KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Robert Lewandowski has stretched his lead in the latest rankings of the ESM Golden Shoe for Europe’s leading league marksman.

Bayern Munich’s centre-forward took his tally to 23 with one of the German champions’ goals in their 4-0 defeat of Schalke. The Pole thus became as the first Bundesliga player to score in 10 successive matches.

The goal extended the lead held by FIFA’s Best Player of 2020 from Kasper Junker of Norway’s Bodo/Glimt on points though Junker has scored more goals (27).

This is because 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.

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.

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

Golden Shoe standings

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 23 x 2 = 46
2. Kasper Junker (FK Bodø/Glimt) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
3. Amahl Pellegrino (Kristiansund BK) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
4. Paul Ebere Onuachu (KRC Genk) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 15 x 2 = 30
6. Philip Zinckernagel (FK Bodø/Glimt) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
7. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 14 x 2 = 28
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 14 x 2 = 28
André Miguel Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) 14 x 2 = 28
10. Christoffer Nyman (IFK Norrköping) 18 x 1,5 = 27
11. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 13 x 2 = 26
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 13 x 2 = 26
13. Veton Berisha (Viking FK Stavanger) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Boulaye Dia (Stade de Reims) 12 x 2 = 24
Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla FC) 12 x 2 = 24
Giorgos Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Thomas Henry (Oud-Heverlee Leuven) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) 12 x 2 = 24
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 12 x 2 = 24
Andrej Kramaric (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 12 x 2 = 24
Romelu Lukaku (Internazionale Milano) 12 x 2 = 24
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 12 x 2 = 24
Luis Alberto Suárez (Atlético Madrid) 12 x 2 = 24
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 12 x 2 = 24
25. Rauno Sappinen (FC Flora Tallinn) 23 x 1 = 23
26. Mushaga Bakenga (Odds BK) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Astrit Seljmani (Varbergs BoIS) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
28. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyonnais) 11 x 2 = 22
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (Manchester United) 11 x 2 = 22
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 11 x 2 = 22
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 11 x 2 = 22
34. Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus) 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
38. Ludovic Ajorque (Racing Strasbourg Alsace) 10 x 2 = 20
Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) 10 x 2 = 20
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 10 x 2 = 20
‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 10 x 2 = 20
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 10 x 2 = 20
Kevin Volland (AS Monaco) 10 x 2 = 20
Silas Wamangituka (VfB Stuttgart) 10 x 2 = 20
45. Aaron Boupendza (Hatayspor Kulübü) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Anders Christiansen (Malmö FF) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Leke James (Molde FK) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
48. Maksim Skavysh (FC BATE Borisov) 19 x 1 = 19
49. Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 9 x 2 = 18
Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Nahir Besara (Örebro SK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Andy Delort (Montpellier Hérault SC) 9 x 2 = 18
Nicolas Diguiny (Apollon FC Limassol) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Luiz Paulo Hilario ‘Dodô‘ (FC Liepaja) 18 x 1 = 18
Lorenzo Insigne (SSC Napoli Calcio) 9 x 2 = 18
Dino Islamovic (Rosenborg BK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Aron Jóhannsson (Hammarby IF) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Tino Kadewere (Olympique Lyonnais) 9 x 2 = 18
Bioty Moise Kean (Paris Saint-Germain) 9 x 2 = 18
Cyle Larin (Besiktas JK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Hirving Lozano (SSC Napoli Calcio) 9 x 2 = 18
Lautaro Martínez (Internazionale Milano) 9 x 2 = 18
Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) 9 x 2 = 18
M’Bala Nzola (Spezia Calcio) 9 x 2 = 18
Ohi Omoijuanfo (Molde FK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Pedro António Pereira Gonçalves ‘Pote’ (Sporting CP) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Ulrik Saltnes (FK Bodø/Glimt) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 9 x 2 = 18
Yuma Suzuki (Sint-Truiden VV) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Karl Toko Ekambi (Olympique Lyonnais) 9 x 2 = 18
Stefano Holmquist Vecchia (IK Sirius) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 9 x 2 = 18
Burak Yilmaz (Lille OSC) 9 x 2 = 18
Kristoffer Zachariassen (Rosenborg BK) 12 x 1,5 = 18

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