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 awarded2011
Currently held byLautaro Martínez (2023–24)
Most awardsGunnar Nordahl (5)

The capocannoniere award (Italian: [ˌkapokannoˈnjɛːre]; lit. 'head gunner'), known as Paolo Rossi Award[1] since 2021, is awarded by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) to the highest goalscorer of each season in Italy's Serie A from the 2010–11 season, when it was called the AIC Award to the Top Scorer (Italian: Premio AIC al Capocannoniere in Italian). The award is currently held by Lautaro Martínez, who scored 24 goals for Internazionale in the 2023–24 season.

The highest number of goals scored to win the Capocannoniere is 36, by Gino Rossetti for Torino in 1928–29, Gonzalo Higuaín for Napoli in 2015–16 and Ciro Immobile for Lazio in 2019–20. Ferenc Hirzer, Julio Libonatti and Gunnar Nordahl are in joint fourth place for this record; they each scored 35 goals for Juventus, Torino and Milan respectively.

Gunnar Nordahl of 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.[2]

Winners

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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)

* Italian by naturalisation (Puricelli has been a capocannoniere both as an Uruguayan and an Italian player)

Season Player(s) Nationality Club(s) Goals[3]
1898 Edoardo Bosio
Norman Victor Leaver 		 Italy
 England 		Internazionale Torino
Genoa 		2
1899 Albert Weber  Switzerland Internazionale Torino 2
1900 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1901 Umberto Malvano  Italy Juventus 4
1902 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1903 Unknown N/A Juventus N/A
1904 Unknown N/A Juventus N/A
1905 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1906 Guido Pedroni  Italy Milan 3
1907 Hans Kämpfer  Switzerland Torino 7
1908 Mario Cagliani  Italy US Milanese 4
1909 Amilcare Pizzi  Italy US Milanese 9
1909–10 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1910–11 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1911–12 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1912–13 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1913–14 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1914–15 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1915–19 Not awarded
1919–20 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1920–21 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1921–22 (FIGC) Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1921–22 (CCI) Unknown N/A N/A N/A
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 Internazionale 22
1927–28 Julio Libonatti  Italy* Torino 35
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
Milan 		19
1939–40 Aldo Boffi (2)  Italy Milan 24
1940–41 Ettore Puricelli (2)  Italy* Bologna 22
1941–42 Aldo Boffi (3)  Italy 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 Internazionale 26
1949–50 Gunnar Nordahl  Sweden Milan 35
1950–51 Gunnar Nordahl (2)  Sweden Milan 34
1951–52 John Hansen  Denmark Juventus 30
1952–53 Gunnar Nordahl (3)  Sweden Milan 26
1953–54 Gunnar Nordahl (4)  Sweden Milan 23
1954–55 Gunnar Nordahl (5)  Sweden 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 Internazionale 33
1959–60 Omar Sívori  Argentina Juventus 28
1960–61 Sergio Brighenti  Italy Sampdoria 27
1961–62 José Altafini
Aurelio Milani 		 Italy*
 Italy 		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 		Internazionale
Fiorentina 		17
1965–66 Luís Vinício  Brazil Vicenza 25
1966–67 Gigi Riva  Italy Cagliari 18
1967–68 Pierino Prati  Italy Milan 15
1968–69 Gigi Riva (2)  Italy Cagliari 21
1969–70 Gigi Riva (3)  Italy Cagliari 21
1970–71 Roberto Boninsegna  Italy Internazionale 24
1971–72 Roberto Boninsegna (2)  Italy Internazionale 22
1972–73 Giuseppe Savoldi
Paolino Pulici
Gianni Rivera 		 Italy
 Italy
 Italy 		Bologna
Torino
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 Milan 17
1987–88 Diego Maradona  Argentina Napoli 15
1988–89 Aldo Serena  Italy Internazionale 22
1989–90 Marco van Basten  Netherlands Milan 19
1990–91 Gianluca Vialli  Italy Sampdoria 19
1991–92 Marco van Basten (2)  Netherlands 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 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 Internazionale 24
2003–04 Andriy Shevchenko (2)  Ukraine 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 Internazionale 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 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 		Internazionale
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 		Internazionale
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 Internazionale 24

Awards won by player

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For 15 seasons the capocannonieri are unknown.

Rank Player Club(s) Country Titles Seasons
1 Gunnar Nordahl Milan  Sweden 5 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55
2 Ciro Immobile Torino, Lazio  Italy 4 2013–14, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22
3 Giuseppe Meazza Internazionale  Italy 3 1929–30, 1935–36, 1937–38
Aldo Boffi Milan  Italy 3 1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42
Gigi Riva Cagliari  Italy 3 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70
Paolo Pulici Torino  Italy 3 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
Roberto Pruzzo Roma  Italy 3 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86
Michel Platini Juventus  France 3 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
Giuseppe Signori Lazio  Italy 3 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96

Awards won by club

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

For 13 seasons the clubs are unknown. Current Serie A teams are shown in bold.

Club Total
Milan 18
Juventus 17
Internazionale 15
Lazio 12
Torino 11
Roma 9
Bologna 7
Fiorentina 5
Napoli 4
Udinese 4
Cagliari 3
Sampdoria 3
Internazionale Torino 2
Livorno 2
US Milanese 2
Vicenza 2
Atalanta 1
Bari 1
Genoa 1
Piacenza 1
Hellas Verona 1

Awards won by nationality

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Argentines are the most prolific foreign winners of the capocannoniere, the most recent being Lautaro Martínez of Internazionale in 2024.

For 15 seasons the nationalities are unknown.

Country Total
 Italy 73
 Argentina 10
 Sweden 7
 France 4
 Brazil 3
 Denmark 3
 Uruguay 3
 Austria 2
 Hungary 2
 Netherlands 2
 Switzerland 2
 Ukraine 2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
 England 1
 Germany 1
 Wales 1
 Portugal 1
 Nigeria 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ THE PAOLO ROSSI AWARD IS BORN (in Italian). AIC
  2. ^ "Serial-scoring Swede who inflamed Milan". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Italy - Serie A Top Scorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
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