WC Qualification South America Top Scorers, Assists & Shots 2026

WC Qualification South America Attacking leaders

Lionel Messi leads the WC Qualification South America for Goals in 2026 with 8. The full leaderboard is below, with every ranked player and team linked to their Statz stats.

Most goals in the WC Qualification South America 2026

#	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	8
2	Luis Díaz	Colombia	7
3	Miguelito	Bolivia	7
4	Enner Valencia	Ecuador	6
5	Salomón Rondón	Venezuela	6
6	Raphinha	Brazil	5
7	Darwin Núñez	Uruguay	5
8	Antonio Sanabria	Paraguay	4
9	Luis Suárez	Colombia	4
10	Lautaro Martínez	Argentina	4
11	Julián Alvarez	Argentina	4
12	Nicolás Otamendi	Argentina	3
13	E. Vargas	Chile	3
14	James Rodríguez	Colombia	3
15	Rodrigo Aguirre	Uruguay	3

Most assists in the WC Qualification South America 2026

#	Player	Team	Assists
1	James Rodríguez	Colombia	7
2	Yeferson Soteldo	Venezuela	4
3	Maxi Araújo	Uruguay	4
4	Lionel Messi	Argentina	3
5	Neymar	Brazil	3
6	Luis Díaz	Colombia	3
7	Nicolás de la Cruz	Uruguay	3
8	Exequiel Palacios	Argentina	3
9	Darwin Núñez	Uruguay	3
10	Roberto Fernández	Bolivia	3
11	Thiago Almada	Argentina	3
12	Julián Alvarez	Argentina	3
13	Enzo Fernández	Argentina	3
14	Moisés Caicedo	Ecuador	3
15	Luiz Henrique	Brazil	3

Most goal Involvements in the WC Qualification South America 2026

#	Player	Team	Goal Involvements
1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	11
2	Luis Díaz	Colombia	10
3	James Rodríguez	Colombia	10
4	Enner Valencia	Ecuador	8
5	Darwin Núñez	Uruguay	8
6	Miguelito	Bolivia	7
7	Salomón Rondón	Venezuela	7
8	Raphinha	Brazil	7
9	Julián Alvarez	Argentina	7
10	Nicolás de la Cruz	Uruguay	6
11	Thiago Almada	Argentina	6
12	Antonio Sanabria	Paraguay	5
13	Lautaro Martínez	Argentina	5
14	Julio Enciso	Paraguay	5
15	Neymar	Brazil	5

Most penalties Scored in the WC Qualification South America 2026

#	Player	Team	Penalties Scored
1	Raphinha	Brazil	3
2	Miguelito	Bolivia	3
3	Enner Valencia	Ecuador	2
4	Salomón Rondón	Venezuela	2
5	James Rodríguez	Colombia	1
6	Rafael Borré	Colombia	1
7	Carmelo Algarañaz	Bolivia	1
8	Darwin Núñez	Uruguay	1
9	Julio Enciso	Paraguay	1

Most non-Penalty Goals in the WC Qualification South America 2026

#	Player	Team	Non-Penalty Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	8
2	Luis Díaz	Colombia	7
3	Miguelito	Bolivia	4
4	Enner Valencia	Ecuador	4
5	Salomón Rondón	Venezuela	4
6	Darwin Núñez	Uruguay	4
7	Antonio Sanabria	Paraguay	4
8	Luis Suárez	Colombia	4
9	Lautaro Martínez	Argentina	4
10	Julián Alvarez	Argentina	4
11	Nicolás Otamendi	Argentina	3
12	E. Vargas	Chile	3
13	Rodrigo Aguirre	Uruguay	3
14	Nicolás de la Cruz	Uruguay	3
15	Rodrygo	Brazil	3

Most expected Goals (xG) in the WC Qualification South America 2026

#	Player	Team	Expected Goals (xG)
1	Enner Valencia	Ecuador	4.6
2	Raphinha	Brazil	3.98
3	Vinicius Junior	Brazil	3.79
4	Miguelito	Bolivia	3.61
5	Luis Díaz	Colombia	3.32
6	Jhon Córdoba	Colombia	3.3
7	Salomón Rondón	Venezuela	3.02
8	Lionel Messi	Argentina	2.9
9	Julio Enciso	Paraguay	2.82
10	Jhon Durán	Colombia	2.3
11	James Rodríguez	Colombia	1.99
12	Julián Alvarez	Argentina	1.98
13	Giorgian de Arrascaeta	Uruguay	1.82
14	Gabriel Villamíl	Bolivia	1.78
15	Antonio Sanabria	Paraguay	1.66

Most non-Penalty xG in the WC Qualification South America 2026

#	Player	Team	Non-Penalty xG
1	Jhon Córdoba	Colombia	3.3
2	Vinicius Junior	Brazil	3
3	Lionel Messi	Argentina	2.9
4	Luis Díaz	Colombia	2.53
5	Jhon Durán	Colombia	2.3
6	Julián Alvarez	Argentina	1.98
7	Giorgian de Arrascaeta	Uruguay	1.82
8	Gabriel Villamíl	Bolivia	1.78
9	Antonio Sanabria	Paraguay	1.66
10	Raphinha	Brazil	1.61
11	Josef Martínez	Venezuela	1.57
12	Rodrigo Aguirre	Uruguay	1.53
13	Paolo Guerrero	Peru	1.52
14	Estêvão	Brazil	1.47
15	Enner Valencia	Ecuador	1.44

Most xG Overperformance in the WC Qualification South America 2026

#	Player	Team	xG Overperformance
1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	5.1
2	Darwin Núñez	Uruguay	3.8
3	Luis Díaz	Colombia	3.68
4	Miguelito	Bolivia	3.39
5	Salomón Rondón	Venezuela	2.98
6	Lautaro Martínez	Argentina	2.92
7	Rodrygo	Brazil	2.73
8	Luis Suárez	Colombia	2.63
9	Nicolás Otamendi	Argentina	2.63
10	E. Vargas	Chile	2.52
11	Antonio Sanabria	Paraguay	2.34
12	Julián Alvarez	Argentina	2.02
13	Thiago Almada	Argentina	1.76
14	Telasco Segovia	Venezuela	1.76
15	Juan Fernando Quintero	Colombia	1.67

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