Serie A: Most Number of Goals by a Player in a Season

Serie A is a professional league in the Italian football league system. Let’s now have a look at the players who have scored the most goals in a Serie A season. 

Ciro Immobile for Lazio; Credit: Twitter/@championsleague
By Srushti Palkar | Jun 7, 2022 | 2 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Serie A is a professional league competition for football clubs in Italy. One of the most historic leagues in Europe and the world, the league works on a round-robin system since 1930. It is an integral part of the top five European Leagues. Owing to the performance of Italian clubs in the European competitions organized by UEFA, Serie A ranks third among the European leagues according to the UEFA’s league coefficient ranking, only behind La Liga and the Premier League. Currently, the league is a perfect blend of experience as well as the freshness of the talented youth coming up.

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The Italian league has probably been the league which has attracted the best and greatest players of all time among all the leagues in Europe. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Maradona, Ronaldo Nazario, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho, Paolo Maldini are just some of the great individuals on an incredible roster of players to have showcased their prowess in the Italian league. Along with the players, several famous coaches like Carlo Ancelotti, Jose Mourinho, Marcello Lippi, Antonio Conte too have added to the quality of Serie A in their own respective ways.

The 2021/22 Serie A season was one for the ages. After a long wait, both Milan clubs went head-to-head for the title till the last matchday with AC Milan outdoing their city rivals, Inter Milan by just two points to clinch the Italian Championship securing 86 points in the process. Napoli and Juventus were the other two teams joining them in the Champions League spots while a place in Europa League was secured by Lazio and Roma

Serie A: Most number of goals by a player in a season

Serie A has produced a wealth of attacking quality over the years. Guided by some brilliant tactically sound minds, several worthy winners have been awarded the Capocannoniere, the Golden Boot in Italy. From the days of Giuseppe Meazza to Marco van Basten to the times of strikers like Gonzalo Higuain and Ciro Immobile in the recent years, the award’s prestige has never been compromised. Gunnar Nordahl has won the Capocannoniere five times, more than any other player in history. Let’s now have a look at the players who have scored the most goals in a Serie A season. 

S.NoPlayerTeamGoals ScoredSeason
1. Ciro ImmobileLazio362019-20
2.Gonzalo HiguainNapoli362015-16
3.Gino RossettiTorino361928-29
4.Ferenc HirzerJuventus351925-26
5.Julio LibonattiTorino351927-28
6.Gunnar NordahlAC Milan351949-50
7.Gunnar NordahlAC Milan341950-51
8.Antonio Valentin AngelilloInter Milan331958-59
9.Giuseppe MeazzaInter Milan311929-30
10.Felice BorelJuventus311933-34