Lewandowski races 12 goals clear of Messi and Ronaldo in Golden Shoe chase
KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Robert Lewandowski has extended his lead in rankings for the ESM European Golden Shoe as leading marksman in league competition.
The world’s top player scored a hat-trick at the weekend in Bayern Munich’s 4-0 defeat of Stuttgart in the Bundesliga to take his tally for the season to 35 which is now 12 clear of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Lewandowski promises to become only the third player since 2010 to interrupted their command – Barcelona’s Luis Suarez in 2016 and Lazio’s Ciro Immobile last season.
Ronaldo has won the Golden Shoe four times and Messi on six occasions.
Early pacemaker Kasper Junker of Norway’s Bodo/Glimt has now slipped down to sixth place.
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.
Golden Shoe standings
(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)
1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 35 x 2 = 70
2. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 23 x 2 = 46
— Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 23 x 2 = 46
4. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 21 x 2 = 42
— André Miguel Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) 21 x 2 = 42
6. Kasper Junker (FK Bodø/Glimt) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
7. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 20 x 2 = 40
8. Romelu Lukaku (Internazionale Milano) 19 x 2 = 38
— Luis Alberto Suárez (Atlético Madrid) 19 x 2 = 38
10. Paul Ebere Onuachu (KRC Genk) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
— Amahl Pellegrino (Kristiansund BK) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
12. Giorgos Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo) 24 x 1,5 = 36
13. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 17 x 2 = 34
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 17 x 2 = 34
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 17 x 2 = 34
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 17 x 2 = 34
17. Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (Manchester United) 16 x 2 = 32
‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 16 x 2 = 32
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 16 x 2 = 32
20. Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Thomas Henry (Oud-Heverlee Leuven) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) 15 x 2 = 30
24. Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Philip Zinckernagel (FK Bodø/Glimt) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
26. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) 14 x 2 = 28
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyonnais) 14 x 2 = 28
Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 14 x 2 = 28
Andrej Kramaric (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 14 x 2 = 28
Lautaro Martínez (Internazionale Milano) 14 x 2 = 28
32. Aaron Boupendza (Hatayspor Kulübü) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Ramón Nazareno Miérez (NK Osijek) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Christoffer Nyman (IFK Norrköping) 18 x 1,5 = 27
35. Boulaye Dia (Stade de Reims) 13 x 2 = 26
Lorenzo Insigne (SSC Napoli Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
Sasa Kalajdzic (VfB Stuttgart) 13 x 2 = 26
Simeon ‘Simy’ Nwankwo (FC Crotone) 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
43. Gianni Bruno (SV Zulte Waregem) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
44. Takumo Asano (FK Partizan Beograd) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Veton Berisha (Viking FK Stavanger) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Odsonne Édouard (Celtic FC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Amine Gouiri (OGC Nice) 12 x 2 = 24
Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) 12 x 2 = 24
Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad de Fútbol) 12 x 2 = 24
Milan Makarić (FK Radnik Surdulica) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 12 x 2 = 24
Dusan Vlahovic (ACF Fiorentina) 12 x 2 = 24
53. Rauno Sappinen (FC Flora Tallinn) 23 x 1 = 23
54. Vincent Aboubakar (Besiktas JK) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Mushaga Bakenga (Odds BK) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Pedro António Pereira Gonçalves ‘Pote’ (Sporting CP) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Teun Koopmeiners (AZ Alkmaar) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Kristijan Lovrić (HNK Gorica) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Donyell Malen (PSV Eindhoven) 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
63. Ludovic Ajorque (Racing Strasbourg Alsace) 11 x 2 = 22
Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Domenico Berardi (US Sassuolo Calcio) 11 x 2 = 22
Francesco Caputo (US Sassuolo Calcio) 11 x 2 = 22
Bioty Moise Kean (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 11 x 2 = 22
José Luis Morales (Levante UD) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Roger’ Martí Salvador (Levante UD) 11 x 2 = 22
Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 11 x 2 = 22
Karl Toko Ekambi (Olympique Lyonnais) 11 x 2 = 22
Silas Wamangituka (VfB Stuttgart) 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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