brazil | 20 | 3 | 6 | 29 | |
| 10 | Cryzan | Santa Clara (Portugal), Shandong (China) | Brazil | 28 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Fernando Zampedri | Universidad Católica (Chile) | Argentina | 18 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
| 12 | Jonathan Calleri | São Paulo (Brazil) | Argentina | 26 | 1 | 27 | ||
| 13 | Marcão | Wuhan Three Towns (China) | Brazil | 27 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Darwin Núñez | Benfica (Portugal), Liverpool (England) | Uruguay | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| 15 | Lautaro Martínez | Internazionale (Italy) | Argentina | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 26 |
| 16 | Miguel Borja | Junior, River Plate (Argentina) | Colombia | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
| 17 | Marcos Riquelme | Always Ready (Bolivia) | Argentina | 23 | 2 | 25 | ||
| 18 | Sebastián Driussi | Austin (USA) | Argentina | 25 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Enner Valencia | Fenerbahce (Turkey) | Ecuador | 18 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |
| 20 | Ramiro Rocca | Real España (Honduras) | Argentina | 18 | 6 | 24 |
All goals at top senior level are counted (top national divisions, national cups, official international club tournaments, official games between national teams).
Brazilian state championships Paulista and Carioca have status equal to national leagues (according to IFFHS decision).
Period: from January 1 to December 31, 2022.
Abbreviatures:
NL – National League
NC – National Cups
ICC – International Club Competitions
NT – National Team
Tie-breaking criteria in case of equal number of total goals: 1) international goals (ICC + NT), 2) goals scored for national team (NT), 3) goals scored in domestic league (NL), 4) strength of the league (on IFFHS ranking)