Lionel Messi remains clear in front of the pack even though he remains on 33 league goals for the season, six more than Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe.
The English Premier League’s leading scorers, Sergio Aguero of Manchester City and Mo Salah of Liverpool, are joint 10th with 19 goals apiece.
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.
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. Fabio Quagliarella (UC Sampdoria) 22 x 2 = 44
4. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 21 x 2 = 42
— Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa CFC/AC Milan) 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
— Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 26 x 1,5 = 39
10. Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero (Manchester City) 19 x 2 = 38
— Nicolas Pépé (Lille OSC) 19 x 2 = 38
— Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 19 x 2 = 38
— Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 19 x 2 = 38
14. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 18 x 2 = 36
— Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 18 x 2 = 36
— Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 18 x 2 = 36
— Cristhian Stuani (Girona FC) 18 x 2 = 36
18. Robert Skov (FC København) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
19. 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
Arkadiusz Milik (SSC Napoli) 17 x 2 = 34
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 17 x 2 = 34
24. Dusan Tadic (AFC Ajax) 22 x 1,5 = 33
25. Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 2 = 32
Eden Hazard (Chelsea FC) 16 x 2 = 32
Wissam Ben Yedder (Sevilla FC) 16 x 2 = 32
28. Nikolai Komlichenko (FK Mladá Boleslav) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
29. Ellenton ‘Liliu’ (Nõmme Kalju FC) 31 x 1 = 31
30. 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
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 15 x 2 = 30
38. Patrick Hoban (FC Dundalk) 29 x 1 = 29
39. Haris Seferovic (SL Benfica) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Andreas Skov Olsen (FC Nordsjaelland) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
41. Francesco Caputo (Empoli FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) 14 x 2 = 28
Sébastien Haller (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 14 x 2 = 28
Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 14 x 2 = 28
Raúl de Tomás (Rayo Vallecano) 14 x 2 = 28
Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 14 x 2 = 28
47. 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
Efthymios Koulouris (Atromitos FC) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Kamil Wilczek (Brøndby IF) 18 x 1,5 = 27
54. Ishak Belfodil (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Charles’ Dias de Oliveira (SD Eibar) 13 x 2 = 26
Kai Havertz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 13 x 2 = 26
Wahbi Khazri (AS Saint-Étienne) 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
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) 13 x 2 = 26
Florian Thauvin (Olympique Marseille) 13 x 2 = 26
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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).
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