TOP 45 OF CONMEBOL NATIONAL GOALSCORERS XXI CENTURY
Picture : Luis Suarez (second) and Lionel Messi (first) dominate the ranking.
The CONMEBOL Best National Goal Scorer of XXI Century after 2024
Lionel Messi leads the category of best South American goal-scorers in XXI century in the national leagues after the end of 2024 with 518 goals.
Runner-up position is taken by his current club-mate Luis Suárez (409).
43 players have reached the 200-goal mark. Two more, Johan Fano and Claudio Pizarro, did it with addition of goals scored in XX century.
| BEST GOAL-SCORERS | XXI CENTURY | 2001-2024 | ||||
| NATIONAL LEAGUES | CONMEBOL | |||||
| Player | XXI | XX | Total | Nationality | Career | |
| 1 | Lionel Messi | 518 | 518 | Argentina | 2004- | |
| 2 | Luis Suárez | 409 | 409 | Uruguay | 2005- | |
| 3 | Fred | 307 | 307 | Brazil | 2003-2022 | |
| 4 | Dayro Moreno | 306 | 306 | Colombia | 2003- | |
| 5 | José Alfredo Castillo | 289 | 4 | 293 | Bolivia | 2000-2023 |
| 6 | Óscar Cardozo | 287 | 287 | Paraguay | 2004- | |
| 7 | Sergio Agüero | 282 | 282 | Argentina | 2003-2021 | |
| 8 | Edinson Cavani | 280 | 280 | Uruguay | 2005- | |
| 9 | Gonzalo Higuaín | 279 | 279 | Argentina | 2005-2022 | |
| 10 | Carlos Saucedo | 277 | 277 | Bolivia | 2006-2021 | |
| 11 | Hernán Barcos | 276 | 276 | Argentina | 2004- | |
| 12 | Ricardo Oliveira | 260 | 1 | 261 | Brazil | 2000-2023 |
| 13 | Neymar | 257 | 257 | Brazil | 2009- | |
| 14 | Hulk | 254 | 254 | Brazil | 2005- | |
| 15 | Vágner Love | 251 | 251 | Brazil | 2004- | |
| 16 | Pablo Escobar | 251 | 1 | 252 | Bolivia | 1999-2018 |
| 17 | Magno Alves | 244 | 43 | 287 | Brazil | 1997-2020 |
| 18 | Esteban Paredes | 243 | 243 | Chile | 2001-2022 | |
| 19 | Sebastián Abreu | 238 | 85 | 323 | Uruguay | 1994-2021 |
| 20 | Germán Cano | 238 | 238 | Argentina | 2007- | |
| 21 | Alex | 236 | 57 | 293 | Brazil | 1995-2014 |
| 22 | Luís Fabiano | 235 | 14 | 249 | Brazil | 1998-2017 |
| 23 | Radamel Falcao | 230 | 230 | Colombia | 2004- | |
| 24 | William Ferreira | 228 | 228 | Uruguay | 2002-2021 | |
| 25 | Carlos Tevez | 225 | 225 | Argentina | 2001-2021 | |
| 26 | Washington | 224 | 53 | 277 | Brazil | 1994-2010 |
| 27 | José Sand | 220 | 1 | 221 | Argentina | 1999-2023 |
| 28 | Carlos Bacca | 219 | 219 | Colombia | 2007- | |
| 29 | Humberto Suazo | 216 | 216 | Chile | 2004- | |
| 30 | Diego Forlán | 215 | 16 | 231 | Uruguay | 1997-2018 |
| 31 | Santiago Salcedo | 215 | 215 | Paraguay | 2001- | |
| 32 | Richard Blanco | 213 | 213 | Venezuela | 2007- | |
| 33 | Israel Silva | 212 | 212 | Brazil | 2000-2022 | |
| 34 | Jonas | 211 | 211 | Brazil | 2005-2019 | |
| 35 | Grafite | 210 | 210 | Brazil | 2001-2017 | |
| 36 | Araújo | 209 | 38 | 247 | Brazil | 1997-2016 |
| 37 | Sergio Ibarra | 206 | 70 | 276 | Peru | 1993-2014 |
| 38 | Lisandro López | 205 | 205 | Argentina | 2003-2024 | |
| 39 | Diego Souza | 204 | 204 | Brazil | 2003-2023 | |
| 40 | Jair Reinoso | 204 | 204 | Bolivia | 2008- | |
| 41 | Hugo Rodallega | 204 | 204 | Colombia | 2004- | |
| 42 | Kléber Pereira | 203 | 64 | 267 | Brazil | 1996-2013 |
| 43 | Raúl Ruidíaz | 201 | 201 | Peru | 2008- | |
| Johan Fano | 197 | 18 | 215 | Peru | 1995-2016 | |
| Claudio Pizarro | 185 | 51 | 236 | Peru | 1996-2020 |
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, 2024.