KEIR RADNEDGE COMMENTARY —- This season continues to witness tight 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 Viktor Gyökeres, Lewandowski and Kane not far behind.

Gyökeres of Sporting Lisbon has scored more goals than any of them – 22 – 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) 17 x 2 = 34
3. Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 22 x 1,5 = 33
4. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) 16 x 2 = 32
— Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) 16 x 2 = 32
6. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Omar Marmoush (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 15 x 2 = 30
8. Cole Palmer (Chelsea FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Mateo Retegui (Atalanta Bergamo) 14 x 2 = 28
Alex Tamm (Nõmme Kalju FC) 28 x 1 = 28
Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) 14 x 2 = 28
12. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Marcus Thuram (Internazionale Milano) 13 x 2 = 26
14. Guy Melamed (Hapoel Haifa) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
15. Reginaldo Ramires (FK Auda/Riga FC) 25 x 1 = 25
16. Jonathan Burkhardt (FSV Mainz 05) 12 x 2 = 24
Mason Greenwood (Olympique Marseille) 12 x 2 = 24
Moise Kean (AFC Fiorentina) 12 x 2 = 24
Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) 12 x 2 = 24
Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 12 x 2 = 24
21. Bjørn Maars Johnsen (Torpedo Kutaisi) 23 x 1 = 23
Páll Klettskarð (KÍ Klaksvík) 23 x 1 = 23
23. Sem Steijn (FC Twente) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Manfred Ugalde (FC Spartak Moscow) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
25. Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
Jonathan David (Lille OSC) 11 x 2 = 22
Alioune Ndoye (Valmiera FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Raphael Dias Belloli ‘Raphinha’ (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
Yoane Wissa (Brentford FC) 11 x 2 = 22
30. Thierno Barry (FC Basel/Villarreal CF) 5 x 1,5 + 7 x 2 = 21,5
31. Benoný Breki Andrésson (KR Reykjavik) 21 x 1 = 21
Kristian Eriksen (Molde FK) 14 x 1,5 = 21
33. Liviu Antal (FK Zalgiris Vilnius) 20 x 1 = 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
Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 10 x 2 = 20
Justin Kluivert (AFC Bournemouth) 10 x 2 = 20
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta Bergamo) 10 x 2 = 20
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa FC) 10 x 2 = 20
41. Toluwalase Emmanuel Arokodare (KRC Genk) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Simon Banza (Trabzonspor Külübü) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Jefté Betancor Sánchez (MGS Panserraikos) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos Piraeus) 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
48. Tayrell Wouter (FC Dila Gori) 19 x 1 = 19
49. 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
Hugo Ekitiké (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 9 x 2 = 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
Dodi Lukébakio (Sevilla FC) 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
Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 9 x 2 = 18
61. 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
65. 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
Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray SK) 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
Mame Baba Thiam (Eyüspor Külübü) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Ronivaldo Bernardo Sales ‘Val Ceará’ (FC Blau-Weiss Linz) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5

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