LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo is continuing to reel in old rival Lionel Messi in the rankings for the ESM Golden Shoe awarded each year to Europe’s leading league marksman.

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Ronaldo scored once to reach 18 for the Serie A season as Italian champions Juventus won 3-0 away to Sassuolo at the weekend while Messi was unable to add to his 21-goal tally as Spanish leaders Barcelona were held goalless by struggling Athletic Bilbao.

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The Golden Shoe is based on a ranking computed according to UEFA’s July rankings. Thus marksmen from among the top five nations  benefit from a multiple of 2.0, the next batch 1.5 and the remainder 1.0.

Last year France replaced Portugal in the top five meaning the value of goals in Ligue 1 rose to 2.0 while the valuation for for players from Benfica, Sporting and Porto etc was downgraded to 1.5. Goals in the countries ranked on down from 23 stand at face value.

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) 21 x 2 = 42

2. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 18 x 2 = 36

— Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 18 x 2 = 36

4. Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero (Manchester City) 17 x 2 = 34

— Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) 17 x 2 = 34

— Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 17 x 2 = 34

7. Nicolas Pépé (Lille OSC) 16 x 2 = 32

— Fabio Quagliarella (UC Sampdoria) 16 x 2 = 32

— Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 16 x 2 = 32

10. Mbaye Diagne (Kasimpasa SK/Galatasaray SK) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5

— Robert Skov (FC København) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5

12. Ellenton ‘Liliu’ (Nõmme Kalju FC) 31 x 1 = 31

13. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 15 x 2 = 30

Zakaria Beglarishvili (FC Flora Tallinn) 30 x 1 = 30

Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 20 x 1,5 = 30

‘Paulinho’ de Oliveira (BK Häcken) 20 x 1,5 = 30

Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa CFC/AC Milan) 15 x 2 = 30

Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 15 x 2 = 30

19. Patrick Hoban (FC Dundalk) 29 x 1 = 29

20. Nikolai Komlichenko (FK Mladá Boleslav) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5

Mbwane Ally Samatta (KRC Genk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5

22. Luka Jovic (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 14 x 2 = 28

Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 14 x 2 = 28

24. Roman Debelko (FC Levadia Tallinn) 27 x 1 = 27

Linus Hallenius (GIF Sundsvall) 18 x 1,5 = 27

26. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 13 x 2 = 26

‘Neymar’ da Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26

Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 13 x 2 = 26

29. Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund) 12 x 2 = 24

Eden Hazard (Chelsea FC) 12 x 2 = 24

Wahbi Khazri (AS Saint-Étienne) 12 x 2 = 24

Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 12 x 2 = 24

Arkadiusz Milik (SSC Napoli) 12 x 2 = 24

Emiliano Sala (FC Nantes/Cardiff City) 12 x 2 = 24

Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 12 x 2 = 24

Cristhian Stuani (Girona FC) 12 x 2 = 24

37. Liviu Antal (FK Zalgiris Vilnius) 23 x 1 = 23

38. Francesco Caputo (Empoli FC) 11 x 2 = 22

Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) 11 x 2 = 22

Sébastien Haller (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 11 x 2 = 22

Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 11 x 2 = 22

Paul Pogba (Manchester United) 11 x 2 = 22

Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 11 x 2 = 22

Florian Thauvin (Olympique Marseille) 11 x 2 = 22

Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 11 x 2 = 22

Wissam Ben Yedder (Sevilla FC) 11 x 2 = 22

Budu Zivzivadze (FC Dinamo Tblisi) 22 x 1 = 22

48. Hamdi Harbaoui (SV Zulte Waregem) 14 x 1,5 = 21

João Klauss (HJK Helsinki) 21 x 1 = 21

Tristan Koskor (JK Tammeka Tartu) 21 x 1 = 21

Efthymios Koulouris (Atromitos FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21

Aluísio ‘Júnior Moraes’ (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 14 x 1,5 = 21

Dyego Wilverson Sousa (Sporting Braga) 14 x 1,5 = 21

George Tucudean (CFR Cluj 1907) 14 x 1,5 = 21

55. Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 10 x 2 = 20

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 10 x 2 = 20

‘Charles’ Dias de Oliveira (SD Eibar) 10 x 2 = 20

Ondrej Duda (Hertha BSC Berlin) 10 x 2 = 20

Alfred Finnbogason (FC Augsburg) 10 x 2 = 20

Giorgi Gabedava (FC Chikhura Sachkhere) 20 x 1 = 20

Borja Iglesias Quintás (RCD Espanyol) 10 x 2 = 20

Adrian Justinussen (HB Tórshavn) 20 x 1 = 20

Mykola Kovtalyuk (FC Dila Gori) 20 x 1 = 20

Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 10 x 2 = 20

Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham FC) 10 x 2 = 20

Glenn Murray (Brighton & Hove Albion) 10 x 2 = 20

Alassane Pléa (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 10 x 2 = 20

Yussuf Poulsen (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 10 x 2 = 20

‘Richarlison’ de Andrade (Everton FC) 10 x 2 = 20

Callum Wilson (AFC Bournemouth) 10 x 2 = 20

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