Top scorer in the 2026 Brasileirão, Pedro leads Série A in the 2020s again | OneFootball

At the end of the first half of the Brasileirão season, Pedro is the league’s top scorer with 12 goalsCredits: Gilvan de Souza/Flamengo

After scoring twice in Flamengo’s 4-0 win over Chapecoense at Arena Condá in Round 19, striker Pedro reached 12 goals in the 2026 Brasileirão Betano and took over as the competition’s top scorer, surpassing Colombian forward Viveros of Athletico-PR, who is now second with 11 goals.

With those two goals, Pedro also regained the title of Brasileirão’s top scorer of the 2020s. Since 2021, Flamengo’s No. 9 has scored 66 goals, one more than Hulk, formerly of Atlético-MG and now at Fluminense. Another player on this list who scored in Round 19 was striker Yuri Alberto, who netted twice in the 3-0 win over Remo and reached 56 goals in the period, making him the third-highest scorer of the decade.

Top scorers in the Brasileirão in the 2020s (2021-2026):

[66] – Pedro (142 matches)

65 – Hulk (166 matches)

[56] – Yuri Alberto (157 matches)

46 – Cano (121 matches)

50 – Luciano (165 matches)

45 – Gabigol (134 matches)

43 – Calleri (117 matches)

37 – Arrascaeta (125 matches)

36 – Vegetti (91 matches)

36 – Vitor Roque (94 matches)

35 – Rafael Veiga (140 matches)

32 – Pedro Raul (107 matches)

33 – Eduardo Sasha (160 matches)

With two goals in Corinthians’ 3-0 win over Remo, Yuri Alberto reached 56 Brasileirão goals in the 2020sCredits: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians

Among players active in the 2026 Série A, Pedro has the second-most goals (96), behind only Santos’ Gabigol (126). In the competition’s entire history, Roberto Dinamite remains the top scorer with 190 goals. With 96 goals, Pedro is also close to joining the select list of players who have scored 100 goals — only 18 have done so since 1937.

Top active scorers in the Brasileirão (1937-2026):

126 – Gabigol (306 matches)

96 - Pedro (223 matches)

91 - Luciano (299 matches)

81 - Gilberto (297 matches)

80 - Arrascaeta (266 matches)

74 - Bruno Henrique (288 matches)

72 - Eduardo Sasha (330 matches)

66 - Neymar (131 matches)

[66] - Yuri Alberto (191 matches)

65 - Hulk (166 matches)

62 - Dudu (328 matches)

60 - Cano (156 matches)

56 - Marinho (240 matches)

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