KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: The unstoppable Robert Lewandowski is closing in on a second successive ESM European Golden Shoe for the continent’s leading league marksman.

Bayern Munich’s Poland captain Robert Lewandowski has set yet another record at the weekend.

His goal for the newly-recrowned champions in a 3-1 defeat at Mainz was his 18th away from home in the current Bundesliga season.

That lifted him clear of Jupp Heynckes (17 with Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973-74) and Chelsea striker Timo Werner (17 in 2019-20 with RB Leipzig).

Lewandowski’s 34 goals place him seven clear of Lazio’s Ciro Immobile and eight ahead of Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema.

Last season FIFA’s world player of the year won the Golden Shoe with 41 goals in the Bundesliga to finish 11 clear of Barcelona’s Leo Messi and 12 ahead of third-placed Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus.

Goals by marksmen from among the top five nations in the UEFA ranking benefit from a multiple of 2.0, the next batch (places six to 22 ) a factor of 1.5 and the remainder 1.0.

Last season Lewandowski was only the third player since 2010 to interrupt Messi and Ronaldo’s command of the award after Barcelona’s Luis Suarez in 2016 and Lazio’s Ciro Immobile last season.

As in other years the rankings does not include play-offs.

Golden Shoe standings

1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 34 x 2 = 68
2. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 27 x 2 = 54
3. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 26 x 2 = 52
4. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 24 x 2 = 48
5. Dusan Vlahovic (AFC Fiorentina/Juventus) 23 x 2 = 46
6. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 22 x 2 = 44
Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) 22 x 2 = 44
8. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 21 x 2 = 42
Martin Terrier (Stade Rennais) 21 x 2 = 42
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 21 x 2 = 42
11. Ohi Omoijuanfo (Molde FK) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
12. Thomas Lehne Olsen (Lillestrøm SK) 26 x 1,5 = 39
Darwin Núñez (SL Benfica) 26 x 1,5 = 39
14. Anthony Modeste (1.FC Köln) 19 x 2 = 38
Heung-min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 19 x 2 = 38
16. Deniz Undav (Union Saint-Gilloise) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
17. Christopher Nkunku (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 18 x 2 = 36
‘Cristiano Ronaldo‘ dos Santos Aveiro (Manchester United) 18 x 2 = 36
19. Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 17 x 2 = 34
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 17 x 2 = 34
21. Veton Berisha (Viking FK Stavanger) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Michael Frey (Royal Antwerp FC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Ricardo Jorge Gomes (FK Partizan Beograd) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Marko Livaja (HNK Hajduk Split) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Theoson−Jordan Siebatcheu (BSC Young Boys) 22 x 1,5 = 33
26. Giovanni Simeone (Hellas Verona) 16 x 2 = 32
27. Josip Drmic (HBK Rijeka) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
28. Tammy Abraham (AS Roma) 15 x 2 = 30
Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 15 x 2 = 30
Sébastien Haller (AFC Ajax) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Diogo José Teixeira da Silva ‘Jota’ (Liverpool FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Aleksandar Katai (FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Gaëtan Laborde (Stade Rennais) 15 x 2 = 30
Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Raúl de Tomás Gómez (RCD Espanyol) 15 x 2 = 30
Enes Ünal (Getafe CF) 15 x 2 = 30
37. Martin Ádám (Paksi FC) 29 x 1 = 29
38. Luis Fernando Díaz (FC Porto/Liverpool FC) 15 x 1,5 + 3 x 2 = 28,5
Ebere Onuachu (KRC Genk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Tarik Tissoudali (KAA Gent) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
41. Domenico Berardi (US Sassuolo Calcio) 14 x 2 = 28
Nemanja Bilbija (HSK Zrinjski Mostar) 28 x 1 = 28
Juan Miguel Jiménez López ‘Juanmi’ (Real Betis Sevilla) 14 x 2 = 28
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 14 x 2 = 28
‘Vinícius Júnior’ José Paixão de Oliveira (Real Madrid) 14 x 2 = 28
46. Gamid Agalarov (FC Ufa) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Omer Atzili (Maccabi Haifa FC) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Assan Ceesay (FC Zürich) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Mikkel Dahl (Havnar Bóltfelag) 27 x 1 = 27
Iván López Álvarez ‘Ivi’ (RKS Raków Częstochowa) 18 x 1,5 = 27
51. Marko Arnautovic (Bologna FC 1909) 13 x 2 = 26
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal/FC Barcelona) 13 x 2 = 26
Taiwo Awoniyi (1. FC Union Berlin) 13 x 2 = 26
Jonathan David (Lille OSC) 13 x 2 = 26
Andy Delort (OGC Nice) 13 x 2 = 26
Edin Dzeko (FC Internazionale Milano) 13 x 2 = 26
Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) 13 x 2 = 26
José Luis Mato Sanmartín ‘Joselu’ (Deportivo Alavés) 13 x 2 = 26
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 13 x 2 = 26
Victor Osimhen (SSC Napoli) 13 x 2 = 26
‘João Pedro’ Geraldino dos Santos Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
Gianluca Scamacca (US Sassuolo Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
63. Ricardo Jorge da Luz Horta (SC Braga) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Djordje Jovanovic (FK Cukaricki Stankom/Maccabi Tel Aviv) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Jelle Vossen (SV Zulte Waregem) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
66. Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal ‘Beto’ (Portimonense SC/Udinese Calcio) 2 x 1,5 + 11 x 2 = 25
Arthur Cabral Mendonça (FC Basel/ACF Fiorentina) 14 x 1,5 + 2 x 2 = 25
Jay Donnelly (Glentoran FC) 25 x 1 = 25

** 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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