• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only. • Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club. • Positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus, the change in the names of defensive and midfield reflects the
tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards. • Players still actively playing at River Plate are marked with ''''''. • Statistics correct as of 7 May 2026.
Table headers •
Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth. •
Club career– The year of the player's first appearance for River Plate to the year of his last appearance. •
Starts – The number of games started. •
Sub – The number of games played as a
substitute. Substitutions were only introduced to the Primera División in the year 1959. •
Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute. lies second in the all-time appearance list with 550. , the club's record goalscorer with 318 goals and longest-serving player. is River Plate's second-highest all-time goalscorer. has 158 goals, the most for a River Plate midfielder. scored the first official goal in the history of the
Superclásico. registered 80 goals in 361 matches during his three spells at the club. , regarded by the
IFFHS as the fifth best South American player of the 20th century. , the first most expensive transfer by the club, which gave way to the River Plate nickname of
Millonario. , who went on to manage River Plate, totalizes 22 titles with the club. has the most goals in South America for River Plate, with 37. has the most appearances for a foreign player. scored 15 goals in the
2002 Clausura with only 18 years of age. won five honours as a player. He later then went on to manage the club, earning another nine. is River Plate's third most prolific goalscorer, with 201 goals in just 195 matches. ==References==