KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Amahl Pellegrino of Norway’s Kristiansund BK is the 23-goal leader in the season’s first compilation of the ESM European Golden Shoe rankings.

The Scandinavian leagues which traditionally play to a calendar-year schedule always provide the initial leaders before being overtaken in due course by the superstars of western Europe.

Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski is the leading pursuer from the traditional Golden Shoe powers with 12 goals so far in the Bundesliga.

The Golden Shoe is based on a ranking computed according to UEFA’s end-of-season 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.

Last season’s winner was Lazio’s Ciro Immobile.

Golden Shoe standings

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Amahl Pellegrino (Kristiansund BK) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5

2. Kasper Junker (FK Bodø/Glimt) 22 x 1,5 = 33

3. Christoffer Nyman (IFK Norrköping) 18 x 1,5 = 27
— Philip Zinckernagel (FK Bodø/Glimt) 18 x 1,5 = 27

5. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 12 x 2 = 24
6. Rauno Sappinen (FC Flora Tallinn) 23 x 1 = 23
7. Veton Berisha (Viking FK Stavanger) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Astrit Seljmani (Varbergs BoIS) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
9. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 11 x 2 = 22
10. Paul Ebere Onuachu (KRC Genk) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Jens Petter Hauge (FK Bodø/Glimt) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Moses Ogbu (Mjällby AIF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Isaac Kiese Thelin (Malmö FF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
14. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 10 x 2 = 20
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) 10 x 2 = 20
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 10 x 2 = 20
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 10 x 2 = 20
18. Anders Christiansen (Malmö FF) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
19. Maksim Skavysh (FC BATE Borisov) 19 x 1 = 19
20. Nahir Besara (Örebro SK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Luiz Paulo Hilario ‘Dodô‘ (FC Liepaja) 18 x 1 = 18
Leke James (Molde FK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Aron Jóhannsson (Hammarby IF) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Ulrik Saltnes (FK Bodø/Glimt) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 9 x 2 = 18
Stefano Holmquist Vecchia (IK Sirius) 12 x 1,5 = 18
28. Steven Lennon (FH Hafnarfjardar) 17 x 1 = 17
Klaemint Olsen (NSI Runavík) 17 x 1 = 17
Uros Stojanov (ÍF) 17 x 1 = 17
31. Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson (Aalesunds FK) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Mario Gavranović (GNK Dinamo Zagreb) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Anthony van den Hurk (Helsingborg IF) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Jesper Karlsson (Elfsborg IF) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Milan Makarić (FK Radnik Surdulica) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Fredrik Ulvestad (Djurgården IF) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Kristoffer Zachariassen (Rosenborg BK) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
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