ALL TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS - COSTA RICA (Part 28)
Picture : Victor Nunez, leader of the ranking.
All-time best top division goal-scorers: Costa Rica (Part 28)
Víctor Núñez holds the goal-scoring record in the top league of Costa Rica since its foundation in 1921. He scored 246 goals in 530 games for 8 different clubs between 1999 and 2019.
Núñez is the only player with 200+ goals. 6 players have reached 150 goals, 41 players – 100 goals.
Marcel Hernández (Cuba, 114 goals) is the only foreigner in the “Club 100+”.
Núñez also came from other country (Dominican Republic), but he took Costa Rican citizenship and played for the national team of this country.
The second-placed Errol Daniels has scored most goals for a single club, 196 for Alajuelense.
The best active scorers are Jonathan McDonald (167) and Yendrick Ruiz (140).
The clubs in consideration with various names during their history: Barrio México (also Deportivo México); Liberia (also Liberia Mía, Águilas Guanacastecas).
COSTA RICA | 1921- | ALL-TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS | |||
Player | Period | Goals | Games | Breakdown by clubs | |
1 | Victor Nuñez | 1999-2019 | 246 | 530 | Saprissa 9, Limón 20, Santa Bárbara 17, Alajuelense 38, Cartaginés 29, Liberia 32, |
Herediano 89, Santos 12 | |||||
2 | Errol Daniels | 1964-1972 | 196 | 242 | Alajuelense 196 |
3 | Roy Sáenz | 1963-1980 | 168 | 378 | Barrio México, Orión, Alajuelense, Limón |
4 | Jonathan McDonald | 2004- | 167 | 431 | Herediano 30, Alajuelense 127, San Carlos 10 |
5 | Álvaro Saborío | 2001-2022 | 165 | 308 | Saprissa 96, San Carlos 63, Alajuelense 6 |
6 | Leonel Hernández | 1962-1977 | 164 | 360 | Cartaginés 164 |
7 | Guillermo Guardia | 1978-1996 | 149 | 463 | Turrialba, Saprissa, Alajuelense, San Carlos, Limón, Uruguay de Coronado, Pérez Zeledón |
8 | Evaristo Coronado | 1981-1995 | 148 | 536 | Saprissa 148 |
9 | Alejandro Alpizar | 1999-2016 | 147 | 429 | Alajuelense 61, Pérez Zeledón 19, Saprissa 34, Liberia 6, Uruguay Coronado 26, Carmelita 1 |
10 | Erick Scott | 2001-2018 | 147 | 431 | Alajuelense 52, San Carlos 9, Saprissa 1, Santos 3, Uruguay Coronado 10, Cartaginés 11, |
Limón 53, Pérez Zeledón 5, Liberia 3 | |||||
11 | Juan Ulloa | 1955-1970 | 140 | 169 | Alajuelense, Orión, Puntarenas, San Carlos, Uruguay Coronado |
12 | Yendrick Ruiz | 2006- | 140 | 389 | Alajuelense 4, Puntarenas 13, Herediano 123 |
13 | Vicente Wanchope | 1964-1978 | 133 | 380 | Limón 54, Herediano 73 |
14 | Minor Díaz | 1998-2014 | 132 | 315 | Santa Bárbara 7, Herediano 69, Alajuelense 14, Cartaginés 16, Liberia 6, UCR 19, Belén 1 |