Athletico: Kevin Viveros betters Tévez's Brasileirão mark | OneFootball

Kevin Viveros is no longer just the top scorer in the 2026 Brazilian Championship — he has now entered a historic list in the competition. The Athletico Paranaense Colombian has scored 18 goals in 26 matches and is averaging one goal every 127 minutes on the pitch.

This performance puts the striker among the foreign players with the best goals-per-minute averages in Brasileirão history. The survey, based on data from Ogol.com.br, considers players who have scored at least three times in Serie A since 1971.

The mark also surpasses the average posted by Carlos Tévez during his spell in Brazilian football. For Corinthians, for example, the Argentine scored 25 goals in 38 Brasileirão matches, averaging one goal every 133 minutes.

Colombian ranks among the best

Kevin Viveros sits in third place among foreign players with the best goals-per-minute average in Brasileirão history. First place belongs to Uruguay’s Maxi Rodríguez, with one goal every 122 minutes. Adam Bareiro is just ahead of the Furacão striker, with an average of 126 minutes.

The comparison considers minutes played, not just the number of matches, to avoid distortions between players with different amounts of time on the field. Among the foreign players, names such as Hugo Rodallega, Eduardo da Silva, Beto Acosta, Liedson, and Luis Suárez also appear.

Kevin Viveros has already scored 18 times in 2026

The Colombian’s output carries even more weight because 2026 is his first season in the top flight of Brazilian football. The striker joined Athletico in July 2025, initially to play in Serie B of the Brazilian Championship.

Since then, Kevin Viveros has totaled 29 goals in 57 matches for the club. In the current Serie A edition of the Brazilian Championship, he has scored 18 goals in 26 matches, numbers that have put him at the top of the scoring charts.

The mark also surpasses other big names

In the overall ranking, which includes both Brazilians and foreign players, Kevin Viveros is in 13th place among the players with the best goals-per-minute average, using the same minimum threshold of three goals. The record belongs to Bruno Mendes, who scored nine times for Botafogo and Athletico between 2012 and 2014.

The center forward averaged one goal every 87 minutes. Another standout name is Ronaldo. The former striker scored 30 goals in 45 Brasileirão matches and averaged one goal every 119 minutes.

Kevin Viveros’s season has also already placed him among the foreign players with the most goals in a single edition of the championship. With 18 goals, he has drawn level with Dejan Petkovic, Jonathan Calleri, and Giorgian De Arrascaeta. The record belongs to Germán Cano, with 26 for Fluminense in 2022, followed by Victor Aristizábal, with 21 for Cruzeiro, and Carlos Tévez, with 20 for Corinthians.

Kevin Viveros looks to extend his mark at Athletico

Before arriving in Brazilian football, Kevin Viveros’s best goal-scoring season had been in 2022. Playing for Venezuela’s Carabobo, the red-and-black top scorer netted 21 goals in 34 matches in the national league.

At Athletico, however, the Colombian has reached even greater output in a higher-level competition. In 2026, he became one of the club’s main attacking references and joined the list of the most efficient foreign players in Brasileirão history.

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