Lionel Messi leads all of the 2026 South American World Cup qualifiers in goals and Argentina have 11 different goal scorers.
Messi has scored six goals in the 2026 South American World Cup qualifiers, the top scorer, one ahead of Miguel Terceros of Bolivia and Raphinha of Brazil, who have five goals each. Messi scored in the first match against Ecuador, two against Peru and a hat trick against Bolivia.
Julián Álvarez, Lautaro Martínez and Nicolás Otamendi have each scored three goals. For Álvarez, he scored against Chile, Bolivia and Brazil. Lautaro scored against Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru. Otamendi had one against Paraguay, one against Brazil and one against Venezuela.
Thiago Almada, Enzo Fernández, Nicolás González and Alexis Mac Allister are on two goals each. Almada scored against Bolivia and Uruguay. Enzo had one against Bolivia and one against Brazil. González had one against Bolivia and one against Colombia. Mac Allister had one against Chile and one against Brazil.
Paulo Dybala, Giuliano Simeone and Nicolás Tagliafico have each scored one goal. Dybala was against Chile, Simeone against Brazil and Tagliafico against Bolivia.
In contrast, their opponent in Thursday’s World Cup qualifying match, Chile, they have only scored nine goals.
