| PLAYER | APPS (SUBS) | GOALS | ASSISTS | MINS PLAYED | |
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Lautaro Martinez | 6 (0) | 5 | 0 | 221 |
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Salomon Rondon | 4 (0) | 3 | 1 | 337 |
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Daniel Munoz | 5 (0) | 2 | 1 | 389 |
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Jhon Cordoba | 6 (0) | 2 | 1 | 418 |
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Maximiliano Araujo | 6 (0) | 2 | 1 | 448 |
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Rodrigo Bentancur | 6 (0) | 2 | 0 | 176 |
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Folarin Balogun | 3 (0) | 2 | 0 | 179 |
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Vinicius Junior | 3 (0) | 2 | 0 | 251 |
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Eduard Bello | 4 (0) | 2 | 0 | 290 |
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Jose Fajardo | 4 (0) | 2 | 0 | 298 |
The South American continent has always produced some of the finest goal scorers to the beautiful game. Some of the all time greats such as Pele, Maradona, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi and many more have all come from the South American continent. Therefore, Copa America has always been highlighted by some of the excellent performances produced by great top scorers over the years.
Argentina's Lionel Messi topped the Copa America top scorers chart in 2021. The Paris Saint-Germain superstar was absolutely pivotal in helping Argentina win the Copa America after 28 years. Messi found the net 4 times in 7 appearances for La Albiceleste and all of his goals turned out to be a game changing moment for his national side. The 2nd most top scorers in the Copa America was Peru's center forward Gianluca Lapadula. The 32 year old also managed to score 4 goals from 7 games.
| Player | Nation | Matches played | Goal Scored |
| Lionel Messi | Argentina | 7 | 4 |
| Gianluca Lapadula | Peru | 7 | 4 |
| Luis Diaz | Columbia | 5 | 4 |
| Lautaro Martinez | Argentina | 6 | 3 |
| Angel Romero | Paraguay | 5 | 2 |
| Ayrton Preciado | Ecuador | 4 | 2 |
| Player | Nation | Matches Played | Goals Scored |
| Everton Soares | Brazil | 6 | 3 |
| Paolo Guerrero | Peru | 6 | 3 |
| Sergio Aguero | Argentina | 6 | 2 |
| Edinson Cavani | Uruguay | 4 | 2 |
| Philippe Coutinho | Brazil | 6 | 2 |
| Roberto Firminho | Brazil | 6 | 2 |
