KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTING —- Harry Kane’s winning goal for Tottenham against Crystal Palace in the English Premier League lifted him into second place to the prolific Erling Haaland in not only the domestic scoring race but also in the ESM European Golden Shoe rankings.

His 26th league goal also saw him become the first player to score 10 headed goals in a Premier season.

Interim manager Ryan Mason said: “People see the goals, the records, but what doesn’t get touched upon enough is the technical brilliance and, most important, the team player, the humility. We value him so much.”

England’s captain now has only Alan Shearer ahead of him in the Premier League ranking, 51 goals in the distance, and the prospect of breaking the all-time record. Palace manager Roy Hodgson said: “I would expect him to break the record. He has several good years ahead of him.” Whether those years will be spent at Tottenham remains to be seen.

Haaland leads the way with 35 goals which is a Premier single-season record already but he will not threaten the Golden Shoe mark.

The highest single-season scorer in the history of the Golden Shoe was Lionel Messi with 50 goals for Barcelona in 2011-12.

Haaland could yet join the elite of 15 players to have claimed 40 goals or more since the original, Adidas-backed award was created in 1967-68.

Apart from Messi 11 years ago, the other men in the ‘Club of 40’ are Eusebio (Benfica, 42 in 1967-68 and 40 in 1972-73), Josip Skoblar (Marseille, 44 in 1970-71), Gerd Muller (40 in 1971-72), Hector Yazalde (Sporting, 46 in 1973-74), Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo Bucharest, 47 in 1976-77), Hans Krankl (Rapid Vienna, 41 in 1977-78), Dorin Mateut (Dinamo Bucharest, 43 in 1988-89), David Taylor (Porthmadog, 43 in 1993-94), Zviad Endeladze (Margveti, 40 in 1995-96), Mario Jardel (Sporting 42 in 2001-02), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 40 in 2010-11 and 48 in 2014-15), Luis Suarez (Barcelona, 40 in 2015-16) and Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, 41 on 2020-21).

Messi also won with 46 goals in 2012-13.

ESM revival

In 1996-97 the competition was reorganised under the administration of the European Sports Media association, founded by the continent’s leading sports publications.

From that point the UEFA ranking system was used to generate a points system which rewarded the goals by players in the most competitive leagues.

Hence marksmen from the Big Five (England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) benefit from a points multiplier of two. Players in leagues between places six and 22 of the UEFA national ranking 2022 receive a 1.5 coëfficiënt. As in former years the ranking does not include play-offs or cup matches in the official ranking.

The last winner from outside the Big Five leagues was Mario Jardel with his 42 goals for Sporting in the Portuguese league in 2001-02.

Golden Shoe: latest ranking

1. Erling Braut Haaland (Manchester City) 35 x 2 = 70
2. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 26 x 2 = 52
3. Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais) 24 x 2 = 48
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 24 x 2 = 48
5. Victor Osimhen (SSC Napoli) 22 x 2 = 44
6. Jonathan David (Lille OSC) 21 x 2 = 42
7. Enner Valencia (Fenerbahçe SK) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
8. Ivan Toney (Brentford FC) 20 x 2 = 40
9. Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) 19 x 2 = 38
Lautaro Martínez (Internazionale Milano) 19 x 2 = 38
Loïs Openda (RC Lens) 19 x 2 = 38
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 19 x 2 = 38
13. Amahl Pellegrino (FK Bodö/Glimt) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
14. Folarin Balogun (Stade de Reims) 18 x 2 = 36
Habibou ‘Habib’ Mouhamadou Diallo (Racing Strasbourg) 18 x 2 = 36
16. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic FC) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
17. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 17 x 2 = 34
Terem Moffi (FC Lorient/OGC Nice) 17 x 2 = 34
Elye Wahi (Montpellier Hérault SC) 17 x 2 = 34
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 17 x 2 = 34
21. ‘Malcom’ Filipe Silva de Oliveira (FC Zenit St. Petersburg) 22 x 1,5 = 33
22. Niclas Füllkrug (SV Werder Bremen) 16 x 2 = 32
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 16 x 2 = 32
24. Artem Dovbyk (SK Dnipro-1) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
26. Hugo Cuypers (KAA Gent) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Boulaye Dia (US Salernitana 1919) 15 x 2 = 30
‘Gabriel Martinelli’ Silva (Arsenal) 15 x 2 = 30
Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) 15 x 2 = 30
Martin Ödegaard (Arsenal) 15 x 2 = 30
Rayan Philippe (FC Swift Hesperange) 30 x 1 = 30
Kevin van Veen (Motherwell FC) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) 15 x 2 = 30
34. Fabio Borini (Fatih Karagümrük) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Cédric Itten (BSC Young Boys) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Marko Livaja (HNK Hajduk Split) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Jakub Reznícek (FC Zbrojovka Brno) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
38. ‘Joselu’ José Luis Mato Sanmartín (RCD Espanyol) 14 x 2 = 28
Dominik Stolz (FC Swift Hesperange) 28 x 1 = 28
Enes Ünal (Getafe CF) 14 x 2 = 28
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) 14 x 2 = 28
42. Gianni Bruno (Sint-Truiden VV) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Mbaye Diagne (Fatih Karagümrük) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Jean-Pierre Nsamé (BSC Young Boys) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Quincy Promes (FC Spartak Moscow) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Ayase Ueda (Cercle Brugge) 18 x 1,5 = 27
47. Bobur Abdikholikov (FK Energetik-BGU Minsk) 26 x 1 = 26
Valentín Mariano ‘Taty’ Castellanos (Girona FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg) 13 x 2 = 26
Randal Kolo Muani (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 13 x 2 = 26
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta Bergamo) 13 x 2 = 26
Álvaro Borja Morata  (Atlético Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
Vedat Muriqi (RCD Mallorca) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26
Christopher Nkunku (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 13 x 2 = 26
M’Bala Nzola (Spezia Calcio 1906) 13 x 2 = 26
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) 13 x 2 = 26
Alexis Sánchez (Olympique Marseille) 13 x 2 = 26
Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 13 x 2 = 26
Barnabás Varga (Paksi FC) 26 x 1 = 26
62. Cody Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven/Liverpool FC) 9 x 1,5 + 6 x 2 = 25,5
‘Jairo’ de Macedo da Silva (Pafos FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
‘João Mário’ Naval (SL Benfica) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Aleksandar Katai (FK Crvena Zvezda Belgrade) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Gonçalo Matias Ramos (SL Benfica) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
67. Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 12 x 2 = 24
Omer Atzili (Maccabi Haifa) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Mama Samba Baldé (ESTAC Troyes) 12 x 2 = 24
Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) 12 x 2 = 24
Guido Burgstaller (SK Rapid Wien) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Tyrone Conraad (FK Sutjeska Niksic) 24 x 1 = 24
Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse FC) 12 x 2 = 24
Luís Henrique Barros Lopes ‘Duk’ (Aberdeen FC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Anastasios Douvikas (FC Utrecht) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Marvin Duksch (SV Werder Bremen) 12 x 2 = 24
Breel Embolo (AS Monaco) 12 x 2 = 24
Sydney van Hooijdonk (sc Heerenveen) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Borja Iglesias Quintás (Real Betis Sevilla) 12 x 2 = 24
Vincent Janssen (Royal Antwerp FC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Raimonds Krollis (Valmiera FC) 24 x 1 = 24
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (SSC Napoli) 12 x 2 = 24
Gaëtan Laborde (OGC Nice) 12 x 2 = 24
Rafael Alexandre Conceiçao Leão (AC Milan) 12 x 2 = 24
Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen FC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Ebere Paul Onuachu (KRC Genk/Southampton) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Markus Pink (SK Austria Klagenfurt) 16 x 1,5 = 24
‘Rodrigo’ Moreno (Leeds United) 12 x 2 = 24
Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Hugo Vetlesen (FK Bodö/Glimt) 16 x 1,5 = 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), 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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