LONDON: Lazio’s Ciro Immobile extended his lead in the ranking for the ESM European Golden Shoe which rewards the continent’s leading league marksman.

Immobile lifted his tally to 23 goals with a hat-trick in the 5-1 weekend victory over Sampdoria.

No player from Serie A has won the Golden Shoe since Roma’s Francesco Totti with 26 goals in 2006-07.

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 mu ltiple 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) 23 x 2 = 46
2. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 20 x 2 = 40
— Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 20 x 2 = 40
4. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 17 x 2 = 34
5. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 16 x 2 = 32
6. Erik Sorga (Flora Tallinn) 31 x 1 = 31
7. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 15 x 2 = 30
Erling Braut Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg/Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 1,5 + 3 x 2 = 30
9. Ilia Shkurin (FC Zvezda-BGU Minsk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
10. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 14 x 2 = 28
Danny Ings (Southampton FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) 14 x 2 = 28
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 14 x 2 = 28
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 14 x 2 = 28
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 14 x 2 = 28
16. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
19. Shon Weissman (Wolfsberger AC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Kamil Wilczek (Bröndby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
21. Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 25 x 1 = 25
22. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 12 x 2 = 24
23. 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
Alexander Sørloth (Trabzonspor AŞ) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
27. Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 11 x 2 = 22
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
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
Mohamad Salah (Liverpool FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 11 x 2 = 22
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
36. Youssef El Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
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
Ivan Tričkovski (AEK Larnaca) 14 x 1,5 = 21
47. Habib Diallo (FC Metz) 10 x 2 = 20
Josip Iličić (Atalanta Bergamo) 10 x 2 = 20
Raúl Alonso Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 10 x 2 = 20
Levani Kutalia (FC Dinamo Tblisi) 20 x 1 = 20
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 10 x 2 = 20
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 10 x 2 = 20
Florian Niederlechner (FC Augsburg) 10 x 2 = 20
Victor Osimhen (Lille OSC) 10 x 2 = 20
Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) 10 x 2 = 20
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 10 x 2 = 20
57. 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
61. Aderinsola Habib Eseola (FC Kairat Almaty) 19 x 1 = 19
Juan Francisco García Peña (St Joseph’s FC) 19 x 1 = 19
Marin Tomasov (FC Astana) 19 x 1 = 19
64. Luis Ezequiel ‘Chimy’ Ávila (CA Osasuna) 9 x 2 = 18
Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Domenico Berardi (US Sassuolo) 9 x 2 = 18
Jóannis Bjartalid (KÍ Klaksvík) 18 x 1 = 18
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 9 x 2 = 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
Greg Draper (The New Saints FC) 18 x 1 = 18
Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain) 9 x 2 = 18
Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (Manchester City) 9 x 2 = 18
Denis Laptev (FC Dinamo Brest) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Alfredo José Morelos Aviléz (Rangers FC) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Pavel Nekhaychik (FC Dinamo Brest) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes ‘Pizzi’ (SL Benfica) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 9 x 2 = 18
‘Roger’ Martí Salvador (Levante UD) 9 x 2 = 18
Ronnie Schwartz (Silkeborg IF) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Chris Venables (Bala Town FC) 18 x 1 = 18
Chris Wood (Burnley FC) 9 x 2 = 18

** 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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