KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Karim Benzema’s penalty in Real Madrid’s 4-1 weekend LaLiga win over Real Sociedad lifted him up among the pursuers of long-time leader Robert Lewandowski in the ESM European Golden Shoe rankings.

The France striker has scored 20 goals in league competition, the same as Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) and Dusan Vlahovic (ex-Fiorentina, now-Juventus).

Bayern Munich’s Poland captain has 28 goals after winning 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.

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) 28 x 2 = 56
2. Ohi Omoijuanfo (Molde FK) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
3. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 20 x 2 = 40
Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 20 x 2 = 40
Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) 20 x 2 = 40
Dusan Vlahovic (AFC Fiorentina/Juventus) 20 x 2 = 40
7. Thomas Lehne Olsen (Lillestrøm SK) 26 x 1,5 = 39
8. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 19 x 2 = 38
9. Veton Berisha (Viking FK Stavanger) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Michael Frey (Royal Antwerp FC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Marko Livaja (HNK Hajduk Split) 22 x 1,5 = 33
12. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 2 = 32
13. Ricardo Jorge Gomes (FK Partizan Beograd) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
Deniz Undav (Union Saint-Gilloise) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
15. Anthony Modeste (1.FC Köln) 15 x 2 = 30
Darwin Núñez (SL Benfica) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Giovanni Simeone (Hellas Verona) 15 x 2 = 30
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 15 x 2 = 30
19. Gaëtan Laborde (Stade Rennais) 14 x 2 = 28
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 14 x 2 = 28
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 14 x 2 = 28
Christopher Nkunku (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 14 x 2 = 28
23. Omer Atzili (Maccabi Haifa FC) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Mikkel Dahl (Havnar Bóltfelag) 27 x 1 = 27
Sébastien Haller (AFC Ajax) 18 x 1,5 = 27
26. Tammy Abraham (AS Roma) 13 x 2 = 26
Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 13 x 2 = 26
Jonathan David (Lille OSC) 13 x 2 = 26
Martin Terrier (Stade Rennais) 13 x 2 = 26
Raúl de Tomás Gómez (RCD Espanyol) 13 x 2 = 26
Enes Ünal (Getafe CF) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Vinícius Júnior’ José Paixão de Oliveira (Real Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
33. Aleksandar Katai (FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
34. Luis Fernando Díaz (FC Porto/Liverpool FC) 15 x 1,5 + 1 x 2 = 24,5
35. Domenico Berardi (US Sassuolo Calcio) 12 x 2 = 24
Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 12 x 2 = 24
Josip Drmic (HBK Rijeka) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Edin Dzeko (FC Internazionale Milano) 12 x 2 = 24
Diogo José Teixeira da Silva ‘Jota’ (Liverpool FC) 12 x 2 = 24
Djordje Jovanovic (FK Cukaricki Stankom/Maccabi Tel Aviv) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Juan Miguel Jiménez López ‘Juanmi’ (Real Betis Sevilla) 12 x 2 = 24
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 12 x 2 = 24
Ebere Onuachu (KRC Genk) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Theoson−Jordan Siebatcheu (BSC Young Boys) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Jelle Vossen (SV Zulte Waregem) 16 x 1,5 = 24
46. Martin Ádám (Paksi FC) 23 x 1 = 23
Arthur Cabral Mendonça (FC Basel/ACF Fiorentina) 14 x 1,5 + 1 x 2 = 23
48. Karim Adeyemi (Red Bull Salzburg) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Eirik Botheim (Bodø/Glimt) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Ricardo Jorge da Luz Horta (SC Braga) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Jasmin Kurtic (PAOK FC) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Nikola Storm (KV Mechelen) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
53. Jay Donnelly (Glentoran FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Ángel Martín Correa (Club Atlético de Madrid) 11 x 2 = 22
José Luis Mato Sanmartín ‘Joselu’ (Deportivo Alavés) 11 x 2 = 22
Gianluca Scamacca (US Sassuolo Calcio) 11 x 2 = 22
Heung-min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 11 x 2 = 22
58. Assan Ceesay (FC Zürich) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Din David (Maccabi Haifa FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Artem Dovbyk (SK Dnipro-1) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Georgie Kelly (Bohemian FC Dublin) 21 x 1 = 21
Declan McManus (The New Saints) 21 x 1 = 21
Shamar Nicholson (RSC Charleroi/ FC Spartak Moskva) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Tarik Tissoudali (KAA Gent) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Dante Vanzeir (Union Saint-Gilloise) 14 x 1,5 = 21
66. Ludovic Ajorque (Racing Strasbourg Alsace) 10 x 2 = 20
Henri Anier (Paide Linnameeskond) 20 x 1 = 20
Taiwo Awoniyi (1. FC Union Berlin) 10 x 2 = 20
Antonín Barák (Hellas Verona) 10 x 2 = 20
Mohamed Bayo (Clermont Foot Auvergne 63) 10 x 2 = 20
Gianluca Caprari (Hellas Verona) 10 x 2 = 20
Memphis Depay (FC Barcelona) 10 x 2 = 20
Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) 10 x 2 = 20
Amine Gouiri (OGC Nice) 10 x 2 = 20
Gonçalo Manuel Guedes (Valencia CF) 10 x 2 = 20
Ui-Jo Hwang (FC Girondins de Bordeaux) 10 x 2 = 20
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 10 x 2 = 20
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) 10 x 2 = 20
‘João Pedro’ Geraldino dos Santos Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 10 x 2 = 20
Randal Kolo Muani (FC Nantes) 10 x 2 = 20
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 10 x 2 = 20
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 10 x 2 = 20

** 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), 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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