ALL TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS - ARGENTINA (Part 3)

• Jul 16, 2023
• History Statistics

Picture : Arsenio Erico is the Record Holder in Argentina.

All-time best top division goal-scorers: Argentina

Arsenio Erico is the record holder among goal-scorers of Argentine league since its starting date in 1891. He amassed 295 goals in 332 games between 1934 and 1947; all of them for the same club Independiente.
Ángel Labruna ended his career in 1959, stopping just one step away from Erico.
The mark of 200 goals is achieved by 14 players, 150 goals by 35 players; they are listed in the table, with Diego Maradona taking just 35th position in historical ranking. 
There are only 2 foreign players among those 35; both are Paraguayans, including the record holder Erico; another one is Delfín Benítez Cáceres (ranked 16th).
José Sand is the only active player in the list.

	ARGENTINA	1891-			ALL-TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS
	Player	Period	Goals	Games	Breakdown by clubs
1	Arsenio Erico	1934-1947	295	332	Independiente 295
2	Ángel Labruna	1939-1959	294	515	River Plate 294
3	Herminio Masantonio	1931-1945	253	358	Huracán 251, Banfield 2
4	Manuel Seoane	1921-1933	249	299	Independiente 230, Progresista 5, El Porvenir 14
5	Roberto Cherro	1924-1938	236	345	Barracas 15, Quilmes 2, Ferro Carril Oeste 4, Boca Juniors 215
6	Bernabé Ferreyra	1929-1939	233	234	Tigre 46, River Plate 187
7	Manuel Pelegrina	1938-1956	231	490	Estudiantes LP 221, Huracán 10
8	Martín Palermo	1991-2011	227	410	Estudiantes LP 34, Boca Juniors 193
9	José Sanfilippo	1953-1972	226	330	San Lorenzo 200, Boca Juniors 7, Banfield 19
10	Ricardo Infante	1942-1961	217	439	Estudiantes LP 180, Huracán 31, Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 6
11	Francisco Varallo	1928-1939	216	282	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 36, Boca Juniors 180
12	Oscar Más	1964-1985	215	429	River Plate 198, Quilmes 3, Sarmiento 6, Mariano Moreno 7, Huracán Las Heras 1
13	Domingo Tarasconi	1921-1936	208	289	Atlanta 8, Boca Juniors 187, General San Martín 13
14	Carlos Bianchi	1967-1984	206	324	Vélez Sarsfield 206
15	Miguel Brindisi	1967-1983	194	441	Huracán 165, Boca Juniors 27, Unión 2
16	Delfín Benítez Cáceres	1932-1944	193	269	Boca Juniors 108, Racing 65, Ferro Carril Oeste 20
17	José Manuel Moreno	1935-1953	187	359	River Plate 179, Boca Juniors 7, Ferro Carril Oeste 1
18	Hugo Gottardi	1973-1988	186	450	Racing 54, Estudiantes LP 125, Talleres Cordoba 7
19	Roque Avallay	1965-1980	184	522	Independiente 5, Newell's Old Boys 51, Huracán 70, Atlanta 6, Chacarita 22, Racing 30
20	Alberto Zozaya	1929-1940	183	224	Estudiantes LP 183
21	Juan José Pizzuti	1947-1962	182	349	Banfield 47, River Plate 7, Racing Club 118, Boca Juniors 10
22	Jaime Sarlanga	1935-1950	171	302	Tigre 3, Ferro Carril Oeste 47, Boca Juniors 115, Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 6
23	Luis Artime	1959-1968	165	219	Atlanta 50, River Plate 70, Independiente 45
24	Diego Garcia	1925-1940	165	300	San Lorenzo 165
25	Esteban Fuertes	1991-2012	165	381	Platense 9, Racing 47, Colón 136, River Plate 12
26	Norberto Alonso	1971-1987	164	447	River Plate 148, Vélez Sarsfield 16
27	Emilio Baldonedo	1935-1945	163	262	Huracán 163
28	José Sand	1999-	163	380	Colón 8, River Plate 8, Banfield 10, Lanús 125, Racing 2, Tigre 1, Aldosivi 9
29	Carlos Morete	1970-1986	160	320	River Plate 103, Boca Juniors 3, Talleres Cordoba 20, Independiente 29, Argentinos Juniors 5
30	Alejandro Scopelli	1926-1937	158	243	Estudiantes LP 134, Racing 24
31	Llamil Simes	1943-1956	155	292	Huracán 40, Racing 107, Tigre 8
32	Héctor Scotta	1970-1982	152	271	Unión 9, San Lorenzo 140, Ferro Carril Oeste 1, Boca Juniors 2
33	Mario Boyé	1941-1955	152	312	Boca Juniors 112, Racing 33, Huracán 7
34	Vicente de la Mata	1937-1952	152	385	Independiente 151, Newell's Old Boys 1
35	Diego Maradona	1976-1997	151	241	Argentinos Juniors 116, Boca Juniors 35

The mark of 100 goals is reached by 113 players at the moment.