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 Victor Osimhen, who scored 26 goals for Napoli in the 2022–23 season.

Paolo Rossi Award
Capocannoniere
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 byVictor Osimhen (2022–23)
Most awardsGunnar 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.

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)

* 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 Bosio
Norman Victor Leaver
Capocannoniere  Italy
Capocannoniere  England
Internazionale Torino
Genoa
2
1899 Albert Weber Capocannoniere  Switzerland Internazionale Torino 2
1900 Unknown N/A N/A N/A
1901 Umberto Malvano Capocannoniere  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 Capocannoniere  Italy Milan 3
1907 Hans Kämpfer Capocannoniere  Switzerland Torino 7
1908 Mario Cagliani Capocannoniere  Italy US Milanese 4
1909 Amilcare Pizzi Capocannoniere  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
191519 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 Capocannoniere  Italy Lazio 24
1923–24 Heinrich Schönfeld Capocannoniere  Austria Torino 22
1924–25 Mario Magnozzi Capocannoniere  Italy Livorno 19
1925–26 Ferenc Hirzer Capocannoniere  Hungary Juventus 35
1926–27 Anton Powolny Capocannoniere  Austria Internazionale 22
1927–28 Julio Libonatti Capocannoniere  Italy* Torino 35
1928–29 Gino Rossetti Capocannoniere  Italy Torino 36
Foundation of Serie A
1929–30 Giuseppe Meazza Capocannoniere  Italy Ambrosiana-Inter 31
1930–31 Rodolfo Volk Capocannoniere  Italy Roma 28
1931–32 Angelo Schiavio
Pedro Petrone
Capocannoniere  Italy
Capocannoniere  Uruguay
Bologna
Fiorentina
25
1932–33 Felice Borel Capocannoniere  Italy Juventus 29
1933–34 Felice Borel Capocannoniere  Italy Juventus 32
1934–35 Enrique Guaita Capocannoniere  Italy* Roma 28
1935–36 Giuseppe Meazza Capocannoniere  Italy Ambrosiana-Inter 25
1936–37 Silvio Piola Capocannoniere  Italy Lazio 21
1937–38 Giuseppe Meazza Capocannoniere  Italy Ambrosiana-Inter 20
1938–39 Ettore Puricelli
Aldo Boffi
Capocannoniere  Uruguay
Capocannoniere  Italy
Bologna
Milan
19
1939–40 Aldo Boffi Capocannoniere  Italy Milan 24
1940–41 Ettore Puricelli Capocannoniere  Italy* Bologna 22
1941–42 Aldo Boffi Capocannoniere  Italy Milan 22
1942–43 Silvio Piola Capocannoniere  Italy Lazio 21
194345 Not awarded
1945–46 Guglielmo Gabetto Capocannoniere  Italy Torino 22
1946–47 Valentino Mazzola Capocannoniere  Italy Torino 29
1947–48 Giampiero Boniperti Capocannoniere  Italy Juventus 27
1948–49 István Nyers Capocannoniere  Hungary Internazionale 26
1949–50 Gunnar Nordahl Capocannoniere  Sweden Milan 35
1950–51 Gunnar Nordahl Capocannoniere  Sweden Milan 34
1951–52 John Hansen Capocannoniere  Denmark Juventus 30
1952–53 Gunnar Nordahl Capocannoniere  Sweden Milan 26
1953–54 Gunnar Nordahl Capocannoniere  Sweden Milan 23
1954–55 Gunnar Nordahl Capocannoniere  Sweden Milan 27
1955–56 Gino Pivatelli Capocannoniere  Italy Bologna 29
1956–57 Dino da Costa Capocannoniere  Brazil Roma 22
1957–58 John Charles Capocannoniere  Wales Juventus 28
1958–59 Antonio Valentín Angelillo Capocannoniere  Argentina Internazionale 33
1959–60 Omar Sívori Capocannoniere  Argentina Juventus 28
1960–61 Sergio Brighenti Capocannoniere  Italy Sampdoria 27
1961–62 José Altafini
Aurelio Milani
Capocannoniere  Italy*
Capocannoniere  Italy
Milan
Fiorentina
22
1962–63 Harald Nielsen
Pedro Manfredini
Capocannoniere  Denmark
Capocannoniere  Argentina
Bologna
Roma
19
1963–64 Harald Nielsen Capocannoniere  Denmark Bologna 21
1964–65 Sandro Mazzola
Alberto Orlando
Capocannoniere  Italy
Capocannoniere  Italy
Internazionale
Fiorentina
17
1965–66 Luís Vinício Capocannoniere  Brazil Vicenza 25
1966–67 Gigi Riva Capocannoniere  Italy Cagliari 18
1967–68 Pierino Prati Capocannoniere  Italy Milan 15
1968–69 Gigi Riva Capocannoniere  Italy Cagliari 21
1969–70 Gigi Riva Capocannoniere  Italy Cagliari 21
1970–71 Roberto Boninsegna Capocannoniere  Italy Internazionale 24
1971–72 Roberto Boninsegna Capocannoniere  Italy Internazionale 22
1972–73 Giuseppe Savoldi
Paolino Pulici
Gianni Rivera
Capocannoniere  Italy
Capocannoniere  Italy
Capocannoniere  Italy
Bologna
Torino
Milan
17
1973–74 Giorgio Chinaglia Capocannoniere  Italy Lazio 24
1974–75 Paolino Pulici Capocannoniere  Italy Torino 18
1975–76 Paolino Pulici Capocannoniere  Italy Torino 21
1976–77 Francesco Graziani Capocannoniere  Italy Torino 21
1977–78 Paolo Rossi Capocannoniere  Italy Vicenza 24
1978–79 Bruno Giordano Capocannoniere  Italy Lazio 19
1979–80 Roberto Bettega Capocannoniere  Italy Juventus 16
1980–81 Roberto Pruzzo Capocannoniere  Italy Roma 18
1981–82 Roberto Pruzzo Capocannoniere  Italy Roma 15
1982–83 Michel Platini Capocannoniere  France Juventus 16
1983–84 Michel Platini Capocannoniere  France Juventus 20
1984–85 Michel Platini Capocannoniere  France Juventus 18
1985–86 Roberto Pruzzo Capocannoniere  Italy Roma 19
1986–87 Pietro Paolo Virdis Capocannoniere  Italy Milan 17
1987–88 Diego Maradona Capocannoniere  Argentina Napoli 15
1988–89 Aldo Serena Capocannoniere  Italy Internazionale 22
1989–90 Marco van Basten Capocannoniere  Netherlands Milan 19
1990–91 Gianluca Vialli Capocannoniere  Italy Sampdoria 19
1991–92 Marco van Basten Capocannoniere  Netherlands Milan 25
1992–93 Giuseppe Signori Capocannoniere  Italy Lazio 26
1993–94 Giuseppe Signori Capocannoniere  Italy Lazio 23
1994–95 Gabriel Batistuta Capocannoniere  Argentina Fiorentina 26
1995–96 Igor Protti
Giuseppe Signori
Capocannoniere  Italy
Capocannoniere  Italy
Bari
Lazio
24
1996–97 Filippo Inzaghi Capocannoniere  Italy Atalanta 24
1997–98 Oliver Bierhoff Capocannoniere  Germany Udinese 27
1998–99 Márcio Amoroso Capocannoniere  Brazil Udinese 22
1999–2000 Andriy Shevchenko Capocannoniere  Ukraine Milan 24
2000–01 Hernán Crespo Capocannoniere  Argentina Lazio 26
2001–02 David Trezeguet
Dario Hübner
Capocannoniere  France
Capocannoniere  Italy
Juventus
Piacenza
24
2002–03 Christian Vieri Capocannoniere  Italy Internazionale 24
2003–04 Andriy Shevchenko Capocannoniere  Ukraine Milan 24
2004–05 Cristiano Lucarelli Capocannoniere  Italy Livorno 24
2005–06 Luca Toni Capocannoniere  Italy Fiorentina 31
2006–07 Francesco Totti Capocannoniere  Italy Roma 26
2007–08 Alessandro Del Piero Capocannoniere  Italy Juventus 21
2008–09 Zlatan Ibrahimović Capocannoniere  Sweden Internazionale 25
2009–10 Antonio Di Natale Capocannoniere  Italy Udinese 29
AIC Award to the Top Scorer
2010–11 Antonio Di Natale Capocannoniere  Italy Udinese 28
2011–12 Zlatan Ibrahimović Capocannoniere  Sweden Milan 28
2012–13 Edinson Cavani Capocannoniere  Uruguay Napoli 29
2013–14 Ciro Immobile Capocannoniere  Italy Torino 22
2014–15 Mauro Icardi
Luca Toni
Capocannoniere  Argentina
Capocannoniere  Italy
Internazionale
Hellas Verona
22
2015–16 Gonzalo Higuaín Capocannoniere  Argentina Napoli 36
2016–17 Edin Džeko Capocannoniere  Bosnia and Herzegovina Roma 29
2017–18 Mauro Icardi
Ciro Immobile
Capocannoniere  Argentina
Capocannoniere  Italy
Internazionale
Lazio
29
2018–19 Fabio Quagliarella Capocannoniere  Italy Sampdoria 26
2019–20 Ciro Immobile Capocannoniere  Italy Lazio 36
Paolo Rossi Award
2020–21 Cristiano Ronaldo Capocannoniere  Portugal Juventus 29
2021–22 Ciro Immobile Capocannoniere  Italy Lazio 27
2022–23 Victor Osimhen Capocannoniere  Nigeria Napoli 26

Awards won by player

For 15 seasons the capocannonieri are unknown.

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

Awards won by club

Capocannoniere 
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 14
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

Capocannoniere 
Argentines are the most prolific foreign winners of the capocannoniere, the most recent being Mauro Icardi of Internazionale in 2018.

For 15 seasons the nationalities are unknown.

Country Total
Capocannoniere  Italy 73
Capocannoniere  Argentina 9
Capocannoniere  Sweden 7
Capocannoniere  France 4
Capocannoniere  Brazil 3
Capocannoniere  Denmark 3
Capocannoniere  Uruguay 3
Capocannoniere  Austria 2
Capocannoniere  Hungary 2
Capocannoniere  Netherlands 2
Capocannoniere  Switzerland 2
Capocannoniere  Ukraine 2
Capocannoniere  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
Capocannoniere  England 1
Capocannoniere  Germany 1
Capocannoniere  Wales 1
Capocannoniere  Portugal 1
Capocannoniere  Nigeria 1

See also

References

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