LONDON: Lionel Messi remains out in front in the ESM Golden Shoe competition for Europe’s leading league marksman but under heavy pressure.

Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Torino’s Andrea Belotti and Sporting Clube’s Bas Dost are all only one goal behimd with Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski and Barcelona’s Luis Suarez  one goal further off the pace.

This season’s race appears to be seeing the eclipse of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Real Madrid superstar, four times a winner of the Golden Shoe, is in joint 10th place with 19 goals – but nothing that a characteristic hat-trick could not put right.

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.

Golden Shoe standings  

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 23 x 2 = 46

2. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) 22 x 2 = 44
— Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 22 x 2 = 44
— Bas Dost (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 22 x 2 = 44

5. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 21 x 2 = 42
— Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 21 x 2 = 42
7. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
8. Edin Džeko (AS Roma) 20 x 2 = 40
— Mauro Icardi (Internazionale) 20 x 2 = 40
10. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) 19 x 2 = 38
— Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 19 x 2 = 38
— Romelu Lukaku (Everton FC) 19 x 2 = 38
— Dries Mertens (SSC Napoli) 19 x 2 = 38
— Anthony Modeste (1.FC Köln) 19 x 2 = 38
— Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 19 x 2 = 38
16. Diego Costa (Chelsea) 17 x 2 = 34
— Ciro Immobile (Lazio Roma) 17 x 2 = 34
— Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) 17 x 2 = 34
19. Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais) 22 x 1,5 = 33
20. Francisco Soares ‘Tiquinho’ (Vitória Guimarães SC/FC Porto) 16 x 2 = 32
21. Matt Derbyshire (AC Omonia Nicosia) 20 x 1,5 = 30
— Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) 15 x 2 = 30
— André Silva (FC Porto) 15 x 2 = 30
— Łukasz Teodorczyk (RSC Anderlecht) 20 x 1,5 = 30
25. Christian Gytkjaer (Rosenborg BK) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
26. Iago Aspas (RC Celta de Vigo) 14 x 2 = 28
Jermaine Defoe (Sunderland AFC) 14 x 2 = 28
Konstantinos Mitroglou (SL Benfica) 14 x 2 = 28
Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 14 x 2 = 28
30. Nicolai Jørgensen (Feyenoord) 18 x 1,5 = 27
31. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) 13 x 2 = 26
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
Nikola Kalinić (ACF Fiorentina) 13 x 2 = 26
34. Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
John Owoeri (BK Häcken) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
36. Evgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev) 25 x 1 = 25
37. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 12 x 2 = 24
Carlos Bacca (AC Milan) 12 x 2 = 24
Marco Borriello (US Cagliari Calcio) 12 x 2 = 24
Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Bafétimbi Gomis (Olympique Marseille) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Guillaume Hoarau (BSC Young Boys) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Azdren Llullaku (CS Gaz Metan Mediaş) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 12 x 2 = 24
Moussa Marega (Vitória Guimarães SC) 12 x 2 = 24
Pieros Sotirou (APOEL Nicosia FC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Cenk Tosun (Besiktas JK) 16 x 1,5 = 24
48. Gerard Gohou (FC Kairat Almaty) 23 x 1 = 23
Klæmint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 23 x 1 = 23
50. Sebastian Andersson (IFK Norrköping) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Mikhail Gordeichuk (BATE Borisov) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Vitali Rodionov (BATE Borisov) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Jelle Vossen (KRC Genk) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
54. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 11 x 2 = 22
Joshua King (Bournemouth AFC) 11 x 2 = 22
Fernando Llorente (Swansea City) 11 x 2 = 22
Gerard Moreno (RCD Espanyol) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Welthon’ Fiel Sampaio (Paços de Ferreira) 11 x 2 = 22
59. Deni Alar (SK Sturm Graz) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Reza Ghoochannejhad (sc Heerenveen) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Younés Hamza (Xanthi FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Vidar Orn Kjartansson (Malmö FF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Páll Klettskard (KÍ Klaksvik) 21 x 1 = 21
Orlando Sá (Standard Liège) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Idriss Saadi (KV Kortrijk) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Ivan Trickovski (AEK Larnaca) 14 x 1,5 = 21
67. Federico Bernardeschi (ACF Fiorentina) 10 x 2 = 20
Sergi Enrich (SD Eibar) 10 x 2 = 20
Iago Falqué (Torino FC) 10 x 2 = 20
Kevin Gameiro (Atlético Madrid) 10 x 2 = 20
Serge Gnabry (SV Werder Bremen) 10 x 2 = 20
Marek Hamsik (SSC Napoli) 10 x 2 = 20
Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 10 x 2 = 20
Vedad Ibišević (Hertha BSC Berlin) 10 x 2 = 20
Lorenzo Insigne (SSC Napoli) 10 x 2 = 20
Bojan Kaljević (Balzan FC) 20 x 1 = 20
Andrija Kaludjerović (FK Žalgiris Vilnius) 20 x 1 = 20
Andrew Mitchell (Dungannon Swifts FC) 20 x 1 = 20
Luis Muriel (UC Sampdoria) 10 x 2 = 20
Ilija Nestorovski (US Città di Palermo) 10 x 2 = 20
Giovanni Simeone (Genoa CFC) 10 x 2 = 20
Cyril Théréau (Udinese Calcio) 10 x 2 = 20
Sandro Wagner (SV Darmstadt 98) 10 x 2 = 20
84. Mostafa Abdellaoue (Aalesunds FK) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Samuel Armenteros (Heracles Almelo) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Ideye Brown (Olympiakos Piraeus) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina FC) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Kasper Dolberg (AFC Ajax) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Mbaye Leye (SV Zulte Waregem) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Steve Mounie (Montpellier Hérault SC) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Nemanja Nikolic (Legia Warszawa) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Viktor Prodell (IF Elfsborg) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Marcin Robak (KKS Lech Poznán) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Konstantin Vassiljev (Jagiellonia Bialystok) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Vitesse) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Emilio Jose Zelaya (Ethnikos Achnas) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5