Capocannoniere Award


Of all the great Italian football phrases, Capocannoniere is one of our favourites. Translating as "chief gunner", it's the name of the award given to the highest scorer each season in Serie A.

It's the most sought after of football player awards in Italy, and when you look at the list of previous winners it's not hard to see why, with the likes of Maradona, Platini, Luigi Riva, van Basten, Batistuta and Shevchenko all having won it.. Milan legend Gunnar Nordahl has won the award more times than any other player. The Swedish forward's goals helped the Rossoneri to claim Serie A titles in 1951 and 1955 and he won the Capocannoniere in both those seasons, but he also won it in 1950, 1953 and 1954. Nordahl's five Capocannoniere awards is a record that could stand the test of time, as no other player has won it more than three times.


CAPOCANNONIERE WINNERS

Season Capocannoniere Winner Goals Club Nationality
2021-22 Ciro Immobile 27 Lazio Italy
2020-21 Cristiano Ronaldo 29 Juventus Portugal
2019-20 Ciro Immobile 36 Lazio Italy
2018-19 Fabio Quagliarella 26 Sampdoria Italy
2017-18 Mauro Icardi 29 Inter Argentina
Ciro Immobile 29 Lazio Italy
2016-17 Edin Džeko 29 Roma Bosnia and Herzegovina
2015-16 Gonzalo Higuaín 36 Napoli Argentina
2014-15 Luca Toni 22 Hellas VeronaItaly
2014-15 Mauro Icardi 22 Inter Argentina
2013-14 Ciro Immobile 22 Torino Italy
2012-13 Edinson Cavani 29 Napoli Uruguay
2011-12 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 28 Milan Sweden
2010-11 Antonio Di Natale 28 Udinese Italy
2009-10 Antonio Di Natale 29 Udinese Italy
2008-09 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 25 Inter Sweden
2007-08 Alessandro Del Piero 21 Juventus Italy
2006-07 Francesco Totti 26 Roma Italy
2005-06 Luca Toni 31 Fiorentina Italy
2004-05 Cristiano Lucarelli 24 Livorno Italy
2003-04 Andriy Shevchenko 24 Milan Ukraine
2002-03 Christian Vieri 24 Inter Italy
2001-02 David Trezeguet 24 Juventus France
2001-02 Dario Hübner 24 Piacenza Italy
2000-01 Hernán Crespo 26 Lazio Argentina
1999-00 Andriy Shevchenko 24 Milan Ukraine
1998-99 Márcio Amoroso 22 Udinese Brazil
1997-98 Oliver Bierhoff 27 Udinese Germany
1996-97 Filippo Inzaghi 24 Atalanta Italy
1995-96 Igor Protti 24 Bari Italy
1995-96 Giuseppe Signori 24 Lazio Italy
1994-95 Gabriel Batistuta 26 Fiorentina Argentina
1993-94 Giuseppe Signori 23 Lazio Italy
1992-93 Giuseppe Signori 26 Lazio Italy
1991-92 Marco van Basten 25 Milan Netherlands
1990-91 Gianluca Vialli 19 Sampdoria Italy
1989-90 Marco van Basten 19 Milan Netherlands
1988-89 Aldo Serena 22 Inter Italy
1987-88 Diego Maradona 15 Napoli Argentina
1986-87 Pietro Paolo Virdis 17 Milan Italy
1985-86 Roberto Pruzzo 19 Roma Italy
1984-85 Michel Platini 18 Juventus France
1983-84 Michel Platini 20 Juventus France
1982-83 Michel Platini 16 Juventus France
1981-82 Roberto Pruzzo 15 Roma Italy
1980-81 Roberto Pruzzo 18 Roma Italy
1979-80 Roberto Bettega 16 Juventus Italy
1978-79 Bruno Giordano 19 Lazio Italy
1977-78 Paolo Rossi 24 Vicenza Italy
1976-77 Francesco Graziani 21 Torino Italy
1975-76 Paolo Pulici 21 Torino Italy
1974-75 Paolo Pulici 18 Torino Italy
1973-74 Giorgio Chinaglia 24 Lazio Italy
1972-73 Giuseppe Savoldi 17 Bologna Italy
1972-73 Paolo Pulici 17 Torino Italy
1972-73 Gianni Rivera 17 Milan Italy
1971-72 Roberto Boninsegna 22 Inter Italy
1970-71 Roberto Boninsegna 24 Inter Italy
1969-70 Luigi Riva 21 Cagliari Italy
1968-69 Luigi Riva 21 Cagliari Italy
1967-68 Pierino Prati 15 Milan Italy
1966-67 Luigi Riva 18 Cagliari Italy
1965-66 Luis Vinicio 25 Vicenza Brazil
1964-65 Sandro Mazzola 17 Inter Italy
1964-65 Alberto Orlando 17 Fiorentina Italy
1963-64 Harald Nielsen 17 Bologna Denmark
1962-63 Harald Nielsen 19 Bologna Denmark
1962-63 Pedro Manfredini 19 Roma Argentina
1961-62 José Altafini 22 Milan Brazil/Italy
1961-62 Aurelio Milani 22 Fiorentina Italy
1960-61 Sergio Brighenti 27 Sampdoria Italy
1959-60 Omar Sívori 28 Juventus Argentina/Italy
1958-59 Antonio Valentín Angel 33 Inter Argentina/Italy
1957-58 John Charles 28 Juventus Wales
1956-57 Dino da Costa 22 Roma Brazil/Italy
1955-56 Gino Pivatelli 29 Bologna Italy
1954-55 Gunnar Nordahl 27 Milan Sweden
1953-54 Gunnar Nordahl 23 Milan Sweden
1952-53 Gunnar Nordahl 26 Milan Sweden
1951-52 John Hansen 30 Juventus Denmark
1950-51 Gunnar Nordahl 34 Milan Sweden
1949-50 Gunnar Nordahl 35 Milan Sweden
1948-49 István Nyers 26 Inter Hungary
1947-48 Giampiero Boniperti 27 Juventus Italy
1946-47 Valentino Mazzola 29 Torino Italy
1945-46 Guglielmo Gabetto 22 Torino Italy
1944-45 n/a
1943-44 n/a
1942-43 Silvio Piola 21 Lazio Italy
1941-42 Aldo Boffi 22 Milan Italy
1940-41 Ettore Puricelli 22 Bologna Uruguay/Italy
1939-40 Aldo Boffi 24 Milan Italy
1938-39 Ettore Puricelli 19 Bologna Uruguay/Italy
1938-39 Aldo Boffi 19 Milan Italy
1937-38 Giuseppe Meazza 20 Ambrosiana-Inter Italy
1936-37 Silvio Piola 21 Lazio Italy
1935-36 Giuseppe Meazza 25 Ambrosiana-Inter Italy
1934-35 Enrique Guaita 28 Roma Argentina/Italy
1933-34 Felice Borel 31 Juventus Italy
1932-33 Felice Borel 29 Juventus Italy
1931-32 Angelo Schiavio 25 Bologna Italy
1931-32 Pedro Petrone 25 Fiorentina Uruguay
1930-31 Rodolfo Volk 29 Roma Italy
1929-30 Giuseppe Meazza 31 Ambrosiana-Inter Italy
1928-29 Gino Rossetti 36 Torino Italy
1927-28 Julio Libonatti 35 Torino Argentina/Italy
1926-27 Anton Powolny 22 Inter Austria
1925-26 Ferenc Hirzer 35 Juventus Hungary
1924-25 Mario Magnozzi 19 Livorno Italy
1923-24 Heinrich Schönfeld 22 Torino Austria