Who are the top 10 all-time top scorers of Serie A as of 2022?
Serie A is the top-tier league in Italy and one of the best football leagues in Europe. It has hosted many talented players, some of whom have scored outstanding numbers of goals during their careers. Interestingly, none of the top 10 all-time top scorers of Serie A is still playing. Despite retiring, their legacy lives on.
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Founded in 1898, Serie A has always maintained its class and reputation as one of the most competitive competitions in Europe. Footballers like Del Piero, Giuseppe Meazza, and Francesco Totti are some of the legendary figures who graced the league by bagging many goals and winning trophies and awards.
Serie A top scorers of all time
| Player | Serie A Goals | Team (s) |
| Silvio Piola | 290 | Pro Vercelli, Lazio, Juventus, Novara |
| Francesco Totti | 250 | AS Roma |
| Gunnar Nordahl | 225 | AC Milan, AS Roma |
| Giuseppe Meazza | 216 | Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus |
| José Altafini | 216 | AC Milan, Napoli, Juventus |
| Antonio Di Natale | 209 | Empoli, Udinese |
| Roberto Baggio | 205 | Fiorentina, Juventus, Milan, Bologna, Inter Milan, Brescia |
| Kurt Hamrin | 190 | Juventus, Padova, Fiorentina, AC Milan, Napoli |
| Giuseppe Signori | 188 | Foggia, Lazio, Sampdoria, Bologna |
| Alessandro Del Piero | 188 | Juventus |
As observed, the majority of the top Serie A scorers of all time netted over 180 goals playing for two or more clubs. However, Only Alessandro Del Piero and Francesco Totti played for one club in the league throughout their careers. Let us now delve deep into each player's profile and summary.
10. Alessandro Del Piero
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Del Piero is Juventus' all-time top scorer with 290 goals. His 188 goals in 478 Italian Serie A matches for the Old Lady make him the 10th leading scorer in the league. The Italian legend played for Juve between 1993 and 2012, averaging 0.39 goals per league game. He also netted 27 times in 91 games for the national football team from 1995 to 2008.
9. Giuseppe Signori
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The Italian legend also netted 188 times in 344 games in the Italian top flight, with an average of 0.54 goals per match. Giuseppe Signori played for four clubs (Foggia, Lazio, Sampdoria, and Bologna) between 1991 and 2004. He also found the back of the net seven times in 28 matches for the Italian national team between 1992 and 1995. Here is a breakdown of his Serie A goals and assists.
| Team | Games | Goals | Assists |
| Lazio | 152 | 107 | 8 |
| Bologna | 143 | 67 | 16 |
| Calcio Foggia | 32 | 11 | 1 |
| Sampdoria | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 344 | 188 | 25 |
8. Kurt Hamrin
Kurt Hamrin is a retired Swedish footballer and one of the greatest players of all time from the country. His incredible dribbling skills and scoring ability enabled him to find the back of the net 190 times in 300 matches in the Italian top flight.
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Hamrin played for Juventus, Padova, Fiorentina, AC Milan, and Napoli between 1956-1971, averaging 0.48 goals per Serie A match. He managed 150 goals in 289 matches for Fiorentina (1958-1967), and nine in 36 games for AC Milan (1967-1969).
7. Roberto Baggio
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Baggio is one of the best scorers in the history of Italian football. He scored 205 times in 452 league games between (1985-2004). His scoring average is 0.45 goals per Serie A match. Baggio scored 78 times in 141 matches for Juventus (1990-1995) before adding 12 more in 51 matches at AC Milan (1995-1997). He won the 1993 FIFA World Player of the Year award and the Ballon d'Or.
6. Antonio Di Natale
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Retired footballer Antonio Di Natale won the Serie A top scorer award twice consecutively in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons. Antonio scored 209 goals in 445 Serie A matches from 2002 to 2016, while playing for Empoli and Udinese. He averaged 0.49 goals per match. The legendary striker scored 49 times in 158 matches for Empoli (1996-2004) and 185 in 350 games for Udinese (2004-2016).
5. José Altafini
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Jose is a retired Italian-Brazilian footballer who held the record for most goals in a single European Cup before Lionel Messi broke it. Altafini scored 216 times in 459 league games between 1958-1976 and averaged 0.47 goals per Serie A match. He played for AC Milan, Napoli, and Juventus. Interestingly, The former forward played for Brazil and the Italian national football teams in his international career.
4. Giuseppe Meazza
Giuseppe 'Peppino' Meazza, nicknamed il Balilla, led Italy to two FIFA World Cup titles (1934 and 1938) and won the Golden Ball in 1934. He also found the back of the net 216 times in 367 Serie A games, while playing for Inter Milan, AC Milan, and Juventus between 1929 and 1947. Meazza also netted 33 times in 53 international matches for the Italian team.
3. Gunnar Nordahl
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Gunnar Nordahl is a Swedish retired footballer and one of the famous Serie A top goalscorers of all time. He won two Scudetto titles and five top-scorer awards in his club career. Nordahl scored 225 goals in 291 league appearances for AC Milan and Roma. He has an average of 0.77 goals per league game. Internationally, he bagged 43 goals in 33 matches for the Swedish national team between 1942 and 1948.
2. Francesco Totti
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Totti is one of the best Serie A strikers of all time, and the latest player on the list to retire. He hung his boots in 2017 after scoring 250 times in 619 league games for Roma. Totti won five Italian Footballer of the Year awards and two Serie A Footballer of the Year titles. Besides, he also managed to score nine times in 58 international appearances for the Azzurri between 1998 and 2006.
Who is Serie A top scorer of all time?
Legendary Italian forward Silvio Piola holds the record of the best scorer in the league, with 274 goals in 537 Italian Serie A games. The record has stood for over six decades and is likely to stand for more years.
1. Silvio Piola
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Piola is widely regarded as one of the greatest strikers of his generation. He averaged 0.51 goals per match in the league while playing for Pro Vercelli, Lazio, Juventus, and Novara. The legendary goal poacher managed 143 goals in 227 matches for Lazio (1934-1943), and 26 goals in 57 matches for Juventus (1945-1947). He also scored 30 times in 34 matches for the Italian football team between 1935 and 1952.
All-time top scorer in Serie A in a season
Ciro Immobile, Gonzalo Higuain, and Gino Rossetti are the leading top scorers in Serie A by season with 36 goals. Rossetti was the first to score 36 times in a league season while playing for Torino during the 1928-29 campaign. Former Argentine forward Higuain equalled the record in the 2015-16 season with Napoli. Italian star Immobile also managed to score 36 times during the 2019-20 season with Lazio.
Featuring among the all-time top scorers of Serie A is not a mean achievement. The league has produced many great strikers who did not score as many goals as those on the list. Perhaps it could take more years before another player enters the list of the top 10 rankings.
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