# Copa América records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the Copa América, including from when it was called the South American Championship (1916–1975).

## Performance by country

Cumulative top four results for both South American Championships and Copa América.
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total |
| Argentina | 16 (1921*, 1925*, 1927, 1929*, 1937*, 1941, 1945, 1946*, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959 (Argentina)*, 1991, 1993, 2021, 2024) | 14 (1916*, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1959 (Ecuador), 1967, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016) | 5 (1919, 1956, 1963, 1989, 2019) | 2 (1922, 1987*) | 37 |
| Uruguay | 15 (1916, 1917*, 1920, 1923*, 1924*, 1926, 1935, 1942*, 1956*, 1959 (Ecuador), 1967*, 1983, 1987, 1995*, 2011) | 6 (1919, 1927, 1939, 1941, 1989, 1999) | 10 (1921, 1922, 1929, 1937, 1947, 1953, 1957, 1975, 2004, 2024) | 5 (1945, 1946, 1955, 2001, 2007) | 36 |
| Brazil | 9 (1919*, 1922*, 1949*, 1989*, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2019*) | 12 (1921, 1925, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1953, 1957, 1959 (Argentina), 1983, 1991, 1995, 2021*) | 7 (1916, 1917, 1920, 1942, 1959 (Ecuador), 1975, 1979) | 3 (1923, 1956, 1963) | 31 |
| Paraguay | 2 (1953, 1979) | 6 (1922, 1929, 1947, 1949, 1963, 2011) | 7 (1923, 1924, 1925, 1939, 1946, 1959 (Argentina), 1983) | 7 (1921, 1926, 1937, 1942, 1967, 1989, 2015) | 22 |
| Chile | 2 (2015*, 2016) | 4 (1955*, 1956, 1979, 1987) | 5 (1926*, 1941*, 1945*, 1967, 1991*) | 11 (1916, 1917, 1919, 1920*, 1924, 1935, 1939, 1947, 1953, 1999, 2019) | 22 |
| Peru | 2 (1939*, 1975) | 1 (2019) | 8 (1927*, 1935*, 1949, 1955, 1979, 1983, 2011, 2015) | 6 (1929, 1941, 1957*, 1959 (Argentina), 1997, 2021) | 17 |
| Colombia | 1 (2001*) | 2 (1975, 2024) | 5 (1987, 1993, 1995, 2016, 2021) | 2 (1991, 2004) | 10 |
| Bolivia | 1 (1963*) | 1 (1997*) | — | 2 (1927, 1949) | 4 |
| Mexico^ | — | 2 (1993, 2001) | 3 (1997, 1999, 2007) | — | 5 |
| Honduras^ | — | — | 1 (2001) | — | 1 |
| Ecuador | — | — | — | 2 (1959 (Ecuador)*, 1993*) | 2 |
| United States^ | — | — | — | 2 (1995, 2016*) | 2 |
| Venezuela | — | — | — | 1 (2011) | 1 |
| Canada^ | — | — | — | 1 (2024) | 1 |
    *=hosts
    ^=invitees

### Consecutive championships

Teams that have won the Copa América (formerly South American Championships) consecutively and have become two-time champions (two consecutive titles) or three-time champions (three consecutive titles).
| Team | Two championships | Three championships |
| Argentina | 6 times (1927–1929, 1945–1946, 1946–1947, 1957–1959 (ARG), 1991–1993, 2021–2024) | 1 time (1945–1947) |
| Uruguay | 3 times (1916–1917, 1923–1924, 1983–1987) | — |
| Brazil | 2 times (1997–1999, 2004–2007) | — |
| Chile | 1 time (2015–2016) | — |
    Italics indicate tournament hosts

## Debut of national teams

| Year | Debuting teams | Debuting teams | Debuting teams |
| Year | Teams | No. | Cum. |
| 1916 | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay | 4 | 4 |
| 1917 – 1920 | None | 0 | 4 |
| 1921 | Paraguay | 1 | 5 |
| 1922 – 1925 | None | 0 | 5 |
| 1926 | Bolivia | 1 | 6 |
| 1927 | Peru | 1 | 7 |
| 1929 – 1937 | None | 0 | 7 |
| 1939 | Ecuador | 1 | 8 |
| 1939 – 1942 | None | 0 | 8 |
| 1945 | Colombia | 1 | 9 |
| 1946 – 1963 | None | 0 | 9 |
| 1967 | Venezuela | 1 | 10 |
| 1975 – 1991 | None | 0 | 10 |
| 1993 | Mexico, United States | 2 | 12 |
| 1995 | None | 0 | 12 |
| 1997 | Costa Rica | 1 | 13 |
| 1999 | Japan | 1 | 14 |
| 2001 | Honduras | 1 | 15 |
| 2004 – 2011 | None | 0 | 15 |
| 2015 | Jamaica | 1 | 16 |
| 2016 | Haiti, Panama | 2 | 18 |
| 2019 | Qatar | 1 | 19 |
| 2021 | None | 0 | 19 |
| 2024 | Canada | 1 | 20 |

## Overall team records

    As of 2024 Copa América
In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
| Rank | Team | Part. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Argentina | 44 | 208 | 132 | 43 | 33 | 483 | 183 | +300 | 439 |
| 2 | Uruguay | 46 | 212 | 115 | 40 | 57 | 421 | 226 | +195 | 385 |
| 3 | Brazil | 38 | 195 | 109 | 41 | 45 | 435 | 206 | +229 | 368 |
| 4 | Chile | 41 | 191 | 67 | 35 | 89 | 291 | 317 | −26 | 236 |
| 5 | Paraguay | 39 | 180 | 64 | 43 | 73 | 267 | 311 | −44 | 235 |
| 6 | Peru | 34 | 164 | 58 | 40 | 66 | 230 | 258 | −28 | 214 |
| 7 | Colombia | 24 | 130 | 53 | 26 | 51 | 154 | 194 | −40 | 185 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 29 | 122 | 20 | 26 | 76 | 109 | 308 | −199 | 86 |
| 9 | Ecuador | 30 | 130 | 17 | 28 | 85 | 139 | 331 | −192 | 79 |
| 10 | Mexico | 11 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 74 |
| 11 | Venezuela | 20 | 74 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 59 | 182 | −123 | 51 |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 6 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 22 |
| 13 | United States | 5 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 20 |
| 14 | Honduras | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 |
| 15 | Panama | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 9 |
| 16 | Canada | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 |
| 17 | Japan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 |
| 18 | Qatar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| 19 | Haiti | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
| 20 | Jamaica | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |

## Medal table

No third place match was played in 1975, 1979 and 1983.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina | 16 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
| 2 | Uruguay | 15 | 6 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Brazil | 9 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Paraguay | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Chile | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Peru | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 7 | Colombia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Honduras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 48 | 48 | 51 | 147 |

## General statistics by tournament

| Year | Hosts | Champions | Winning coach | Golden Boot (goals) | Best player |
| 1916 | Argentina | Uruguay | Alfredo Foglino | Isabelino Gradín (3) | Isabelino Gradín |
| 1917 | Uruguay | Uruguay | Ramón Platero | Ángel Romano (4) | Héctor Scarone |
| 1919 | Brazil | Brazil | Haroldo | Arthur Friedenreich (4) Neco (4) | Arthur Friedenreich |
| 1920 | Chile | Uruguay | Ernesto Fígoli | José Pérez (3) Ángel Romano (3) | José Piendibene |
| 1921 | Argentina | Argentina | Pedro Calomino | Julio Libonatti (3) | Américo Tesoriere |
| 1922 | Brazil | Brazil | Laís | Juan Francia (4) | Agostinho Fortes Filho |
| 1923 | Uruguay | Uruguay | Leonardo De Lucca | Vicente Aguirre (3) Pedro Petrone (3) | José Nasazzi |
| 1924 | Uruguay | Uruguay | Ernesto Meliante | Pedro Petrone (4) | Pedro Petrone |
| 1925 | Argentina | Argentina | Américo Tesoriere | Manuel Seoane (6) | Manuel Seoane |
| 1926 | Chile | Uruguay | Ernesto Fígoli | David Arellano (7) | José Leandro Andrade |
| 1927 | Peru | Argentina | José Lago Millán [es] | Alfredo Carricaberry (3) Segundo Luna (3) Roberto Figueroa (3) Pedro Petrone (3) Héctor Scarone (3) | Manuel Seoane |
| 1929 | Argentina | Argentina | Francisco Olazar | Aurelio González (5) | Manuel Ferreira |
| 1935 | Peru | Uruguay | Raúl V. Blanco | Herminio Masantonio (4) | José Nasazzi |
| 1937 | Argentina | Argentina | Manuel Seoane | Raúl Toro Julio (7) | Vicente de la Mata |
| 1939 | Peru | Peru | Jack Greenwell | Teodoro Fernández (7) | Teodoro Fernández |
| 1941 | Chile | Argentina | Guillermo Stábile | Juan Marvezzi (5) | Sergio Livingstone |
| 1942 | Uruguay | Uruguay | Pedro Cea | Herminio Masantonio (7) José Manuel Moreno (7) | Obdulio Varela |
| 1945 | Chile | Argentina | Guillermo Stábile | Norberto Méndez (6) Heleno de Freitas (6) | Domingos da Guia |
| 1946 | Argentina | Argentina | Guillermo Stábile | José María Medina (7) | Adolfo Pedernera |
| 1947 | Ecuador | Argentina | Guillermo Stábile | Nicolás Falero (8) | José Manuel Moreno |
| 1949 | Brazil | Brazil | Flávio Costa | Jair (9) | Ademir |
| 1953 | Peru | Paraguay | Manuel Fleitas Solich | Francisco Molina (7) | Heriberto Herrera |
| 1955 | Chile | Argentina | Guillermo Stábile | Rodolfo Micheli (8) | Enrique Hormazábal |
| 1956 | Uruguay | Uruguay | Hugo Bagnulo | Enrique Hormazábal (4) | Óscar Míguez |
| 1957 | Peru | Argentina | Guillermo Stábile | Humberto Maschio (9) Javier Ambrois (9) | Omar Sívori |
| 1959 | Argentina | Argentina | Victorio Spinetto | Pelé (8) | Pelé |
| 1959 | Ecuador | Uruguay | Juan Carlos Corazzo | José Sanfilippo (6) | Alcides Silveira |
| 1963 | Bolivia | Bolivia | Danilo Alvim | Carlos Alberto Raffo (6) | Ramiro Blacut |
| 1967 | Uruguay | Uruguay | Juan Carlos Corazzo | Luis Artime (5) | Pedro Rocha |
| 1975 | Various | Peru | Marcos Calderón | Leopoldo Luque (4) Ernesto Díaz (4) | Teófilo Cubillas |
| 1979 | Various | Paraguay | Ranulfo Miranda | Jorge Peredo (4) Eugenio Morel (4) | Carlos Caszely |
| 1983 | Various | Uruguay | Omar Borrás | Jorge Burruchaga (3) Roberto Dinamite (3) Carlos Aguilera (3) | Enzo Francescoli |
| 1987 | Argentina | Uruguay | Roberto Fleitas | Arnoldo Iguarán (4) | Carlos Valderrama |
| 1989 | Brazil | Brazil | Sebastião Lazaroni | Bebeto (6) | Rubén Sosa |
| 1991 | Chile | Argentina | Alfio Basile | Gabriel Batistuta (6) | Leonardo Rodríguez |
| 1993 | Ecuador | Argentina | Alfio Basile | José Luis Dolgetta (4) | Sergio Goycochea |
| 1995 | Uruguay | Uruguay | Héctor Núñez | Gabriel Batistuta (4) Luis García (4) | Enzo Francescoli |
| 1997 | Bolivia | Brazil | Mário Zagallo | Luis Hernández (6) | Ronaldo |
| 1999 | Paraguay | Brazil | Vanderlei Luxemburgo | Rivaldo (5) Ronaldo (5) | Rivaldo |
| 2001 | Colombia | Colombia | Francisco Maturana | Víctor Aristizábal (6) | Amado Guevara |
| 2004 | Peru | Brazil | Carlos Alberto Parreira | Adriano (7) | Adriano |
| 2007 | Venezuela | Brazil | Dunga | Robinho (6) | Robinho |
| 2011 | Argentina | Uruguay | Óscar Tabárez | Paolo Guerrero (5) | Luis Suárez |
| 2015 | Chile | Chile | Jorge Sampaoli | Eduardo Vargas (4) Paolo Guerrero (4) | Lionel Messi |
| 2016 | United States | Chile | Juan Antonio Pizzi | Eduardo Vargas (6) | Alexis Sánchez |
| 2019 | Brazil | Brazil | Tite | Everton (3) Paolo Guerrero (3) | Dani Alves |
| 2021 | Brazil | Argentina | Lionel Scaloni | Lionel Messi (4) Luis Díaz (4) | Lionel Messi |
| 2024 | United States | Argentina | Lionel Scaloni | Lautaro Martínez (5) | James Rodríguez |
Note: Carlos Valderrama (1987) was the first player to officially win the best player of the tournament award.

## Hosts

Results of host nations :
| Year | Hosting team | Finish |
| 1916 | Argentina | Runners-up |
| 1917 | Uruguay | Champions |
| 1919 | Brazil | Champions |
| 1920 | Chile | Fourth place |
| 1921 | Argentina | Champions |
| 1922 | Brazil | Champions |
| 1923 | Uruguay | Champions |
| 1924 | Uruguay | Champions |
| 1925 | Argentina | Champions |
| 1926 | Chile | Third place |
| 1927 | Peru | Third place |
| 1929 | Argentina | Champions |
| 1935 | Peru | Third place |
| 1937 | Argentina | Champions |
| 1939 | Peru | Champions |
| 1941 | Chile | Third place |
| 1942 | Uruguay | Champions |
| 1945 | Chile | Third place |
| 1946 | Argentina | Champions |
| 1947 | Ecuador | Sixth place |
| 1949 | Brazil | Champions |
| 1953 | Peru | Fifth place |
| 1955 | Chile | Runners-up |
| 1956 | Uruguay | Champions |
| 1957 | Peru | Fourth place |
| 1959 | Argentina | Champions |
| 1959 | Ecuador | Fourth place |
| 1963 | Bolivia | Champions |
| 1967 | Uruguay | Champions |
| 1975 | No host | No host |
| 1979 | No host | No host |
| 1983 | No host | No host |
| 1987 | Argentina | Fourth place |
| 1989 | Brazil | Champions |
| 1991 | Chile | Third place |
| 1993 | Ecuador | Fourth place |
| 1995 | Uruguay | Champions |
| 1997 | Bolivia | Runners-up |
| 1999 | Paraguay | Quarter-finals |
| 2001 | Colombia | Champions |
| 2004 | Peru | Quarter-finals |
| 2007 | Venezuela | Quarter-finals |
| 2011 | Argentina | Quarter-finals |
| 2015 | Chile | Champions |
| 2016 | United States | Fourth place |
| 2019 | Brazil | Champions |
| 2021 | Brazil | Runners-up |
| 2024 | United States | Group stage |

## Defending champions

Results of defending champions :
| Year | Defending champions | Finish |
| 1917 | Uruguay | Champions |
| 1919 | Uruguay | Runners-up |
| 1920 | Brazil | Third place |
| 1921 | Uruguay | Third place |
| 1922 | Argentina | Fourth place |
| 1923 | Brazil | Fourth place |
| 1924 | Uruguay | Champions |
| 1925 | Uruguay | Did not enter |
| 1926 | Argentina | Runners-up |
| 1927 | Uruguay | Runners-up |
| 1929 | Argentina | Champions |
| 1935 | Argentina | Runners-up |
| 1937 | Uruguay | Third place |
| 1939 | Uruguay | Runners-up |
| 1941 | Peru | Fourth place |
| 1942 | Argentina | Runners-up |
| 1945 | Uruguay | Fourth place |
| 1946 | Argentina | Champions |
| 1947 | Argentina | Champions |
| 1949 | Argentina | Did not enter |
| 1953 | Brazil | Runners-up |
| 1955 | Peru | Third place |
| 1956 | Argentina | Runners-up |
| 1957 | Uruguay | Third place |
| 1959 | Argentina | Champions |
| 1959 | Argentina | Runners-up |
| 1963 | Uruguay | Did not enter |
| 1967 | Bolivia | Sixth place |
| 1975 | Uruguay | Semi-finals |
| 1979 | Peru | Semi-finals |
| 1983 | Paraguay | Semi-finals |
| 1987 | Uruguay | Champions |
| 1989 | Uruguay | Runners-up |
| 1991 | Brazil | Runners-up |
| 1993 | Argentina | Champions |
| 1995 | Argentina | Quarter-finals |
| 1997 | Uruguay | Group stage |
| 1999 | Brazil | Champions |
| 2001 | Brazil | Quarter-finals |
| 2004 | Colombia | Fourth place |
| 2007 | Brazil | Champions |
| 2011 | Brazil | Quarter-finals |
| 2015 | Uruguay | Quarter-finals |
| 2016 | Chile | Champions |
| 2019 | Chile | Fourth place |
| 2021 | Brazil | Runners-up |
| 2024 | Argentina | Champions |
| 2028 | Argentina | TBD |

## Coaches with most matches

| Rank | Coach | Matches | Tournaments | Notes |
| 1 | Guillermo Stábile | 44 | 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957 | Champion in 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955 and 1957 |
| 2 | Luis Tirado | 35 | 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956 | Runner-up in 1955 and 1956 |
| 3 | Manuel Fleitas Solich | 33 | 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953 | Champion in 1953 |
| 3 | Óscar Tabárez | 33 | 1989, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 | Champion in 2011 |
| 5 | Francisco Maturana | 27 | 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 | Champion in 2001 |
| 6 | Hernán Darío Gómez | 26 | 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2019 | |
| 7 | Ricardo Gareca | 22 | 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 | Runner-up in 2019 |
| 8 | Alfio Basile | 19 | 1991, 1993, 2007 | Champion in 1991 and 1993 |
| 8 | Flávio Costa | 19 | 1945, 1946, 1949 | Champion in 1949 |
| 8 | Lionel Scaloni | 19 | 2019, 2021, 2024 | Champion in 2021 and 2024 |

## Titles by coach

| Rank | Coach | Titles | Notes |
| 1 | Guillermo Stábile | 6 | Champion in 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955 and 1957 (runner-up in 1942) |
| 2 | Alfio Basile | 2 | 1991 and 1993 (runner-up in 2007) |
| 2 | Juan Carlos Corazzo | 2 | 1959 and 1967 |
| 2 | Ernesto Fígoli | 2 | 1920 and 1926 |
| 2 | Lionel Scaloni | 2 | 2021 and 2024 |
* Dunga of Brazil, Manuel Seoane of Argentina, Danilo Alvim of Brazil and Pedro Cea of Uruguay won the Copa América as a player and also as a coach: Cea won in 1923 and 1924 as a player and in 1942 as a coach; Seoane won in 1925, 1927 and 1929 as a player and in 1937 as a coach; Alvim won in 1949 as a player and in 1963 as a coach (coaching Bolivia); Dunga won in 1989 and 1997 as a player and in 2007 as a coach.

## Teams
### Overall

* Most Copa América appearances: 46, Uruguay
    For a detailed list, see Copa América participations
* Most championships: 16, Argentina
* Most appearances in Copa América final matches: 30, Argentina
* Most appearances in Copa América top four: 37, Argentina
    For a detailed list of top four appearances, see Copa América results
* Most matches played: 212, Uruguay
* Fewest matches played: 3, Haiti, Qatar
* Most wins: 132, Argentina
* Most losses: 89, Chile
* Most draws: 43, Argentina, Paraguay
* Team with the most goals scored in a single match: Argentina 12−0 Ecuador (1942)
* Most goals scored: 483, Argentina
* Most goals conceded: 331, Ecuador
* Fewest goals scored: 1, Haiti, Jamaica
* Fewest goals conceded: 5, Honduras, Qatar
* Highest average of goals scored per match: 2.32, Argentina
* Lowest average of goals conceded per match: 0.83, Honduras

### In one tournament

* Most wins: 7, Brazil (1949)
* Most goals scored: 46, Brazil (1949)
* Fewest goals conceded: 0, Colombia (2001)
* Most goals conceded: 31, Ecuador (1942)
* Most minutes without conceding a goal: 540, Colombia (2001)

### Streaks

* Most consecutive championships: 3, Argentina 1945, 1946, 1947
* Most consecutive final matches: 8, Argentina 1923–1937
* Most consecutive runners-up: 2
** Argentina (4 times)
** Brazil (2 times)
** Uruguay
** Chile

## Individual
### Goals scored

| Rank | Player | Country | Goals |
| 1 | Norberto Méndez | Argentina | 17 |
| 1 | Zizinho | Brazil | 17 |
| 3 | Teodoro Fernández | Peru | 15 |
| 3 | Severino Varela | Uruguay | 15 |
| 5 | Paolo Guerrero | Peru | 14 |
| 5 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 14 |
| 5 | Eduardo Vargas | Chile | 14 |
| 8 | Ademir | Brazil | 13 |
| 8 | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | 13 |
| 8 | Jair | Brazil | 13 |
| 8 | José Manuel Moreno | Argentina | 13 |
| 8 | Héctor Scarone | Uruguay | 13 |
| 13 | Roberto Porta | Uruguay | 12 |
| 13 | Ángel Romano | Uruguay | 12 |
| 15 | Didi | Brazil | 11 |
| 15 | Herminio Masantonio | Argentina | 11 |
| 17 | Javier Ambrois | Uruguay | 10 |
| 17 | Héctor Castro | Uruguay | 10 |
| 17 | Enrique Hormazábal | Chile | 10 |
| 17 | Arnoldo Iguarán | Colombia | 10 |
| 17 | Ángel Labruna | Argentina | 10 |
| 17 | Lautaro Martínez | Argentina | 10 |
| 17 | Pedro Petrone | Uruguay | 10 |
| 17 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 10 |
| 17 | Óscar Gómez Sánchez | Peru | 10 |

### Assist provided

| Rank | Player | Assist |
| 1. | Lionel Messi | 18 |
| 2. | Zizinho | 17 |
| 3. | Jair da Costa | 9 |
| 3. | James Rodriguez | 9 |
| 5. | Alex | 8 |
| 6. | Denilson | 7 |
| 6. | Angel Di Maria | 7 |
| 8. | Juan Roman Riquelme | 6 |
| 8. | Carlos Tevez | 6 |

### Matches played

| Rank | Player | Country | Matches | Tournaments |
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 39 | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| 2 | Sergio Livingstone | Chile | 34 | 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953 |
| 3 | Zizinho | Brazil | 33 | 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957 |
| 4 | Víctor Ugarte | Bolivia | 30 | 1947, 1949, 1953, 1959 (ARG) |
| 5 | Ángel Di María | Argentina | 28 | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| 5 | Paolo Guerrero | Peru | 28 | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2024 |
| 7 | Leonel Álvarez | Colombia | 27 | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 |
| 7 | Claudio Bravo | Chile | 27 | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024 |
| 7 | Mauricio Isla | Chile | 27 | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| 7 | Gary Medel | Chile | 27 | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 |
| 7 | Nicolás Otamendi | Argentina | 27 | 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| 7 | Carlos Valderrama | Colombia | 27 | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 |
| 7 | Yoshimar Yotún | Peru | 27 | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 |
| 14 | Pedro Gallese | Peru | 26 | 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| 14 | Javier Mascherano | Argentina | 26 | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016 |
| 14 | Alexis Sánchez | Chile | 26 | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| 14 | Eduardo Vargas | Chile | 26 | 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| 18 | Álex Aguinaga | Ecuador | 25 | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004 |
| 18 | Christian Cueva | Peru | 25 | 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| 18 | Cornelio Heredia | Peru | 25 | 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956 |
| 18 | Cláudio Taffarel | Brazil | 25 | 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 |
Data published by Copa América's official website.

### Titles by player

Players with the most Copa América titles :
| Titles | Player | Country | Years won | Other appearances | Other appearances |
| Titles | Player | Country | Years won | As player | As manager |
| 6 | Ángel Romano | Uruguay | 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926 | 1919, 1921, 1922 | |
| 4 | Pascual Somma | Uruguay | 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923 | 1919, 1921, 1922 | |
| 4 | Alfredo Zibechi | Uruguay | 1916, 1917, 1920, 1924 | 1919, 1921, 1922 | |
| 4 | Héctor Scarone | Uruguay | 1917, 1923, 1924, 1926 | 1919, 1927, 1929 | |
| 4 | José Nasazzi | Uruguay | 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935 | 1929 | |
| 3 | Alfredo Foglino | Uruguay | 1916, 1917, 1920 | 1919, 1921 | |
| 3 | José Pérez | Uruguay | 1916, 1917, 1920 | 1919 | |
| 3 | José Piendibene | Uruguay | 1916, 1917, 1920 | 1921 | |
| 3 | Antonio Urdinarán | Uruguay | 1916, 1917, 1920 | 1922 | |
| 3 | José Vanzzino | Uruguay | 1916, 1917, 1926 | 1919, 1922, 1927 | |
| 3 | Andrade | Uruguay | 1923, 1924, 1926 | 1927, 1929 | |
| 3 | Alfredo Ghierra | Uruguay | 1923, 1924, 1926 | | |
| 3 | Andrés Mazali | Uruguay | 1923, 1924, 1926 | 1927, 1929 | |
| 3 | Santos Urdinarán | Uruguay | 1923, 1924, 1926 | | |
| 3 | Manuel Seoane | Argentina | 1925, 1927, 1929 | 1924, 1935 | 1937 |
| 3 | Vicente de la Mata | Argentina | 1937, 1945, 1946 | | |
| 3 | José Salomón | Argentina | 1941, 1945, 1946 | 1942 | |
| 3 | Mario Boyé | Argentina | 1945, 1946, 1947 | | |
| 3 | Félix Loustau | Argentina | 1945, 1946, 1947 | | |
| 3 | Norberto Méndez | Argentina | 1945, 1946, 1947 | | |
| 3 | Natalio Pescia | Argentina | 1945, 1946, 1947 | | |
| 3 | René Pontoni | Argentina | 1945, 1946, 1947 | | |
| 3 | Enzo Francescoli | Uruguay | 1983, 1987, 1995 | 1989, 1993 | |

### Individual records

* Most goals scored in a single tournament: 9 – Jair (1949), Humberto Maschio (1957) and Javier Ambrois (1957)
* Most goals scored in a single match by a player: 5 – Héctor Scarone (1926), Juan Marvezzi (1941), José Manuel Moreno (1942) and Evaristo (1957)
* Most tournaments scored in: 6 – Zizinho (1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957) and Lionel Messi (2007, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024)
* Most opponents scored against: 10 – Lionel Messi (2007–2024)
* Most overall assists provided: 18 – Lionel Messi (2007–2024)
* Most assists provided in a single tournament: 6 – Alex (2004) and James Rodríguez (2024)
* Most tournaments assisted in: 7 – Lionel Messi (2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024)
* Most overall goal contributions: 32 – Lionel Messi (14 goals and 18 assists, 2007–2024)
* Most matches won by a player: 25 – Lionel Messi (2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024)
* Fastest goal scored: after 50 seconds – Darío Franco v. Brazil (1991)
* Fastest hat-trick: after 10 minutes – José Manuel Moreno (1942)
* Youngest goalscorer: 16 years, 171 days – Johnnier Montaño v. Argentina (1999)
* Oldest goalscorer: 37 years, 171 days – Luis Suárez v. Canada (2024)
* Most overall direct free kicks scored: 4 – Lionel Messi (2007–2024)
* Most overall man of the match awards won: 15 – Lionel Messi (2007–2024)
* Most man of the match awards won in a single tournament: 4 – Lionel Messi (2015 and 2021)
* Most finals played in: 5 – Lionel Messi (2007, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024)

## List of penalty shoot-outs

* Most shoot-outs won: 6
** Uruguay (1995, 1999 (2), 2011, 2024 (2))
* Most shoot-outs lost: 6
** Uruguay (1993, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2019, 2021)
* Most shoot-outs played: 12
** Uruguay (1993, 1995, 1999 (2), 2001, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2024 (2))
Penalty shoot-out statistics by team :
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Winning % | Years won | Years lost |
| Uruguay | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% | 1995, 1999 (2), 2011, 2024 (2) | 1993, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2019, 2021 |
| Argentina | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | 1993 (2), 2015, 2021, 2024 | 1995, 2004, 2011, 2015, 2016 |
| Brazil | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | 1995, 2004 (2), 2007, 2019 | 1993, 1995, 2011, 2015, 2024 |
| Colombia | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | 1993, 1995, 2016, 2021 | 1993, 2015, 2019, 2021 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | 2011 (2), 2015 | 1995, 1999, 2019, 2021 |
| Chile | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% | 2015, 2016, 2019 | 1999 |
| Peru | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 2019, 2021 | 1999, 2016 |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 1997, 1999 | 1995 |
| Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 2024 | 2024 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | – | 1997, 2024 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | – | 2011, 2024 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2001 | – |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1995 | – |
Championship year in bold

### By chronological order

| No. | Winners | Final score | Runners-up | Pen. Score | Pen. Taken | Missed penalties | Type of miss | Final penalty | Edition | Round | Date |
| 1 | Colombia | 1–1 | Uruguay | 5–3 | 5–4 | Moas | Post | Valencia | 1993, Ecuador | Quarter-finals | 26 June 1993 |
| 2 | Argentina | 1–1 | Brazil | 6–5 | 6–6 | Boiadeiro | Saved | Borelli | 1993, Ecuador | Quarter-finals | 27 June 1993 |
| 3 | Argentina | 0–0 | Colombia | 6–5 | 6–6 | Aristizábal | Saved | Borelli | 1993, Ecuador | Semi-finals | 1 July 1993 |
| 4 | Colombia | 1–1 | Paraguay | 5–4 | 5–5 | Gamarra | Saved | Gamarra GK Higuita | 1995, Uruguay | Quarter-finals | 16 July 1995 |
| 5 | United States | 0–0 | Mexico | 4–1 | 4–3 | Hermosillo Coyote | Saved Saved | Klopas | 1995, Uruguay | Quarter-finals | 17 July 1995 |
| 6 | Brazil | 2–2 | Argentina | 4–2 | 5–4 | André Cruz Simeone Fabbri | Saved Saved Saved | Edmundo | 1995, Uruguay | Quarter-finals | 17 July 1995 |
| 7 | Uruguay | 1–1 | Brazil | 5–3 | 5–4 | Túlio | Saved | S. Martínez | 1995, Uruguay | Final | 23 July 1995 |
| 8 | Mexico | 1–1 | Ecuador | 4–3 | 6–6 | Capurro De la Cruz Blanco Villa Rosero | Saved Saved Saved Wide Saved | J. Sánchez | 1997, Bolivia | Quarter-finals | 22 June 1997 |
| 9 | Mexico | 3–3 | Peru | 4–2 | 4–4 | José Soto Reynoso | Over Wide | Reynoso | 1999, Paraguay | Quarter-finals | 10 July 1999 |
| 10 | Uruguay | 1–1 | Paraguay | 5–3 | 5–4 | Benítez | Saved/Post | Magallanes | 1999, Paraguay | Quarter-finals | 10 July 1999 |
| 11 | Uruguay | 1–1 | Chile | 5–3 | 5–4 | Aros | Saved | Magallanes | 1999, Paraguay | Semi-finals | 13 July 1999 |
| 12 | Honduras | 2–2 | Uruguay | 5–4 | 5–5 | Gutiérrez | Saved | Izaguirre | 2001, Colombia | Third place play-off | 28 July 2001 |
| 13 | Brazil | 1–1 | Uruguay | 5–3 | 5–4 | V. Sánchez | Saved | Alex | 2004, Peru | Semi-finals | 21 July 2004 |
| 14 | Brazil | 2–2 | Argentina | 4–2 | 4–4 | D'Alessandro Heinze | Saved Over | Juan | 2004, Peru | Final | 25 July 2004 |
| 15 | Brazil | 2–2 | Uruguay | 5–4 | 7–7 | Forlán Afonso Fernando García Lugano | Saved Post Post Post Saved | Lugano GK Doni | 2007, Venezuela | Semi-finals | 10 July 2007 |
| 16 | Uruguay | 1–1 | Argentina | 5–4 | 5–5 | Tevez | Saved | Cáceres | 2011, Argentina | Quarter-finals | 16 July 2011 |
| 17 | Paraguay | 0–0 | Brazil | 2–0 | 3–4 | Elano Barreto Thiago Silva André Santos Fred | Over Wide Saved Over Wide | Fred | 2011, Argentina | Quarter-finals | 17 July 2011 |
| 18 | Paraguay | 0–0 | Venezuela | 5–3 | 5–4 | Lucena | Saved | Verón | 2011, Argentina | Semi-finals | 20 July 2011 |
| 19 | Argentina | 0–0 | Colombia | 5–4 | 7–7 | Muriel Biglia Zúñiga Rojo Murillo | Over Wide Saved Bar Over | Tevez | 2015, Chile | Quarter-finals | 26 June 2015 |
| 20 | Paraguay | 1–1 | Brazil | 4–3 | 5–5 | E. Ribeiro Douglas Costa Santa Cruz | Wide Over Over | González | 2015, Chile | Quarter-finals | 27 June 2015 |
| 21 | Chile | 0–0 | Argentina | 4–1 | 4–3 | Higuaín Banega | Over Saved | A. Sánchez | 2015, Chile | Final | 4 July 2015 |
| 22 | Colombia | 0–0 | Peru | 4–2 | 4–4 | Trauco Cueva | Saved Over | Cueva | 2016, United States | Quarter-finals | 17 June 2016 |
| 23 | Chile | 0–0 | Argentina | 4–2 | 5–4 | Vidal Messi Biglia | Saved Over Saved | Silva | 2016, United States | Final | 26 June 2016 |
| 24 | Brazil | 0–0 | Paraguay | 4–3 | 5–5 | Gómez Firmino González | Saved Wide Wide | Gabriel Jesus | 2019, Brazil | Quarter-finals | 27 June 2019 |
| 25 | Chile | 0–0 | Colombia | 5–4 | 5–5 | Tesillo | Wide | A. Sánchez | 2019, Brazil | Quarter-finals | 28 June 2019 |
| 26 | Peru | 0–0 | Uruguay | 5–4 | 5–5 | Suárez | Saved | Flores | 2019, Brazil | Quarter-finals | 29 June 2019 |
| 27 | Peru | 3–3 | Paraguay | 4–3 | 6–6 | D. Martínez Ormeño Samudio Cueva Espínola | Over Saved Over Saved Saved | Trauco | 2021, Brazil | Quarter-finals | 2 July 2021 |
| 28 | Colombia | 0–0 | Uruguay | 4–2 | 4–4 | Giménez Viña | Saved Saved | Viña GK Ospina | 2021, Brazil | Quarter-finals | 3 July 2021 |
| 29 | Argentina | 1–1 | Colombia | 3–2 | 4–5 | D. Sánchez De Paul Mina Cardona | Saved Over Saved Saved | Cardona GK E. Martínez | 2021, Brazil | Semi-finals | 6 July 2021 |
| 30 | Argentina | 1–1 | Ecuador | 4–2 | 5–4 | Messi Mena Minda | Bar Saved Saved | Otamendi | 2024, United States | Quarter-finals | 1 July 2024 |
| 31 | Canada | 1–1 | Venezuela | 4–3 | 6–6 | Herrera Millar Savarino Eustáquio Ángel | Post Over Saved Saved Saved | Koné | 2024, United States | Quarter-finals | 5 July 2024 |
| 32 | Uruguay | 0–0 | Brazil | 4–2 | 5–4 | Militão Douglas Luiz Giménez | Saved Post Saved | Ugarte | 2024, United States | Quarter-finals | 6 July 2024 |
| 33 | Uruguay | 2–2 | Canada | 4–3 | 4–5 | Koné Davies | Saved Bar | Davies | 2024, United States | Third place play-off | 13 July 2024 |