Who won Copa America 2024 Golden Boot? Top goal scorer award and winner for CONMEBOL Championship in USA

07-15-2024
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While scoring a goal is widely regarded as one of the most difficult tasks to do in football, doing so as you shoulder the expectations of an entire nation comes with even more pressure unlike anything in club football. 

The Copa America is ultimately about team glory, but there are also individual honours to play for at the competition. One accolade stands out among the rest is the Golden Boot.

Every tournament, the top goalscorer of the tournament has the honour of taking home the Golden Boot. Lionel Messi claimed the coveted trophy at Copa America 2021 after netting four goals and contributing five assists as Argentina claimed the title.

Copa America 2024 wasn't short on goals, either, as some of the best attackers looked to fire their nations to glory. From Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martinez to Vinicius Jr., Darwin Nunez, and Salomon Rondon, numerous star forwards stepped up to the plate and delivered moments of magic in the form of clutch goals for their country in high-stakes games.

Who won Copa America 2024 Golden Boot for top goal scorer?

Lautaro Martinez of Argentina won the Copa America 2024 Golden Boot, coming out on top in what was a fiercely contested race to lead the scoring chart with five goals.

While Martinez was the front-runner to scoop the award, Julian Alvarez, Luis Diaz and Jhon Cordoba were all still in contention heading into Sunday's grand finale between Argentina and Colombia.

How is Copa America 2024 Golden Boot decided?

The player who tops the charts with the most number of goals at Copa America 2024 will win the coveted Golden Boot.

In an ideal scenario, all the players who scored the most goals in a tournament should be recognised for their achievement, as has been the case with some of the past Copa America editions.

However, this isn't an ideal world, and in fact the first tie-breaker goes to whoever chalked up the most assists alongside their own individual strikes.

If the players still can't be separated, and more than one of them has the same amount of assists as well, then it will go down to whoever played the fewest amounts of minutes and as a result, has the best goals per minute record. 

Golden Boot Copa America 2024 final rankings

Below is the final list of top scorers at Copa America 2024. 

Rank Player Country Goals
(PKs)
Assists Matches Mins
1 Lautaro Martinez Argentina (0) 0 6 220
2 Salomon Rondon Venezuela 3 (1) 1 4 337
3 Daniel Munoz Colombia 2 (0) 1 5 388
= Jhon Cordoba Colombia 2 (0) 1 6 418
= Maxi Araujo Uruguay 2 (0) 1 6 448
= Rodrigo Betancur Uruguay 2 (0) 0 5 167
= Folarin Balogun USA 2 (0) 0 3 179
= Vinicius Jr Brazil 2 (0) 0 3 252
= Eduard Bello Venezuela (0) 0 4 290
= Jose Fajardo Panama 2 (0) 0 4 298
= Julian Alvarez Argentina 2 (0) 0 5 349
= Jeferson Lerma Colombia 2 (0)  0 5 426
= Jonathan David Canada 2 (0) 0 6 446
= Jeferson Lerma Uruguay 2 (0) 0 6 476
= Luis Diaz Colombia 2 (0) 0 6 512

Previous Copa America Golden Boot winners

The Copa America tournament has seen some incredible talent grace it since its establishment in 1916. Here is a list of Copa America Golden Boot winners through the years.

Year Golden Boot Winner Goals Scored
1916 Isabelino Gradin (URU) 3
1917 Angel Romano (URU) 4
1919 Arthur Friedenreich (BRA), Neco (BRA) 4
1920 Jose Perez (URU), Angel Romano (URU) 3
1921 Julio Libonatti (ARG) 3
1922 Julio Francia (ARG) 3
1923 Vicente Aguirre (ARG), Pedro Petrone (URU) 3
1924 Pedro Petrone (URU) 4
1925 Manuel Seoane (ARG) 6
1926 David Arellano (CHI) 7
1927 Alfredo Carricaberry (ARG), Segundo Luna (ARG), Roberto Figueroa (URU), Pedro Petrone (URU), Hector Scarone (URU) 3
1929 Aurelio Gonzalez (PAR) 5
1935 Herminio Masantonio (ARG) 4
1937 Raul Toro Julio (CHI) 7
1939 Teodoro Fernandez (PER) 7
1941 Juan Marvezzi (ARG) 5
1942 Herminio Masantonio (ARG), Jose Manuel Moreno (ARG) 7
1945 Norberto Mendez (ARG), Heleno de Freitas (BRA) 6
1946 Jose Maria Medina (URU) 7
1947 Nicolas Falero (URU) 8
1949 Jair (BRA) 9
1953 Francisco Molina (CHI) 7
1955 Rodolfo Micheli (ARG) 8
1956 Enrique Hormazábal (CHI) 4
1957 Humberto Maschio (ARG), Javier Ambrois (URU) 9
1959 Pele (BRA) 8
1959 Jose Sanfilippo (ARG) 6
1963 Carlos Alberto Raffo (COL) 6
1967 Luis Artime (ARG) 5
1975 Leopoldo Luque (ARG), Ernesto Diaz (COL) 4
1979 Jorge Peredo (CHI), Eugenio Morel (PAR) 4
1983 Jorge Burruchaga (ARG), Roberto Dinamite (BRA), Carlos Aguilera (URU) 3
1987 Arnoldo Iguaran (ECU) 4
1989 Bebeto (BRA) 6
1991 Gabriel Batistuta (ARG) 6
1993 Jose Luis Dolgetta (COL) 4
1995 Gabriel Batistuta (ARG), Luis Garcia (MEX) 4
1997 Luis Hernandez (MEX) 6
1999 Rivaldo (BRA), Ronaldo (BRA) 5
2001 Víctor Aristizábal (COL) 6
2004 Adriano (BRA) 7
2007 Robinho (BRA) 6
2011 Paolo Guerrero (PAR) 5
2015 Eduardo Vargas (CHI), Paolo Guerrero (PAR) 4
2016 Eduardo Vargas (CHI) 6
2019 Everton (BRA), Paolo Guerrero (PAR) 3
2021 Lionel Messi (ARG) 4
2024 Lautaro Martinez (ARG) 5