LONDON: Leader Lionel Messi and closest pursuers Kylian Mbappe and Cristiano Ronaldo mantained the status quo this past weekend in pursuit of the ESM Golden Shoe awarded each year to Europe’s leading league marksman.
Messi could have extended his lead from three goals to four but, after converting a penalty in Barcelona’s 1-0 home win over Valladolid he had another spotkick saved.
The Argentinian totals 22 goals so far. Ronaldo reached 19 with one goal in Juventus’ 3-0 win over Frosinone in Italy’s Serie A while, in France, Mbappe struck Paris Saint-Germain’s late lone winning goal away to Saint-Etienne.
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) 22 x 2 = 44
2. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 19 x 2 = 38
— Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 19 x 2 = 38
4. Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero (Manchester City) 17 x 2 = 34
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) 17 x 2 = 34
Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa CFC/AC Milan) 17 x 2 = 34
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 17 x 2 = 34
8. Nicolas Pépé (Lille OSC) 16 x 2 = 32
Fabio Quagliarella (UC Sampdoria) 16 x 2 = 32
Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 16 x 2 = 32
11. Mbaye Diagne (Kasimpasa SK/Galatasaray SK) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
Robert Skov (FC København) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
13. Ellenton ‘Liliu’ (Nõmme Kalju FC) 31 x 1 = 31
14. 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
Nikolai Komlichenko (FK Mladá Boleslav) 20 x 1,5 = 30
‘Paulinho’ de Oliveira (BK Häcken) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Mbwane Ally Samatta (KRC Genk) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 15 x 2 = 30
21. Patrick Hoban (FC Dundalk) 29 x 1 = 29
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
Cristhian Stuani (Girona FC) 13 x 2 = 26
30. Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund) 12 x 2 = 24
‘Charles’ Dias de Oliveira (SD Eibar) 12 x 2 = 24
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) 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
Yussuf Poulsen (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 12 x 2 = 24
Emiliano Sala (FC Nantes/Cardiff City) 12 x 2 = 24
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 12 x 2 = 24
Florian Thauvin (Olympique Marseille) 12 x 2 = 24
41. Liviu Antal (FK Zalgiris Vilnius) 23 x 1 = 23
42. Efthymios Koulouris (Atromitos FC) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Dusan Tadic (AFC Ajax) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
44. Francesco Caputo (Empoli FC) 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
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
52. Bas Dost (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 14 x 1,5 = 21
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
Aluísio ‘Júnior Moraes’ (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Ezequiel Ponce (AEK Athens FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Haris Seferovic (SL Benfica) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Dejan Sorgic (FC Thun) 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
62. Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 10 x 2 = 20
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 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
‘Richarlison’ de Andrade (Everton FC) 10 x 2 = 20
Callum Wilson (AFC Bournemouth) 10 x 2 = 20
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* 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), Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy), 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).
