Can Osimhen break Higuain's Serie A goal record?

Victor Osimhen is on right track to win Serie A golden boot this term, but can he break the record for number of goals in a single season?

The Nigerian forward has scored 17 goals in 18 games for Napoli this term, with the latest coming in the 3-0 win over Cremonese at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona on Sunday.


Osimhen, 24, has found the back of the net in his sixth consecutive league fixture games, during which he netted eight times.

He leads his closest challengers Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan) and Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman with five goals, despite missing four matches due to a femoral bicep strain in September.


With Osimhen likely out of sight in the race for the Capocannoniere, the next target might be Gonzalo Higuain’s all-time Serie A record of 36 goals.

The former Napoli forward scored 36 goals in 2015-2016 campaign to surpass Milan legend Gunnar Nordahl, who set the record in the 1949-50 campaign.

Italy and Lazio striker Ciro Immobile however equal the record with 36 goals in the 2019-20 season.

There are only 16 rounds of matches left in the current campaign, so to reach the record of 36, Osimhen will have to score 19 goals in those games.