As well as national glory, players will be competing for individual prizes as well at this summer’s Copa America.
Featuring the likes of Lionel Messi and Vinicius Junior, the tournament is showcasing an array of talent capable of delivering in the final third — with the Golden Boot award likely to be hotly contested.
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Argentina captain Messi and Liverpool’s Luis Diaz shared the Golden Boot at Copa America 2021, netting four goals each.
Both players, though, failed to score in their country’s opening fixture this time around.
The Athletic keeps track of the latest goalscorers as each game is played this summer…
Players with four goals
- Lautaro Martinez — Argentina
Players with three goals
- N/A
Players with two goals
- Vinicius Junior — Brazil
- Folarin Balogun — USMNT
- Maximiliano Araujo — Uruguay
- Darwin Nunez — Uruguay
Players with one goal
- Julian Alvarez — Argentina
- Jeremy Sarmiento — Ecuador
- Alan Minda — Ecuador
- Kendry Paez — Ecuador
- Jhonder Cadiz — Venezuela
- Eduard Bello — Venezuela
- Salomon Rondon — Venezuela
- Gerardo Arteaga — Mexico
- Christian Pulisic — USMNT
- Rodrigo Bentancur — Uruguay
- Facundo Pellistri — Uruguay
- Federico Valverde — Uruguay
- Matias Vina — Uruguay
- Michael Murillo — Panama
- Jhon Cordoba — Colombia
- Luis Diaz — Colombia
- Daniel Munoz — Colombia
- Jefferson Lerma — Colombia
- Davinson Sanchez — Colombia
- Julio Enciso — Paraguay
- Jonathan David — Canada
- Michail Antonio — Jamaica
- Lucas Paqueta — Brazil
- Savio — Brazil
Who has the most assists at Copa America 2024?
Colombia’s James Rodriguez leads the way in this category, having assisted both of his country’s goals in their opening win over Pararguay.
Who were the previous top scorers at the Copa America?
The first Copa America event took place in 1916 and there has been plenty of goalscorers along the way.
Here is a list of all the top scorers in every tournament this century:
- 2001: Victor Aristizabal (Colombia) — 6 goals
- 2004: Adriano (Brazil) — 7 goals
- 2007: Robinho (Brazil) — 6 goals
- 2011: Paolo Guerrero (Peru) — 5 goals
- 2015: Eduardo Vargas (Chile), Paolo Guerrero (Peru) — 4 goals
- 2016: Eduardo Vargas (Chile) — 6 goals
- 2019: Everton (Brazil), Paolo Guerrero (Peru) — 3 goals
- 2021: Lionel Messi (Argentina), Luis Diaz (Colombia) — 4 goals
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