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.