KEIR RADNEDGE COMMENTARY —- This season is witnessing a competition for the ESM European Golden Boot after three seasons in which the outcome was clear from a long way out.

Instead of only Robert Lewandowski or Harry Kane out front the race of now between the Premier League’s Mo Salah and Erling Haaland with Lewandowski and Kane not far behind.

In fact Viktor Gyökeres of Sporting Lisbon has scored more goals but it handicapped by the computation of the rankings.

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 coefficient.

As in former years the ranking does not include play-offs or cup matches in the official ranking.

Latest rankings

1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 18 x 2 = 36
2. Erling Braut Haaland (Manchester City) 16 x 2 = 32
— Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) 16 x 2 = 32
4. Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
5. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) 15 x 2 = 30
6. Omar Marmoush (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 14 x 2 = 28
Alex Tamm (Nõmme Kalju FC) 28 x 1 = 28
8. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Cole Palmer (Chelsea FC) 13 x 2 = 26
11. Guy Melamed (Hapoel Haifa) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
12. Reginaldo Ramires (FK Auda/Riga FC) 25 x 1 = 25
13. Jonathan Burkhardt (FSV Mainz 05) 12 x 2 = 24
Mateo Retegui (Atalanta Bergamo) 12 x 2 = 24
Marcus Thuram (Internazionale Milano) 12 x 2 = 24
Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) 12 x 2 = 24
17. Bjørn Maars Johnsen (Torpedo Kutaisi) 23 x 1 = 23
Páll Klettskarð (KÍ Klaksvík) 23 x 1 = 23
19. Sem Steijn (FC Twente) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Manfred Ugalde (FC Spartak Moscow) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
21. Jonathan David (Lille OSC) 11 x 2 = 22
Mason Greenwood (Olympique Marseille) 11 x 2 = 22
Moise Kean (AFC Fiorentina) 11 x 2 = 22
Alioune Ndoye (Valmiera FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Raphael Dias Belloli ‘Raphinha’ (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 11 x 2 = 22
27. Thierno Barry (FC Basel/Villarreal CF) 5 x 1,5 + 7 x 2 = 21,5
28. Benoný Breki Andrésson (KR Reykjavik) 21 x 1 = 21
Kristian Eriksen (Molde FK) 14 x 1,5 = 21
30. Liviu Antal (FK Zalgiris Vilnius) 20 x 1 = 20
Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain) 10 x 2 = 20
Ante Budimir (CA Osasuna) 10 x 2 = 20
Matheus Santos Carneiro Da Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 10 x 2 = 20
Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain) 10 x 2 = 20
Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) 10 x 2 = 20
Yoane Wissa (Brentford FC) 10 x 2 = 20
37. Toluwalase Emmanuel Arokodare (KRC Genk) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Cherif Ndiaye (FK Crvena Zvezda) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Krzysztof Piątek (Istanbul Başakşehir FK) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Samuel ‘Samu’ Omorodion Aghehowa (FC Porto) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
41. Tayrell Wouter (FC Dila Gori) 19 x 1 = 19
42. Simon Banza (Trabzonspor Külübü) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Jefté Betancor Sánchez (MGS Panserraikos) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Dean David (Maccabi Haifa) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Kasper Dolberg (RSC Anderlecht) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Magnus Wolff Eikrem (Molde FK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Kasper Høgh (FK Bodø/Glimt) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Davis Ikaunieks (FA Šiauliai) 18 x 1 = 18
Nicolás Jackson (Chelsea FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos Piraeus) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 9 x 2 = 18
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta Bergamo) 9 x 2 = 18
Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) 9 x 2 = 18
Marko Regža (Riga FC) 18 x 1 = 18
Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (Viking FK Stavanger) 12 x 1,5 = 18
56. Rody Junior Effaghe (FC Gomel) 17 x 1 = 17
Patrick Pedersen (Valur Reykjavik) 17 x 1 = 17
Nikola Vasic (IF Brommapojkarna) 17 x 1 = 17
Sergei Zenjov (FC Flora Tallinn) 17 x 1 = 17
60. Adriano Bertaccini (Sint-Truiden VV) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Mika Biereth (SK Sturm Graz/AS Monaco) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Aune Heggebø (SK Brann Bergen) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Benjamin Källman (KS Cracovia) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Jan Kliment (SK Sigma Olomouc) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Efthymis Koulouris (Pogoń Szczecin) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Dereck Kutesa (Servette FC) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Simen Bolkan Nordli (Randers FC) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
‘Leonardo Rocha’ Miramar (Radomiak Radom) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Dia Saba (Maccabi Haifa) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Ronivaldo Bernardo Sales ‘Val Ceará’ (FC Blau-Weiss Linz) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
71. Ahmed Ahmedov (Spartak Varna) 16 x 1 = 16
‘Ayoze’ Pérez Gutiérrez (Villarreal CF) 8 x 2 = 16
Liam Delap (Ipswich Town FC) 8 x 2 = 16
Henrique Sarmengue Devens (FK TransINVEST) 16 x 1 = 16
Luis Fernando Díaz (Liverpool FC) 8 x 2 = 16
Evann Guessand (OGC Nice) 8 x 2 = 16
Jānis Ikaunieks (FK RFS) 16 x 1 = 16
Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez (Fulham FC) 8 x 2 = 16
Viktor Jónsson (ÍA Akranes) 16 x 1 = 16
Arnaud Kalimuendo (Stade Rennais) 8 x 2 = 16
Giorgi Kokhreidze (FC Iberia 1999) 16 x 1 = 16
Egor Kortsov (FC Dynamo Brest) 16 x 1 = 16
Goduine Koyalipou (CSKA Sofia/RC Lens) 14 x 1 + 1 x 2 = 16
Dodi Lukébakio (Sevilla FC) 8 x 2 = 16
James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) 8 x 2 = 16
Alexander Sørloth (Atlético Madrid) 8 x 2 = 16
Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) 8 x 2 = 16
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa FC) 8 x 2 = 16

** 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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