LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo’s weekend goal for Real Madrid in an easy 4-0 win over Eibar created a three-way tie at the top of the ranking for the ESM Golden Shoe.

Ronaldo, the only player to reach 30 goals in six successive Liga seasons, pulled level with Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain and Benfica’s Jonas.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic also totals 30 goals for recrowned French league champions Paris Saint-Germain however he is only joint eighth in the rankings because of the league assessment system.

Players’ goals totals are multiplied by a 1-2-3 ranking of the countries according to the UEFA Ranking of last July 1. That means the goals from numbers one (Spain) to five (Portugal) are doubled, goals from places six  (France) to 22 (Denmark) are multiplied by 1.5.

As in previous years the Golden Shoe does not consider goals in play-off competitions so the leagues in Belgium, Israel, Cyprus and Romania are judged as already completed.

Golden Shoe standings

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Gonzalo Higuaín (SSC Napoli) 30 x 2 = 60
— ‘Jonas’ Goncalves (SL Benfica) 30 x 2 = 60
— Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 30 x 2 = 60
4. Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 26 x 2 = 52
5. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 25 x 2 = 50
6. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) 23 x 2 = 46
Islam Slimani (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 23 x 2 = 46
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain) 30 x 1,5 = 45
9. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 22 x 2 = 44
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 22 x 2 = 44
11. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 21 x 2 = 42
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos (FC Barcelona) 21 x 2 = 42
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 21 x 2 = 42
14. Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
15. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 20 x 2 = 40
16. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) 19 x 2 = 38
17. Nemanja Nikolic (Legia Warszawa) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
18. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 18 x 2 = 36
Romelu Lukaku (Everton FC) 18 x 2 = 36
Konstantinos Mitroglou (SL Benfica) 18 x 2 = 36
21. Aritz Adúriz (Athletic Club Bilbao) 17 x 2 = 34
‘Borja’ González Tomás (SD Eibar) 17 x 2 = 34
‘Rubén Castro’ Martín (Real Betis Sevilla) 17 x 2 = 34
24. ‘Alex Teixeira‘ Santos (Shakhtar Donetsk) 22 x 1,5 = 33
25. Javier Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 16 x 2 = 32
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) 16 x 2 = 32
27. Vincent Janssen (AZ Alkmaar) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
28. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) 15 x 2 = 30
‘Léo Bonatini’ Lohner Maia (GD Estoril-Praia) 15 x 2 = 30
Kévin Gameiro (Sevilla FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 20 x 1,5 = 30
‘Lucas’ Pérez (Deportivo La Coruña) 15 x 2 = 30
Jonatan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) 20 x 1,5 = 30
34. Fernando Cavenaghi (APOEL Nicosia) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Mario Gomez (Besiktas JK) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
36. Carlos Bacca (AC Milan) 14 x 2 = 28
Paulo Dybala (Juventus) 14 x 2 = 28
Leigh Griffiths (Celtic FC) 28 x 1 = 28
Mauro Icardi (Internazionale Milano) 14 x 2 = 28
Odion Ighalo (Watford FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Salomon Kalou (Hertha BSC Berlin) 14 x 2 = 28
Clecildo ‘Rafael Martins’ de Souza (Moreirense FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Bruno Daniel Moreira (Paços de Ferreira) 14 x 2 = 28
Tomas Radzinevicius (FK Süduva Marijampole) 28 x 1 = 28
45. Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Arkadiusz Milik (AFC Ajax) 18 x 1,5 = 27
47. Imanol Agirretxe (Real Sociedad) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Raffael’ Caetano de Araújo (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 13 x 2 = 26
49. Samuel Eto’o Fils (Antalyaspor) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Kostas Fortounis (Olympiakos Piraeus) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Hakim Ziyech (FC Twente) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5

** The Golden Shoe is administered, computed and formulated by the European Sports Media group whose members comprise: A Bola (Portugal), ElfVoetbal (Netherlands), Fanatik (Turkey), Foot Magazine (Belgium), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), GoalNews/Sentragoal (Greece), Guerin Sportivo (Italy), Kicker (Germany), Marca (Spain), Nemzeti Sport (Hungary), SoFoot (France), Sport Express (Russia), Telegraaf/Telesport (Netherlands), Tipsbladet (Denmark), World Soccer (England). Affiliated members: Kick Off (South Africa), Titan Sport (China), Netease (China), SportalKorea (South-Korea).
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