Copa America Golden Boot Winners List Since 1916
The top scorer of every edition in the Copa America receives a Golden Boot award. The award is given since 1916. Legends like Pele, Batistuta, Rivaldo, Messi, etc. have won this prestigious award. Who won the Golden Boot Copa America? Find the Copa America Golden Boot winners list by year.
Isabelino Gradín was the top scorer of the inaugural edition of the Copa America in 1916. Many legends have followed in his footsteps later. Former Brazilian star Jair (1949), along with Argentine Humberto Maschio & Uruguayan Javier Ambrois (1957) share the record of scoring the most number of goals (9) in a single edition.
Copa America Golden Boot Winners List (All Time)
| Year | Winners | Country | No. of Goals |
| 2024 | Lautaro Martinez | Argentina | 5 Goals |
| 2021 | Lionel Messi, Luis Diaz | Arg, Col | 4 Goals |
| 2019 | Everton, Paolo Gurrero | Brazil, Peru | 3 Goals |
| 2016 | Eduardo Vargas | Chile | 6 Goals |
| 2015 | Eduardo Vargas, Paolo Gurrero | Chile, Peru | 4 Goals |
| 2011 | Paolo Gurrerro | Peru | 5 Goals |
| 2007 | Robinho | Brazil | 6 Goals |
| 2004 | Adriano | Brazil | 7 Goals |
| 2001 | Víctor Aristizábal | Colombia | 6 Goals |
| 1999 | Rivaldo, Ronaldo | Brazil (Both) | 5 Goals |
| 1997 | Luis Hernández | Mexico | 6 Goals |
| 1995 | Luis Garcia, Gabriel Batistuta | Mex, Arg | 4 Goals |
| 1993 | José Luis Dolgetta | Venezuela | 4 Goals |
| 1991 | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | 6 Goals |
| 1989 | Bebeto | Brazil | 6 Goals |
| 1987 | Arnoldo Iguarán | Colombia | 4 Goals |
| 1983 | Jorge Burruchaga, Roberto Dinamite, Carlos Aguilera | Arg, Bra, Uru | 3 Goals |
| 1979 | Jorge Peredo, Eugenio Morel | Chile, Paraguay | 4 Goals |
| 1975 | Leopoldo Luque, Arnesto Diaz | Arg, Col | 4 Goals |
| 1967 | Luis Artime | Argentina | 5 Goals |
| 1963 | Carlos Alberto Raffo | Ecuador | 6 Goals |
| 1959 | Pele | Brazil | 8 Goals |
| 1959 | José Sanfilippo | Argentina | 6 Goals |
| 1957 | Humberto Maschio, Javier Ambrois | Arg, Uru | 9 Goals |
| 1956 | Enrique Hormazábal | Chile | 4 Goals |
| 1955 | Rodolfo Micheli | Argentina | 8 Goals |
| 1953 | Francisco Molina | Chile | 7 Goals |
| 1949 | Jair | Brazil | 9 Goals |
| 1947 | Nicolás Falero | Uruguay | 8 Goals |
| 1946 | José María Medina | Uruguay | 7 Goals |
| 1945 | Norberto Méndez, Heleno de Freitas | Arg, Bra | 6 Goals |
| 1942 | Herminio Masantonio, José Manuel Moreno | Argentina (Both) | 7 Goals |
| 1941 | Juan Marvezzi | Argentina | 5 Goals |
| 1939 | Teodoro Fernández | Peru | 7 Goals |
| 1937 | Raúl Toro Julio | Chile | 7 Goals |
| 1935 | Herminio Masantonio | Argentina | 4 Goals |
| 1929 | Aurelio González | Paraguay | 5 Goals |
| 1927 | Alfredo Carricaberry, Segundo Luna, Roberto Figueroa, Pedro Petrone, Héctor Scarone | Arg, Arg, Uru, Uru, Uru | 3 Goals |
| 1926 | David Arellano | Chile | 7 Goals |
| 1925 | Manuel Seoane | Argentina | 6 Goals |
| 1924 | Pedro Petrone | Uruguay | 4 Goals |
| 1923 | Vicente Aguirre, Pedro Petrone | Arg, Uru | 3 Goals |
| 1922 | Juan Francia | Argentina | 4 Goals |
| 1921 | Julio Libonatti | Argentina | 3 Goals |
| 1920 | José Pérez, Ángel Romano | Uruguay (Both) | 3 Goals |
| 1919 | Arthur Friedenreich, Neco | Brazil (Both) | 4 Goals |
| 1917 | Ángel Romano | Uruguay | 4 Goals |
| 1916 | Isabelino Gradín | Uruguay | 3 Goals |
Who is the Golden Boot winner in Copa America 2024? Lautaro Martinez took the award home on this occasion thanks to the 5 goals he scored throughout the campaign. Leo Messi also won this award in 2021 with his 4 strikes. Chilean Eduardo Vargas was the top scorer on back-to-back editions while Peruvian Paolo Guerrero finished as the edition’s top scorer thrice including twice on the trot.
