The Golden Shoe is awarded every year to Europe’s best goalscorer. The goalscorer ranking is based on the goals scored in the respective league. Only players from the highest divisions of the UEFA member associations are taken into account. Since 1997, the goals in the various leagues have been multiplied by the respective country factor.
Goals in the top five leagues are multiplied by a factor of two, while goals from weaker leagues are multiplied by a factor of one or 1.5. Goals from the Dutch Eredivisie or the Turkish Süper Lig, for example, count as 1.5, while goals from the Bundesliga or Premier League count as two.
Harry Kane is going into the season as defending champion. In his first Bundesliga year, the captain of the English national team scored 36 goals. Before Kane, two former Bundesliga strikers, Erling Haaland and Robert Lewandowski, won the “Golden Shoe” twice in a row. Lewandowski also wore the FCB jersey, while Haaland already wore the Skyblues jersey.
Stand: 29. September 2024
At the moment, the top of the goal-scoring race is still peppered with unknown names – who mainly play in Scandinavia. The season has already started there, as the games are played in the calendar year. Accordingly, the strikers from Norway, Estonia and Co. initially have an advantage – but this will balance out again over the course of the round. It is already clear that Erling Haaland is a very big name at the top.
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player
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Goals
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Points/Factor
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1. Alex Tamm
(Kalju FC – Estonia)
24
24/1
2. Erling Haaland
(Man City – England)
10
20/2
3. Paul Klettkarte
(KÍ Klaksvík – Faroe Islands)
19
19/1
4. Reginaldo Ramirez
(FK Auda & FC Riga – Latvia)
18
18/1
5. Marko Regza
(FC Riga – Latvia)
17
17/1
6. Magnus Wolff Egg Cream
(Molde FK – Norway)
11
16,5/1,5
7. Alioune Ndoye
(Valmiera FC – Latvia)
16
16/1
8. Promise, David
(Union SG – Belgium & Kalju FC – Estonia)
15
15.5/1 or one goal 1.5
9. Viktor Gyökeres
(Sporting – Portugal)
10
15/1,5
= Mark Anders Lepik
(FC Flora – Estland)
15
15/1
= Kasper Hoegh
(FK Bodø/Glimt – Norwegen)
10
15/1,5
= Christian Eriksen
(Molde FK – Norway)
10
15/1,5
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season
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player
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Association
|
Goals
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1996/97
Tony Vogel
City of Barry
42
97/98
Rainer Rauffmann
Omonia Nicosia
42
98/99
Mario Jardel
FC Porto
36
1999/2000
Mario Jardel
FC Porto
38
2000/01
Henrik Larsson
Celtic Glasgow
35
01/02
Marc Lloyd-Williams
Bangor City
47
02/03
Andrei Krõlov
FC TJ Tallinn
37
03/04
Ara Hakobjan
FC Banants Eriwan
45
04/05
Marc Lloyd-Williams
TNS Llansantffraid
34
05/06
Tarmo Neemelo
FC TJ Tallinn
41
06/07
Afonso Alves
SC Heerenveen
34
07/08
Rhys Griffiths
AFC Llanelli
40
08/09
Marc Janko
RB Salzburg
39
09/10
Luis Suarez
Ajax
35
10/11
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
40
11/12
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
50
12/13
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
46
13/14
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
31
Luis Suarez
Liverpool FC
31
14/15
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
48
15/16
Luis Suarez
Barcelona
40
16/17
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
37
17/18
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
34
18/19
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
36
19/20
Ciro Real Estate
Latium Rom
36
20/21
Robert Lewandowski
FC Bayern
41
21/22
Robert Lewandowski
FC Bayern
35
22/23
Erling Haaland
Manchester City
36
23/24
Harry Kane
FC Bayern
36
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