Pursuers out of time as Lewandowski heads towards another Golden Shoe
—- Robert Lewandowski remains firmly on course to win the ESM European Golden Shoe for a second successive season.
Lewandowski’s 34 goals place him seven clear of Lazio’s Ciro Immobile and eight ahead of Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema.
Last season FIFA’s world player of the year won the Golden Shoe with 41 goals in the Bundesliga to finish 11 clear of Barcelona’s Leo Messi and 12 ahead of third-placed Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus.
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 standings
1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 34 x 2 = 68
2. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 27 x 2 = 54
3. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 26 x 2 = 52
4. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 24 x 2 = 48
Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) 24 x 2 = 48
6. Dusan Vlahovic (AFC Fiorentina/Juventus) 23 x 2 = 46
7. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 22 x 2 = 44
8. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 21 x 2 = 42
Martin Terrier (Stade Rennais) 21 x 2 = 42
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 21 x 2 = 42
11. Ohi Omoijuanfo (Molde FK) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
12. Christopher Nkunku (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 20 x 2 = 40
Heung-min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 20 x 2 = 40
14. Thomas Lehne Olsen (Lillestrøm SK) 26 x 1,5 = 39
Darwin Núñez (SL Benfica) 26 x 1,5 = 39
16. Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 19 x 2 = 38
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 19 x 2 = 38
Anthony Modeste (1.FC Köln) 19 x 2 = 38
19. Marko Livaja (HNK Hajduk Split) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
Deniz Undav (Union Saint-Gilloise) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
21. ‘Cristiano Ronaldo‘ dos Santos Aveiro (Manchester United) 18 x 2 = 36
22. Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 17 x 2 = 34
23. Veton Berisha (Viking FK Stavanger) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Michael Frey (Royal Antwerp FC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Ricardo Jorge Gomes (FK Partizan Beograd) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Theoson−Jordan Siebatcheu (BSC Young Boys) 22 x 1,5 = 33
27. Giovanni Simeone (Hellas Verona) 16 x 2 = 32
28. Josip Drmic (HBK Rijeka) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
29. Luis Fernando Díaz (FC Porto/Liverpool FC) 15 x 1,5 + 4 x 2 = 30,5
30. Tammy Abraham (AS Roma) 15 x 2 = 30
Sébastien Haller (AFC Ajax) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Diogo José Teixeira da Silva ‘Jota’ (Liverpool FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Aleksandar Katai (FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Gaëtan Laborde (Stade Rennais) 15 x 2 = 30
Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Raúl de Tomás Gómez (RCD Espanyol) 15 x 2 = 30
Enes Ünal (Getafe CF) 15 x 2 = 30
38. Martin Ádám (Paksi FC) 29 x 1 = 29
39. Ebere Onuachu (KRC Genk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Tarik Tissoudali (KAA Gent) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
41. Marko Arnautovic (Bologna FC 1909) 14 x 2 = 28
Domenico Berardi (US Sassuolo Calcio) 14 x 2 = 28
Nemanja Bilbija (HSK Zrinjski Mostar) 28 x 1 = 28
Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) 14 x 2 = 28
Juan Miguel Jiménez López ‘Juanmi’ (Real Betis Sevilla) 14 x 2 = 28
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Gianluca Scamacca (US Sassuolo Calcio) 14 x 2 = 28
‘Vinícius Júnior’ José Paixão de Oliveira (Real Madrid) 14 x 2 = 28
49. Gamid Agalarov (FC Ufa) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Omer Atzili (Maccabi Haifa FC) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Assan Ceesay (FC Zürich) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Mikkel Dahl (Havnar Bóltfelag) 27 x 1 = 27
Ricardo Jorge da Luz Horta (SC Braga) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Iván López Álvarez ‘Ivi’ (RKS Raków Częstochowa) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Shamar Nicholson (RSC Charleroi/FC Spartak Moskva) 18 x 1,5 = 27
56. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal/FC Barcelona) 13 x 2 = 26
Taiwo Awoniyi (1. FC Union Berlin) 13 x 2 = 26
Mohamed Bayo (Clermont Foot Auvergne 63) 13 x 2 = 26
Jonathan David (Lille OSC) 13 x 2 = 26
Andy Delort (OGC Nice) 13 x 2 = 26
Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 13 x 2 = 26
Edin Dzeko (FC Internazionale Milano) 13 x 2 = 26
José Luis Mato Sanmartín ‘Joselu’ (Deportivo Alavés) 13 x 2 = 26
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 13 x 2 = 26
Victor Osimhen (SSC Napoli) 13 x 2 = 26
Mario Pasalic (Atalanta Bergamo) 13 x 2 = 26
‘João Pedro’ Geraldino dos Santos Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) 13 x 2 = 26
70. Mikael Ishak (KKS Lech Poznań) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Djordje Jovanovic (FK Cukaricki Stankom/Maccabi Tel Aviv) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Jelle Vossen (SV Zulte Waregem) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
73. Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal ‘Beto’ (Portimonense SC/Udinese Calcio) 2 x 1,5 + 11 x 2 = 25
Arthur Cabral Mendonça (FC Basel/ACF Fiorentina) 14 x 1,5 + 2 x 2 = 25
Jay Donnelly (Glentoran FC) 25 x 1 = 25
** 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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