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Serie A · 2026/27 · after matchday 11

The best young strikers in Serie A so far this season

As of 8 November 2026, The Prism ranks Gustavo Varela (Monza, 21) as the best young striker in Serie A, with a standing of 75 out of 100, ahead of Antonio Raimondo and Pio Esposito.

8 rankedagainst all 33346+ league minutes6 measuresUpdated 8 November 2026How we rank
Gustavo VarelaMonza · 21 · Portugal#1
75standing, 1st of 8
Best at non-penalty goals per 90, 0.74, 6th of 33
Antonio RaimondoFrosinone · 22 · Italy#2
70standing, 2nd of 8
Best at non-penalty goals per 90, 0.94, 3rd of 33
Pio EspositoInter · 21 · Italy#3
69standing, 3rd of 8
Best at duels won, 56%, 1st of 33

The top 8

Open a row for all 6 measures and where he sits among the 33.

1 Gustavo VarelaMonza · 21 · Portugal 751st of 8 Non-penalty goals 0.746thBig chances 0.3211thShots 2.9612th
Non-penalty goals per 900.74 6th of 33
Shots per 902.96 12th of 33
Key passes per 901.06 17th of 33
Big chances created per 900.32 11th of 33
Aerials won per 901.38 16th of 33
Duels won34% 29th of 33
Each dot is one of the 33 strikers; further right is better. The dashed line is the middle of the group.Gustavo Varela's page
2 Antonio RaimondoFrosinone · 22 · Italy 702nd of 8 Non-penalty goals 0.943rdShots 3.786thAerials won 1.3019th
Non-penalty goals per 900.94 3rd of 33
Shots per 903.78 6th of 33
Key passes per 900.59 28th of 33
Big chances created per 900.12 24th of 33
Aerials won per 901.30 19th of 33
Duels won30% 33rd of 33
Each dot is one of the 33 strikers; further right is better. The dashed line is the middle of the group.Antonio Raimondo's page
3 Pio EspositoInter · 21 · Italy 693rd of 8 Duels won 56%1stKey passes 1.867thNon-penalty goals 0.4710th
Non-penalty goals per 900.47 10th of 33
Shots per 902.95 13th of 33
Key passes per 901.86 7th of 33
Big chances created per 900.16 21st of 33
Aerials won per 902.02 13th of 33
Duels won56% 1st of 33
Each dot is one of the 33 strikers; further right is better. The dashed line is the middle of the group.Pio Esposito's page
4 Alieu NjieFiorentina · 21 · Sweden 614th of 8 Key passes 2.006thDuels won 49%6thNon-penalty goals 0.4014th
Non-penalty goals per 900.40 14th of 33
Shots per 902.40 22nd of 33
Key passes per 902.00 6th of 33
Big chances created per 900.13 23rd of 33
Aerials won per 901.20 20th of 33
Duels won49% 6th of 33
Each dot is one of the 33 strikers; further right is better. The dashed line is the middle of the group.Alieu Njie's page
5 Rasmus HøjlundNapoli · 23 · Denmark 585th of 8 Big chances 0.2613thAerials won 1.9114thNon-penalty goals 0.3815th
Non-penalty goals per 900.38 15th of 33
Shots per 902.68 16th of 33
Key passes per 900.77 21st of 33
Big chances created per 900.26 13th of 33
Aerials won per 901.91 14th of 33
Duels won41% 20th of 33
Each dot is one of the 33 strikers; further right is better. The dashed line is the middle of the group.Rasmus Højlund's page
6 SLSimone LontaniParma · 18 · Italy 526th of 8 Non-penalty goals 0.499thDuels won 44%12thShots 2.7915th
Non-penalty goals per 900.49 9th of 33
Shots per 902.79 15th of 33
Key passes per 900.16 33rd of 33
Big chances created per 900.16 19th of 33
Aerials won per 900.33 28th of 33
Duels won44% 12th of 33
Each dot is one of the 33 strikers; further right is better. The dashed line is the middle of the group.Simone Lontani's page
7 David RomeroParma · 23 · Argentina 487th of 8 Shots 3.249thNon-penalty goals 0.4013thKey passes 0.8120th
Non-penalty goals per 900.40 13th of 33
Shots per 903.24 9th of 33
Key passes per 900.81 20th of 33
Big chances created per 900.00 26th of 33
Aerials won per 900.81 24th of 33
Duels won32% 31st of 33
Each dot is one of the 33 strikers; further right is better. The dashed line is the middle of the group.David Romero's page
8 Paul MendyCagliari · 19 · Senegal 428th of 8 Aerials won 3.014thDuels won 43%14thBig chances 0.2415th
Non-penalty goals per 900.12 23rd of 33
Shots per 902.29 24th of 33
Key passes per 901.08 16th of 33
Big chances created per 900.24 15th of 33
Aerials won per 903.01 4th of 33
Duels won43% 14th of 33
Each dot is one of the 33 strikers; further right is better. The dashed line is the middle of the group.Paul Mendy's page

Where all 33 sit

Every striker in Serie A with 346 minutes or more, on The Prism standing. Blue is this ranking's top 10; the other 25 are named in The Prism.

Paul Mendy, 42David Romero, 48Simone Lontani, 52Rasmus Højlund, 58Alieu Njie, 61Pio Esposito, 69Antonio Raimondo, 70Gustavo Varela, 75Gustavo VarelaAntonio RaimondoPio Esposito02550, the middle75100Paul Mendy, 42David Romero, 48Simone Lontani, 52Rasmus Højlund, 58Alieu Njie, 61Pio Esposito, 69Antonio Raimondo, 70Gustavo Varela, 75Gustavo VarelaAntonio RaimondoPio Esposito0255075100

Since last season

The same players' standings last season, among their league's strikers then.

↓ Pio Esposito85 last season, 69 now

How this ranking is made

Strikers aged 23 or under in Serie A 2026/27 with at least 346 league minutes, ranked on non-penalty goals per 90, shots per 90, key passes per 90, big chances created per 90, aerials won per 90 and duels won. Each measure is a percentile against every striker in the league with the same minutes, so a young player is judged by the standard of the whole position, not only of his age group. 11 matchdays have been played, so the minutes bar is 346. It rises as the season goes on, until it reaches 450, about five full matches.

What each measure counts for, out of 100:

Non-penalty goals per 9035Shots per 9025Key passes per 9010Big chances created per 9010Aerials won per 9010Duels won10

How The Prism ranks players, in full

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