Primera División de Paraguay topscorers
The following article contains a year-by-year list and statistics of football topscorers in the Primera División de Paraguay (Paraguayan First Division).
Topscorers by year
The following list only comprises the professional era and is missing data from 1906 to 1934 (amateur era).[1]
Also, since 2008 the Paraguayan football association (APF) awards two national champions per year; one for the Torneo Apertura and another for the Torneo Clausura. Therefore, the following legends are used from 2008 and on:
- [A] = Apertura
- [C] = Clausura
- [O] = Overall topscorer for that year
| Year | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Pedro Osorio | Cerro Porteño | 18 |
| 1936 | Flaminio Silva | Olimpia | 34 |
| 1937 | Francisco Sosa | Cerro Porteño | 21 |
| 1938 | Martín Flor Amado Salinas | Cerro Porteño Libertad | 17 |
| 1939 | Teófilo Salinas | Libertad | 28 |
| 1940 | José Vinsac | Cerro Porteño | 30 |
| 1941 | Benjamín Laterza Fabio Franco | Cerro Porteño Nacional | 18 |
| 1942 | Francisco Sosa | Cerro Porteño | 23 |
| 1943 | Atilio Mellone | Guaraní | 27 |
| 1944 | Porfirio Rolón Sixto Noceda | Libertad Presidente Hayes | 18 |
| 1945 | Porfirio Rolón | Libertad | 18 |
| 1946 | Leocadio Marín | Olimpia | 26 |
| 1947 | Leocadio Marín | Olimpia | 27 |
| 1948 | Fabio Franco | Nacional | 24 |
| 1949 | Darío Jara Saguier | Cerro Porteño | 18 |
| 1950 | Darío Jara Saguier | Cerro Porteño | 18 |
| 1951 | Antonio Ramón Gómez | Libertad | 19 |
| 1952 | Antonio Ramón Gómez Rubén Fernández | Libertad Libertad | 16 |
| 1953 | Antonio Acosta | Presidente Hayes | 15 |
| 1954 | Máximo Rolón | Libertad | 24 |
| 1955 | Máximo Rolón | Libertad | 25 |
| 1956 | Máximo Rolón | Libertad | 23 |
| 1957 | Juan Bautista Agüero | Olimpia | 14 |
| 1958 | Juan Bautista Agüero | Olimpia | 16 |
| 1959 | Ramón Rodríguez | River Plate | 17 |
| 1960 | Gilberto Penayo | Cerro Porteño | 18 |
| 1961 | Justo Pastor Leiva | Guaraní | 17 |
| 1962 | Cecilio Martínez | Nacional | 19 |
| 1963 | Juan Cabañas | Libertad | 17 |
| 1964 | Genaro García Anastacio Jara Antonio González | Guaraní Sol de América Rubio Ñú | 8 |
| 1965 | Genaro García | Guaraní | 15 |
| 1966 | Celino Mora | Cerro Porteño | 14 |
| 1967 | Sebastián Fleitas Miranda | Libertad | 18 |
| 1968 | Pedro Antonio Cibils | Libertad | 13 |
| 1969 | Benicio Ferreira | Olimpia | 13 |
| 1970 | Saturnino Arrúa | Cerro Porteño | 19 |
| 1971 | Cristóbal Maldonado | Libertad | 11 |
| 1972 | Saturnino Arrúa | Cerro Porteño | 17 |
| 1973 | Mario Beron Clemente Rolón | Cerro Porteño River Plate | 15 |
| 1974 | Mario Beron Fermín Cabrera | Cerro Porteño Sportivo Luqueño | 10 |
| 1975 | Hugo Kiesse | Olimpia | 12 |
| 1976 | Arsenio Meza | River Plate | 11 |
| 1977 | Gustavo Fanego | Guaraní | 12 |
| 1978 | Enrique Villalba | Olimpia | 10 |
| 1979 | Edgar Ozuna | Capitán Figari | 10 |
| 1980 | Miguel Michelagnoli | Olimpia | 11 |
| 1981 | Eulalio Mora | Guaraní | 9 |
| 1982 | Pedro Fernánez | River Plate | 13 |
| 1983 | Rafael Bobadilla | Olimpia | 14 |
| 1984 | Amancio Mereles Milciades Morel | Cerro Porteño | 12 |
| 1985 | Adriano Samaniego | Olimpia | 19 |
| 1986 | Félix Ricardo Torres | Sol de América | 13 |
| 1987 | Félix Brítez Román | Cerro Porteño | 11 |
| 1988 | Raúl Vicente Amarilla | Olimpia | 17 |
| 1989 | Jorge López | San Lorenzo | 16 |
| 1990 | Buenaventura Ferreira Romerito | Libertad / Cerro Porteño Sportivo Luqueño | 17 |
| 1991 | Carlos Luis Torres Lilio Torales | Olimpia Atl. Colegiales | 12 |
| 1992 | Felipe Nery Franco | Libertad | 13 |
| 1993 | Francisco Ferreira | Sportivo Luqueño | 13 |
| 1994 |  Héctor Núñez | Cerro Porteño | 27 |
| 1995 | Héctor Núñez | Cerro Porteño | 17 |
| 1996 | Arístides Rojas | Guaraní | 22 |
| 1997 | Luis Molinas | Nacional / Tembetary | 13 |
| 1998 | Mauro Caballero | Olimpia | 21 |
| 1999 |  Gauchinho | Cerro Porteño | 22 |
| 2000 | Francisco Ferreira | Cerro Porteño | 23 |
| 2001 | Mauro Caballero | Cerro Porteño / Libertad | 13 |
| 2002 | Juan Samudio | Libertad | 23 |
| 2003 | Erwin Avalos | Cerro Porteño | 16 |
| 2004 | Juan Samudio | Libertad | 22 |
| 2005 | Dante López[2] | Nacional / Olimpia | 21 |
| 2006 | Hernán Rodrigo López[3] | Libertad | 27 |
| 2007 | Fabio Ramos[4] Pablo Zeballos[5] | Nacional Sol de América | 15 |
| 2008 (A) | Fabio Escobar | Nacional | 13 |
| 2008 (C) | Edgar Benítez | Sol de América | 14 |
| 2008 (O) | Edgar Benítez | Sol de América | 20 |
| 2009 (A) | Pablo Velázquez | Rubio Ñú | 16 |
| 2009 (C) | César Cáceres Cañete | Guaraní | 11 |
| 2009 (O) | Pablo Velázquez | Rubio Ñú | 26 |
| 2010 (A) | Rodrigo Teixeira Pablo Zeballos | Guaraní Cerro Porteño | 16 |
| 2010 (C) |  Juan Carlos Ferreyra Roberto Nanni | Olimpia Cerro Porteño | 12 |
| 2010 (O) | Pablo Zeballos | Cerro Porteño | 24 |
| 2011 (A) | Pablo Zeballos | Olimpia | 13 |
| 2011 (C) | Freddy Bareiro | Cerro Porteño | 13 |
| 2011 (O) | Pablo Zeballos | Olimpia | 25 |
| 2012 (A) | José Maria Ortigoza | Sol de América | 13 |
| 2012 (C) | Diego Centurión José Ariel Núñez | Club Guaraní Libertad | 13 |
| 2012 (O) | Pablo Velázquez | Libertad | 16 |
| 2013 (A) | Julián Benítez | Nacional | 13 |
| 2013 (C) | Hernán Rodrigo López | Sportivo Luqueño | 17 |
| 2013 (O) | Hernán Rodrigo López | Sportivo Luqueño | 17 |
| 2014 (A) | Hernán Rodrigo López Christian Ovelar | Libertad Sol de América | 19 |
| 2014 (C) | Fernando Fernández | Guaraní | 17 |
| 2014 (O) | Fernando Fernández | Guaraní | 31 |
Topscorers by club
The number of topscorers included in the following table only represent the overall topscorers for the entire year (those labeled with a [O] since 2008). Topscorers for specific tournaments (like Apertura [A] and Clausura [C]) are not included.
| Rank | Club | Number of topscorers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 23 |
| 2 | Libertad | 21 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 15 |
| 4 | Guaraní | 8 |
| 5 | Nacional | 6 |
| 6 | River Plate | 4 |
| 6 | Sol de América | 4 |
| 6 | Sportivo Luqueño | 4 |
| 9 | Presidente Hayes | 2 |
| 9 | Rubio Ñú | 2 |
| 11 | Atl. Colegiales | 1 |
| 11 | Capitán Figari | 1 |
| 11 | Tembetary | 1 |
Records and Statistics
- Juan Samudio is the all-time goalscoring leader with 111 goals, all of them scored for Libertad and Guaraní from 1997 to the present day. Mauro Caballero is second on the list with 107 goals between 1992 and 2007, playing for Olimpia, Cerro Porteño, Nacional and Libertad.[6][7]
- Flaminio Silva is the player to have scored more goals in a single season: 34 goals in 1936, playing for Olimpia.
- Máximo Rolón is the player with the most consecutive goalscoring titles (3 times): he was the topscorer in 1954, 1955 and 1956; playing for Libertad.
- Héctor Núñez is the only foreign player to win the goalscoring title back-to-back (1994–1995), playing for Cerro Porteño.
See also
- Primera División de Paraguay
- Paraguayan football league system
References
- ↑ Paraguay - List of Topscorers at RSSSF by Juan Pablo Andrés and Eli Schmerler
- ↑ Dante López está habilitado para jugar en el Libertad
- ↑ El uruguayo Hernán Rodrigo López se consagró goleador en Paraguay
- ↑ Plantel Profesional Academico
- ↑ Viaja ilusionado
- ↑ 214 goles: ¡Quién discute esta historia! (Spanish)
- ↑ Se cargó el triunfo (Spanish)