KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTING —- Harry Kane is racing clear of Kylian Mbappe in the current standings of the ESM Golden Shoe for Europe’s leading league marksman. Kane scored twice in Bayern Munich’s 3-2 defeat of Borussia Dortmund at the weekend.

The ultimate winner is decided on a points basis to even out, as best as possible, domestic competitive imbalance.

As is tradition goals scored by players competing in Europe’s top five leagues – Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 – are worth two points. Goals from those who play in leagues ranked sixth to 22nd in Uefa’s coefficient, including the Portuguese Primeira Liga, are worth 1.5 points.

Mbappe last season was only the third Madrid player to win the award, after Hugo Sanchez (1989-90) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2010-11, 2013-14 and 2014-15).

Latest ranking:

1. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) 30 x 2 = 60
2. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) 23 x 2 = 46
3. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) 22 x 2 = 44
4. ‘Igor Thiago’ Nascimento Rodrigues (Brentford FC) 18 x 2 = 36
5. Luis Javier Suárez (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 22 x 1,5 = 33
6. Vedat Muriqi (RCD Mallorca) 16 x 2 = 32
7. Vangelis Pavlidis (SL Benfica) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
8. Darko Lemajic (FK RFS) 29 x 1 = 29
9. Mason Greenwood (Olympique Marseille) 14 x 2 = 28
Lautaro Martínez (Internazionale Milano) 14 x 2 = 28
Joaquín Panichelli (Racing Strasbourg Alsace) 14 x 2 = 28
Antoine Semenyo (AFC Bournemouth/Manchester City) 14 x 2 = 28
Deniz Undav (VfB Stuttgart) 14 x 2 = 28
14. Ibrahim Diabaté (GAIS Göteborg) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Daniel Karlsbakk (Sarpsborg 08) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Paul Onuachu (Trabzonspor SK) 18 x 1,5 = 27
August Priske Flyger (Djurgårdens IF) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 18 x 1,5 = 27
19. Luis Fernando Díaz (FC Bayern München) 13 x 2 = 26
Klaemint Andrasson Olsen (NSÍ Runavík) 26 x 1 = 26
Lamine Yamal (FC Barcelona) 13 x 2 = 26
22. Yanis Begraoui (GD Estoril-Praia) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Nahir Besara (Hammarby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Aleksandar Katai (FK Crvena Zvezda Belgrade) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Kasper Høgh (FK Bodø/Glimt) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
26. Ante Budimir (CA Osasuna) 12 x 2 = 24
Franculino Gluda Djú (FC Midtjylland) 16 x 1,5 = 24
‘Ferran Torres’ García (FC Barcelona) 12 x 2 = 24
Estéban Lepaul (Angers SCO/FC Stade Rennais) 12 x 2 = 24
Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell FC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Jovan Milosevic (FK Partizan Belgrade/SV Werder Bremen) 12 x 1,5 + 3 x 2 = 24
‘Manu Toledano’ Ortiz (Mons Calpe SC) 24 x 1 = 24
Eldor Shomurodov (Istanbul Başakşehir FK) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Leo Walta (IK Sirius) 16 x 1,5 = 24
35. Jordan Williams (The New Saints FC) 23 x 1 = 23
36. Chris Bedia (BSC Young Boys) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Dan Biton (Hapoel Beer Sheva) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Christian Fassnacht (BSC Young Boys) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos Piraeus) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Ryan Mmaee (AC Omonia Nicosia) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Willy Semedo (AC Omonia Nicosia) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Stefán Ingi Sigurdarson (Sandefjord Fotball) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
43. Hugo Ekitiké (Liverpool FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) 11 x 2 = 22
Patrick Hoban (Glentoran FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
‘João Pedro’ Junqueira de Jesus (Chelsea FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Haris Tabakovic (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 11 x 2 = 22
49. Pavel Sulc (Slovan Liberec/Olympique Lyonnais) 1 x 1,5 + 10 x 2 = 21,5
50. Dion Drena Beljo (GNK Dinamo Zagreb) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Tomás Bobcek (Lechia Gdansk) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Tomás Chorý (SK Slavia Prague) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Peter Christiansen (Viking FK Stavanger) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Dino Islamovic (Rosenborg BK Trondheim) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Bjørn Maars Johnsen (Torpedo Kutaisi) 21 x 1 = 21
Páll Klettskard (KÍ Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag) 21 x 1 = 21
Benjamin Nygren (Celtic FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Rauno Sappinen (FC Flora Tallinn) 21 x 1 = 21
Alessandro Vogt (FC Sankt Gallen) 14 x 1,5 = 21
60. Nadiem Amiri (FSV Mainz 05) 10 x 2 = 20
Christoph Baumgartner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 10 x 2 = 20
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United FC) 10 x 2 = 20
Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal) 10 x 2 = 20
Borja Iglesias Quintás (RCD Celta de Vigo) 10 x 2 = 20
Andrej Kramaric (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 10 x 2 = 20
Michael Olise (FC Bayern München) 10 x 2 = 20
Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad de Fútbol) 10 x 2 = 20
Emil Grønn Pedersen (Havnar Bóltfelag 1904) 20 x 1 = 20
Wesley Saïd (RC Lens) 10 x 2 = 20
Danny Welbeck (Brighton & Hove Albion) 10 x 2 = 20
71. Ieltsin Camões (Tromsø IL) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Karol Czubak (Motor Lublin) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Mika Godts (AFC Ajax Amsterdam) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray SK) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Luka Jovic (AEK Athens) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Troy Parrott (AZ Alkmaar) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Jesús Andrés Ramírez (CD Nacional) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
‘Samu’ Samuel Omorodion Aghehowa (FC Porto) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
‘Talisca’ Anderson Souza Conceição (Fenerbahçe SK) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Clube de Braga) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5

Janis Ikaunieks (FK RFS) 19 x 1 = 19
Eligijus Jankauskas (FA Siauliai) 19 x 1 = 19

* 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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