# Capocannoniere

The capocannoniere award (Italian:; lit. 'head gunner'), known as Paolo Rossi Award 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.

## Winners

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

### Key

* Italian by naturalisation (Puricelli has been a capocannoniere both as an Uruguayan and an Italian player)
| Season | Player(s) | Nationality | Club(s) | Goals |
| 1898 | Edoardo BosioNorman Victor Leaver | Italy England | Internazionale TorinoGenoa | 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 | Not awarded | Not awarded | 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 | 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 SchiavioPedro Petrone | Italy Uruguay | BolognaFiorentina | 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 PuricelliAldo Boffi | Uruguay Italy | BolognaMilan | 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 | Not awarded | Not awarded | 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 AltafiniAurelio Milani | Italy* Italy | MilanFiorentina | 22 |
| 1962–63 | Harald NielsenPedro Manfredini | Denmark Argentina | BolognaRoma | 19 |
| 1963–64 | Harald Nielsen (2) | Denmark | Bologna | 21 |
| 1964–65 | Sandro MazzolaAlberto Orlando | Italy Italy | InternazionaleFiorentina | 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 SavoldiPaolino PuliciGianni Rivera | Italy Italy Italy | BolognaTorinoMilan | 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 ProttiGiuseppe Signori (3) | Italy Italy | BariLazio | 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 TrezeguetDario Hübner | France Italy | JuventusPiacenza | 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 IcardiLuca Toni (2) | Argentina Italy | InternazionaleHellas 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 | InternazionaleLazio | 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

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 |
| 3 | Aldo Boffi | Milan | Italy | 3 | 1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42 |
| 3 | Gigi Riva | Cagliari | Italy | 3 | 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70 |
| 3 | Paolo Pulici | Torino | Italy | 3 | 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76 |
| 3 | Roberto Pruzzo | Roma | Italy | 3 | 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86 |
| 3 | Michel Platini | Juventus | France | 3 | 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85 |
| 3 | Giuseppe Signori | Lazio | Italy | 3 | 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96 |

## Awards won by club

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

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 |