ALL TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS - BRAZIL - PAULISTA (Part 16)

• Aug 5, 2023
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Picture : Pelé leads always the all time ranking.

All-time best top division goal-scorers: Brazil - Paulista (Part 16)

The São Paulo State Championship (Paulista) dates back to 1902. Shortly after its creation, a phenomenal goal-scorer, Arthur Friedenreich, broke into there, amassing an incredible 357 goals in a quarter of a century of his career.
His achievement would have remained a league record to this day, had not a new genius appeared in it over time, who managed to outshine the legend of old times. Pele surpassed Friedenreich by more than a hundred goals and stopped at 466.
Until recently, this number was a record for all national and relevant regional leagues on the planet; it was only exceeded by Lionel Messi in the Spanish league.
Pele and Friedenreich still tower over the rest by several heads. So far, no one has been able to even get close to them. After two giants, only Serginho Chulapa conquered and barely surpassed the mark of 200 goals (210).
16 strikers have scored 150 or more goals. There are no active players and foreigners among them.
Palmeiras was named previously Palestra Itália and Palestra de São Paulo. For simplicity, the current name is used in all cases. 

	BRAZIL PAULISTA	1902-		ALL-TIME BEST GOAL SCORERS
	Player	Period	Goals	Breakdown by clubs
1	Pelé	1957-1974	466	Santos 466
2	Arthur Friedenreich	1910-1934	357	Germânia 6, Mackenzie 15, Ypiranga 39, Paulistano 230, São Paulo 67
3	Serginho Chulapa	1973-1993	210	Marília 2, São Paulo 138, Santos 61, Corinthians 5, São Caetano 4
4	Feitiço	1922-1939	196	São Bento 58, Santos 129, Palmeiras 9
5	Toninho Guerreiro	1960-1975	194	Noroeste 37, Santos 111, São Paulo 46
6	Cláudio	1940-1959	188	Santos 27, Palmeiras 9, Corinthians 152
7	Luizinho	1929-1946	187	Paulistano 1 São Paulo 121, Estudantes 6, Palmeiras 59
8	Heitor	1916-1931	185	Palmeiras 185
9	Pepe	1955-1966	180	Santos 180
10	Neco	1914-1928	171	Corinthians 170, Mackenzie 1
11	Gino	1952-1964	167	XV de Jaú 1, Comercial 12, São Paulo 144, Portuguesa 7, Juventus 3
12	Sócrates	1974-1989	164	Botafogo-SP 51, Corinthians 108, Santos 5
13	Servílio	1958-1973	162	Portuguesa 83, Palmeiras 72, Corinthians 3, Nacional-SP 4
14	Baltazar	1944-1959	159	Jabaquara 19, Corinthians 139, Juventus 1
14	Teleco	1935-1945	159	Corinthians 145, Santos 10, Juventus 4
16	Jorge Mendonça	1976-1988	150	Palmeiras 60, Guarani 55, Ponte Preta 35