KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Only two more matchdays in the Spanish league and Lionel Messi will be crowned leading marksman for the sixth time in both LaLiga and the European ESM Golden Shoe.
After a blank weekend – Messi being rested ahead of Barcelona’s Champions League return against Liverpool – his 34 league goals for the season still remains four more than second-placed Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain.
Back in third is Sampdoria’s Fabio Quagliarella (25 goals) and the leading English Premier League marksman, Liverpool’s Mo Salah, is fourth equal on 22 goals with Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski and Atalanta’s Duvan Zapata.
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) 34 x 2 = 68
2. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 30 x 2 = 60
3. Fabio Quagliarella (UC Sampdoria) 25 x 2 = 50
4. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 22 x 2 = 44
— Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 22 x 2 = 44
— Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 22 x 2 = 44
7. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 21 x 2 = 42
Mbaye Diagne (Kasimpasa SK/Galatasaray SK) 28 x 1,5 = 42
Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 28 x 1,5 = 42
Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa CFC/AC Milan) 21 x 2 = 42
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 21 x 2 = 42
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 21 x 2 = 42
13. Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero (Manchester City) 20 x 2 = 40
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 20 x 2 = 40
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 20 x 2 = 40
Nicolas Pépé (Lille OSC) 20 x 2 = 40
17. Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund) 18 x 2 = 36
Nikolai Komlichenko (FK Mladá Boleslav) 24 x 1,5 = 36
Cristhian Stuani (Girona FC) 18 x 2 = 36
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 18 x 2 = 36
Dusan Tadic (AFC Ajax) 24 x 1,5 = 36
22. Robert Skov (FC København) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
23. Iago Aspas (RC Celta de Vigo) 17 x 2 = 34
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) 17 x 2 = 34
Luka Jovic (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 17 x 2 = 34
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 17 x 2 = 34
Arkadiusz Milik (SSC Napoli) 17 x 2 = 34
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 17 x 2 = 34
Wissam Ben Yedder (Sevilla FC) 17 x 2 = 34
30. Eden Hazard (Chelsea FC) 16 x 2 = 32
Andrej Kramarić (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 16 x 2 = 32
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 2 = 32
Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 16 x 2 = 32
34. Guillaume Hoarau (BSC Young Boys) 21 x 2 = 31,5
Haris Seferovic (SL Benfica) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
36. Ellenton ‘Liliu’ (Nõmme Kalju FC) 31 x 1 = 31
37. Zakaria Beglarishvili (FC Flora Tallinn) 30 x 1 = 30
Ishak Belfodil (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 15 x 2 =30
Francesco Caputo (Empoli FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) 15 x 2 = 30
Kai Havertz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 15 x 2 = 30
Borja Iglesias Quintás (RCD Espanyol) 15 x 2 = 30
‘Paulinho’ de Oliveira (BK Häcken) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Yussuf Poulsen (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 15 x 2 = 30
Mbwane Ally Samatta (KRC Genk) 20 x 1,5 = 30
46. Patrick Hoban (FC Dundalk) 29 x 1 = 29
47. Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Efthymios Koulouris (Atromitos FC) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Andreas Skov Olsen (FC Nordsjaelland) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
50. ‘Charles’ Dias de Oliveira (SD Eibar) 14 x 2 = 28
Andy Delort (Montpellier Hérault SC) 14 x 2 = 28
Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco) 14 x 2 = 28
Sébastien Haller (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 14 x 2 = 28
Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 14 x 2 = 28
Jaime Mata Arnaiz (Getafe CF) 14 x 2 = 28
Dries Mertens (SSC Napoli) 14 x 2 = 28
Jorge Molina Vidal (Getafe CF) 14 x 2 = 28
‘Neymar’ da Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) 14 x 2 = 28
Andrea Petagna (SPAL 2013) 14 x 2 = 28
Raúl de Tomás (Rayo Vallecano) 14 x 2 = 28
Kevin Volland (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 14 x 2 = 28
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 14 x 2 = 28
Callum Wilson (AFC Bournemouth) 14 x 2 = 28
64. Igor Angulo Albóniga (Górnik Zabrze) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Roman Debelko (FC Levadia Tallinn) 27 x 1 = 27
Linus Hallenius (GIF Sundsvall) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Hamdi Harbaoui (SV Zulte Waregem) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Kamil Wilczek (Brøndby IF) 18 x 1,5 = 27
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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).
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