Golden Shoe now three-way battle between Salah, Haaland and Isak
KEIR RADNEDGE COMMENTARY —- The three top slots in latest ESM European Golden Boot ranking is now the property of three Premier League stars.
Out in front is Liverpool’s Mo Salah followed by Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and with Newcastle’s Alexander Isak being joint third along with last season’s winner Harry Kane and the previous team’s leading marksman Robert Lewandowski.
In fact Victor 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) 19 x 2 = 38
2. Erling Braut Haaland (Manchester City) 18 x 2 = 36
3. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United FC) 17 x 2 = 34
— Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) 17 x 2 = 34
— Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) 17 x 2 = 34
6. Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 22 x 1,5 = 33
7. Mateo Retegui (Atalanta Bergamo) 16 x 2 = 32
8. Omar Marmoush (SG Eintracht Frankfurt/Manchester City) 15 x 2 = 30
Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) 15 x 2 = 30
10. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Cole Palmer (Chelsea FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Alex Tamm (Nõmme Kalju FC) 28 x 1 = 28
Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) 14 x 2 = 28
14. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 13 x 2 = 26
Marcus Thuram (Internazionale Milano) 13 x 2 = 26
16. Guy Melamed (Hapoel Haifa) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
17. Reginaldo Ramires (FK Auda/Riga FC) 25 x 1 = 25
18. 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
Raphael Dias Belloli ‘Raphinha’ (FC Barcelona) 12 x 2 = 24
22. Bjørn Maars Johnsen (Torpedo Kutaisi) 23 x 1 = 23
Páll Klettskarð (KÍ Klaksvík) 23 x 1 = 23
24. Krzysztof Piątek (Istanbul Başakşehir FK) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Sem Steijn (FC Twente) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Manfred Ugalde (FC Spartak Moscow) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
27. Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
Jonathan David (Lille OSC) 11 x 2 = 22
Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
Hugo Ekitiké (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 11 x 2 = 22
Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 11 x 2 = 22
Justin Kluivert (AFC Bournemouth) 11 x 2 = 22
Alioune Ndoye (Valmiera FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Yoane Wissa (Brentford FC) 11 x 2 = 22
35. Thierno Barry (FC Basel/Villarreal CF) 5 x 1,5 + 7 x 2 = 21,5
36. Benoný Breki Andrésson (KR Reykjavik) 21 x 1 = 21
Toluwalase Emmanuel Arokodare (KRC Genk) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Kristian Eriksen (Molde FK) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Jefté Betancor Sánchez (MGS Panserraikos) 14 x 1,5 = 21
40. 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
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta Bergamo) 10 x 2 = 20
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa FC) 10 x 2 = 20
45. Simon Banza (Trabzonspor Külübü) 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
Samuel ‘Samu’ Omorodion Aghehowa (FC Porto) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
49. Tayrell Wouter (FC Dila Gori) 19 x 1 = 19
50. Mika Biereth (SK Sturm Graz/AS Monaco) 11 x 1,5 + 1 x 2 = 18,5
51. 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
Youssef En-Nesyri (Fenerbahçe SK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Evann Guessand (OGC Nice) 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
Enrique ‘Kike’ García Martínez (Deportivo Alavés) 9 x 2 = 18
‘Loren’ Lorenzo Jesús Morón García (Aris Thessaloniki FC) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Romelu Lukaku (SSC Napoli Calcio) 9 x 2 = 18
Dodi Lukébakio (Sevilla FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Lautaro Javier Martínez (Internazionale Milano) 9 x 2 = 18
Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) 9 x 2 = 18
Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray SK) 12 x 1,5 = 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
68. 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
72. Adriano Bertaccini (Sint-Truiden VV) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Sam Dalby (Dundee United) 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
Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven) 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
** 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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