LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo’s first hat-trick in the Italian league means both he and old rival Lionel Messi are equal eighth in the latest ranking of the ESM European Golden Shoe which rewards the continent’s leading league marksman.

Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Messi have each scored 13 league goals which means they lag six behind joint leaders Ciro Immobile and Robert Lewandowski.

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 (places six to 22) a factor of 1.5 and the remainder 1.0.

As in previous years the Golden Shoe does not consider goals in play-off competitions.

Last season’s winner was Lionel Messi who collected the prize as the continent’s leading league marksman for a record-extending sixth time.

Messi finished Barcelona’s Spanish league title-winning campaign with 36 goals, three clear of Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe (33) and a massive 10 clear of Sampdoria’s Fabio Quagliarella (26).

Golden Shoe standings

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 19 x 2 = 38
— Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 19 x 2 = 38
3. Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 18 x 2 = 36
4. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 17 x 2 = 34
5. Erik Sorga (Flora Tallinn) 31 x 1 = 31
6. Ilia Shkurin (FC Zvezda-BGU Minsk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
7. Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) 14 x 2 = 28
8. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 13 x 2 = 26
Danny Ings (Southampton FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 13 x 2 = 26
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 13 x 2 = 26
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 13 x 2 = 26
13. Shon Weissman (Wolfsberger AC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Kamil Wilczek (Bröndby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
15. Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 25 x 1 = 25
16. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea FC) 12 x 2 = 24
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 12 x 2 = 24
Erling Braut Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg/Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 12 x 2 = 24
20. Mohamed Buya Turay (Djurgärdens IF) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Aluísio ‘Júnior Moraes’ (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
23. Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 11 x 2 = 22
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 11 x 2 = 22
Tomislav Kis (FK Zalgiris Vilnius) 22 x 1 = 22
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 11 x 2 = 22
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 11 x 2 = 22
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
31. Torgeir Børven (Odds BK) 21 x 1 = 21
Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Stanislav Dragun (FC BATE Borisov) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Vitaly Kvashuk (FC Gomel) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Mirko Maric (NK Osijek) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Dieumerci Mbokani (Royal Antwerp FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Rubén Rayos Serna ‘Rayo’ (Anorthosis Famagusta) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Robin Söder (IFK Göteborg) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Muamer Tankovic (Hammarby IF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
40. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 10 x 2 = 20
Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 10 x 2 = 20
Habib Diallo (FC Metz) 10 x 2 = 20
Levani Kutalia (FC Dinamo Tblisi) 20 x 1 = 20
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 10 x 2 = 20
Victor Osimhen (Lille OSC) 10 x 2 = 20
Mohamad Salah (Liverpool FC) 10 x 2 = 20
47. Nikola Djurdjic (Hammarby IF) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Odsonne Édouard (Celtic FC) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Christoph Monschein (FK Austria Wien) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
51. Aderinsola Habib Eseola (FC Kairat Almaty) 19 x 1 = 19
Marin Tomasov (FC Astana) 19 x 1 = 19
53. Luis Ezequiel ‘Chimy’ Ávila (CA Osasuna) 9 x 2 = 18
Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Jóannis Bjartalid (KÍ Klaksvík) 18 x 1 = 18
Papiss Demba Cissé (Alanyaspor) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyonnais) 9 x 2 = 18
Cyriel Dessers (Heracles Almelo) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Juan Francisco García Peña (St Joseph’s FC) 18 x 1 = 18
Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain) 9 x 2 = 18
Josip Iličić (Atalanta Bergamo) 9 x 2 = 18
Denis Laptev (FC Dinamo Brest) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 9 x 2 = 18
Alfredo José Morelos Aviléz (Rangers FC) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Pavel Nekhaychik (FC Dinamo Brest) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) 9 x 2 = 18
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 9 x 2 = 18
‘Roger’ Martí Salvador (Levante UD) 9 x 2 = 18
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 9 x 2 = 18
Ronnie Schwartz (Silkeborg IF) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Alexander Sørloth (Trabzonspor AŞ) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Chris Venables (Bala Town FC) 18 x 1 = 18 .