Capocannoniere

Paolo Rossi Award
Gunnar Nordahl, by winning the capocannoniere award five times, is the pluricapocannoniere of Serie A, while playing at AC Milan.
Awarded forThe leading goalscorer in a single Serie A season
CountryItaly
Presented byItalian Footballers' Association
Formerly calledCapocannoniere
First award2011
Currently held byLautaro Martínez (2025–26)
Most winsGunnar Nordahl (5)

The capocannoniere, known as the Paolo Rossi Award since 2021, is an award given by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) to the top goalscorer each season in the Serie A football league. From the 2010–11 season until 2021, it was called the AIC Award to the Top Scorer. The award is currently held by Lautaro Martínez, who scored 17 goals for Inter Milan in the 2025–26 season.

The highest number of goals scored to win the Capocannoniere is 37, by Luigi Cevenini for Inter Milan. Gino Rossetti, Gonzalo Higuaín and Ciro Immobile are in joint second place for this record; they each scored 36 goals for Torino, Napoli and Lazio respectively.

Gunnar Nordahl of AC Milan has won the title of capocannoniere five times: 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54 and 1954–55, more than any other player in the history of Italian championship.

Winners

Data relating to seasons prior to 1923–24 are incomplete or imprecise due to scarcity of sources.

Key
  Player also won the European Golden Shoe (first awarded in 1968)
Season Player(s) Nationality Club(s) Goals Ref.
1898 Edoardo Bosio
Norman Victor Leaver		 Italy
 England		 Internazionale Torino
Genoa
2
1899 Albert Weber  Switzerland Internazionale Torino
2
1900
Unknown
1901 Umberto Malvano Italy Juventus
4
1902
Unknown
1903 Umberto Malvano (2) Italy Juventus
4
1904
Unknown
 Juventus
1905
Unknown
1906 Guido Pedroni Italy AC Milan
3
1907 Hans Kämpfer  Switzerland Torino
7
1908 Mario Cagliani Italy US Milanese
4
1909 Amilcare Pizzi Italy US Milanese
7
1909–10 Ernest Peterly  Switzerland Inter Milan
22
1910–11
Unknown
1911–12 Carlo Rampini Italy Pro Vercelli
28
1912–13
Unknown
1913–14 Luigi Cevenini Italy Inter Milan
37
1914–15
Unknown
1915–19 Not awarded
1919–20 Luigi Cevenini (2) Italy Inter Milan
23
1920–21 Luigi Cevenini (3) Italy Inter Milan
31
1921–22 (FIGC)
Unknown
1921–22 (CCI)
Unknown
1922–23 Fulvio Bernardini Italy Lazio
24
1923–24 Heinrich Schönfeld  Austria Torino
22
1924–25 Mario Magnozzi Italy Livorno
19
1925–26 Ferenc Hirzer Hungary Juventus
35
1926–27 Anton Powolny  Austria Inter Milan
22
1927–28 Julio Libonatti Italy Torino
36
1928–29 Gino Rossetti Italy Torino
36
Foundation of Serie A
1929–30 Giuseppe Meazza Italy Ambrosiana-Inter
31
1930–31 Rodolfo Volk Italy Roma
28
1931–32 Angelo Schiavio
Pedro Petrone		 Italy
 Uruguay		 Bologna
Fiorentina
25
1932–33 Felice Borel Italy Juventus
29
1933–34 Felice Borel (2) Italy Juventus
32
1934–35 Enrique Guaita Italy Roma
28
1935–36 Giuseppe Meazza (2) Italy Ambrosiana-Inter
25
1936–37 Silvio Piola Italy Lazio
21
1937–38 Giuseppe Meazza (3) Italy Ambrosiana-Inter
20
1938–39 Ettore Puricelli
Aldo Boffi		  Uruguay
Italy		 Bologna
AC Milan
19
1939–40 Aldo Boffi (2) Italy AC Milan
24
1940–41 Ettore Puricelli (2) Italy Bologna
22
1941–42 Aldo Boffi (3) Italy AC Milan
22
1942–43 Silvio Piola (2) Italy Lazio
21
1943–45 Not awarded
1945–46 Guglielmo Gabetto Italy Torino
22
1946–47 Valentino Mazzola  Italy Torino
29
1947–48 Giampiero Boniperti  Italy Juventus
27
1948–49 István Nyers Hungary Inter Milan
26
1949–50 Gunnar Nordahl  Sweden AC Milan
35
1950–51 Gunnar Nordahl (2)  Sweden AC Milan
34
1951–52 John Hansen  Denmark Juventus
30
1952–53 Gunnar Nordahl (3)  Sweden AC Milan
26
1953–54 Gunnar Nordahl (4)  Sweden AC Milan
23
1954–55 Gunnar Nordahl (5)  Sweden AC Milan
27
1955–56 Gino Pivatelli  Italy Bologna
29
1956–57 Dino da Costa  Brazil Roma
22
1957–58 John Charles  Wales Juventus
28
1958–59 Antonio Valentín Angelillo  Argentina Inter Milan
33
1959–60 Omar Sívori  Argentina Juventus
28
1960–61 Sergio Brighenti  Italy Sampdoria
27
1961–62 José Altafini
Aurelio Milani		  Italy
 Italy		 AC Milan
Fiorentina
22
1962–63 Harald Nielsen
Pedro Manfredini		  Denmark
 Argentina		 Bologna
Roma
19
1963–64 Harald Nielsen (2)  Denmark Bologna
21
1964–65 Sandro Mazzola
Alberto Orlando		  Italy
 Italy		 Inter Milan
Fiorentina
17
1965–66 Luís Vinício  Brazil Vicenza
25
1966–67 Gigi Riva  Italy Cagliari
18
1967–68 Pierino Prati  Italy AC Milan
15
1968–69 Gigi Riva (2)  Italy Cagliari
21
1969–70 Gigi Riva (3)  Italy Cagliari
21
1970–71 Roberto Boninsegna  Italy Inter Milan
24
1971–72 Roberto Boninsegna (2)  Italy Inter Milan
22
1972–73 Giuseppe Savoldi
Paolino Pulici
Gianni Rivera		  Italy
 Italy
 Italy		 Bologna
Torino
AC Milan
17
1973–74 Giorgio Chinaglia  Italy Lazio
24
1974–75 Paolino Pulici (2)  Italy Torino
18
1975–76 Paolino Pulici (3)  Italy Torino
21
1976–77 Francesco Graziani  Italy Torino
21
1977–78 Paolo Rossi  Italy Vicenza
24
1978–79 Bruno Giordano  Italy Lazio
19
1979–80 Roberto Bettega  Italy Juventus
16
1980–81 Roberto Pruzzo  Italy Roma
18
1981–82 Roberto Pruzzo (2)  Italy Roma
15
1982–83 Michel Platini  France Juventus
16
1983–84 Michel Platini (2)  France Juventus
20
1984–85 Michel Platini (3)  France Juventus
18
1985–86 Roberto Pruzzo (3)  Italy Roma
19
1986–87 Pietro Paolo Virdis  Italy AC Milan
17
1987–88 Diego Maradona  Argentina Napoli
15
1988–89 Aldo Serena  Italy Inter Milan
22
1989–90 Marco van Basten  Netherlands AC Milan
19
1990–91 Gianluca Vialli  Italy Sampdoria
19
1991–92 Marco van Basten (2)  Netherlands AC Milan
25
1992–93 Giuseppe Signori  Italy Lazio
26
1993–94 Giuseppe Signori (2)  Italy Lazio
23
1994–95 Gabriel Batistuta  Argentina Fiorentina
26
1995–96 Igor Protti
Giuseppe Signori (3)		  Italy
 Italy		 Bari
Lazio
24
1996–97 Filippo Inzaghi  Italy Atalanta
24
1997–98 Oliver Bierhoff  Germany Udinese
27
1998–99 Márcio Amoroso  Brazil Udinese
22
1999–2000 Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine AC Milan
24
2000–01 Hernán Crespo  Argentina Lazio
26
2001–02 David Trezeguet
Dario Hübner		  France
 Italy		 Juventus
Piacenza
24
2002–03 Christian Vieri  Italy Inter Milan
24
2003–04 Andriy Shevchenko (2)  Ukraine AC Milan
24
2004–05 Cristiano Lucarelli  Italy Livorno
24
2005–06 Luca Toni  Italy Fiorentina
31
2006–07 Francesco Totti  Italy Roma
26
2007–08 Alessandro Del Piero  Italy Juventus
21
2008–09 Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden Inter Milan
25
2009–10 Antonio Di Natale  Italy Udinese
29
AIC Award to the Top Scorer
2010–11 Antonio Di Natale (2)  Italy Udinese
28
2011–12 Zlatan Ibrahimović (2)  Sweden AC Milan
28
2012–13 Edinson Cavani  Uruguay Napoli
29
2013–14 Ciro Immobile  Italy Torino
22
2014–15 Mauro Icardi
Luca Toni (2)		  Argentina
 Italy		 Inter Milan
Hellas Verona
22
2015–16 Gonzalo Higuaín  Argentina Napoli
36
2016–17 Edin Džeko  Bosnia and Herzegovina Roma
29
2017–18 Mauro Icardi (2)
Ciro Immobile (2)		  Argentina
 Italy		 Inter Milan
Lazio
29
2018–19 Fabio Quagliarella  Italy Sampdoria
26
2019–20 Ciro Immobile (3)  Italy Lazio
36
Paolo Rossi Award
2020–21 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Juventus
29
2021–22 Ciro Immobile (4)  Italy Lazio
27
2022–23 Victor Osimhen  Nigeria Napoli
26
2023–24 Lautaro Martínez  Argentina Inter Milan
24
2024–25 Mateo Retegui  Italy Atalanta
25
2025–26 Lautaro Martínez (2)  Argentina Inter Milan
17

Statistics

Wins by player (multiple)

The capocannonieri are unknown for 9 seasons.

Awards Player Club(s) Country Seasons
5Gunnar NordahlAC Milan Sweden1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55
4Ciro ImmobileTorino, Lazio Italy2013–14, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22
3 Luigi Cevenini Inter Milan Kingdom of Italy 1913–14, 1919–20, 1920–21
Giuseppe MeazzaInter Milan Italy1929–30, 1935–36, 1937–38
Aldo BoffiAC Milan Italy1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42
Gigi RivaCagliari Italy1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70
Paolo PuliciTorino Italy1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
Roberto PruzzoRoma Italy1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86
Michel PlatiniJuventus France1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
Giuseppe SignoriLazio Italy1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96
2 Umberto Malvano Juventus Kingdom of Italy 1901, 1903
Roberto Boninsegna Inter Milan  Italy 1970–71, 1971–72
Felice Borel Juventus Kingdom of Italy 1932–33, 1933–34
Antonio Di Natale Udinese  Italy 2009–10, 2010–11
Zlatan Ibrahimović Inter Milan, AC Milan  Sweden 2008–09, 2011–12
Mauro Icardi Inter Milan  Argentina 2014–15, 2017–18
Lautaro Martínez Inter Milan  Argentina 2023–24, 2025–26
Harald Nielsen Bologna  Denmark 1962–63, 1963–64
Silvio Piola Lazio Kingdom of Italy 1936–37, 1942–43
Ettore Puricelli Bologna Uruguay 1938–39, 1940–41
Kingdom of Italy
Andriy Shevchenko AC Milan Ukraine 1999–2000, 2003–04
Luca Toni Fiorentina, Verona  Italy 2005–06, 2014–15
Marco van Basten AC Milan  Netherlands 1989–90, 1991–92

Wins by club

The capocannoniere has been won 18 times by AC Milan players, the most recent being Zlatan Ibrahimović in 2012

The players' clubs are unknown for 8 seasons. Current Serie A teams are shown in bold.

Club Total
Inter Milan 20
Milan 18
Juventus 17
Lazio 12
Torino 11
Roma 9
Bologna 7
Fiorentina 5
Napoli 4
Udinese 4
Cagliari 3
Sampdoria 3
Atalanta 2
Internazionale Torino 2
Livorno 2
US Milanese 2
Vicenza 2
Bari 1
Genoa 1
Piacenza 1
Pro Vercelli 1
Hellas Verona 1

Wins by country

Argentines are the most prolific foreign winners of the capocannoniere, the most recent being Lautaro Martínez of Inter Milan in 2026.

The nationalities are unknown for 9 seasons.

Country Total
 Italy 79
 Argentina 11
 Sweden 7
 France 4
 Brazil 3
 Denmark 3
 Switzerland 3
 Uruguay 3
 Austria 2
 Hungary 2
 Netherlands 2
 Ukraine 2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
 England 1
 Germany 1
 Wales 1
 Portugal 1
 Nigeria 1

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Italian: [ˌkapokannoˈnjɛːre]; lit. 'head gunner'
  2. ↑ Italian: Premio AIC al Capocannoniere in Italian
  3. ↑ It is presumed to be Walter Streule, with 2 goals.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Italian by naturalisation.

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