LONDON: Lionel Messi is powering ever closer to what would be his fourth Golden Shoe in seven years as the leading marksmen in European league competition.

Messi scored twice more at the weekend to extend his lead to four goals (and eight points) over Sporting Clube’s Bas Dost.

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) 35 x 2 = 70

2. Bas Dost (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 31 x 2 = 62

3. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) 28 x 2 = 56
— Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 28 x 2 = 56

5. Edin Džeko (AS Roma) 27 x 2 = 54
6. Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 26 x 2 = 52
7. Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 25 x 2 = 50
Anthony Modeste (1.FC Köln) 25 x 2 = 50
9. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) 33 x 1,5 = 49,5
10. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) 24 x 2 = 48
Mauro Icardi (Internazionale) 24 x 2 = 48
Romelu Lukaku (Everton FC) 24 x 2 = 48
Dries Mertens (SSC Napoli) 24 x 2 = 48
14. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 22 x 2 = 44
15. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 21 x 2 = 42
16. Diego Costa (Chelsea) 20 x 2 = 40
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 20 x 2 = 40
18. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) 19 x 2 = 38
Francisco Soares ‘Tiquinho’ (Vitória Guimarães SC/FC Porto) 19 x 2 = 38
Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 19 x 2 = 38
21. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 18 x 2 = 36
Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais) 24 x 1,5 = 36
23. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) 17 x 2 = 34
Iago Aspas (RC Celta de Vigo) 17 x 2 = 34
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) 17 x 2 = 34
26. Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) 22 x 1,5 = 33
27. Marco Borriello (US Cagliari Calcio) 16 x 2 = 32
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 16 x 2 = 32
29. Nicolai Jørgensen (Feyenoord) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
30. Aritz Aduriz (Athletic de Bilbao) 15 x 2 = 30
Jermaine Defoe (Sunderland AFC) 15 x 2 = 30
Matt Derbyshire (AC Omonia Nicosia) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Mario Gomez (VfL Wolfsburg) 15 x 2 = 30
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 15 x 2 = 30
Lorenzo Insigne (SSC Napoli) 15 x 2 = 30
Joshua King (Bournemouth AFC) 15 x 2 = 30
Konstantinos Mitroglou (SL Benfica) 15 x 2 = 30
André Silva (FC Porto) 15 x 2 = 30
Łukasz Teodorczyk (RSC Anderlecht) 20 x 1,5 = 30
40. Samuel Armenteros (Heracles Almelo) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Reza Ghoochannejhad (sc Heerenveen) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Younés Hamza (Xanthi FC) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Christian Gytkjaer (Rosenborg BK) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
45. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) 14 x 2 = 28
Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta Bergamo) 14 x 2 = 28
Nikola Kalinić (ACF Fiorentina) 14 x 2 = 28
’Keita’ Baldé Diao (SS Lazio Roma) 14 x 2 = 28
Max Kruse (SV Werder Bremen) 14 x 2 = 28
Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) 14 x 2 = 28
Sandro Ramírez Castillo (Málaga CF) 14 x 2 = 28
52. Bafétimbi Gomis (Olympique Marseille) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Guillaume Hoarau (BSC Young Boys) 18 x 1,5 = 27
‘Vágner Love’ Silva da Souza (Alanyaspor) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Vitesse) 18 x 1,5 = 27
56. Carlos Bacca (AC Milan) 13 x 2 = 26
Andrej Kramaric (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 13 x 2 = 26
Fernando Llorente (Swansea City) 13 x 2 = 26
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Moussa Marega (Vitória Guimarães SC) 13 x 2 = 26
Marco Martini (SP La Fiorita) 26 x 1 = 26
Gerard Moreno (RCD Espanyol) 13 x 2 = 26
Mohamed Salah (AS Roma) 13 x 2 = 26
64. Mimoun Mahi (FC Groningen) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
John Owoeri (BK Häcken) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Cenk Tosun (Besiktas JK) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Enes Ünal (FC Twente) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
68. Kike Gomez (Europa FC) 25 x 1 = 25
Evgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev) 25 x 1 = 25
Andrew Mitchell (Dungannon Swifts FC) 25 x 1 = 25
71. Deni Alar (SK Sturm Graz) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Egzijan Alioski (FC Lugano) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Diego Falcinelli (FC Crotone) 12 x 2 = 24
Kevin Gameiro (Atlético Madrid) 12 x 2 = 24
Vedad Ibišević (Hertha BSC Berlin) 12 x 2 = 24
Willian José (Real Sociedad) 12 x 2 = 24
Bojan Kaljević (Balzan FC) 24 x 1 = 24
Azdren Llullaku (CS Gaz Metan Mediaş) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 12 x 2 = 24
Pieros Sotirou (APOEL Nicosia FC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 12 x 2 = 24
82. Gerard Gohou (FC Kairat Almaty) 23 x 1 = 23
Otto John (KF Trepça’89) 23 x 1 = 23
Klæmint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 23 x 1 = 23
85. Sebastian Andersson (IFK Norrköping) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Riad Bajic (Konyaspor) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Mario Balotelli (OGC Nice) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Kasper Dolberg (AFC Ajax) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Mikhail Gordeichuk (BATE Borisov) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Marcin Robak (KKS Lech Poznán) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Vitali Rodionov (BATE Borisov) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Ivan Santini (SM Caen) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Milan Skoda (SK Slavia Praha) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Fedor Smolov (FK Krasnodar) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Florian Thauvin (Olympique Marseille) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Jelle Vossen (KRC Genk) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
97. Cédric Bakambu (Villarreal CF) 11 x 2 = 22
Federico Bernardeschi (ACF Fiorentina) 11 x 2 = 22
José Callejón (SSC Napoli) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Rubén Castro’ Martín (Real Betis Balompié) 11 x 2 = 22
Sergi Enrich (SD Eibar) 11 x 2 = 22
Iago Falqué (Torino FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Rui Pedro da Rocha Fonte (Sporting Braga) 11 x 2 = 22
Serge Gnabry (SV Werder Bremen) 11 x 2 = 22
Marek Hamsik (SSC Napoli) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Jonas’ Goncalves (SL Benfica) 11 x 2 = 22
Florian Niederlechner (SC Freiburg) 11 x 2 = 22
Jason Oswell (Newtown AFC) 22 x 1 = 22
Pero Pejic (FK Kukësi) 22 x 1 = 22
Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) 11 x 2 = 22
Patrik Schick (UC Sampdoria) 11 x 2 = 22
Giovanni Simeone (Genoa CFC) 11 x 2 = 22
Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 11 x 2 = 22
Cyril Théréau (Udinese Calcio) 11 x 2 = 22
Sandro Wagner (SV Darmstadt 98) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Welthon’ Fiel Sampaio (Paços de Ferreira) 11 x 2 = 22
Wissam Ben Yedder (Sevilla FC) 11 x 2 = 22