KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Robert Lewandowski’s outstanding hat-trick in Bayern Munich’s 4-2 weekend victory over Borussia Dortmund has extended his lead in the latest ranking for the ESM European Golden Shoe

FIFA’s world player of the year now totals 31 goals, 11 more than Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo, his closest pursuer in the Big Five leagues.

Formal second place in the rankings is still held by Kasper Junker of Norway’s Bodo/Glimt.

Junker scored 27 and was a long-time leader of the standings 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) 31 x 2 = 62

2. Kasper Junker (FK Bodø/Glimt) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 20 x 2 = 40
4. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 19 x 2 = 38
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 19 x 2 = 38
André Miguel Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) 19 x 2 = 38
7. Paul Ebere Onuachu (KRC Genk) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
Amahl Pellegrino (Kristiansund BK) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
9. Romelu Lukaku (Internazionale Milano) 18 x 2 = 36
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 18 x 2 = 36
11. Giorgos Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
12. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 17 x 2 = 34
Luis Alberto Suárez (Atlético Madrid) 17 x 2 = 34
14. Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (Manchester United) 16 x 2 = 32
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 16 x 2 = 32
16. Thomas Henry (Oud-Heverlee Leuven) 20 x 1,5 = 30
‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 15 x 2 = 30
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 15 x 2 = 30
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 15 x 2 = 30
20. Philip Zinckernagel (FK Bodø/Glimt) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
21. Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyonnais) 14 x 2 = 28
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) 14 x 2 = 28
Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 14 x 2 = 28
Andrej Kramaric (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 14 x 2 = 28
25. Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Aaron Boupendza (Hatayspor Kulübü) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Christoffer Nyman (IFK Norrköping) 18 x 1,5 = 27
29. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) 13 x 2 = 26
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Lorenzo Insigne (SSC Napoli Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
Lautaro Martínez (Internazionale Milano) 13 x 2 = 26
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 13 x 2 = 26
Kevin Volland (AS Monaco) 13 x 2 = 26
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 13 x 2 = 26
39. Gianni Bruno (SV Zulte Waregem) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
40. Veton Berisha (Viking FK Stavanger) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Boulaye Dia (Stade de Reims) 12 x 2 = 24
Odsonne Édouard (Celtic FC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad de Fútbol) 12 x 2 = 24
Sasa Kalajdzic (VfB Stuttgart) 12 x 2 = 24
Ramón Nazareno Miérez (NK Osijek) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 12 x 2 = 24
47. Rauno Sappinen (FC Flora Tallinn) 23 x 1 = 23
48. Vincent Aboubakar (Besiktas JK) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Mushaga Bakenga (Odds BK) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Pedro António Pereira Gonçalves ‘Pote’ (Sporting CP) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Kristijan Lovrić (HNK Gorica) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Astrit Seljmani (Varbergs BoIS) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Roman Yaremchuk (KAA Gent) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
54. Ludovic Ajorque (Racing Strasbourg Alsace) 11 x 2 = 22
Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Francesco Caputo (US Sassuolo Calcio) 11 x 2 = 22
Amine Gouiri (OGC Nice) 11 x 2 = 22
Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) 11 x 2 = 22
Bioty Moise Kean (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
José Luis Morales (Levante DU) 11 x 2 = 22
Karl Toko Ekambi (Olympique Lyonnais) 11 x 2 = 22
Silas Wamangituka (VfB Stuttgart) 11 x 2 = 22
63. Takumo Asano (FK Partizan Beograd) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Jens Petter Hauge (FK Bodø/Glimt) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Raphael Holzhauser (K Beerschot AC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Sékou Koïta (Red Bull Salzburg) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Milan Makarić (FK Radnik Surdulica) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Donyell Malen (PSV Eindhoven) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Moses Ogbu (Mjällby AIF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Yuma Suzuki (Sint-Truiden VV) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Isaac Kiese Thelin (Malmö FF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
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** 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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