Top 10 Serie A performers in Week 1: Milan, Inter and Napoli stars lead the way
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Football Italia ranks the top 10 performers from the opening matchweek of the Serie A season, with stars from Milan, Inter and Napoli dominating the list.
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Attributed to original sourceAntonio Vergara, Pio Esposito and Adrien Rabiot have been rated as the best-performing players in Serie A across the first weekend of 2026-27 action by media outlets in Italy. Check out the top 10 standout performers from Saturday and Sunday’s matches below!
The first eight matches of the 2026-27 Serie A season were played on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Bologna vs. Lazio will be played at 17.30 BST on Monday evening and Roma vs. Fiorentina at 19.45 BST. Check back in to see the updated list in full on Tuesday.
Reigning champions Inter started their title defence with a statement 4-1 victory over Monza in San Siro on Friday evening thanks to goals from Hakan Calhanoglu, Piotr Zielinski, Esposito and Yann Bisseck. Both Esposito and Calhanoglu feature in the list of top 10 individual performances by their average rating in the Italian press, although there were also solid performances from Bisseck and Andy Diouf as well.
MILAN, ITALY – AUGUST 22: Pio Esposito of Internazionale celebrates during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and AC Monza at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on August 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images) Napoli left it late to claim a 2-0 victory away against Genoa in their first Serie A match under new head coach Massimiliano Allegri. Both of their goalscorers, Vergara and Kevin De Bruyne feature in the top 10 highest-rated players this weekend.
The top three is completed by Milan’s Adrien Rabiot, who came off th ebench and helped change the game in an eventual 2-1 victory away against Torino on Sunday evening. He and fellow goalscorer Alphadjo Cisse are both included on the list.
TURIN, ITALY – AUGUST 23: Adrien Rabiot of AC Milan celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between Torino FC and AC Milan at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino on August 23, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images) Top 10 Serie A players in Week 1 GENOA, ITALY – AUGUST 22: Antonio Vergara of Napoli celebrates after scoring a goal during the Serie A match between Genoa CFC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on August 22, 2026 in Genoa, Italy. (Photo by Simone Arveda/Getty Images) Adrien Rabiot (Torino 1-2 Milan) – 7.5
Antonio Vergara (Genoa 0-2 Napoli) – 7.5
Pio Esposito (Inter 4-1 Monza) – 7.5
Giacomo Raspadori (Atalanta 2-1 Sassuolo) – 7
Alphadjo Cisse (Torino 1-2 Milan) – 7
Che Adams (Torino 1-2 Milan) – 7
Gleison Bremer (Frosinone 0-1 Juventus) – 7
Lassana Coulibaly (Venezia 0-2 Lecce) – 7
Kevin De Bruyne (Genoa 0-2 Napoli) – 7
Alessandro Romano (Parma 0-1 Cagliari) – 7
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What happened
As Serie A gets underway, Football Italia has published a roundup of the standout performers from Matchweek 1. Players from AC Milan, Inter Milan and Napoli feature prominently among the best 10, reflecting the strong starts from the league's traditional powerhouses. The listicle highlights individual contributions from across the competition's top clubs, offering an early signal of which players are hitting form from the outset of the campaign.
Chance analysis
Early-season performance lists are a useful temperature check on the Serie A title race, and this one reinforces what many expected: Milan's attacking talent, Inter's squad depth and Napoli's continued competitiveness are the league's headline storylines. The presence of stars from all three clubs at the top of the rankings suggests the title fight will again be tightly contested, with no single team running away with the competition in the opening week. For supporters, it's a snapshot of which players are peaking at the right time and which clubs are setting the early tempo.
No direct impact on upcoming matches; purely a retrospective roundup of Week 1 individual performances across Serie A.