LONDON: Robert Lewandowski remains, with 24 goals, the unchallenged leader of the ESM European Golden Shoe rankings.

Bayern Munich’s Poland captain won the prize last season with his German champions FIFA’s recrowned 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.

Second place remains the possession of Ohi Omoijuanfo of Molde in Norway but his season is already over.

Lewandowski’s nearest realistic challengers are Lazio’s Ciro Immobile, Bayer Leverkusen’s Patrik Schick and Dusan Vlahovic, newly transferred from Fiorentina to Juventus. All total 18 goals thus far.

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.

Goals by marksmen from among the top five nations in the UEFA ranking 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 Lewandowski was 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.

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

Golden Shoe leaders

1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 24 x 2 = 48
2. Ohi Omoijuanfo (Molde FK) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
3. Thomas Lehne Olsen (Lillestrøm SK) 26 x 1,5 = 39
4. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 18 x 2 = 36
Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) 18 x 2 = 36
Dusan Vlahovic (AFC Fiorentina/Juventus) 18 x 2 = 36
7. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 17 x 2 = 34
8. Veton Berisha (Viking FK Stavanger) 22 x 1,5 = 33
9. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 2 = 32
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 16 x 2 = 32
11. Deniz Undav (Union Saint-Gilloise) 20 x 1,5 = 30
12. Anthony Modeste (1.FC Köln) 14 x 2 = 28
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 14 x 2 = 28
14. Mikkel Dahl (Havnar Bóltfelag) 27 x  = 27
Michael Frey (Royal Antwerp FC) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Ricardo Jorge Gomes (FK Partizan Beograd) 18 x 1,5 = 27
17. Omer Atzili (Maccabi Haifa FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Marko Livaja (HNK Hajduk Split) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
19. Jonathan David (Lille OSC) 12 x 2 = 24
Juan Miguel Jiménez López ‘Juanmi’ (Real Betis Sevilla) 12 x 2 = 24
Darwin Núñez (SL Benfica) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Giovanni Simeone (Hellas Verona) 12 x 2 = 24
Raúl de Tomás Gómez (RCD Espanyol) 12 x 2 = 24
‘Vinícius Júnior’ José Paixão de Oliveira (Real Madrid) 12 x 2 = 24
25. Eirik Botheim (Bodø/Glimt) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Luis Fernando Díaz (FC Porto/Liverpool FC) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
27. Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 11 x 2 = 22
José Luis Mato Sanmartín ‘Joselu’ (Deportivo Alavés) 11 x 2 = 22
Gaëtan Laborde (Stade Rennais) 11 x 2 = 22
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 11 x 2 = 22
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
Martin Terrier (Stade Rennais) 11 x 2 = 22
33. Karim Adeyemi (Red Bull Salzburg) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Arthur Cabral Mendonça (FC Basel/ACF Fiorentina) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Jay Donnelly (Glentoran FC) 21 x 1 = 21
Artem Dovbyk (SK Dnipro-1) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Josip Drmic (HBK Rijeka) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Georgie Kelly (Bohemian FC Dublin) 21 x 1 = 21
Jasmin Kurtic (PAOK FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Nikola Storm (KV Mechelen) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Dante Vanzeir (Union Saint-Gilloise) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Jelle Vossen (SV Zulte Waregem) 14 x 1,5 = 21
43. Tammy Abraham (AS Roma) 10 x 2 = 20
Ludovic Ajorque (Racing Strasbourg Alsace) 10 x 2 = 20
Henri Anier (Paide Linnameeskond) 20 x 1 = 20
Domenico Berardi (US Sassuolo Calcio) 10 x 2 = 20
Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) 10 x 2 = 20
Amine Gouiri (OGC Nice) 10 x 2 = 20
Diogo José Teixeira da Silva ‘Jota’ (Liverpool FC) 10 x 2 = 20
Christopher Nkunku (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 10 x 2 = 20
‘João Pedro’ Geraldino dos Santos Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 10 x 2 = 20
52. Gamid Agalarov (FC Ufa) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Sébastien Haller (AFC Ajax) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Ebere Onuachu (KRC Genk) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Shamar Nicholson (RSC Charleroi/ FC Spartak Moskva) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Guus Til (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Tom van Weert (Volos NFC) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
58. Zakaria Beglarishvili (FCI Levadia Tallinn) 19 x 1 = 19
Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal ‘Beto’ (Portimonense SC/Udinese Calcio) 2 x 1,5 + 8 x 2 = 19
Dembo Darboe (FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk) 19 x 1 = 19
Rauno Sappinen (Flora Tallinn) 19 x 1 = 19
62. Martin Ádám (Paksi FC) 18 x 1 = 18
Taiwo Awoniyi (1. FC Union Berlin) 9 x 2 = 18
Mohamed Bayo (Clermont Foot Auvergne 63) 9 x 2 = 18
Din David (Maccabi Haifa FC) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 9 x 2 = 18
Edin Dzeko (FC Internazionale Milano) 9 x 2 = 18
Hugo Ekitike (Stade de Reims) 9 x 2 = 18
Zinho Gano (SV Zulte Waregem) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Ui-Jo Hwang (FC Girondins de Bordeaux) 9 x 2 = 18
Aleksandar Katai (FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Páll Klettskarð (KÍ) 18 x 1 = 18
Aleksandar Pesic (Fatih Karagümrük AS) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Gianluca Scamacca (US Sassuolo Calcio) 9 x 2 = 18
André Miguel Silva (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 9 x 2 = 18
Andrey Solovey (FC Gomel) 18 x 1 = 18
Enes Ünal (Getafe CF) 9 x 2 = 18
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 9 x 2 = 18
Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 9 x 2 = 18
Joshua Zirkzee (RSC Anderlecht) 12 x 1,5 = 18

** 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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