| Paolo Rossi Award | |
|---|---|
 Gunnar Nordahl, by winning thecapocannoniere award five times, is thepluricapocannoniere ofSerie A, while playing atAC Milan. | |
| Awarded for | The leading goalscorer in a single Serie A season |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Italian Footballers' Association |
| Formerly called | Capocannoniere |
| First award | 2011 |
| Currently held by | Lautaro Martínez (2023–24) |
| Most wins | Gunnar Nordahl (5) |
Thecapocannoniere award (Italian:[ˌkapokannoˈnjɛːre];lit. 'head gunner'), known asPaolo Rossi Award[1] since 2021, is awarded by theItalian Footballers' Association (AIC) to the highest goalscorer of each season inItaly'sSerie A from the 2010–11 season, when it was called theAIC Award to the Top Scorer (Italian:Premio AIC al Capocannoniere in Italian). The award is currently held byLautaro Martínez, who scored 24 goals forInternazionale in the2023–24 season.
The highest number of goals scored to win theCapocannoniere is 36, byGino Rossetti forTorino in1928–29,Gonzalo Higuaín for Napoli in2015–16 andCiro Immobile forLazio in2019–20.Ferenc Hirzer,Julio Libonatti andGunnar Nordahl are in joint fourth place for this record; they each scored 35 goals forJuventus, Torino andMilan respectively.
Gunnar Nordahl of Milan has won the title ofcapocannoniere five times:1949–50,1950–51,1952–53,1953–54 and1954–55, more than any other player in the history of Italian championship.[2]
Data relating to seasons prior to 1923–24 are incomplete or imprecise due to scarcity of sources.
* Italian bynaturalisation(Puricelli has been acapocannoniere both as an Uruguayan and an Italian player)
For 15 seasons thecapocannonieri 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 |
| Aldo Boffi | Milan | Italy | 3 | 1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42 | |
| Gigi Riva | Cagliari | Italy | 3 | 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70 | |
| Paolo Pulici | Torino | Italy | 3 | 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76 | |
| Roberto Pruzzo | Roma | Italy | 3 | 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86 | |
| Michel Platini | Juventus |  France | 3 | 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85 | |
| Giuseppe Signori | Lazio | Italy | 3 | 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96 |
For 13 seasons the clubs are unknown. Current Serie A teams are shown inbold.
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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 |
