Lautaro Martínez cracks Inter Milan's all-time top three with brace against Napoli

Another brace, another page in the history books. Lautaro Martínez once again made the difference against Napoli, and in doing so, moved into a spot that very few players can claim: third place on Inter Milan's all-time scoring list.

The Argentine captain reached 177 goals in nerazzurri colors in just his 379th appearance for the club. To put that in context, these are numbers built on remarkable efficiency, sustained over multiple seasons rather than the product of one standout year. The Toro didn't explode overnight, he grew match by match until becoming one of the club's all-time greats.

What exactly does this mean? That Lautaro has already surpassed club legends and now has only two names left to chase: Alessandro Altobelli and, at the very top, Giuseppe Meazza, the icon whose name graces the San Siro and who finished his career with 284 goals. The gap is still sizable, but the Argentine has both the time and the contract to keep adding to his tally.

An Argentine tradition at Inter

Lautaro's rise is not an isolated case at the club. Inter's history carries a strong connection to Argentine forwards, though none had ever come this close to the podium. Further down the list are names like Attilio Demaría, with 86 goals, Antonio Angelillo, with 77, and, tied on 75 goals, two recent idols for any Argentine fan: Diego Milito and Julio Cruz.

That's exactly what makes Lautaro's case so striking: while those figures settled into the middle to lower half of the club's all-time top 20, he has already left them far behind and remains in full scoring form. This isn't a forward passing through, it's one who built his place goal by goal, season by season, until settling among the top three names in the club's scoring history.

The brace against Napoli in Serie A was exactly what triggered this new milestone. It wasn't a lopsided rout or a picture-perfect match, but it was enough for the Toro to once again show why Inter leans so heavily on his goals when it matters most.

With Meazza still distant but no longer out of reach, the question starting to take hold among nerazzurri fans is just how much further Lautaro can extend this run. For now, the present is more than enough: third all-time top scorer of a century-old club, at 177 goals, with plenty of room still ahead.