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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 byMateo Retegui (2024–25)
Most winsGunnar Nordahl (5)

The capocannoniere award (Italian: [ˌkapokannoˈnjɛːre]; lit. 'head gunner'), known as Paolo Rossi Award since 2021,[1] 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 unti the change of denomination, it was called the AIC Award to the Top Scorer (Italian: Premio AIC al Capocannoniere in Italian). The award is currently held by Mateo Retegui, who scored 25 goals for Atalanta in the 2024–25 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)
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
Unknown
1904
Unknown
1905
Unknown
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
1910–11
Unknown
1911–12
Unknown
1912–13
Unknown
1913–14
Unknown
1914–15
Unknown
1915–19 Not awarded
1919–20
Unknown
1920–21
Unknown
1921–22 (FIGC)
Unknown
1921–22 (CCI)
Unknown
1922–23 Fulvio Bernardini  Italy Lazio
24
1923–24 Heinrich Schönfeld  Austria Torino
22
[3]
1924–25 Mario Magnozzi  Italy Livorno
19
[3]
1925–26 Ferenc Hirzer  Hungary Juventus
35
[3]
1926–27 Anton Powolny  Austria Internazionale
22
[3]
1927–28 Julio Libonatti  Italy[a] Torino
36
[4]
1928–29 Gino Rossetti  Italy Torino
36
[5]
Foundation of Serie A
1929–30 Giuseppe Meazza  Italy Ambrosiana-Inter
31
[6]
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[a] 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[a] 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[a]
 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
[6]
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
[6]
2021–22 Ciro Immobile (4)  Italy Lazio
27
2022–23 Victor Osimhen  Nigeria Napoli
26
2023–24 Lautaro Martínez  Argentina Internazionale
24
2024–25 Mateo Retegui  Italy[a] Atalanta
25
[7]

Awards won by player

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The capocannonieri are unknown for 15 seasons.

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

The players' clubs are unknown for 15 seasons. Current Serie A teams are shown in bold.

Club Total
Milan 18
Juventus 15
Internazionale 15
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
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.

The nationalities are unknown for 15 seasons.

Country Total
 Italy 74
 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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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Italian by naturalisation.

References

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  1. ^ "Nasce il Premio Paolo Rossi". Associazione Italiana Calciatori) (in Italian). 3 August 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Serial-scoring Swede who inflamed Milan". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "I capocannonieri nella storia della Serie A TIM". DAZN (in Italian). 11 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  4. ^ Bliss, Dominic (9 March 2021). "The story of Julio Libonatti, the first of Italian football's oriundi". These Football Times. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Is the Serie A Top Goalscorer Race Already Over?". Football Italia. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Di Maggio, Roberto. "Italy - Serie A Top Scorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Retegui breaks Atalanta record, joins Cristiano Ronaldo in list of Paolo Rossi Award winners". Sportstar. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
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