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.

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 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
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[a] 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[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
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
2024–25 Mateo Retegui   Italy[a] Atalanta
25

Statistics

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Wins by player (multiple)

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The capocannonieri are unknown for 15 seasons.

Awards Player Club(s) Country Seasons
5 Gunnar Nordahl Milan   Sweden 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55
4 Ciro Immobile Torino, Lazio   Italy 2013–14, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22
3 Giuseppe Meazza Internazionale   Italy 1929–30, 1935–36, 1937–38
Aldo Boffi Milan   Italy 1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42
Gigi Riva Cagliari   Italy 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70
Paolo Pulici Torino   Italy 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
Roberto Pruzzo Roma   Italy 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86
Michel Platini Juventus   France 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
Giuseppe Signori Lazio   Italy 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96
2 Roberto Boninsegna Internazionale   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 Internazionale, Milan   Sweden 2008–09, 2011–12
Mauro Icardi Internazionale   Argentina 2014–15, 2017–18
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 Milan   Ukraine 1999–2000, 2003–04
Luca Toni Fiorentina, Verona   Italy 2005–06, 2014–15
Marco van Basten Milan   Netherlands 1989–90, 1991–92

Wins 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

Wins by country

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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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