KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Harry Kane remains clear leader in the ESM Golden Shoe ranking for the leading marksman in European league football but Lautaro Martinez is chasing hard.

Kane struck twice at the weekend  – including a stoppage-time winner – to lead Bayern Munich to a 2-1 victory over RB Leipzig, ending a three-game losing run in all competitions. Meanwhile Martinez also scored twice in Italian league leaders Internazionale’s 4-0 win at Lecce.

England’s captain totals 27 goals so far, five clear of Martinez with Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe on 21.

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.

Latest standings:

1. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) 27 x 2 = 54
2. Lautaro Martínez (Internazionale Milano) 22 x 2 = 44
3. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 21 x 2 = 42
4. Serhou Guirassy (VfB Stuttgart) 18 x 2 = 36
Amahl Pellegrino (FK Bodø/Glimt) 24 x 1,5 = 36
6. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) 17 x 2 = 34
7. Kevin Denkey (Cercle Brugge) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 22 x 1,5 = 33
9. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) 16 x 2 = 32
Loïs Openda (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 16 x 2 = 32
11. Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ Alkmaar) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
12. Borja Mayoral (Getafe CF) 15 x 2 = 30
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) 15 x 2 = 30
15. Santiago Gimenez (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
16. Artem Dovbyk (Girona FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth AFC) 14 x 2 = 28
Deniz Undav (VfB Stuttgart) 14 x 2 = 28
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) 14 x 2 = 28
20. Andrej Ilic (Rigas FS/Välerenga IF) 14 x 1 + 9 x 1,5 = 27,5
21. Mohamed Amoura (FC Lugano/Royale Union St. Gilloise) 1 x 1,5 + 17 x 1,5 = 27
Edin Dzeko (Fenerbahçe SK) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) 18 x 1,5 = 27
24. Ante Budimir (CA Osasuna) 13 x 2 = 26
Álvaro Borja Morata Martín (Atlético Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) 13 x 2 = 26
27. Simon Banza (SC Braga) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
29. Imre Badalassi (SP Tre Penne) 24 x 1 = 24
Ermedin Demirovic (FC Augsburg) 12 x 2 = 24
Bård Finne (SK Brann Bergen) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) 12 x 2 = 24
Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais) 12 x 2 = 24
Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) 12 x 2 = 24
Heung-min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 12 x 2 = 24
‘Igor Thiago’ Nascimento Rodrigues (Club Brugge) 16 x 1,5 = 24
37. Akor Adams (Lillestrøm SK) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Faris Pemi Moumbagna (FK Bodø/Glimt) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Matheus Bonifácio ‘Saldanha’ Marinho (FK Partizan Belgrade) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
40. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) 11 x 2 = 22
Jonathan David (LOSC Lille) 11 x 2 = 22
Paulo Dybala (AS Roma) 11 x 2 = 22
Niklas Füllkrug (Borussia Dortmund) 11 x 2 = 22
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 11 x 2 = 22
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 11 x 2 = 22
46. Brian Brobbey (Ajax) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Mateo Cassierra (FC Zenit St. Petersburg) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Anders Dreyer (RSC Anderlecht) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Vegard Erlien (Tromsø IL) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray SK) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Thomas Lehne Olsen (Lillestrøm SK) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Rey Manaj (Sivasspor) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Rafa Mújica (FC Arouca) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Frantzdy Pierrot (Maccabi Haifa FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Francisco ‘Fran’ Sol Ortiz (AEK Larnaca) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Mame Baba Thiam (Kayserispor/Pendikspor SK) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Sølvi Vatnhamar (Víkingur Gøta) 21 x 1 = 21
58. Maximilian Beier (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 10 x 2 = 20
Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 10 x 2 = 20
Hugo Duro Perales (Valencia CF) 10 x 2 = 20
‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 10 x 2 = 20
Gorka Guruzeta Rodríguez (Club Athletic de Bilbao) 10 x 2 = 20
Hee-chan Hwang (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 10 x 2 = 20
Alexander Isak (Newcastle United FC) 10 x 2 = 20
Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) 10 x 2 = 20
Omar Marmoush (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 10 x 2 = 20
Cole Palmer (Chelsea FC) 10 x 2 = 20
‘Richarlison’ de Andrade (Tottenham Hotspur) 10 x 2 = 20
Matías Soulé Malvano (Frosinone Calcio) 10 x 2 = 20
Marcus Thuram (Internazionale Milano) 10 x 2 = 20
71. Samuel Essende (FC Vizela) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
‘Jairo’ de Macedo da Silva (Pafos FC) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Aboubakary Koita (Sint-Truidense VV) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
‘Loren’ Lorenzo Jesús Morón García (Aris Thessaloniki FC) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen FC) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Krysztof Piatek (Istanbul Basaksehir FK) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Zlatko Tripic (Viking FK Stavanger) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
78. Mathias Oyewusi (FK Žalgiris Vilnius) 19 x 1 = 19
Marko Regza (Rīga FC) 19 x 1 = 19
Brad Young (The New Saints) 19 x 1 = 19

* 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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