KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTING —- Robert Lewandowski has added the ESM European Golden Boot to the range of trophies and awards he has collected this past season both individually and with German champions Bayern Munich.

The Pole, hailed as FIFA world player of the year, totalled 41 goals in the Bundesliga to finish 11 clear of Barcelona’s Leo Messi and 12 ahead of third-placed Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus. His tally surpassed the previous 40-goal Bundesliga record set by Gerd Muller.

Harry Kane was the English Premier League’s leading scorer but finished only joint eight in the overall rankings with 23 goals.

Robert Lewandowski . . . Bundesliga record

Lewandowski is only the third player since 2010 to interrupt Messi and Ronaldo’s command of the award after 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 slipped down to 16th 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.

Multiple help

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.

As in other years the rankings does not include play-offs.

Golden Shoe standings 

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 41 x 2 = 82
2. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 30 x 2 = 60
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 29 x 2 = 58
4. André Miguel Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) 28 x 2 = 56
5. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 27 x 2 = 54
— Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 27 x 2 = 54
7. Romelu Lukaku (Internazionale Milano) 24 x 2 = 48
8. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 23 x 2 = 46
— ‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 23 x 2 = 46
— Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 23 x 2 = 46
11. Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 22 x 2 = 44
— Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 22 x 2 = 44
13. Paul Ebere Onuachu (KRC Genk) 29 x 1,5 = 43,5
14. Luis Alberto Suárez (Atlético Madrid) 21 x 2 = 42
— Dusan Vlahovic (ACF Fiorentina) 21 x 2 = 42
16. Kasper Junker (FK Bodø/Glimt) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
17. Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyonnais) 20 x 2 = 40
Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 20 x 2 = 40
Andrej Kramaric (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 20 x 2 = 40
Simeon ‘Simy’ Nwankwo (FC Crotone) 20 x 2 = 40
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 20 x 2 = 40
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 20 x 2 = 40
23. Giorgos Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo) 26 x 1,5 = 39
24. Lorenzo Insigne (SSC Napoli Calcio) 19 x 2 = 38
25. Milan Makarić (FK Radnik Surdulica) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
Amahl Pellegrino (Kristiansund BK) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
27. Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla FC) 18 x 2 = 36
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (Manchester United) 18 x 2 = 36
29. Pedro António Pereira Gonçalves ‘Pote’ (Sporting CP) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
30. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) 17 x 2 = 34
Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad de Fútbol) 17 x 2 = 34
Lautaro Martínez (Internazionale Milano) 17 x 2 = 34
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 17 x 2 = 34
34. Aaron Boupendza (Hatayspor Kulübü) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Zachary Hadji (CS Fola Esch) 33 x 1 = 33
Ramón Nazareno Miérez (NK Osijek) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Haris Seferovic (SL Benfica) 22 x 1,5 = 33
38. Ludovic Ajorque (Racing Strasbourg Alsace) 16 x 2 = 32
Domenico Berardi (US Sassuolo Calcio) 16 x 2 = 32
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 16 x 2 = 32
Sasa Kalajdzic (VfB Stuttgart) 16 x 2 = 32
Gaëtan Laborde (Montpellier Hérault SC) 16 x 2 = 32
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 16 x 2 = 32
Kevin Volland (AS Monaco) 16 x 2 = 32
Burak Yilmaz (Lille OSC) 16 x 2 = 32
46. Thomas Henry (Oud-Heverlee Leuven) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
47. Gianni Bruno (SV Zulte Waregem) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Andy Delort (Montpellier Hérault SC) 15 x 2 = 30
Artem Dzyuba (FC Zenit Sint-Petersburg) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) 15 x 2 = 30
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 15 x 2 = 30
Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 15 x 2 = 30
54. Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Sardar Azmoun (FC Zenit Sint-Petersburg) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Mame Biram Diouf (Hatayspor Kulübü) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Cyle Larin (Besiktas JK) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Donyell Malen (PSV Eindhoven) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Philip Zinckernagel (FK Bodø/Glimt) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
61. Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 14 x 2 = 28
Frank Castañeda Vélez (FC Sheriff Tiraspol) 28 x 1 = 28
Boulaye Dia (Stade de Reims) 14 x 2 = 28
Terem Moffi (FC Lorient) 14 x 2 = 28
José Luis Morales (Levante UD) 14 x 2 = 28
Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 14 x 2 = 28
Karl Toko Ekambi (Olympique Lyonnais) 14 x 2 = 28
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa FC) 14 x 2 = 28
69. Takumo Asano (FK Partizan Beograd) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Milan Bojovic (FK Mladost Lučani) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Nenad Lukic (FK TSC Backa Topola) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Arthur Mendonça Cabral (FC Basel) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Christoffer Nyman (IFK Norrköping) 18 x 1,5 = 27
75. Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Jonathan David (LOSC Lille) 13 x 2 = 26
Antoine Griezmann (FC Barcelona) 13 x 2 = 26
Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) 13 x 2 = 26
Bioty Moise Kean (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26
Franck Kessié (AC Milan) 13 x 2 = 26
Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 13 x 2 = 26
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (AS Roma) 13 x 2 = 26
Fabio Quagliarella (UC Sampdoria) 13 x 2 = 26
Rafael ‘Rafa Mir’ Vicente (SD Huesca) 13 x 2 = 26

** 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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