Serie A Top Scorers: Every Capocannoniere Since 1929-30

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The Capocannoniere is the award given to the leading goalscorer in Italy's Serie A each season. Since the league adopted its single-division round-robin format in 1929-30, the title has traced the arc of Italian football — from the marksmen of the pre-war Ambrosiana-Inter and Juventus sides to the imported goal machines of the modern game.

No footballer has dominated the charts quite like Gunnar Nordahl, the Swedish AC Milan striker who claimed the honour five times between 1949 and 1955 and set benchmarks that stood for decades. Later eras produced their own serial winners, from Michel Platini's hat-trick of titles at Juventus in the mid-1980s to Ciro Immobile, whose four crowns for Lazio include a record-equalling 36-goal haul in 2019-20.

This table lists every Capocannoniere from 1929-30 through 2024-25, with the winning club and goal total. Seasons are shared where two or more players finished level, and the wartime years of 1943-44 and 1944-45 are omitted because no official top-flight championship or scoring title was contested.

Season	Player	Club	Goals
1929-30	Giuseppe Meazza	Ambrosiana-Inter	31
1930-31	Rodolfo Volk	Roma	29
1931-32	Angelo Schiavio / Pedro Petrone	Bologna / Fiorentina	25
1932-33	Felice Borel	Juventus	29
1933-34	Felice Borel	Juventus	32
1934-35	Enrique Guaita	Roma	28
1935-36	Giuseppe Meazza	Ambrosiana-Inter	25
1936-37	Silvio Piola	Lazio	21
1937-38	Giuseppe Meazza	Ambrosiana-Inter	20
1938-39	Aldo Boffi / Ettore Puricelli	AC Milan / Bologna	19
1939-40	Aldo Boffi	AC Milan	24
1940-41	Ettore Puricelli	Bologna	22
1941-42	Aldo Boffi	AC Milan	22
1942-43	Silvio Piola	Lazio	21
1945-46	Guglielmo Gabetto	Torino	22
1946-47	Valentino Mazzola	Torino	29
1947-48	Giampiero Boniperti	Juventus	27
1948-49	István Nyers	Inter	26
1949-50	Gunnar Nordahl	AC Milan	35
1950-51	Gunnar Nordahl	AC Milan	34

1951-52	John Hansen	Juventus	30
1952-53	Gunnar Nordahl	AC Milan	26
1953-54	Gunnar Nordahl	AC Milan	23
1954-55	Gunnar Nordahl	AC Milan	27
1955-56	Gino Pivatelli	Bologna	29
1956-57	Dino da Costa	Roma	22
1957-58	John Charles	Juventus	28
1958-59	Antonio Angelillo	Inter	33
1959-60	Omar Sívori	Juventus	28
1960-61	Sergio Brighenti	Sampdoria	27
1961-62	José Altafini / Aurelio Milani	AC Milan / Fiorentina	22
1962-63	Harald Nielsen / Pedro Manfredini	Bologna / Roma	19
1963-64	Harald Nielsen	Bologna	21
1964-65	Sandro Mazzola / Alberto Orlando	Inter / Fiorentina	17
1965-66	Luís Vinício	Vicenza	25
1966-67	Gigi Riva	Cagliari	18
1967-68	Pierino Prati	AC Milan	15
1968-69	Gigi Riva	Cagliari	21
1969-70	Gigi Riva	Cagliari	21
1970-71	Roberto Boninsegna	Inter	24

1971-72	Roberto Boninsegna	Inter	22
1972-73	Giuseppe Savoldi / Paolino Pulici / Gianni Rivera	Bologna / Torino / AC Milan	17
1973-74	Giorgio Chinaglia	Lazio	24
1974-75	Paolino Pulici	Torino	18
1975-76	Paolino Pulici	Torino	21
1976-77	Francesco Graziani	Torino	21
1977-78	Paolo Rossi	Vicenza	24
1978-79	Bruno Giordano	Lazio	19
1979-80	Roberto Bettega	Juventus	16
1980-81	Roberto Pruzzo	Roma	18
1981-82	Roberto Pruzzo	Roma	15
1982-83	Michel Platini	Juventus	16
1983-84	Michel Platini	Juventus	20
1984-85	Michel Platini	Juventus	18
1985-86	Roberto Pruzzo	Roma	19
1986-87	Pietro Paolo Virdis	AC Milan	17
1987-88	Diego Maradona	Napoli	15
1988-89	Aldo Serena	Inter	22
1989-90	Marco van Basten	AC Milan	19
1990-91	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria	19

1991-92	Marco van Basten	AC Milan	25
1992-93	Giuseppe Signori	Lazio	26
1993-94	Giuseppe Signori	Lazio	23
1994-95	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	26
1995-96	Igor Protti / Giuseppe Signori	Bari / Lazio	24
1996-97	Filippo Inzaghi	Atalanta	24
1997-98	Oliver Bierhoff	Udinese	27
1998-99	Márcio Amoroso	Udinese	22
1999-2000	Andriy Shevchenko	AC Milan	24
2000-01	Hernán Crespo	Lazio	26
2001-02	David Trezeguet / Dario Hübner	Juventus / Piacenza	24
2002-03	Christian Vieri	Inter	24
2003-04	Andriy Shevchenko	AC Milan	24
2004-05	Cristiano Lucarelli	Livorno	24
2005-06	Luca Toni	Fiorentina	31
2006-07	Francesco Totti	Roma	26
2007-08	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	21
2008-09	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Inter	25
2009-10	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	29
2010-11	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	28

2011-12	Zlatan Ibrahimović	AC Milan	28
2012-13	Edinson Cavani	Napoli	29
2013-14	Ciro Immobile	Torino	22
2014-15	Mauro Icardi / Luca Toni	Inter / Hellas Verona	22
2015-16	Gonzalo Higuaín	Napoli	36
2016-17	Edin Džeko	Roma	29
2017-18	Mauro Icardi / Ciro Immobile	Inter / Lazio	29
2018-19	Fabio Quagliarella	Sampdoria	26
2019-20	Ciro Immobile	Lazio	36
2020-21	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	29
2021-22	Ciro Immobile	Lazio	27
2022-23	Victor Osimhen	Napoli	26
2023-24	Lautaro Martínez	Inter	24
2024-25	Mateo Retegui	Atalanta	25
2025-26	Lautaro Martínez	Inter	17

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Serie A Top Scorers: Every Capocannoniere Since 1929-30 — FAQ

Who has won the Serie A Capocannoniere the most times?

Gunnar Nordahl holds the record with five Capocannoniere titles, all with AC Milan between 1949-50 and 1954-55. Giuseppe Meazza, Silvio Piola, Michel Platini, Roberto Pruzzo and Ciro Immobile are among those who have won it multiple times.

What is the record for most goals in a single Serie A season?

In the modern era, Gonzalo Higuaín (2015-16) and Ciro Immobile (2019-20) share the record with 36 goals each, both achieved across a 38-game season. Higuaín's total broke Gino Rossetti's long-standing single-season mark from the 1920s.

Who was the Serie A top scorer in 2024-25?

Mateo Retegui of Atalanta won the 2024-25 Capocannoniere with 25 goals, finishing six clear of Juventus and Fiorentina forward Moise Kean. He was only the second Atalanta player to top the Serie A charts, after Filippo Inzaghi in 1996-97.

Why are some seasons missing from the list?

The 1943-44 and 1944-45 seasons are omitted because World War II halted the official national championship; a regional wartime tournament in 1943-44 is not recognised as an official Serie A title. The league resumed in 1945-46.