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Milan by the Numbers
99 of the greatest names in rossonero history, plotted as distributions. Most players cluster together — then there are the outliers who break the curve entirely. Every dot is one real player; hover any of them. Every figure is a web-verified career-at-Milan total across all competitions.
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Goals · Nordahl
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Apps · Maldini
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Legends · 99 sources
Career Goals for Milan
Il Pompiere. Gunnar Nordahl scored at a rate no Milan player has ever matched — his 221 goals sit standard deviations clear of the field.
goals.py
1 import numpy as np 2 v = milan_career.goals 3 mu = v.mean(); sd = v.std() 4 z = (221 - mu) / sd 5 print(f"Gunnar Nordahl = {z:.1f}σ above average")
Career Appearances for Milan
Twenty-five seasons in one shirt. Paolo Maldini’s 902 appearances are a monument to loyalty that towers over everyone who came before or since.
appearances.py
1 import numpy as np 2 v = milan_career.apps 3 mu = v.mean(); sd = v.std() 4 z = (902 - mu) / sd 5 print(f"Paolo Maldini = {z:.1f}σ above average")
Goals per Appearancemin. 100 apps
Efficiency, not just volume. Among everyone with a real body of work for Milan, Nordahl’s strike rate is in a category of one.
strike_rate.py
1 import numpy as np 2 v = milan_career.goals_per_app 3 mu = v.mean(); sd = v.std() 4 z = (0.82 - mu) / sd 5 print(f"Gunnar Nordahl = {z:.1f}σ above average")
The Full Ledger
The numbers behind the graphs — search, sort any column, and trace every figure to its source.
99 shown
| Player | Era | Apps | Goals ▼ | G / App | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunnar Nordahl | Gre-No-Li & the 50s | 268 | 221 | 0.82 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 2 | Andriy Shevchenko | The Ancelotti Years | 322 | 175 | 0.54 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 3 | Gianni Rivera | Rocco & Rivera | 658 | 164 | 0.25 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 4 | José Altafini | Rocco & Rivera | 246 | 161 | 0.65 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 5 | Aldo Boffi | Interwar Years | 194 | 136 | 0.70 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 6 | Marco van Basten | Sacchi & Capello | 205 | 129 | 0.63 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 7 | Filippo Inzaghi | The Ancelotti Years | 300 | 126 | 0.42 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 8 | Kaká | The Ancelotti Years | 307 | 104 | 0.34 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 9 | Giuseppe Santagostino | Origins & Pioneers | 233 | 103 | 0.44 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 10 | Pierino Prati | Rocco & Rivera | 209 | 102 | 0.49 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 11 | Louis Van Hege | Origins & Pioneers | 91 | 98 | 1.08 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 12 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Modern Era | 163 | 93 | 0.57 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 13 | Alberto Bigon | Rocco & Rivera | 329 | 90 | 0.27 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 14 | Nils Liedholm | Gre-No-Li & the 50s | 394 | 89 | 0.23 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 15 | Rafael Leão | Modern Era | 291 | 80 | 0.28 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 16 | Pietro Paolo Virdis | Sacchi & Capello | 186 | 76 | 0.41 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 17 | Marco Simone | Sacchi & Capello | 260 | 75 | 0.29 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 18 | Daniele Massaro | Sacchi & Capello | 289 | 70 | 0.24 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 19 | Valentina Giacinti | Milan Women | 86 | 66 | 0.77 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 20 | Angelo Sormani | Rocco & Rivera | 180 | 65 | 0.36 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 21 | Alexandre Pato | The Ancelotti Years | 150 | 63 | 0.42 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 22 | Clarence Seedorf | The Ancelotti Years | 432 | 62 | 0.14 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 23 | Juan Alberto Schiaffino | Gre-No-Li & the 50s | 171 | 60 | 0.35 | magliarossonera.it ↗ |
| 24 | Luciano Chiarugi | Rocco & Rivera | 155 | 60 | 0.39 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 25 | George Weah | Sacchi & Capello | 147 | 58 | 0.40 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 26 | Ruud Gullit | Sacchi & Capello | 171 | 56 | 0.33 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 27 | Romeo Benetti | Rocco & Rivera | 251 | 49 | 0.20 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 28 | Olivier Giroud | Modern Era | 132 | 49 | 0.37 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 29 | Oliver Bierhoff | The Ancelotti Years | 119 | 44 | 0.37 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 30 | Alberto Gilardino | The Ancelotti Years | 132 | 44 | 0.33 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 31 | Christian Pulisic | Modern Era | 134 | 42 | 0.31 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 32 | Andrea Pirlo | The Ancelotti Years | 401 | 41 | 0.10 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 33 | Gunnar Gren | Gre-No-Li & the 50s | 137 | 38 | 0.28 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 34 | Massimo Ambrosini | The Ancelotti Years | 489 | 37 | 0.08 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 35 | Franck Kessié | Modern Era | 223 | 37 | 0.17 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 36 | Giacomo Bonaventura | Modern Era | 184 | 35 | 0.19 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 37 | Dejan Savićević | Sacchi & Capello | 144 | 34 | 0.24 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 38 | Carlos Bacca | Modern Era | 77 | 34 | 0.44 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 39 | Theo Hernández | Modern Era | 262 | 34 | 0.13 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 40 | Franco Baresi | Sacchi & Capello | 719 | 33 | 0.05 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 41 | Paolo Maldini | Sacchi & Capello | 902 | 33 | 0.04 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 42 | Robinho | Modern Era | 144 | 32 | 0.22 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 43 | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | Modern Era | 172 | 32 | 0.19 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 44 | Zvonimir Boban | Sacchi & Capello | 255 | 31 | 0.12 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 45 | Demetrio Albertini | Sacchi & Capello | 406 | 28 | 0.07 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 46 | Leonardo | The Ancelotti Years | 119 | 28 | 0.23 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 47 | Mario Balotelli | Modern Era | 63 | 27 | 0.43 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 48 | Giovanni Lodetti | Rocco & Rivera | 286 | 26 | 0.09 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 49 | Frank Rijkaard | Sacchi & Capello | 201 | 26 | 0.13 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 50 | Serginho | The Ancelotti Years | 281 | 24 | 0.09 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 51 | Suso | Modern Era | 153 | 24 | 0.16 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 52 | Roberto Donadoni | Sacchi & Capello | 390 | 23 | 0.06 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 53 | Stephan El Shaarawy | Modern Era | 83 | 21 | 0.25 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 54 | Joe Jordan | Sacchi & Capello | 66 | 20 | 0.30 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 55 | Alberigo Evani | Sacchi & Capello | 393 | 19 | 0.05 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 56 | Roberto Baggio | Sacchi & Capello | 67 | 19 | 0.28 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 57 | Tijjani Reijnders | Modern Era | 104 | 19 | 0.18 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 58 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Modern Era | 114 | 18 | 0.16 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 59 | Brahim Díaz | Modern Era | 124 | 18 | 0.14 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 60 | Kurt Hamrin | Rocco & Rivera | 61 | 17 | 0.28 | magliarossonera.it ↗ |
| 61 | Daniela Sabatino | Milan Women | 22 | 17 | 0.77 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 62 | Valentina Bergamaschi | Milan Women | 119 | 16 | 0.13 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 63 | Walter Novellino | Rocco & Rivera | 151 | 14 | 0.09 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 64 | Christian Panucci | Sacchi & Capello | 135 | 12 | 0.09 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 65 | Carlo Ancelotti | Sacchi & Capello | 160 | 11 | 0.07 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 66 | Gennaro Gattuso | The Ancelotti Years | 468 | 11 | 0.02 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 67 | Rui Costa | The Ancelotti Years | 192 | 11 | 0.06 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 68 | Mauro Tassotti | Sacchi & Capello | 583 | 10 | 0.02 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 69 | Alessandro Nesta | The Ancelotti Years | 326 | 10 | 0.03 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 70 | Riccardo Montolivo | Modern Era | 158 | 10 | 0.06 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 71 | Alessio Romagnoli | Modern Era | 247 | 10 | 0.04 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 72 | Davide Calabria | Modern Era | 272 | 10 | 0.04 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 73 | Giovanni Stroppa | Sacchi & Capello | 85 | 9 | 0.11 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 74 | Patrick Kluivert | Sacchi & Capello | 33 | 9 | 0.27 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 75 | Fulvio Collovati | Rocco & Rivera | 198 | 8 | 0.04 | magliarossonera.it ↗ |
| 76 | Mathieu Flamini | Modern Era | 123 | 8 | 0.07 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 77 | Antonio Cassano | Modern Era | 40 | 8 | 0.20 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 78 | Ismaël Bennacer | Modern Era | 178 | 8 | 0.04 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 79 | Herbert Kilpin | Origins & Pioneers | 23 | 7 | 0.30 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 80 | Renzo De Vecchi | Origins & Pioneers | 64 | 7 | 0.11 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 81 | Marcel Desailly | Sacchi & Capello | 186 | 7 | 0.04 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 82 | Sandro Tonali | Modern Era | 130 | 7 | 0.05 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 83 | Fikayo Tomori | Modern Era | 214 | 7 | 0.03 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 84 | Thiago Silva | Modern Era | 119 | 6 | 0.05 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 85 | Filippo Galli | Sacchi & Capello | 325 | 4 | 0.01 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 86 | Cafu | The Ancelotti Years | 166 | 4 | 0.02 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 87 | Cesare Maldini | Rocco & Rivera | 412 | 3 | 0.01 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 88 | Giovanni Trapattoni | Rocco & Rivera | 351 | 3 | 0.01 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 89 | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | Rocco & Rivera | 334 | 3 | 0.01 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 90 | Alessandro Costacurta | Sacchi & Capello | 663 | 3 | 0.01 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 91 | Jaap Stam | The Ancelotti Years | 65 | 2 | 0.03 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 92 | Lorenzo Buffon | Gre-No-Li & the 50s | 300 | 0 | 0.00 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 93 | Fabio Cudicini | Rocco & Rivera | 183 | 0 | 0.00 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 94 | Enrico Albertosi | Rocco & Rivera | 233 | 0 | 0.00 | magliarossonera.it ↗ |
| 95 | Sebastiano Rossi | Sacchi & Capello | 330 | 0 | 0.00 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 96 | Christian Abbiati | Modern Era | 380 | 0 | 0.00 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 97 | Nelson Dida | The Ancelotti Years | 302 | 0 | 0.00 | acmilan.com ↗ |
| 98 | Gianluigi Donnarumma | Modern Era | 251 | 0 | 0.00 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
| 99 | Mike Maignan | Modern Era | 204 | 0 | 0.00 | en.wikipedia.org ↗ |
A note on the numbers
Figures are career totals for AC Milan’s first team across all competitions (Serie A/B, Coppa Italia, European and other official matches), each individually verified against public sources — official acmilan.com legend pages, Wikipedia career-statistics tables and magliarossonera. Goalkeepers and defenders naturally show few goals; a handful of pre-war players are documented in league competition only (noted at source). This is the all-time legends view; a modern-era section with advanced per-90 metrics — which only exist for recent seasons — is coming next.
Spot something off? Every figure is sourced in the table above — tell us on the contact page and we’ll correct it.