# The greatest River Plate players of all time

The great stars of River Plate: from Labruna, Pedernera and "La Máquina" to Francescoli, Ortega, Aimar and Gallardo's River. Vote for your idol.

- 124 votes · 25 items
- Apr 27, 2025 · sofia_noscope
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## Top 25

1. **Ángel Labruna** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — The club's all-time top scorer with 317 goals, and later a title-winning coach.
2. **Enzo Francescoli** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Uruguay's "Prince": seven titles in two spells, including the 1996 Libertadores.
3. **Adolfo Pedernera** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — The brain of "La Máquina", the great River side of the 1940s.
4. **Amadeo Carrizo** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — A revolutionary goalkeeper: 520 games between 1945 and 1968.
5. **Ariel Ortega** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — "El Burrito", the idol many rank alongside Labruna.
6. **Norberto Alonso** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — "El Beto": nine titles, the 1986 Libertadores and the 1978 World Cup.
7. **Ubaldo Fillol** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — "El Pato", probably the greatest goalkeeper in Argentine football history.
8. **Óscar Más** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — "Pinino": 198 goals in 382 games.
9. **Daniel Onega** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — The record 17 goals in a single Copa Libertadores.
10. **Daniel Passarella** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — The "Kaiser": a goalscoring defender and world-champion captain in 1978.
11. **Fernando Cavenaghi** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Goalscorer and idol, part of the 2015 Libertadores-winning squad.
12. **Marcelo Barovero** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — "Trapito", goalkeeper of the 2015 Libertadores.
13. **Marcelo Salas** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Chile's "Matador", five titles in the 1990s.
14. **Javier Saviola** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — "El Conejito": 57 goals in 137 games.
15. **Leonardo Astrada** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — "El Negro": twelve titles between 1988 and 1999.
16. **Pablo Aimar** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A classic playmaker with six titles at the club.
17. **Leonardo Ponzio** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The emblematic captain of the Gallardo era.
18. **Juan José López** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The complete midfielder of 1970s River.
19. **Hernán Crespo** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — 36 goals in 81 games and both goals in the 1996 Libertadores final.
20. **Marcelo Gallardo** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — "El Muñeco", a star as a player and later the coach who won the 2015 Libertadores.
21. **Reinaldo Merlo** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — "Mostaza": over 500 games between 1969 and 1984.
22. **Américo Gallego** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The holding midfielder of the 1986 Libertadores.
23. **Antonio Alzamendi** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Scored the goal that won the 1986 Intercontinental Cup against Steaua Bucharest.
24. **Óscar Ruggeri** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — A rock-hard defender, key to the 1986 Libertadores.
25. **Nery Pumpido** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Goalkeeper who won the Libertadores and the World Cup in 1986.

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