Relegation to Serie B in 1993 was the moment other strikers would have left Fiorentina, and he stayed, scored them back up in one season and finished as the club's leading Serie A scorer with 151 goals. No one else has scored World Cup hat-tricks at two tournaments, 1994 and 1998, and he won the Copa América in 1991 and 1993, the Serie A title with Roma in 2001, and held Argentina's scoring record until Messi. Career record: 78 caps and 56 goals for Argentina; club career at ACF Fiorentina, AS Roma, Al-Arabi SC.
| 1988–1989 | Newell's Old Boys |
| 1989–1990 | Club Atlético River Plate |
| 1990–1991 | Boca Juniors |
| 1991–2000 | ACF Fiorentina |
| 2000–2003 | AS Roma |
| 2003–2003 | Inter Milan |
| 2003–2005 | Al-Arabi SC |
| Argentina | 78 caps, 56 goals |
Argentina legends whose careers overlapped Batistuta's
One rank above: Omar Sívori at #6.
One rank below: Javier Zanetti at #8.
Argentina's editorial top five: Diego Maradona · Lionel Messi · Alfredo Di Stéfano · Daniel Passarella · José Manuel Moreno.