About this chart race
Peñarol won the first two Copa Libertadores finals, in 1960 and 1961, and spent most of the first decade at the top of this count. Independiente drew level in 1972 and went clear in 1973, in the middle of four straight titles from 1972 to 1975. It has led the chart in every year since.
What makes that lead unusual is that Independiente stopped winning. Its seventh title came in 1984, so the club has now sat on top of the list for 41 years without adding to it. Boca Juniors closed to within one, reaching six in 2007, and has not won since either. Peñarol has five, and Estudiantes, Flamengo and River Plate have four each.
The recent finals belong to Brazil. Eight of the last ten went to Brazilian clubs: Grêmio in 2017, Flamengo in 2019, 2022 and 2025, Palmeiras in 2020 and 2021, Fluminense in 2023 and Botafogo in 2024. Only Atlético Nacional in 2016 and River Plate in 2018 broke that run. Flamengo climbed from one title to four inside seven years.
Across 66 finals there have been 27 different champions, and 12 of them have won exactly once: Racing, Argentinos Juniors, Colo-Colo, Vélez Sársfield, Vasco da Gama, Once Caldas, LDU Quito, Corinthians, Atlético Mineiro, San Lorenzo, Fluminense and Botafogo. A club joins the chart in the year of its first title, which is why the field fills up gradually rather than starting complete.
This animated ranking shows how cumulative copa libertadores titles changed across 27 series between 1960 and 2025. The bars re-order themselves as the years advance, so overtakes are visible as they happen rather than hidden inside a table. Use the list on the left to choose exactly who competes, drag the slider to jump to any year, or open the table view to read the underlying numbers.
As of 2025, Independiente leads with 7.
Included in this race
Independiente, Boca Juniors, Peñarol, River Plate, Flamengo, Estudiantes, São Paulo, Santos, Palmeiras, Olimpia, Nacional, Grêmio, Internacional, Cruzeiro, Atlético Nacional, Vélez Sársfield, Vasco da Gama, San Lorenzo, Racing, Once Caldas, LDU Quito, Fluminense, Corinthians, Colo-Colo, Botafogo, Atlético Mineiro, Argentinos Juniors.
Source
Data from List of Copa Libertadores finals. Every figure shown comes from this source — nothing is estimated or generated.
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