Lewandowski takes over leadership of European Golden Boot chase
KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski, by virtue of the German Bundesliga’s resumption, is the new leader of the revived race for to win the ESM European Golden Boot.
The Golden Shoe is based on a ranking computed according to UEFA’s rankings last July. Thus marksmen from among the top five nations benefit from a multiple of 2.0, the next batch including Austria (places six to 22 ) a factor of 1.5 and the remainder 1.0.
Lewandowski: Closed-doors celebration time again
The European Sports Media group has decided to resume the ranking while acknowledging that some leagues have already finished. As in previous years the Golden Shoe does not consider goals in play-off competitions.
Lewandowski now has 30 goals, three more than Lazio’s Ciro Immobile from Italy where Serie A will not resume until June 20. He has scored in four of Bayern’s five games after the resumption, only going empty-handed in the win away to his former club Borussia Dortmund.
Last season’s winner was Lionel Messi for a record-extending sixth time.
Golden Shoe standings
(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)
1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 30 x 2 = 60
2. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 27 x 2 = 54
3. Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 25 x 2 = 50
4. Erling Braut Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg/Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 1,5 + 10 x 2 = 44
5. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 21 x 2 = 42
6. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 19 x 2 = 38
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 19 x 2 = 38
8. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 18 x 2 = 36
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 18 x 2 = 36
10. Shon Weissman (Wolfsberger AC) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
11. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 17 x 2 = 34
Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) 17 x 2 = 34
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 17 x 2 = 34
14. Odsonne Édouard (Celtic FC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
15. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 16 x 2 = 32
Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 16 x 2 = 32
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 16 x 2 = 32
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 16 x 2 = 32
19. Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
20. Erik Sorga (Flora Tallinn) 31 x 1 = 31
21. Josip Iličić (Atalanta Bergamo) 15 x 2 = 30
Danny Ings (Southampton FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Ivan Tričkovski (AEK Larnaca) 20 x 1,5 = 30
24. Ilia Shkurin (FC Zvezda-BGU Minsk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Alexander Sørloth (Trabzonspor AŞ) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
26. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 14 x 2 = 28
Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 14 x 2 = 28
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 14 x 2 = 28
30. Jonathan David (KAA Gent) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Dieumerci Mbokani (Royal Antwerp FC) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Aluísio ‘Júnior Moraes’ (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys) 18 x 1,5 = 27
34. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Francesco Caputo (US Sassuolo Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
Raúl Alonso Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 13 x 2 = 26
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26
Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 26 x 1 = 26
Victor Osimhen (Lille OSC) 13 x 2 = 26
42. Youssef El Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Mirko Maric (NK Osijek) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Kamil Wilczek (Bröndby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
45. Sebastian Andersson (1. FC Union Berlin) 12 x 2 = 24
Papiss Demba Cissé (Alanyaspor) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Jhon Córdoba (1.FC Köln) 12 x 2 = 24
Habib Diallo (FC Metz) 12 x 2 = 24
Edin Dzeko (AS Roma) 12 x 2 = 24
Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) 12 x 2 = 24
Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain) 12 x 2 = 24
Robin Quaison (1. FSV Mainz 05) 12 x 2 = 24
Vladimir Siladi (FK TSC Backa Topola) 16 x 1,5 = 24
‘Carlos Vinícius’ Alves Morais (SL Benfica) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 12 x 2 = 24
56. Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord) 15 x 1,5 = 22.5
Mohamed Buya Turay (Djurgärdens IF) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Cyriel Dessers (Heracles Almelo) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Taxiarchis Fountas (SK Rapid Wien) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Nenad Lukic (FK TSC Backa Topola) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Christoph Monschein (FK Austria Wien) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
62. Darío Benedetto (Olympique Marseille) 11 x 2 = 22
Kasper Dolberg (OGC Nice) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 11 x 2 = 22
Kai Havertz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 11 x 2 = 22
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 11 x 2 = 22
Tomislav Kis (FK Zalgiris Vilnius) 22 x 1 = 22
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) 11 x 2 = 22
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 11 x 2 = 22
Florian Niederlechner (FC Augsburg) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Lucas Pérez’ Martínez (Deportivo Alavés) 11 x 2 = 22
Andrea Petagna (SPAL) 11 x 2 = 22
Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) 11 x 2 = 22
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Roger’ Martí Salvador (Levante UD) 11 x 2 = 22
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 11 x 2 = 22
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
Chris Venables (Bala Town FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Chris Wood (Burnley FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 11 x 2 = 22
** 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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