From Wikipedia - Reading time: 15 minThis is a list of records and statistics of the Copa América, including from when it was called the South American Championship (1916–1975).
| Year | Hosts | Champions | Winning coach | Golden Boot (goals) | Best player[1] |
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| 1949 | |||||
| 1953 | |||||
| 1955 | |||||
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| 1957 | |||||
| 1959 | |||||
| 1959 | |||||
| 1963 | |||||
| 1967 | |||||
| 1975 | Various | ||||
| 1979 | Various | ||||
| 1983 | Various | ||||
| 1987 | |||||
| 1989 | |||||
| 1991 | |||||
| 1993 | |||||
| 1995 | |||||
| 1997 | |||||
| 1999 | |||||
| 2001 | |||||
| 2004 | |||||
| 2007 | |||||
| 2011 | |||||
| 2015 | |||||
| 2016 | |||||
| 2019 | |||||
| 2021 | |||||
| 2024 |
Note: Carlos Valderrama (1987) was the first player to officially win the best player of the tournament award.
| Year | Debuting teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | No. | Cum. | |
| 1916 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1917 – 1920 | None | 0 | 4 |
| 1921 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1922 – 1925 | None | 0 | 5 |
| 1926 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1927 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1929 – 1937 | None | 0 | 7 |
| 1939 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1939 – 1942 | None | 0 | 8 |
| 1945 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1946 – 1963 | None | 0 | 9 |
| 1967 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1975 – 1991 | None | 0 | 10 |
| 1993 | 2 | 12 | |
| 1995 | None | 0 | 12 |
| 1997 | 1 | 13 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 14 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 15 | |
| 2004 – 2011 | None | 0 | 15 |
| 2015 | 1 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 18 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 19 | |
| 2021 | None | 0 | 19 |
| 2024 | 1 | 20 | |
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.[3]
| Rank | Team | Part. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | 208 | 132 | 43 | 33 | 483 | 183 | +300 | 439 | |
| 2 | 46 | 212 | 115 | 40 | 57 | 421 | 226 | +195 | 385 | |
| 3 | 38 | 195 | 109 | 41 | 45 | 435 | 206 | +229 | 368 | |
| 4 | 41 | 191 | 67 | 35 | 89 | 291 | 317 | −26 | 236 | |
| 5 | 39 | 180 | 64 | 43 | 73 | 267 | 311 | −44 | 235 | |
| 6 | 34 | 164 | 58 | 40 | 66 | 230 | 258 | −28 | 214 | |
| 7 | 24 | 130 | 53 | 26 | 51 | 154 | 194 | −40 | 185 | |
| 8 | 29 | 122 | 20 | 26 | 76 | 109 | 308 | −199 | 86 | |
| 9 | 30 | 130 | 17 | 28 | 85 | 139 | 331 | −192 | 79 | |
| 10 | 11 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 74 | |
| 11 | 20 | 74 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 59 | 182 | −123 | 51 | |
| 12 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 22 | |
| 13 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 20 | |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 9 | |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | |
| 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | |
| 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
| 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |
| 20 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
No third place match was played in 1975, 1979 and 1983.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 35 | |
| 2 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 31 | |
| 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 28 | |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 48 | 48 | 51 | 147 | |
| Year | Hosting team | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Runners-up | |
| 1917 | Champions | |
| 1919 | Champions | |
| 1920 | Fourth place | |
| 1921 | Champions | |
| 1922 | Champions | |
| 1923 | Champions | |
| 1924 | Champions | |
| 1925 | Champions | |
| 1926 | Third place | |
| 1927 | Third place | |
| 1929 | Champions | |
| 1935 | Third place | |
| 1937 | Champions | |
| 1939 | Champions | |
| 1941 | Third place | |
| 1942 | Champions | |
| 1945 | Third place | |
| 1946 | Champions | |
| 1947 | Sixth place | |
| 1949 | Champions | |
| 1953 | Fifth place | |
| 1955 | Runners-up | |
| 1956 | Champions | |
| 1957 | Fourth place | |
| 1959 | Champions | |
| 1959 | Fourth place | |
| 1963 | Champions | |
| 1967 | Champions | |
| 1975 | No host | |
| 1979 | No host | |
| 1983 | No host | |
| 1987 | Fourth place | |
| 1989 | Champions | |
| 1991 | Third place | |
| 1993 | Fourth place | |
| 1995 | Champions | |
| 1997 | Runners-up | |
| 1999 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2001 | Champions | |
| 2004 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2007 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2011 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2015 | Champions | |
| 2016 | Fourth place | |
| 2019 | Champions | |
| 2021 | Runners-up | |
| 2024 | Group stage | |
| Year | Defending champions | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Champions | |
| 1919 | Runners-up | |
| 1920 | Third place | |
| 1921 | Third place | |
| 1922 | Fourth place | |
| 1923 | Fourth place | |
| 1924 | Champions | |
| 1925 | Did not enter | |
| 1926 | Runners-up | |
| 1927 | Runners-up | |
| 1929 | Champions | |
| 1935 | Runners-up | |
| 1937 | Third place | |
| 1939 | Runners-up | |
| 1941 | Fourth place | |
| 1942 | Runners-up | |
| 1945 | Fourth place | |
| 1946 | Champions | |
| 1947 | Champions | |
| 1949 | Did not enter | |
| 1953 | Runners-up | |
| 1955 | Third place | |
| 1956 | Runners-up | |
| 1957 | Third place | |
| 1959 | Champions | |
| 1959 | Runners-up | |
| 1963 | Did not enter | |
| 1967 | Sixth place | |
| 1975 | Semi-finals | |
| 1979 | Semi-finals | |
| 1983 | Semi-finals | |
| 1987 | Champions | |
| 1989 | Runners-up | |
| 1991 | Runners-up | |
| 1993 | Champions | |
| 1995 | Quarter-finals | |
| 1997 | Group stage | |
| 1999 | Champions | |
| 2001 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2004 | Fourth place | |
| 2007 | Champions | |
| 2011 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2015 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2016 | Champions | |
| 2019 | Fourth place | |
| 2021 | Runners-up | |
| 2024 | Champions | |
| 2028 | TBD |
| Rank | Coach | Nationality | Team(s) managed | 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 | ||
| Óscar Tabárez | 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 | ||
| Flávio Costa | 1945, 1946, 1949 | Champion in 1949 | ||||
| Lionel Scaloni | 2019, 2021, 2024 | Champion in 2021 and 2024 |
| Rank | Coach | Nationality | Team(s) managed | 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) | ||
| Juan Carlos Corazzo | 2 | 1959 and 1967 | |||
| Ernesto Fígoli | 2 | 1920 and 1926 | |||
| Lionel Scaloni | 2 | 2021 and 2024 |


| Rank | Player[4][5] | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norberto Méndez | 17 | |
| Zizinho | |||
| 3 | Teodoro Fernández | 15 | |
| Severino Varela | |||
| 5 | Paolo Guerrero | 14 | |
| Lionel Messi | |||
| Eduardo Vargas | |||
| 8 | Ademir | 13 | |
| Gabriel Batistuta | |||
| Jair | |||
| José Manuel Moreno | |||
| Héctor Scarone | |||
| 13 | Roberto Porta | 12 | |
| Ángel Romano | |||
| 15 | Didi | 11 | |
| Herminio Masantonio | |||
| 17 | Javier Ambrois | 10 | |
| Héctor Castro | |||
| Enrique Hormazábal | |||
| Arnoldo Iguarán | |||
| Ángel Labruna | |||
| Lautaro Martínez | |||
| Pedro Petrone | |||
| Ronaldo | |||
| Óscar Gómez Sánchez |
| Rank | Player[6] | Assist |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 | |
| 2. | 17 | |
| 3. | 9 | |
| 3. | 9 | |
| 5. | 8 | |
| 6. | 7 | |
| 6. | 7 | |
| 8. | 6 | |
| 8. | 6 |

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

| Titles | Player | Country | Years won | Other appearances | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As player | As manager | ||||
| 6 | Ángel Romano | 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926[8] | 1919, 1921, 1922 | ||
| 4 | Pascual Somma | 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923 | 1919, 1921, 1922 | ||
| 4 | Héctor Scarone | 1917, 1923, 1924, 1926[8] | 1919, 1927,[9] 1929[10] | ||
| 4 | José Nasazzi | 1923, 1924, 1926,[8] 1935[11] | 1929[10] | ||
| 3 | Alfredo Foglino | 1916, 1917, 1920 | 1919, 1921 | ||
| 3 | José Pérez | 1916, 1917, 1920 | 1919 | ||
| 3 | José Piendibene | 1916, 1917, 1920 | 1921 | ||
| 3 | Antonio Urdinarán | 1916, 1917, 1920 | 1922 | ||
| 3 | José Vanzzino | 1916, 1917, 1926[8] | 1919, 1922, 1927[9] | ||
| 3 | Alfredo Zibechi | 1916, 1920, 1924 | 1919, 1921, 1922 | ||
| 3 | Andrade | 1923, 1924, 1926[8] | 1927,[9] 1929[10] | ||
| 3 | Alfredo Ghierra | 1923, 1924, 1926[8] | |||
| 3 | Andrés Mazali | 1923, 1924, 1926[8] | 1927,[9] 1929[10] | ||
| 3 | Santos Urdinarán | 1923, 1924, 1926[8] | |||
| 3 | Manuel Seoane | 1925, 1927,[9] 1929[10] | 1924, 1935[11] | 1937[12] | |
| 3 | Vicente de la Mata | 1937,[12] 1945, 1946 | |||
| 3 | José Salomón | 1941, 1945, 1946 | 1942 | ||
| 3 | Mario Boyé | 1945, 1946, 1947 | |||
| 3 | Félix Loustau | 1945, 1946, 1947 | |||
| 3 | Norberto Méndez | 1945, 1946, 1947 | |||
| 3 | Natalio Pescia | 1945, 1946, 1947 | |||
| 3 | René Pontoni | 1945, 1946, 1947 | |||
| 3 | Enzo Francescoli | 1983, 1987, 1995 | 1989, 1993 | ||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Winning % | Years won | Years lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% | 1995, 1999 (2), 2011, 2024 (2) | 1993, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2019, 2021 | |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | 1993 (2), 2015, 2021, 2024 | 1995, 2004, 2011, 2015, 2016 | |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | 1995, 2004 (2), 2007, 2019 | 1993, 1995, 2011, 2015, 2024 | |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | 1993, 1995, 2016, 2021 | 1993, 2015, 2019, 2021 | |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | 2011 (2), 2015 | 1995, 1999, 2019, 2021 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% | 2015, 2016, 2019 | 1999 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 2019, 2021 | 1999, 2016 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 1997, 1999 | 1995 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 2024 | 2024 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | – | 1997, 2024 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | – | 2011, 2024 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2001 | – | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1995 | – |
Championship year in bold
| No. |
Winners |
Final score |
Runners-up |
Pen. Score |
Pen. Taken |
Missed penalties | Type of miss | Final penalty[a] | Edition | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 5–4 | Post | 1993, Ecuador | Quarter-finals | 26 June 1993 | ||||
| 2 | 1–1 | 6–5 | 6–6 | Saved | 27 June 1993 | ||||||
| 3 | 0–0 | 6–5 | 6–6 | Saved | Semi-finals | 1 July 1993 | |||||
| 4 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 5–5 | Saved | GK Higuita |
1995, Uruguay | Quarter-finals | 16 July 1995 | |||
| 5 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | Saved Saved |
17 July 1995 | ||||||
| 6 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 5–4 | Saved Saved Saved |
17 July 1995 | ||||||
| 7 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 5–4 | Saved | Final | 23 July 1995 | |||||
| 8 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 6–6 | Saved Saved Saved Wide Saved |
1997, Bolivia | Quarter-finals | 22 June 1997 | ||||
| 9 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–4 | Over Wide |
1999, Paraguay | Quarter-finals | 10 July 1999 | ||||
| 10 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 5–4 | Saved/Post | 10 July 1999 | ||||||
| 11 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 5–4 | Saved | Semi-finals | 13 July 1999 | |||||
| 12 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 5–5 | Saved | 2001, Colombia | Third place play-off | 28 July 2001 | ||||
| 13 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 5–4 | Saved | 2004, Peru | Semi-finals | 21 July 2004 | ||||
| 14 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–4 | Saved Over |
Final | 25 July 2004 | |||||
| 15 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 7–7 | Saved Post Post Post Saved |
GK Doni |
2007, Venezuela | Semi-finals | 10 July 2007 | |||
| 16 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 5–5 | Saved | 2011, Argentina | Quarter-finals | 16 July 2011 | ||||
| 17 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | Over Wide Saved Over Wide |
17 July 2011 | ||||||
| 18 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 5–4 | Saved | Semi-finals | 20 July 2011 | |||||
| 19 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 7–7 | Over Wide Saved Bar Over |
2015, Chile | Quarter-finals | 26 June 2015 | ||||
| 20 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 5–5 | Wide Over Over |
27 June 2015 | ||||||
| 21 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | Over Saved |
Final | 4 July 2015 | |||||
| 22 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–4 | Saved Over |
2016, United States | Quarter-finals | 17 June 2016 | ||||
| 23 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–4 | Saved Over Saved |
Final | 26 June 2016 | |||||
| 24 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 5–5 | Saved Wide Wide |
2019, Brazil | Quarter-finals | 27 June 2019 | ||||
| 25 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 5–5 | Wide | 28 June 2019 | ||||||
| 26 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 5–5 | Saved | 29 June 2019 | ||||||
| 27 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–6 | Over Saved Over Saved Saved |
2021, Brazil | Quarter-finals | 2 July 2021 | ||||
| 28 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–4 | Saved Saved |
GK Ospina |
3 July 2021 | |||||
| 29 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–5 | Saved Over Saved Saved |
GK E. Martínez |
Semi-finals | 6 July 2021 | ||||
| 30 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–4 | Bar Saved Saved |
2024, United States | Quarter-finals | 1 July 2024 | ||||
| 31 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 6–6 | Post Over Saved Saved Saved |
5 July 2024 | ||||||
| 32 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–4 | Saved Post Saved |
6 July 2024 | ||||||
| 33 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 4–5 | Saved Bar |
Third place play-off | 13 July 2024 |