CONMEBOL BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF XXI CENTURY

• Feb 18, 2024
• History Statistics

The CONMEBOL Best National Goal Scorer of XXI Century: Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi leads the category of best South American goal-scorers in XXI century in the national leagues after the end of 2023.
He has scored 497 goals in the current century.
Runner-up Luis Suárez (388), his current club-mate, is well distanced from both Messi and third-placed Fred (307).
37 players in total have reached the 200-goal mark. One more, Claudio Pizarro, did it with addition of goals scored in XX century.

	BEST NATIONAL SCORERS	CONMEBOL
	IN XXI CENTURY	2001-2023
	Player	Nationality	Goals
			XXI	XX	Career
1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	497		497
2	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	388		388
3	Fred	Brazil	307		307
4	José Alfredo Castillo	Bolivia	289	4	293
5	Dayro Moreno	Colombia	285		285
6	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	282		282
7	Gonzalo Higuaín	Argentina	279		279
8	Óscar Cardozo	Paraguay	278		278
9	Carlos Saucedo	Bolivia	277		277
10	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	276		276
11	Hernán Barcos	Argentina	262		262
12	Ricardo Oliveira	Brazil	260	1	261
13	Neymar	Brazil	257		257
14	Pablo Escobar	Bolivia	251	1	252
15	Vágner Love	Brazil	244		244
	Magno Alves	Brazil	244	43	287
17	Esteban Paredes	Chile	243		243
18	Sebastián Abreu	Uruguay	238	85	323
19	Hulk	Brazil	237		237
20	Alex	Brazil	236	57	293
21	Luís Fabiano	Brazil	235	14	249
22	Germán Cano	Argentina	232		232
23	William Ferreira	Uruguay	228		228
24	Radamel Falcao	Colombia	225		225
	Carlos Tevez	Argentina	225		225
26	Washington	Brazil	224	53	277
27	José Sand	Argentina	220	1	221
28	Humberto Suazo	Chile	216		216
29	Diego Forlán	Uruguay	215	16	231
	Santiago Salcedo	Paraguay	215		215
31	Israel Silva	Brazil	212		212
32	Jonas	Brazil	211		211
33	Grafite	Brazil	210		210
34	Araújo	Brazil	209	38	247
35	Lisandro López	Argentina	204		204
	Diego Souza	Brazil	204		204
37	Kléber Pereira	Brazil	203	64	267
	Claudio Pizarro	Peru	185	51	236

Only top national divisions and top divisions of Brazilian states are taken into account.
The players in bold are currently active.
Period:
from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2023 (for the ranking Total XXI);
from career start to December 31, 2023 (for the ranking Total Career).