A review of the hit rate on the signings made by the 20 clubs of Serie A for the 2016/17 season. We identified 199 signings for the first-team squad; 194 are included in the hit-rate calculation. Signings that did not earn relevant minutes during the season are classified as unsuccessful, except for youth investments (under 23 years old), classified separately and outside the count (5 cases, flagged in the appendix). Hit-rate scoring: successful signings count as a full point; fair ones, half a point.
Club ranking by hit rate
| Club | League position | Signings | Evaluated | Successful | Fair | Unsuccessful | Hit rate % |
|---|
| 1º | Inter | 7º | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 67% |
| 2º | Juventus | 1º | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 67% |
| 3º | Empoli | 18º | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60% |
| 4º | Udinese | 13º | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 58% |
| 5º | Torino | 9º | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 50% |
| 6º | Bologna | 15º | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 45% |
| 7º | AC Milan | 6º | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 44% |
| 8º | Cagliari | 11º | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 42% |
| 9º | Sassuolo | 12º | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 40% |
| 10º | Sampdoria | 10º | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 39% |
| 11º | Napoli | 3º | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 33% |
| 12º | Palermo | 19º | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 33% |
| 13º | Crotone | 17º | 23 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 30% |
| 14º | Genoa | 16º | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 30% |
| 15º | Lazio | 5º | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 29% |
| 16º | Atalanta | 4º | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 27% |
| 17º | AS Roma | 2º | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25% |
| 18º | Pescara | 20º | 22 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23% |
| 19º | Chievo | 14º | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 20% |
| 20º | Fiorentina | 8º | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12% |
Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones (median performance), half a point; Unsuccessful ones, zero. The difference between Signings and Evaluated are the youth investments (under-23), listed in the appendix. The full list for each club is in the appendix at the end.
The 5 best-performing signings
| Player | Club | Minutes | G+A | Avg rating |
|---|
| Gonzalo Higuaín | Juventus | 2968 | 24+3 | 7.43 |
| Ciro Immobile | Lazio | 3124 | 23+3 | 7.16 |
| Adem Ljajić | Torino | 2521 | 10+8 | 7.25 |
| Iago Falque | Torino | 2531 | 12+8 | 7.13 |
| Miralem Pjanić | Juventus | 2172 | 5+9 | 7.35 |
Methodology
Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered (academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded). The performance of each signing is measured by the player's output over the season — minutes on the pitch, goal involvement and average match rating — in comparison with the other players in the competition.
Appendix — Signings by club
Full list of the signings identified, with each player's figures for the season.
* Youth investment (under 23 years old, no game time in the season) — classified separately, outside the hit-rate calculation.
** Matches and minutes counted across the fixtures analysed by the team.
AC Milan (8 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Mario Pašalić | 24 | 1762 | 5 | 1 |
| Gerard Deulofeu | 17 | 1463 | 4 | 3 |
| Gianluca Lapadula | 27 | 1255 | 8 | 3 |
| José Sosa | 18 | 1241 | 0 | 3 |
| Leonel Vangioni | 15 | 944 | 0 | 0 |
| Matías Fernández | 13 | 653 | 1 | 2 |
| Lucas Ocampos | 12 | 533 | 0 | 1 |
| Gustavo Gómez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
AS Roma (7 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Federico Fazio | 37 | 3117 | 2 | 1 |
| Bruno Peres | 30 | 2224 | 2 | 2 |
| Juan Jesus | 20 | 1188 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Vermaelen | 9 | 388 | 0 | 0 |
| Mário Rui | 5 | 344 | 0 | 0 |
| Clément Grenier | 6 | 150 | 0 | 1 |
| Gerson * | 4 | 131 | 0 | 0 |
Atalanta (11 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Andrea Petagna | 34 | 2623 | 5 | 7 |
| Leonardo Spinazzola | 30 | 2500 | 0 | 5 |
| Etrit Berisha | 26 | 2340 | 0 | 0 |
| Ervin Zukanović | 19 | 1381 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cristante | 12 | 663 | 3 | 2 |
| Abdoulay Konko | 10 | 619 | 0 | 0 |
| Alberto Paloschi | 13 | 435 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierluigi Gollini | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 |
| Hans Hateboer | 6 | 289 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Mounier | 5 | 99 | 0 | 0 |
| Aleksandar Pešić | 6 | 83 | 0 | 0 |
Bologna (10 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Ladislav Krejčí | 37 | 2785 | 1 | 8 |
| Blerim Džemaili | 31 | 2584 | 8 | 3 |
| Simone Verdi | 28 | 2125 | 6 | 3 |
| Vasilīs Torosidīs | 28 | 1940 | 1 | 0 |
| Ádám Nagy | 25 | 1812 | 0 | 1 |
| Federico Viviani | 17 | 1121 | 2 | 2 |
| Federico Di Francesco | 24 | 1081 | 4 | 3 |
| Filip Helander | 11 | 835 | 1 | 0 |
| Umar Sadiq | 7 | 230 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicolò Cherubin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cagliari (19 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Bruno Alves | 36 | 3239 | 1 | 0 |
| Mauricio Isla | 34 | 2875 | 1 | 7 |
| Marco Borriello | 36 | 2594 | 16 | 1 |
| Marco Sau | 34 | 2340 | 7 | 5 |
| Simone Padoin | 31 | 2171 | 1 | 1 |
| Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 26 | 2140 | 0 | 5 |
| Rafael | 21 | 1801 | 0 | 0 |
| Luca Ceppitelli | 19 | 1691 | 0 | 0 |
| João Pedro Galvão | 22 | 1458 | 7 | 3 |
| Davide Di Gennaro | 20 | 1435 | 2 | 5 |
| Artur Ioniță | 18 | 1304 | 3 | 0 |
| Marco Storari | 15 | 1257 | 0 | 0 |
| Bartosz Salamon | 15 | 831 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Capuano | 12 | 769 | 1 | 0 |
| Gianni Munari | 11 | 349 | 0 | 0 |
| Luca Bittante | 5 | 309 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Vasconcelos | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 |
| Niccolò Giannetti | 11 | 239 | 0 | 0 |
| Marko Pajač | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Chievo (6 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Stefano Sorrentino | 34 | 3060 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan de Guzmán | 27 | 1355 | 2 | 1 |
| Serge Gakpé | 8 | 249 | 0 | 0 |
| Vittorio Parigini | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabio Daprelà | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Ekuban * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Crotone (23 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Gianmarco Ferrari | 37 | 3330 | 3 | 1 |
| Alex Cordaz | 36 | 3236 | 0 | 0 |
| Diego Falcinelli | 35 | 3129 | 13 | 3 |
| Federico Ceccherini | 35 | 3100 | 1 | 0 |
| Aleandro Rosi | 31 | 2564 | 1 | 1 |
| Lorenzo Crisetig | 32 | 2539 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcus Rohdén | 34 | 2456 | 1 | 4 |
| Bruno Martella | 29 | 2322 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcello Trotta | 29 | 1884 | 3 | 5 |
| Leonardo Capezzi | 25 | 1633 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Stoian | 27 | 1569 | 3 | 2 |
| Raffaele Palladino | 19 | 1434 | 2 | 1 |
| Mario Sampirisi | 23 | 1195 | 1 | 1 |
| Aleksandăr Tonev | 13 | 749 | 1 | 0 |
| Claiton | 10 | 709 | 0 | 1 |
| Djamel Mesbah | 10 | 680 | 0 | 0 |
| Simy | 21 | 562 | 3 | 0 |
| Aniello Salzano | 7 | 499 | 0 | 0 |
| Noe Dussenne | 8 | 462 | 0 | 0 |
| Boadu Maxwell Acosty | 11 | 373 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Festa | 3 | 183 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolò Fazzi | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Nunzio Di Roberto | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Empoli (5 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Giuseppe Bellusci | 33 | 2970 | 1 | 0 |
| Manuel Pasqual | 32 | 2812 | 2 | 3 |
| Omar El Kaddouri | 15 | 1251 | 3 | 1 |
| José Mauri | 14 | 873 | 0 | 0 |
| Alberto Gilardino | 14 | 593 | 0 | 0 |
Fiorentina (9 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Carlos Sánchez | 31 | 2089 | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Salcedo | 18 | 1284 | 0 | 1 |
| Hrvoje Milić | 17 | 1231 | 0 | 4 |
| Maximiliano Olivera | 18 | 1058 | 0 | 2 |
| Sebastián Cristóforo | 19 | 684 | 0 | 2 |
| Sebastian De Maio | 6 | 540 | 0 | 0 |
| Riccardo Saponara | 11 | 417 | 2 | 2 |
| Marco Sportiello | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Diks * | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Genoa (10 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Giovanni Simeone | 35 | 2556 | 12 | 1 |
| Miguel Veloso | 23 | 1721 | 0 | 4 |
| Santiago Gentiletti | 15 | 1219 | 0 | 1 |
| Danilo Cataldi | 13 | 930 | 0 | 0 |
| Raffaele Palladino | 12 | 855 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Ocampos | 13 | 821 | 3 | 0 |
| Oscar Hiljemark | 14 | 803 | 2 | 0 |
| Lucas Orbán | 11 | 793 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikola Ninković | 17 | 619 | 2 | 0 |
| Davide Brivio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inter (7 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Antonio Candreva | 38 | 3019 | 6 | 10 |
| João Mário | 30 | 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| Roberto Gagliardini | 18 | 1575 | 2 | 1 |
| Éver Banega | 28 | 1556 | 6 | 6 |
| Cristian Ansaldi | 21 | 1506 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabriel * | 9 | 112 | 1 | 0 |
| Trent Sainsbury | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Juventus (6 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Gonzalo Higuaín | 38 | 2968 | 24 | 3 |
| Miralem Pjanić | 30 | 2172 | 5 | 9 |
| Dani Alves | 19 | 1347 | 2 | 2 |
| Medhi Benatia | 15 | 1183 | 1 | 0 |
| Marko Pjaca | 14 | 448 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomás Rincón | 13 | 300 | 0 | 1 |
Lazio (7 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Ciro Immobile | 36 | 3124 | 23 | 3 |
| Wallace | 25 | 1736 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Lukaku | 16 | 845 | 0 | 1 |
| Bastos | 11 | 773 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Alberto | 9 | 363 | 1 | 2 |
| Moritz Leitner | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronaldo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Napoli (9 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Piotr Zieliński | 36 | 1850 | 5 | 7 |
| Amadou Diawara | 18 | 1040 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikola Maksimović | 8 | 677 | 1 | 0 |
| Arkadiusz Milik | 17 | 547 | 5 | 0 |
| Marko Rog | 15 | 373 | 0 | 0 |
| Emanuele Giaccherini | 16 | 285 | 1 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Tonelli | 3 | 270 | 2 | 0 |
| Leonardo Pavoletti | 6 | 194 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Cabral | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
Palermo (9 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Ilija Nestorovski | 37 | 3106 | 11 | 3 |
| Haitam Aleesami | 31 | 2629 | 1 | 3 |
| Bruno Henrique | 33 | 2215 | 1 | 3 |
| Alessandro Gazzi | 25 | 1939 | 0 | 0 |
| Alessandro Diamanti | 31 | 1698 | 1 | 5 |
| Roland Sallai | 21 | 955 | 1 | 0 |
| Slobodan Rajković | 4 | 298 | 0 | 0 |
| Toni Šunjić | 7 | 242 | 0 | 0 |
| Ouasim Bouy | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Pescara (22 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Gianluca Caprari | 35 | 3112 | 9 | 4 |
| Cristiano Biraghi | 35 | 2990 | 1 | 4 |
| Ledian Memushaj | 36 | 2961 | 1 | 3 |
| Albano Bizzarri | 29 | 2610 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmed Benali | 33 | 2500 | 6 | 2 |
| Valerio Verre | 28 | 1912 | 0 | 2 |
| Hugo Campagnaro | 19 | 1565 | 2 | 0 |
| Alessandro Crescenzi | 21 | 1404 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrea Coda | 13 | 1004 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cristante | 16 | 979 | 0 | 0 |
| Norbert Gyömbér | 10 | 846 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | 15 | 821 | 4 | 1 |
| Cesare Bovo | 10 | 818 | 0 | 0 |
| Guglielmo Stendardo | 9 | 646 | 0 | 0 |
| Alberto Aquilani | 9 | 550 | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandru Mitriță | 15 | 484 | 1 | 2 |
| Rey Manaj | 12 | 470 | 2 | 0 |
| Simone Pepe | 12 | 391 | 0 | 0 |
| Dario Župarić | 7 | 338 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Murić | 5 | 184 | 1 | 0 |
| Alberto Gilardino | 3 | 101 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniele Verde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sampdoria (9 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Lucas Torreira | 35 | 3049 | 0 | 0 |
| Karol Linetty | 35 | 2381 | 1 | 4 |
| Dennis Praet | 32 | 1799 | 1 | 1 |
| Bruno Fernandes | 33 | 1721 | 5 | 2 |
| Daniel Pavlović | 9 | 720 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Đuričić | 19 | 501 | 0 | 1 |
| Ante Budimir | 11 | 302 | 0 | 0 |
| Luca Cigarini | 4 | 275 | 0 | 0 |
| Mirko Eramo | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Sassuolo (5 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Alessandro Matri | 31 | 1457 | 8 | 0 |
| Antonino Ragusa | 25 | 1432 | 4 | 2 |
| Alberto Aquilani | 16 | 1236 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefano Sensi | 16 | 1202 | 1 | 0 |
| Timo Letschert | 9 | 663 | 0 | 0 |
Torino (10 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Joe Hart | 36 | 3240 | 0 | 0 |
| Luca Rossettini | 30 | 2655 | 1 | 0 |
| Iago Falque | 35 | 2531 | 12 | 8 |
| Adem Ljajić | 33 | 2521 | 10 | 8 |
| Mirko Valdifiori | 24 | 1783 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo De Silvestri | 16 | 1258 | 1 | 4 |
| Leandro Castán | 14 | 1176 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Iturbe | 16 | 539 | 1 | 3 |
| Arlind Ajeti | 4 | 249 | 1 | 0 |
| Samuel Gustafson | 5 | 221 | 0 | 0 |
Udinese (7 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Rodrigo De Paul | 34 | 2357 | 4 | 1 |
| Sven Kums | 29 | 1829 | 0 | 1 |
| Seko Fofana | 22 | 1824 | 5 | 1 |
| Samir | 21 | 1783 | 0 | 2 |
| Gabriele Angella | 14 | 1013 | 1 | 0 |
| Ewandro | 5 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaspar Iñíguez * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |