Premier League is left trailing yet again in the Golden Shoe rankings
LONDON: For all the acclaimed entertainment value of the English Premier League it is now nine years since any of its players finished on top of the rankings to win the ESM Golden Shoe as the leading marksman in European domestic league competition.
Indeed, not one Premier player this season is even in the latest top 10.
The last Premier winner was Cristiano Ronaldo who scored 31 goals for Manchester United in 2007-08.
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has this season’s crown virtually in his hands with his 35 goals in the Spanish league, four clear of Sporting Lisbon’s Bas Dost. The nearest Premier challenger is Everton’s Romelu Lukaku in joint 11th place with 24 goals to his name. Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Chelsea’s Diego Costa are the only other Premier players in the top 20.
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. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 30 x 2 = 60
4. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) 29 x 2 = 58
5. Edin Džeko (AS Roma) 27 x 2 = 54
— Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 27 x 2 = 54
7. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) 35 x 1,5 = 52,5
8. Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 25 x 2 = 50
— Dries Mertens (SSC Napoli) 25 x 2 = 50
— Anthony Modeste (1.FC Köln) 25 x 2 = 50
11. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) 24 x 2 = 48
— Mauro Icardi (Internazionale) 24 x 2 = 48
— Romelu Lukaku (Everton FC) 24 x 2 = 48
14. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 22 x 2 = 44
— Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 22 x 2 = 44
— Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 22 x 2 = 44
17. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) 21 x 2 = 42
— Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 21 x 2 = 42
19. Diego Costa (Chelsea) 20 x 2 = 40
20. Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais) 26 x 1,5 = 39
21. Francisco Soares ‘Tiquinho’ (Vitória Guimarães SC/FC Porto) 19 x 2 = 38
22. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 18 x 2 = 36
— Iago Aspas (RC Celta de Vigo) 18 x 2 = 36
24. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) 17 x 2 = 34
— Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) 17 x 2 = 34
26. Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) 22 x 1,5 = 33
27. Aritz Aduriz (Athletic de Bilbao) 16 x 2 = 32
Marco Borriello (US Cagliari Calcio) 16 x 2 = 32
Mario Gomez (VfL Wolfsburg) 16 x 2 = 32
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 16 x 2 = 32
Lorenzo Insigne (SSC Napoli) 16 x 2 = 32
Joshua King (Bournemouth AFC) 16 x 2 = 32
André Silva (FC Porto) 16 x 2 = 32
34. Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
Nicolai Jørgensen (Feyenoord) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
‘Vágner Love’ Silva da Souza (Alanyaspor) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
37. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) 15 x 2 = 30
Jermaine Defoe (Sunderland AFC) 15 x 2 = 30
Matt Derbyshire (AC Omonia Nicosia) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 15 x 2 = 30
Nikola Kalinić (ACF Fiorentina) 15 x 2 = 30
’Keita’ Baldé Diao (SS Lazio Roma) 15 x 2 = 30
Andrej Kramaric (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 15 x 2 = 30
Konstantinos Mitroglou (SL Benfica) 15 x 2 = 30
Łukasz Teodorczyk (RSC Anderlecht) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Vitesse) 20 x 1,5 = 30
47. Samuel Armenteros (Heracles Almelo) 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
Bafétimbi Gomis (Olympique Marseille) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Christian Gytkjaer (Rosenborg BK) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
52. Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta Bergamo) 14 x 2 = 28
Max Kruse (SV Werder Bremen) 14 x 2 = 28
Fernando Llorente (Swansea City) 14 x 2 = 28
Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) 14 x 2 = 28
Sandro Ramírez Castillo (Málaga CF) 14 x 2 = 28
57. Otto John (KF Trepça’89) 27 x 1 = 27
Guillaume Hoarau (BSC Young Boys) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Cenk Tosun (Besiktas JK) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Enes Ünal (FC Twente) 18 x 1,5 = 27
61. Carlos Bacca (AC Milan) 13 x 2 = 26
José Callejón (SSC Napoli) 13 x 2 = 26
Kike Gomez (Europa FC) 26 x 1 = 26
‘Jonas’ Goncalves (SL Benfica) 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
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (FC Barcelona) 13 x 2 = 26
Pero Pejic (FK Kukësi) 26 x 1 = 26
Mohamed Salah (AS Roma) 13 x 2 = 26
72. Mimoun Mahi (FC Groningen) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
John Owoeri (BK Häcken) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
74. Evgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev) 25 x 1 = 25
Andrew Mitchell (Dungannon Swifts FC) 25 x 1 = 25
76. Deni Alar (SK Sturm Graz) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Egzijan Alioski (FC Lugano) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Riad Bajic (Konyaspor) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool FC) 12 x 2 = 24
Kasper Dolberg (AFC Ajax) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Diego Falcinelli (FC Crotone) 12 x 2 = 24
Kevin Gameiro (Atlético Madrid) 12 x 2 = 24
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) 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
Olarenwaju Kayode (FK Austria Wien) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Azdren Llullaku (CS Gaz Metan Mediaş) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) 12 x 2 = 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
93. Gerard Gohou (FC Kairat Almaty) 23 x 1 = 23
Klæmint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 23 x 1 = 23
95. Sebastian Andersson (IFK Norrköping) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Mario Balotelli (OGC Nice) 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
Dejan Sorgic (FC Thun) 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
