KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Lionel Messi remains unassailable in pursuit of the ESM Golden Shoe which rewards European league football’s leading marksman.
Messi now totals 33 league goals for the season, six more than Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe.
The Golden Shoe is based on a ranking computed according to UEFA’s July rankings. Thus marksmen from among the top five nations benefit from a multiple of 2.0, the next batch 1.5 and the remainder 1.0.
French step up
Last year France replaced Portugal in the top five meaning the value of goals in Ligue 1 rose to 2.0 while the valuation for for players from Benfica, Sporting and Porto etc was downgraded to 1.5. Goals in the countries ranked on down from 23 stand at face value.
As in previous years the Golden Shoe does not consider goals in play-off competitions.
Golden Shoe standings
(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)
1. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 33 x 2 = 66
2. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 27 x 2 = 54
3. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 21 x 2 = 42
— Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa CFC/AC Milan) 21 x 2 = 42
— Fabio Quagliarella (UC Sampdoria) 21 x 2 = 42
6. Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 20 x 2 = 40
Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 20 x 2 = 40
8. Mbaye Diagne (Kasimpasa SK/Galatasaray SK) 26 x 1,5 = 39
9. Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero (Manchester City) 19 x 2 = 38
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 19 x 2 = 38
11. Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
12. Nicolas Pépé (Lille OSC) 18 x 2 = 36
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 18 x 2 = 36
Cristhian Stuani (Girona FC) 18 x 2 = 36
15. Robert Skov (FC København) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
16. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 17 x 2 = 34
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 17 x 2 = 34
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) 17 x 2 = 34
Luka Jovic (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 17 x 2 = 34
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 17 x 2 = 34
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 17 x 2 = 34
22. Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 2 = 32
Eden Hazard (Chelsea FC) 16 x 2 = 32
Arkadiusz Milik (SSC Napoli) 16 x 2 = 32
Wissam Ben Yedder (Sevilla FC) 16 x 2 = 32
26. Nikolai Komlichenko (FK Mladá Boleslav) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
27. Ellenton ‘Liliu’ (Nõmme Kalju FC) 31 x 1 = 31
28. Iago Aspas (RC Celta de Vigo) 15 x 2 = 30
Zakaria Beglarishvili (FC Flora Tallinn) 30 x 1 = 30
Andrej Kramarić (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 15 x 2 = 30
‘Paulinho’ de Oliveira (BK Häcken) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Yussuf Poulsen (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 15 x 2 = 30
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 15 x 2 = 30
Mbwane Ally Samatta (KRC Genk) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 15 x 2 = 30
Dusan Tadic (AFC Ajax) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 15 x 2 = 30
38. Patrick Hoban (FC Dundalk) 29 x 1 = 29
39. Andreas Skov Olsen (FC Nordsjaelland) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
40. Francesco Caputo (Empoli FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Sébastien Haller (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 14 x 2 = 28
Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 14 x 2 = 28
43. Igor Angulo Albóniga (Górnik Zabrze) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Roman Debelko (FC Levadia Tallinn) 27 x 1 = 27
Linus Hallenius (GIF Sundsvall) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Hamdi Harbaoui (SV Zulte Waregem) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Guillaume Hoarau (BSC Young Boys) 18 x 2 = 27
Haris Seferovic (SL Benfica) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Kamil Wilczek (Brøndby IF) 18 x 1,5 = 27
50. Ishak Belfodil (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Charles’ Dias de Oliveira (SD Eibar) 13 x 2 = 26
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 13 x 2 = 26
Jaime Mata Arnaiz (Getafe CF) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Neymar’ da Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26
Florian Thauvin (Olympique Marseille) 13 x 2 = 26
Raúl de Tomás (Rayo Vallecano) 13 x 2 = 26
Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 13 x 2 = 26
58. Efthymios Koulouris (Atromitos FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Aluísio ‘Júnior Moraes’ (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
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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), 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).#####################.
