LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo’s five-goal extravaganza for Real Madrid against Granada at the weekend saw him overtake Barcelona’s Lionel Messi in the ESM Golden Shoe ranking for Europe’s leading league marksman.

Messi remained on 32 league goals while Ronaldo accelerated back up to 36.

Only goals in domestic regular season league competition count for the Golden Shoe.

Players’ goals totals are multiplied by a 1-2-3 ranking of the countries according to the UEFA Ranking of last July 1. That means the goals from numbers one (Spain) to five (Portugal) are doubled, goals from places six  (France) to 22 (Croatia) are multiplied by 1.5.

Goals in league tournament playoffs do not count.

Golden Shoe standings

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 36 x 2 = 72

2. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 32 x 2 = 64

3. Diego Costa (Chelsea) 19 x 2 = 38

Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 19 x 2 = 38
Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) 19 x 2 = 38
6. Evgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev) 36 x 1 = 36
Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyon) 24 x 1,5 = 36
8. Jonatan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
9. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 17 x 2 = 34
Carlos Bacca (Sevilla FC) 17 x 2 = 34
Jackson Martinez (FC Porto) 17 x 2 = 34
‘Neymar’ da Silva (FC Barcelona) 17 x 2 = 34
Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) 17 x 2 = 34
Carlos Tevez (Juventus) 17 x 2 = 34
15. Andrej Kramaric (HNK Rijeka/Leicester City) 21 x 1,5 + 1 x 2 = 33,5
16. Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 22 x 1,5 = 33
17. Charlie Austin (Queens Park Rangers) 16 x 2 = 32
Alberto Bueno (Rayo Vallecano) 16 x 2 = 32
Jérémy Menez (AC Milan) 16 x 2 = 32
Igor Subbotin (Levadia Tallinn) 32 x 1 = 32
21. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 15 x 2 = 30
Mauro Icardi (Internazionale) 15 x 2 = 30
Shkelzen Gashi (FC Basel) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 15 x 2 = 30
Fabrice Kouadio ‘Manucho’ (FC Infonet) 30 x 1 = 30
Luca Toni (Hellas Verona) 15 x 2 = 30
27. Joe Gormley (Cliftonville FC) 29 x 1 = 29
28. Robert Beric (SK Rapid Wien) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Memphis Depay (PSV) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
30. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) 14 x 2 = 28
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 14 x 2 = 28
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) 14 x 2 = 28
Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Skonto Riga) 28 x 1 = 28
34. André-Pierre Gignac (Olympique Marseille) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Chris Venables (Aberystwyth Town) 27 x 1 = 27
36. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
Bas Dost (VfL Wolfsburg) 13 x 2 = 26
Paulo Dybala (US Palermo) 13 x 2 = 26
Gonzalo Higuaín (SSC Napoli) 13 x 2 = 26
Rodrigo José ‘Lima’ dos Santos (SL Benfica) 13 x 2 = 26
Jordan Owens (Crusaders FC) 26 x 1 = 26
42. José ‘Fernandão’ Viana de Santana (Bursaspor) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
44. Vidar Örn Kjartansson (Valerenga IF) 25 x 1 = 25
Edison Luis dos Santos ‘Tarabai’ (Hibernian FC) 25 x 1 = 25
46. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) 12 x 2 = 24
Jerónimo Barrales (Asteras Tripolis) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) 12 x 2 = 24
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 12 x 2 = 24
‘Jonas’ Gonçalves Oliveira (SL Benfica) 12 x 2 = 24
Luuk de Jong (PSV) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Ahmed Hassan ‘Koka’ (Rio Ave) 12 x 2 = 24
Michiel Kramer (ADO Den Haag) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Mario Mandzukic (Atlético Madrid) 12 x 2 = 24
Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) 12 x 2 = 24
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 12 x 2 = 24
Franco di Santo (Werder Bremen) 12 x 2 = 24
Luciano Víetto (Villarreal CF) 12 x 2 = 24

** 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), 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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