Brasileirão top scorers - Brazil 2016

The leading goalscorers in Brasileirão (Campeonato Brasileiro Série A) in the 2016 season, as well as the players with the most assists and all hat-tricks.

Quick overview

Top scorer list winner: Diego Souza, Sport Recife, Fred, Fluminense/Atlético Mineiro and William Pottker, Ponte Preta - 14 goals
Most assists: Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Cruzeiro, Gustavo Scarpa, Fluminense and Dudu, Palmeiras - 10 assists
Number of hat-tricks: 3

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A best goalscorers 2016

Below is the final top scorer list for the Brasileirão 2016, including the 27 players who scored the most goals during the season. If you want to see each players' goal progression per round during the season you can find it here.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	Min/goal	GoalsGoals
1.	Diego Souza Sport Recife	Brazil	31	28.6%	207	14
	Fred Fluminense/Atlético Mineiro	Brazil	33	-	194	14
	William Pottker Ponte Preta	Brazil	22	29.2%	136	14
4.	Grafite Santa Cruz	Brazil	37	28.9%	184	13
5.	Gabriel Jesus Palmeiras	Brazil	19	19.4%	193	12
	Marinho Vitória	Brazil	26	23.5%	188	12
	Robinho Atlético Mineiro	Brazil	32	19.7%	178	12
	Sassá Botafogo	Brazil	22	27.9%	108	12
9.	Ricardo Oliveira Santos	Brazil	36	18.6%	157	11
10.	Bruno Rangel Chapecoense	Brazil	35	20.4%	187	10
	Jonathan Copete Santos	Colombia	28	16.9%	201	10
	Keno Santa Cruz	Brazil	27	22.2%	293	10
	Vitor Bueno Santos	Brazil	22	16.9%	256	10
14.	Andrés Chávez São Paulo	Argentina	25	20.5%	189	9
	Cícero Fluminense	Brazil	32	20.0%	349	9
	Giorgian De Arrascaeta Cruzeiro	Uruguay	22	18.8%	268	9
	Kempes Chapecoense	Brazil	34	18.4%	178	9
	Kieza Vitória	Brazil	30	17.6%	347	9
	Kléber Coritiba	Brazil	33	22.0%	228	9
	Pablo Athletico Paranaense	Brazil	24	23.7%	291	9
	Paolo Guerrero Flamengo	Peru	32	17.3%	200	9
	Rogerio Martins São Paulo/Sport Recife	Brazil	32	-	215	9
23.	Gustavo Scarpa Fluminense	Brazil	22	17.8%	375	8
	Neilton Botafogo	Brazil	22	18.6%	318	8
	Rafael Moura Figueirense	Brazil	33	26.7%	310	8
	Roger Silva Ponte Preta	Brazil	31	16.7%	203	8
	Vitinho Internacional	Brazil	23	22.9%	273	8

TIP! Click on the number of goals to see the matches in which the player scored.

Sources: Historical statistics are based on data from our providers and checked against archived season records when needed. Read more in our About Us section.
Methodology: We count league goals, including knockout rounds when they are part of the same competition. Qualification, promotion and relegation playoffs are not included.

The age of the players is when the season ended at 11 December 2016

Most assists in the Brasileirão 2016

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the Brasileirão during the 2016 season.

#	Player, team	Nationality	Age	Assists
1.	Giorgian De Arrascaeta Cruzeiro	Uruguay	22	10
	Gustavo Scarpa Fluminense	Brazil	22	10
	Dudu Palmeiras	Brazil	24	10
4.	Robinho Atlético Mineiro	Brazil	32	8
	Diego Renan Vitória	Brazil	26	8
6.	Everton Flamengo	Brazil	28	7
	Robinho Cruzeiro	Brazil	29	7
	Keno Santa Cruz	Brazil	27	7
9.	Juan Coritiba	Brazil	34	6
	Camilo Botafogo	Brazil	30	6
	Marinho Vitória	Brazil	26	6
	Diego Souza Sport Recife	Brazil	31	6
	Pará Flamengo	Brazil	30	6
	Ángel Romero Corinthians	Paraguay	24	6
	Cleiton Xavier Palmeiras	Brazil	33	6

Scored hat-tricks in Brasileirão, season 2016

In total there were 3 scored hat-tricks during the season 2016 in Brasileirão, Brazil. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team	Match	GoalsGoals
Rafael Sóbis Cruzeiro	Cruzeiro - Internacional 4-2 Fri 5 August 2016	3 14', 41', 53'
Sassá Botafogo	Botafogo - América Mineiro 3-1 Thu 16 June 2016	3 24', 32', 39'
Bruno Rangel Chapecoense	Coritiba - Chapecoense 3-4 Thu 2 June 2016	3 24', 40', 82'

The season started 14 May 2016 and the last game of the season was played at 11 December 2016.

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