Capocannoniere
The capocannoniere award (Italian: [ˌkapokanːoˈnjɛːre]; 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 | |
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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 |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Italian Footballers' Association |
| Formerly called | Capocannoniere |
| First awarded | 2011 |
| Currently held by | Victor Osimhen (2022–23) |
| Most awards | Gunnar 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.