The Italian soccer league is perceived by many soccer fans as very tactical and slower paced, especially when compared stylistically against some of the other divisions within Europe.
And that reputation certainly isn’t misplaced, because a lot of teams are well drilled on concepts that involve denying opponents time and space to make attacking plays.
You’d therefore expect that Serie A Golden Boot winners wouldn’t rack up huge goal tallies across the course of single campaigns.
After all, defenses within this league are well equipped to deal with all sorts of offensive threats, right?
Wrong!
Since the 2015-2016 season, every winner of the Serie A Golden Boot has netted more than 25 goals, which is no easy feat.
Here’s a closer look at the complete list of winners since 1923:
Season | Player | Team(s) | Goals Scored |
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1923/1924 | Heinrich Schönfeld | Torino | 22 |
1924/1925 | Mario Magnozzi | Livorno | 19 |
1925/1926 | Ferenc Hirzer | Juventus | 35 |
1926/1927 | Anton Powolny | Inter Milan | 22 |
1927/1928 | Julio Libonatti | Torino | 35 |
1928/1929 | Gino Rossetti | Torino | 36 |
1929/1930 | Giuseppe Meazza | Inter Milan | 31 |
1930/1931 | Rodolfo Volk | AS Roma | 29 |
1931/1932 | Pedro Petrone | Fiorentina | 25 |
1931/1932 | Angelo Schiavio | Bologna FC | 25 |
1932/1933 | Felice Borel | Juventus | 29 |
1933/1934 | Felice Borel | Juventus | 32 |
1934/1935 | Enrico Guaita | AS Roma | 28 |
1935/1936 | Giuseppe Meazza | Inter Milan | 25 |
1936/1937 | Silvio Piola | Lazio | 21 |
1937/1938 | Giuseppe Meazza | Inter Milan | 20 |
1938/1939 | Héctor Puricelli | Bologna FC | 19 |
1938/1939 | Aldo Boffi | AC Milan | 19 |
1939/1940 | Aldo Boffi | AC Milan | 24 |
1940/1941 | Héctor Puricelli | Bologna FC | 22 |
1941/1942 | Aldo Boffi | AC Milan | 22 |
1942/1943 | Silvio Piola | Lazio | 21 |
1945/1946 | Guglielmo Gabetto | Torino | 22 |
1946/1947 | Valentino Mazzola | Torino | 29 |
1947/1948 | Giampiero Boniperti | Juventus | 27 |
1948/1949 | Stefano Nyers | Inter Milan | 26 |
1949/1950 | Gunnar Nordahl | AC Milan | 35 |
1950/1951 | Gunnar Nordahl | AC Milan | 34 |
1951/1952 | John Hansen | Juventus | 30 |
1952/1953 | Gunnar Nordahl | AC Milan | 26 |
1953/1954 | Gunnar Nordahl | AC Milan | 23 |
1954/1955 | Gunnar Nordahl | AC Milan | 27 |
1955/1956 | Gino Pivatelli | Bologna FC | 29 |
1956/1957 | Dino da Costa | AS Roma | 22 |
1957/1958 | John Charles | Juventus | 28 |
1958/1959 | Antonio Valentín Angelillo | Inter Milan | 33 |
1959/1960 | Omar Sívori | Juventus | 28 |
1960/1961 | Sergio Brighenti | Sampdoria | 27 |
1961/1962 | Aurelio Milani | Fiorentina | 22 |
1961/1962 | José Altafini | AC Milan | 22 |
1962/1963 | Pedro Manfredini | AS Roma | 19 |
1962/1963 | Harald Nielsen | Bologna FC | 19 |
1963/1964 | Harald Nielsen | Bologna FC | 21 |
1964/1965 | Alberto Orlando | Fiorentina | 17 |
1964/1965 | Sandro Mazzola | Inter Milan | 17 |
1965/1966 | Luis Vinicio | Vicenza Calcio | 25 |
1966/1967 | Gigi Riva | Cagliari | 18 |
1967/1968 | Pierino Prati | AC Milan | 15 |
1968/1969 | Gigi Riva | Cagliari | 21 |
1969/1970 | Gigi Riva | Cagliari | 21 |
1970/1971 | Roberto Boninsegna | Inter Milan | 24 |
1971/1972 | Roberto Boninsegna | Inter Milan | 22 |
1972/1973 | Paolino Pulici | Torino | 17 |
1972/1973 | Gianni Rivera | AC Milan | 17 |
1972/1973 | Giuseppe Savoldi | Bologna FC | 17 |
1973/1974 | Giorgio Chinaglia | Lazio | 24 |
1974/1975 | Paolino Pulici | Torino | 18 |
1975/1976 | Paolino Pulici | Torino | 21 |
1976/1977 | Francesco Graziani | Torino | 21 |
1977/1978 | Paolo Rossi | Vicenza Calcio | 24 |
1978/1979 | Bruno Giordano | Lazio | 19 |
1979/1980 | Roberto Bettega | Juventus | 16 |
1980/1981 | Roberto Pruzzo | AS Roma | 18 |
1981/1982 | Roberto Pruzzo | AS Roma | 15 |
1982/1983 | Michel Platini | Juventus | 16 |
1983/1984 | Michel Platini | Juventus | 20 |
1984/1985 | Michel Platini | Juventus | 18 |
1985/1986 | Roberto Pruzzo | AS Roma | 19 |
1986/1987 | Pietro Paolo Virdis | AC Milan | 17 |
1987/1988 | Diego Maradona | Napoli | 15 |
1988/1989 | Aldo Serena | Inter Milan | 22 |
1989/1990 | Marco van Basten | AC Milan | 19 |
1990/1991 | Gianluca Vialli | Sampdoria | 19 |
1991/1992 | Marco van Basten | AC Milan | 25 |
1992/1993 | Giuseppe Signori | Lazio | 26 |
1993/1994 | Giuseppe Signori | Lazio | 23 |
1994/1995 | Gabriel Batistuta | Fiorentina | 26 |
1995/1996 | Giuseppe Signori | Lazio | 24 |
1995/1996 | Igor Protti | Bari | 24 |
1996/1997 | Filippo Inzaghi | Atalanta | 24 |
1997/1998 | Oliver Bierhoff | Udinese | 27 |
1998/1999 | Márcio Amoroso | Udinese | 22 |
1999/2000 | Andriy Shevchenko | AC Milan | 24 |
2000/2001 | Hernán Crespo | Lazio | 26 |
2001/2002 | Dario Hübner | Piacenza Calcio | 24 |
2001/2002 | David Trezeguet | Juventus | 24 |
2002/2003 | Christian Vieri | Inter Milan | 24 |
2003/2004 | Andriy Shevchenko | AC Milan | 24 |
2004/2005 | Cristiano Lucarelli | Livorno | 24 |
2005/2006 | Luca Toni | Fiorentina | 31 |
2006/2007 | Francesco Totti | AS Roma | 26 |
2007/2008 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus | 21 |
2008/2009 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Inter Milan | 25 |
2009/2010 | Antonio Di Natale | Udinese | 29 |
2010/2011 | Antonio Di Natale | Udinese | 28 |
2011/2012 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | AC Milan | 28 |
2012/2013 | Edinson Cavani | Napoli | 29 |
2013/2014 | Ciro Immobile | Torino | 22 |
2014/2015 | Luca Toni | Hellas Verona | 22 |
2015/2016 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Napoli | 36 |
2016/2017 | Edin Džeko | AS Roma | 29 |
2017/2018 | Ciro Immobile | Lazio | 29 |
2017/2018 | Mauro Icardi | Inter Milan | 29 |
2018/2019 | Fabio Quagliarella | Sampdoria | 26 |
2019/2020 | Ciro Immobile | Lazio | 36 |
2020/2021 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus | 29 |
2021/2022 | Ciro Immobile | Lazio | 27 |
Who has won the most Golden Boots in Serie A?
Some of you will want to know the answer to this question, and rightly so.
It’s fascinating to know which players have been able to perform consistently well when it comes to goal scoring across multiple seasons.
Right then, let’s cut right to the chase.
A former Swedish player who goes by the name of Gunnar Nordahl has won the top scorer trophy in Italy the most times, as he claimed the prestigious award a total of five times.

Nordahl plied his trade for AC Milan and AS Roma within Italy, notching an impressive tally of 210 and 15 goals for both respective sides.
Update: In second place we now have Ciro Immobile, who managed 27 goals in the past campaign to claim his fourth top scorer award in the competition.
Below him, the third place spot is tied between multiple players here, such as:
- Giuseppe Meazza
- Michel Platini
- Aldo Boffi
- Gigi Riva
- Paolo Pulici
- Roberto Pruzzo
- Giuseppe Signori
All of these players have won the top scorer award three times.
Here’s how that list ultimately stacks up:
Player | Golden Boot Awards | Club(s) |
---|---|---|
Gunnar Nordahl | 5 | AC Milan |
Ciro Immobile | 4 | Torino; Lazio |
Giuseppe Meazza | 3 | Inter Milan |
Michel Platini | 3 | Juventus |
Aldo Boffi | 3 | AC Milan |
Gigi Riva | 3 | Cagliari |
Paolino Pulici | 3 | Torino |
Roberto Pruzzo | 3 | AS Roma |
Giuseppe Signori | 3 | Lazio |
Luca Toni | 2 | Fiorentina; Hellas Verona |
Zlatan Ibrahimović | 2 | Inter Milan; AC Milan |
Antonio Di Natale | 2 | Udinese |
Andriy Shevchenko | 2 | AC Milan |
Marco van Basten | 2 | AC Milan |
Roberto Boninsegna | 2 | Inter Milan |
Harald Nielsen | 2 | Bologna FC |
Ettore Puricelli | 2 | Bologna FC |
Silvio Piola | 2 | Lazio |
Felice Borel | 2 | Juventus |
Who won the Serie A Golden Boot award for 2021?
With the season almost concluded, it looks like a two-horse race between Lazio’s Ciro Immobile and Juventus’ Dušan Vlahović.
Immobile has already won the award three times so he’ll be confident in his own ability to pick up another Golden Boot trophy.
On the other hand, Dušan Vlahović is sort of like “the new kid on the block”.
Even though he previously represented Fiorentina in Serie A, the 22 year old got off to a sensational start for Juventus after he joined the club in the 2022 January transfer window.
It’ll be a close finish, and this article will be updated to highlight the winner once the current campaign has concluded.
Did Ronaldo win a Golden Boot in Italy?
Cristiano Ronaldo has performed at every club he’s played for.
He is a three-time Pichichi winner and an English league top goal scorer as well, so the man knows exactly what it takes to top the goal scoring charts.

The Portuguese man did in fact win a Serie A Golden Boot award, as he netted 29 goals for Juventus in the previously concluded 2020-2021 campaign.
How many Serie A Golden Boots has Ronaldo won?
Quite surprisingly, Ronaldo has only won one Serie A Golden Boot trophy during his three seasons in Italy.
Sampdoria’s Fabio Quagliarrela pipped him to this title in the 2018-2019 season when he joined Juventus, and in the campaign right after that Ciro Immobile finished as the top scorer.
Luckily for him, he managed to leave Juventus on a relatively high note by claiming the individual honor in his penultimate season for the club.
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