capocannoniere

{{Short description|Award by the Italian Footballers' Association}}

{{Italics title}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Paolo Rossi Award

| subheader =

| image = Gunnar Nordahl - AC Milan.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = Gunnar Nordahl, by winning the capocannoniere award five times, is the pluricapocannoniere of Serie A, while playing at AC Milan.

| awarded_for = The leading goalscorer in a single Serie A season

| sponsor =

| country = Italy

| presenter = Italian Footballers' Association

| former name = Capocannoniere

| year = 2011

| holder = Mateo Retegui (2024–25)

| most_wins = Gunnar Nordahl (5)

}}

The capocannoniere award ({{IPA|it|ˌkapokannoˈnjɛːre|lang}}; {{literally|head gunner}}), known as Paolo Rossi Award since 2021,{{Cite web |date=3 August 2021 |title=Nasce il Premio Paolo Rossi |url=https://www.assocalciatori.it/news/nasce-il-premio-paolo-rossi |access-date=2 June 2025 |website=Associazione Italiana Calciatori) |language=it}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=174807/profile.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925203543/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=174807/profile.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2015 |title=Serial-scoring Swede who inflamed Milan |publisher=FIFA |access-date=4 September 2013}}

Winners

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

;Key

{{legend|#FFD700|Player also won the European Golden Shoe (first awarded in 1968) |border=1px solid #AAAAAA|}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Season

!Player(s)

!Nationality

!Club(s)

!data-sort-type="number"|Goals

!Ref.

1898

| Edoardo Bosio


Norman Victor Leaver

| {{flag|Italy|1861}}


{{ENG}}

| Internazionale Torino


Genoa

| {{center|2}}

|

1899

| Albert Weber

| {{CHE}}

| Internazionale Torino

| {{center|2}}

|

1900

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1901

| Umberto Malvano

| {{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Juventus

| {{center|4}}

| {{center|{{Cite web |title=Umberto Malvano |url=https://www.magliarossonera.it/protagonisti/Gioc-Malvano.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223172419/https://www.magliarossonera.it/protagonisti/Gioc-Malvano.html |archive-date=23 February 2025 |access-date=3 June 2025 |website=Magliarossonera.it |language=it}}}}

1902

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1903

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1904

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1905

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1906

| Guido Pedroni

| {{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Milan

| {{center|3}}

| {{center|{{Cite web |title=Guido Pedroni (I) |url=https://www.magliarossonera.it/protagonisti/Gioc-PedroniI.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250224113511/https://www.magliarossonera.it/protagonisti/Gioc-PedroniI.html |archive-date=24 February 2025 |access-date=3 June 2025 |website=Magliarossonera.it |language=it}}}}

1907

| Hans Kämpfer

| {{CHE}}

| Torino

| {{center|7}}

|

1908

| Mario Cagliani

| {{flag|Italy|1861}}

| US Milanese

| {{center|4}}

|

1909

| Amilcare Pizzi

| {{flag|Italy|1861}}

| US Milanese

| {{center|9}}

|

1909–10

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1910–11

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1911–12

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1912–13

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1913–14

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1914–15

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1915–19

| colspan="5" align="center" | Not awarded

1919–20

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1920–21

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1921–22 (FIGC)

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1921–22 (CCI)

| colspan="5" | {{center|Unknown}}

1922–23

| Fulvio Bernardini

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Lazio

| {{center|24}}

| {{center|{{Cite book |last=Fontanelli |first=Carlo |title=Fratelli d'Italia – I campionati italiani della stagione 1922-23 |date=2006 |publisher=Geo Edizioni |location=Empoli |language=it}}}}

1923–24

| Heinrich Schönfeld

|{{AUT}}

| Torino

| {{center|22}}

| {{center|{{Cite web |date=11 June 2022 |title=I capocannonieri nella storia della Serie A TIM |url=https://www.dazn.com/it-IT/news/altro/i-capocannonieri-nella-storia-della-serie-a/6s42auvla8pw1izuuafyioh5u |access-date=2 June 2025 |website=DAZN |language=it}}}}

1924–25

| Mario Magnozzi

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Livorno

| {{center|19}}

| {{center|}}

1925–26

| Ferenc Hirzer

|{{flag|Hungary|1920}}

| Juventus

| {{center|35}}

| {{center|}}

1926–27

| Anton Powolny

|{{AUT}}

| Internazionale

| {{center|22}}

| {{center|}}

1927–28

| Julio Libonatti

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}{{efn|name=fn1|Italian by naturalisation.}}

| Torino

| {{center|36}}

| {{center|{{Cite web |last=Bliss |first=Dominic |date=9 March 2021 |title=The story of Julio Libonatti, the first of Italian football's oriundi |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2021/03/09/the-story-of-julio-libonatti-the-first-of-italian-footballs-oriundi/ |access-date=2 June 2025 |website=These Football Times |language=en-GB}}}}

1928–29

| Gino Rossetti

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Torino

| {{center|36}}

| {{center|{{Cite web |date=1 May 2025 |title=Is the Serie A Top Goalscorer Race Already Over? |url=https://football-italia.net/is-serie-a-top-goalscorer-race-already-over/ |access-date=2 June 2025 |website=Football Italia |language=en-GB}}}}

class="sortbottom"

! colspan="5" |Foundation of Serie A

!

1929–30

| Giuseppe Meazza

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Ambrosiana-Inter

| {{center|31}}

| rowspan="80" |{{center|{{cite web |last=Di Maggio |first=Roberto |title=Italy - Serie A Top Scorers |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italtops.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031163443/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/italtops.html |archive-date=31 October 2015 |access-date=2 June 2025 |website=RSSSF}}}}

1930–31

| Rodolfo Volk

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Roma

| {{center|28}}

1931–32

| Angelo Schiavio


Pedro Petrone

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}


{{URU}}

| Bologna


Fiorentina

| {{center|25}}

1932–33

| Felice Borel

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Juventus

| {{center|29}}

1933–34

| Felice Borel (2)

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Juventus

| {{center|32}}

1934–35

| Enrique Guaita

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}{{efn|name=fn1}}

| Roma

| {{center|28}}

1935–36

| Giuseppe Meazza (2)

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Ambrosiana-Inter

| {{center|25}}

1936–37

| Silvio Piola

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Lazio

|{{center|21}}

1937–38

| Giuseppe Meazza (3)

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Ambrosiana-Inter

| {{center|20}}

1938–39

| Ettore Puricelli


Aldo Boffi

| {{URU}}


{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Bologna


Milan

| {{center|19}}

1939–40

| Aldo Boffi (2)

| {{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Milan

| {{center|24}}

1940–41

| Ettore Puricelli (2)

| {{flag|Italy|1861}}{{efn|name=fn1}}

| Bologna

| {{center|22}}

1941–42

| Aldo Boffi (3)

| {{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Milan

| {{center|22}}

1942–43

| Silvio Piola (2)

|{{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Lazio

| {{center|21}}

1943–45

| colspan="4" align="center" | Not awarded

1945–46

| Guglielmo Gabetto

| {{flag|Italy|1861}}

| Torino

| {{center|22}}

1946–47

| Valentino Mazzola

| {{ITA}}

| Torino

| {{center|29}}

1947–48

| Giampiero Boniperti

| {{ITA}}

| Juventus

| {{center|27}}

1948–49

| István Nyers

| {{flag|Hungary|1949}}

| Internazionale

| {{center|26}}

1949–50

| Gunnar Nordahl

| {{SWE}}

| Milan

| {{center|35}}

1950–51

| Gunnar Nordahl (2)

| {{SWE}}

| Milan

| {{center|34}}

1951–52

| John Hansen

| {{DEN}}

| Juventus

| {{center|30}}

1952–53

| Gunnar Nordahl (3)

| {{SWE}}

| Milan

| {{center|26}}

1953–54

| Gunnar Nordahl (4)

| {{SWE}}

| Milan

| {{center|23}}

1954–55

| Gunnar Nordahl (5)

| {{SWE}}

| Milan

| {{center|27}}

1955–56

| Gino Pivatelli

| {{ITA}}

| Bologna

| {{center|29}}

1956–57

| Dino da Costa

| {{BRA}}

| Roma

| {{center|22}}

1957–58

| John Charles

| {{WAL}}

| Juventus

| {{center|28}}

1958–59

| Antonio Valentín Angelillo

| {{ARG}}

| Internazionale

| {{center|33}}

1959–60

| Omar Sívori

| {{ARG}}

| Juventus

| {{center|28}}

1960–61

| Sergio Brighenti

| {{ITA}}

| Sampdoria

| {{center|27}}

1961–62

| José Altafini


Aurelio Milani

| {{ITA}}{{efn|name=fn1}}


{{ITA}}

| Milan


Fiorentina

| {{center|22}}

1962–63

| Harald Nielsen


Pedro Manfredini

|{{DEN}}


{{ARG}}

| Bologna


Roma

| {{center|19}}

1963–64

| Harald Nielsen (2)

|{{DEN}}

| Bologna

| {{center|21}}

1964–65

| Sandro Mazzola


Alberto Orlando

|{{ITA}}


{{ITA}}

| Internazionale


Fiorentina

| {{center|17}}

1965–66

| Luís Vinício

|{{BRA}}

| Vicenza

| {{center|25}}

1966–67

| Gigi Riva

|{{ITA}}

| Cagliari

| {{center|18}}

1967–68

| Pierino Prati

|{{ITA}}

| Milan

| {{center|15}}

1968–69

| Gigi Riva (2)

|{{ITA}}

| Cagliari

| {{center|21}}

1969–70

| Gigi Riva (3)

|{{ITA}}

| Cagliari

| {{center|21}}

1970–71

| Roberto Boninsegna

|{{ITA}}

| Internazionale

| {{center|24}}

1971–72

| Roberto Boninsegna (2)

|{{ITA}}

| Internazionale

| {{center|22}}

1972–73

| Giuseppe Savoldi


Paolino Pulici
Gianni Rivera

|{{ITA}}


{{ITA}}
{{ITA}}

| Bologna


Torino
Milan

| {{center|17}}

1973–74

| Giorgio Chinaglia

|{{ITA}}

| Lazio

| {{center|24}}

1974–75

| Paolino Pulici (2)

|{{ITA}}

| Torino

| {{center|18}}

1975–76

| Paolino Pulici (3)

|{{ITA}}

| Torino

| {{center|21}}

1976–77

| Francesco Graziani

|{{ITA}}

| Torino

| {{center|21}}

1977–78

| Paolo Rossi

|{{ITA}}

| Vicenza

| {{center|24}}

1978–79

| Bruno Giordano

|{{ITA}}

| Lazio

| {{center|19}}

1979–80

| Roberto Bettega

|{{ITA}}

| Juventus

| {{center|16}}

1980–81

| Roberto Pruzzo

|{{ITA}}

| Roma

| {{center|18}}

1981–82

| Roberto Pruzzo (2)

|{{ITA}}

| Roma

| {{center|15}}

1982–83

| Michel Platini

|{{FRA}}

| Juventus

| {{center|16}}

1983–84

| Michel Platini (2)

|{{FRA}}

| Juventus

| {{center|20}}

1984–85

| Michel Platini (3)

|{{FRA}}

| Juventus

| {{center|18}}

1985–86

| Roberto Pruzzo (3)

|{{ITA}}

| Roma

| {{center|19}}

1986–87

| Pietro Paolo Virdis

|{{ITA}}

| Milan

| {{center|17}}

1987–88

| Diego Maradona

|{{ARG}}

| Napoli

| {{center|15}}

1988–89

| Aldo Serena

|{{ITA}}

| Internazionale

| {{center|22}}

1989–90

| Marco van Basten

|{{NLD}}

| Milan

| {{center|19}}

1990–91

| Gianluca Vialli

|{{ITA}}

| Sampdoria

| {{center|19}}

1991–92

| Marco van Basten (2)

|{{NLD}}

| Milan

| {{center|25}}

1992–93

| Giuseppe Signori

|{{ITA}}

| Lazio

| {{center|26}}

1993–94

| Giuseppe Signori (2)

|{{ITA}}

| Lazio

| {{center|23}}

1994–95

| Gabriel Batistuta

|{{ARG}}

| Fiorentina

| {{center|26}}

1995–96

| Igor Protti


Giuseppe Signori (3)

|{{ITA}}


{{ITA}}

| Bari


Lazio

| {{center|24}}

1996–97

| Filippo Inzaghi

|{{ITA}}

| Atalanta

| {{center|24}}

1997–98

| Oliver Bierhoff

|{{GER}}

| Udinese

| {{center|27}}

1998–99

| Márcio Amoroso

|{{BRA}}

| Udinese

| {{center|22}}

1999–2000

| Andriy Shevchenko

|{{UKR}}

| Milan

| {{center|24}}

2000–01

| Hernán Crespo

|{{ARG}}

| Lazio

| {{center|26}}

2001–02

| David Trezeguet


Dario Hübner

|{{FRA}}


{{ITA}}

| Juventus


Piacenza

| {{center|24}}

2002–03

| Christian Vieri

|{{ITA}}

| Internazionale

| {{center|24}}

2003–04

| Andriy Shevchenko (2)

|{{UKR}}

| Milan

| {{center|24}}

2004–05

| Cristiano Lucarelli

|{{ITA}}

| Livorno

| {{center|24}}

2005–06

| bgcolor=#FFD700|Luca Toni

|{{ITA}}

| Fiorentina

| {{center|31}}

2006–07

| bgcolor=#FFD700|Francesco Totti

|{{ITA}}

| Roma

| {{center|26}}

2007–08

| Alessandro Del Piero

|{{ITA}}

| Juventus

| {{center|21}}

2008–09

| Zlatan Ibrahimović

|{{SWE}}

| Internazionale

| {{center|25}}

2009–10

| Antonio Di Natale

|{{ITA}}

| Udinese

| {{center|29}}

class="sortbottom"

! colspan="5" |AIC Award to the Top Scorer

!

2010–11

| Antonio Di Natale (2)

|{{ITA}}

| Udinese

| {{center|28}}

| rowspan="10" |{{center|}}

2011–12

| Zlatan Ibrahimović (2)

|{{SWE}}

| Milan

| {{center|28}}

2012–13

| Edinson Cavani

|{{URU}}

| Napoli

| {{center|29}}

2013–14

| Ciro Immobile

|{{ITA}}

| Torino

| {{center|22}}

2014–15

| Mauro Icardi


Luca Toni (2)

|{{ARG}}


{{ITA}}

| Internazionale


Hellas Verona

| {{center|22}}

2015–16

| Gonzalo Higuaín

| {{ARG}}

| Napoli

| {{center|36}}

2016–17

| Edin Džeko

| {{BIH}}

| Roma

| {{center|29}}

2017–18

| Mauro Icardi (2)


Ciro Immobile (2)

|{{ARG}}


{{ITA}}

| Internazionale


Lazio

| {{center|29}}

2018–19

| Fabio Quagliarella

|{{ITA}}

| Sampdoria

| {{center|26}}

2019–20

| bgcolor=#FFD700|Ciro Immobile (3)

|{{ITA}}

| Lazio

| {{center|36}}

class="sortbottom"

! colspan="5" |Paolo Rossi Award

!

2020–21

| Cristiano Ronaldo

|{{POR}}

| Juventus

| {{center|29}}

| rowspan="4" |{{center|}}

2021–22

| Ciro Immobile (4)

|{{ITA}}

| Lazio

| {{center|27}}

2022–23

| Victor Osimhen

|{{NGA}}

| Napoli

| {{center|26}}

2023–24

| Lautaro Martínez

|{{ARG}}

| Internazionale

| {{center|24}}

2024–25

| Mateo Retegui

|{{ITA}}{{efn|name=fn1}}

| Atalanta

| {{center|25}}

| {{center|{{Cite web |date=26 May 2025 |title=Retegui breaks Atalanta record, joins Cristiano Ronaldo in list of Paolo Rossi Award winners |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/mateo-retegui-top-scorer-atalanta-cristiano-ronaldo-filippo-inzaghi-serie-a-2024-25-award-news/article69621373.ece |access-date=2 June 2025 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}}}

Statistics

= Wins by player (multiple) =

The capocannonieri are unknown for 15 seasons.

class="wikitable"

!Awards

!Player

!Club(s)

!Country

!Seasons

align="center" | 5Gunnar NordahlMilan{{SWE}}1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55
align="center" | 4|Ciro ImmobileTorino, Lazio{{ITA}}2013–14, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22
rowspan="7" align="center" | 3Giuseppe MeazzaInternazionale{{ITA}}1929–30, 1935–36, 1937–38
Aldo BoffiMilan{{ITA}}1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42
Gigi RivaCagliari{{ITA}}1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70
Paolo PuliciTorino{{ITA}}1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
Roberto PruzzoRoma{{ITA}}1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86
Michel PlatiniJuventus{{FRA}}1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
Giuseppe SignoriLazio{{ITA}}1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96
rowspan="12" align="center" |2

|Roberto Boninsegna

|Internazionale

|{{ITA}}

|1970–71, 1971–72

Felice Borel

|Juventus

|{{flag|Kingdom of Italy}}

|1932–33, 1933-34

Antonio Di Natale

|Udinese

|{{ITA}}

|2009–10, 2010-11

Zlatan Ibrahimović

|Internazionale, Milan

|{{SWE}}

|2008–09, 2011–12

Mauro Icardi

|Internazionale

|{{ARG}}

|2014–15, 2017–18

Harald Nielsen

|Bologna

|{{DEN}}

|1962–63, 1963–64

Silvio Piola

|Lazio

|{{flag|Kingdom of Italy}}

|1936–37, 1942–43

rowspan="2" |Ettore Puricelli

| rowspan="2" |Bologna

|{{flag|Uruguay}}

| rowspan="2" |1938–39, 1940–41

{{flag|Kingdom of Italy}}
Andriy Shevchenko

|Milan

|{{flag|Ukraine}}

|1999–2000, 2003–04

Luca Toni

|Fiorentina, Verona

|{{ITA}}

|2005–06, 2014–15

Marco van Basten

|Milan

|{{NLD}}

|1989–90, 1991–92

= Wins by club =

File:Ibra milan.JPG 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.

class="sortable wikitable"

!Club

!Total

Milan

| align=center| 18

Juventus

| align=center| 15

Internazionale

| align=center| 15

Lazio

| align=center| 12

Torino

| align=center| 11

Roma

| align=center| 9

Bologna

| align=center| 7

Fiorentina

| align=center| 5

Napoli

| align=center| 4

Udinese

| align=center| 4

Cagliari

| align=center| 3

Sampdoria

| align=center| 3

Atalanta

| align=center| 2

Internazionale Torino

| align=center| 2

Livorno

| align=center| 2

US Milanese

| align=center| 2

Vicenza

| align=center| 2

Bari

| align=center| 1

Genoa

| align=center| 1

Piacenza

| align=center| 1

Hellas Verona

| align=center| 1

= Wins by country =

File:Lautaro Martínez (cropped).jpg of Internazionale in 2024.]]

The nationalities are unknown for 15 seasons.

class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center"

!Country

!Total

align=left |{{ITA}}

|74

align=left |{{ARG}}

|10

align=left |{{SWE}}

|7

align=left |{{FRA}}

|4

align=left |{{BRA}}

|3

align=left |{{DEN}}

|3

align=left |{{URU}}

|3

align=left |{{AUT}}

|2

align=left |{{HUN}}

|2

align=left |{{NED}}

|2

align=left |{{CHE}}

|2

align=left |{{UKR}}

|2

align=left |{{BIH}}

|1

align=left |{{ENG}}

|1

align=left |{{GER}}

|1

align=left |{{WAL}}

|1

align=left |{{POR}}

|1

align=left |{{NGA}}

|1

See also

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