The capocannoniere award (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 Lautaro Martínez, who scored 24 goals for Internazionale in the 2023–24 season. 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.

Winners

Data relating to seasons prior to 1923–24 are incomplete or imprecise due to scarcity of sources. {{legend|#FFD700|Player also won the European Golden Shoe (first awarded in 1968) |border=1px solid #AAAAAA|}}

• Italian by naturalisation (Puricelli has been a capocannoniere both as an Uruguayan and an Italian player)

Awards won by player

For 15 seasons the capocannonieri are unknown.

Awards won by club

For 13 seasons the clubs are unknown. Current Serie A teams are shown in bold.

Awards won by nationality

For 15 seasons the nationalities are unknown.