LONDON: Erling Haaland failed to score in Manchester City’s midweek 1-1 draw against Brighton but remains comfortably clear in pursuit of the ESM European Golden Shoe.

The UEFA ranking system is used to generate a points system which rewarded the goals by players in the most competitive leagues.

Hence marksmen from the Big Five (England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) benefit from a points multiplier of two. Players in leagues between places six and 22 of the UEFA national ranking 2022 receive a 1.5 coëfficiënt. As in former years the ranking does not include play-offs or cup matches in the official ranking.

The last winner from outside the Big Five leagues was Mario Jardel with his 42 goals for Sporting in the Portuguese league in 2001-02.

Latest standings:

1. Erling Braut Haaland (Manchester City) 36 x 2 = 72
2. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 28 x 2 = 56
— Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 28 x 2 = 56
4. Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais) 26 x 2 = 52
5. Victor Osimhen (SSC Napoli) 23 x 2 = 46
6. Jonathan David (Lille OSC) 22 x 2 = 44
Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) 22 x 2 = 44
8. Enner Valencia (Fenerbahçe SK) 28 x 1,5 = 42
9. Folarin Balogun (Stade de Reims) 20 x 2 = 40
Habibou ‘Habib’ Mouhamadou Diallo (Racing Strasbourg) 20 x 2 = 40
Ivan Toney (Brentford FC) 20 x 2 = 40
Lautaro Martínez (Internazionale Milano) 20 x 2 = 40
13. Loïs Openda (RC Lens) 19 x 2 = 38
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 19 x 2 = 38
15. Amahl Pellegrino (FK Bodö/Glimt) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
16. Artem Dovbyk (SK Dnipro-1) 24 x 1,5 = 36
Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) 18 x 2 = 36
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 18 x 2 = 36
19. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic FC) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
‘Malcom’ Filipe Silva de Oliveira (FC Zenit St. Petersburg) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
21. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 17 x 2 = 34
Terem Moffi (FC Lorient/OGC Nice) 17 x 2 = 34
Elye Wahi (Montpellier Hérault SC) 17 x 2 = 34
24. Boulaye Dia (US Salernitana 1919) 16 x 2 = 32
Niclas Füllkrug (SV Werder Bremen) 16 x 2 = 32
Rayan Philippe (FC Swift Hesperange) 32 x 1 = 32
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 16 x 2 = 32
28. Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
30. Hugo Cuypers (KAA Gent) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Mbaye Diagne (Fatih Karagümrük) 20 x 1,5 = 30
‘Joselu’ José Luis Mato Sanmartín (RCD Espanyol) 15 x 2 = 30
‘Gabriel Martinelli’ Silva (Arsenal) 15 x 2 = 30
Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) 15 x 2 = 30
Jean-Pierre Nsamé (BSC Young Boys) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Martin Ödegaard (Arsenal) 15 x 2 = 30
Quincy Promes (FC Spartak Moscow) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Kevin van Veen (Motherwell FC) 20 x 1,5 = 30
39. Dominik Stolz (FC Swift Hesperange) 29 x 1 = 29
40. Fabio Borini (Fatih Karagümrük) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray SK) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Cédric Itten (BSC Young Boys) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Marko Livaja (HNK Hajduk Split) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Jakub Reznícek (FC Zbrojovka Brno) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
45. Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) 14 x 2 = 28
Amine Gouiri (OGC Nice) 14 x 2 = 28
Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg) 14 x 2 = 28
Randal Kolo Muani (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 14 x 2 = 28
Christopher Nkunku (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 14 x 2 = 28
Alexis Sánchez (Olympique Marseille) 14 x 2 = 28
Enes Ünal (Getafe CF) 14 x 2 = 28
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) 14 x 2 = 28
53. Gianni Bruno (Sint-Truiden VV) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Anastasios Douvikas (FC Utrecht) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Gonçalo Matias Ramos (SL Benfica) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Ayase Ueda (Cercle Brugge) 18 x 1,5 = 27
57. Bobur Abdikholikov (FK Energetik-BGU Minsk) 26 x 1 = 26
Valentín Mariano ‘Taty’ Castellanos (Girona FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Tyrone Conraad (FK Sutjeska Niksic) 26 x 1 = 26
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
Borja Iglesias Quintás (Real Betis Sevilla) 13 x 2 = 26
Rafael Alexandre Conceiçao Leão (AC Milan) 13 x 2 = 26
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta Bergamo) 13 x 2 = 26
Álvaro Borja Morata  (Atlético Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
Vedat Muriqi (RCD Mallorca) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26
M’Bala Nzola (Spezia Calcio 1906) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Rodrigo’ Moreno (Leeds United) 13 x 2 = 26
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) 13 x 2 = 26
Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 13 x 2 = 26
Barnabás Varga (Paksi FC) 26 x 1 = 26
72. Cody Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven/Liverpool FC) 9 x 1,5 + 6 x 2 = 25,5
‘Jairo’ de Macedo da Silva (Pafos FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
‘João Mário’ Naval (SL Benfica) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Aleksandar Katai (FK Crvena Zvezda Belgrade) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Xavi Simons (PSV Eindhoven) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5

** 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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