Serie A 2025-26 season preview: The players eyeing the Capocannoniere as the league's top scorer

Serie A has a strong tradition of showcasing world-class strikers, and the 2025-26 season will be no different. 

Some of the game's best frontmen will be on show, and you can catch all the action live across the campaign on DAZN. 

Before the big kick-off, DAZN News takes a look at the top contenders for Serie A's 'Capocannoniere'. 

Romelu Lukaku - Napoli 

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One of the game's great forwards, surprisingly the top scorer gong in Italy is something that has eluded Lukaku throughout his spells with Inter, Roma and now Napoli. 

The Belgian hit double figures once again for his current club last season, helping Antonio's side to the Serie A title - the second of his career. 

The powerful hitman may have a trump card for 2025-26, however, as international teammate and first-class assister Kevin De Bruyne joins him in Naples. 

If the pair can repeat the exploits seen together for the national team, then you'd back Lukaku to be the favourite to top score this season. 

Moise Kean - Fiorentina 

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For so long, it looked like Moise Kean was the almost man of Serie A strikers, having repeatedly failed to find his feet at clubs - including his three-year stint in the Premier League with Everton. 

However, the 25-year-old finally fulfilled some of that obvious potential last season as he starred for Fiorentina and enjoyed his best-ever season in front of goal. 

Kean netted a career-best 19 in the league for the Viola, earning himself a recall to the national set-up. 

He'll now look to repeat that form for 2025-26 alongside a new strike partner in Serie A veteran Edin Dzeko. 

Lautaro Martinez - Inter  

A winner of the Capocannoniere in 2024, Martinez remains one of Serie A's most deadly strikers. 

The Argentine is now in his eighth season at Inter and has netted 115 league goals so far. However, having failed to hit the twenty-goal barrier last year, he'll be determined to get back amongst the goals and return to the top of the charts. 

With Inter under new management, Martinez will once again be key in whatever success Cristian Chivu can lead the club to in 2025-26. 

Jonathan David - Juventus Getty

The new kid on the block in Serie A this season, David, has joined Juventus after his contract at Lille expired in the summer. 

The Canadian regularly challenged at the top of the goalscoring charts in Ligue 1 and now looks to take his goals to a new home and challenge the league's elite.

Having hit double figures in all five of his campaigns in France, the speedy striker is more than capable of reigning in Italy this season. 

Marcus Thuram - Inter 

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Now in his third season at Inter, Thuram has been a regular goalscorer for the club without ever being expected to be the goalscorer - even though he outscored teammate Latauro Martinez last season. 

The Frenchman hit 13 and 14 in the previous two campaigns, but with a new manager and a new style this season, it could give Thuram the platform for a career-best campaign. 

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