KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski remains out front in the race to the ESM European Golden Shoe even though the German Bundesliga season has ended.

The 31-year-old Pole ended the campaign with a total of 34 goals and Lazio’s Ciro Immobile, with 28 goals and nine matches remaining, is the one man with a realistic prospect of catching up.

Next best from an ongoing leagues is Cristiano Ronaldo who has scored 25 goals for Juventus, also in Serie A.

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.

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.

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) 34 x 2 = 68

2. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 29 x 2 = 58

3. Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 28 x 2 = 56

4. Erling Braut Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg/Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 1,5 + 13 x 2 = 50
5. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 25 x 2 = 50
6. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 22 x 2 = 44
7. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 21 x 2 = 42
8. Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) 20 x 2 = 40
9. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 19 x 2 = 38
10. Danny Ings (Southampton FC) 18 x 2 = 36
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 18 x 2 = 36
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 18 x 2 = 36
13. Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
14. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 17 x 2 = 34
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 17 x 2 = 34
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 17 x 2 = 34
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 17 x 2 = 34
18. Odsonne Édouard (Celtic FC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Shon Weissman (Wolfsberger AC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
20. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 16 x 2 = 32
Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 16 x 2 = 32
‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 16 x 2 = 32
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 16 x 2 = 32
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 16 x 2 = 32
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 16 x 2 = 32
26. Alexander Sørloth (Trabzonspor AŞ) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
27. Erik Sorga (Flora Tallinn) 31 x 1 = 31
28. Francesco Caputo (US Sassuolo Calcio) 15 x 2 = 30
Papiss Demba Cissé (Alanyaspor) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 15 x 2 = 30
Josip Iličić (Atalanta Bergamo) 15 x 2 = 30
Raúl Alonso Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 15 x 2 = 30
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) 15 x 2 = 30
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 15 x 2 = 30
Ivan Tričkovski (AEK Larnaca) 20 x 1,5 = 30
36. Mirko Maric (NK Osijek) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Ilia Shkurin (FC Zvezda-BGU Minsk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
38. Edin Dzeko (AS Roma) 14 x 2 = 28
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 14 x 2 = 28
Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 14 x 2 = 28
41. 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
‘Carlos Vinícius’ Alves Morais (SL Benfica) 18 x 1,5 = 27
45. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 13 x 2 = 26
Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Jhon Córdoba (1.FC Köln) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Raúl García‘ Escudero (Athletic Club de Bilbao) 13 x 2 = 26
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26
Florian Niederlechner (FC Augsburg) 13 x 2 = 26
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 26 x 1 = 26
Victor Osimhen (Lille OSC) 13 x 2 = 26
Robin Quaison (1. FSV Mainz 05) 13 x 2 = 26
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 13 x 2 = 26
59. Youssef El Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Mijo Caktas (HNK Hajduk Split) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Kamil Wilczek (Bröndby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
63. Sebastian Andersson (1. FC Union Berlin) 12 x 2 = 24
Ante Budimir (RCD Mallorca) 12 x 2 = 24
Habib Diallo (FC Metz) 12 x 2 = 24
Artem Dzyuba (FK Zenit Sint-Petersburg) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (Sporting CP/Manchester United) 8 x 1,5 + 6 x 2 = 24
Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) 12 x 2 = 24
Kai Havertz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 12 x 2 = 24
Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain) 12 x 2 = 24
Andrej Kramaric (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 12 x 2 = 24
Nenad Lukic (FK TSC Backa Topola) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 12 x 2 = 24
Andrea Petagna (SPAL) 12 x 2 = 24
Nikola Petkovic (FK Javor Ivanjica) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes ‘Pizzi’ (SL Benfica) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Vladimir Siladi (FK TSC Backa Topola) 16 x 1,5 = 24
André Miguel Valente Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) 12 x 2 = 24

** 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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