Serie A

Pedro leads the race with 14 goals after 22 matches for Flamengo. He is level on goals with K. Viveros on 14, while Carlos Vinícius sits 4 back on 10. At the current rate Pedro projects to finish on around 24 for the season.

Pedro has scored 14 goals for Flamengo this season, accounting for 32% of the team's 44 league goals. The output goes well beyond a flat scoring rate. He is the player Flamengo turn to in tight games and the one defenders have to pick up first. Recent goal hauls include 2 goals against Mirassol, 2 goals against Chapecoense-sc, and 1 goal against Coritiba. The numbers put him in the conversation for player of the season as long as the form holds.

1. Pedro (Flamengo) on 14 goals. 2. K. Viveros (Atletico Paranaense) on 14 goals. 3. Carlos Vinícius (Gremio) on 10 goals. 4. John Kennedy (Fluminense) on 9 goals. 5. Breno Lopes (Coritiba) on 8 goals.

Andreas Pereira of Palmeiras tops the assists chart with 9. Josué (Coritiba) is next on 8, and Samuel Lino of Flamengo rounds out the top three on 7.

John Kennedy of Fluminense is the most efficient finisher in the league at 0.71 goals per 90 minutes. He has 9 goals from 1147 minutes, so volume is not the headline. The story is how rarely he wastes time on the pitch.

K. Viveros is the breakout story so far. In a first season at this level he has 14 goals for Atletico Paranaense, the kind of return scouts will keep on file. Defenders did not have much footage to study, and K. Viveros has used that to his advantage.