***LONDON:***A Christmas present for Robert Lewandowski was the knowledge that he continues to lead the rankings for the ESM European Golden Shoe – but Liverpool’s Mo Salah is catching up fast.
Barcelona’s Poland captain has scored 16 LaLiga goals so far but Salah is now his closest pursuer after his two weekend goals in the Premier League leaders’ 6-3 win at Tottenham.
Last season’s winner, Harry Kane, and Estonia striker Alex Tamm of Nõmme Kalju slip back into joint third place.
Lewandowski won the Golden Shoe as Kane’s predecessor in leading the Bayern Munich attack in 2021 and 2022.
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. Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) 16 x 2 = 32
2. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 15 x 2 = 30
3. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) 14 x 2 = 28
— Alex Tamm (Nõmme Kalju FC) 28 x 1 = 28
5. Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 18 x 1,5 = 27
6. Erling Braut Haaland (Manchester City) 13 x 2 = 26
Omar Marmoush (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 13 x 2 = 26
8. Reginaldo Ramires (FK Auda/Riga FC) 25 x 1 = 25
Mateo Retegui (Atalanta Bergamo) 12 x 2 = 24
Marcus Thuram (Internazionale Milano) 12 x 2 = 24
11. Bjørn Maars Johnsen (Torpedo Kutaisi) 23 x 1 = 23
Páll Klettskarð (KÍ Klaksvík) 23 x 1 = 23
13. Manfred Ugalde (FC Spartak Moscow) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
14. Jonathan David (Lille OSC) 11 x 2 = 22
Alioune Ndoye (Valmiera FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Cole Palmer (Chelsea FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Raphael Dias Belloli ‘Raphinha’ (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
18. Thierno Barry (FC Basel/Villarreal CF) 5 x 1,5 + 7 x 2 = 21,5
19. Benoný Breki Andrésson (KR Reykjavik) 21 x 1 = 21
Kristian Eriksen (Molde FK) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Guy Melamed (Hapoel Haifa) 14 x 1,5 = 21
22. 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
Jonathan Burkhardt (FSV Mainz 05) 10 x 2 = 20
Mason Greenwood (Olympique Marseille) 10 x 2 = 20
Alexander Isak (Newcastle United FC) 10 x 2 = 20
Moise Kean (AFC Fiorentina) 10 x 2 = 20
Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) 10 x 2 = 20
Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford FC) 10 x 2 = 20
Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) 10 x 2 = 20
32. Tayrell Wouter (FC Dila Gori) 19 x 1 = 19
33. Matheus Santos Carneiro Da Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 9 x 2 = 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
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
Krzysztof Piątek (Istanbul Başakşehir FK) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Marko Regža (Riga FC) 18 x 1 = 18
Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (Viking FK Stavanger) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 9 x 2 = 18
Sem Steijn (FC Twente) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Yoane Wissa (Brentford FC) 9 x 2 = 18
48. 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
52. Toluwalase Emmanuel Arokodare (KRC Genk) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Adriano Bertaccini (Sint-Truiden VV) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Mika Biereth (SK Sturm Graz) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Dean David (Maccabi Haifa) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Aune Heggebø (SK Brann Bergen) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos Piraeus) 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
Samuel ‘Samu’ Omorodion Aghehowa (FC Porto) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
Ronivaldo Bernardo Sales ‘Val Ceará’ (FC Blau-Weiss Linz) 11 x 1,5 = 16,5
66. Ahmed Ahmedov (Spartak Varna) 16 x 1 = 16
‘Ayoze’ Pérez Gutiérrez (Villarreal CF) 8 x 2 = 16
Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain) 8 x 2 = 16
Henrique Sarmengue Devens (FK TransINVEST) 16 x 1 = 16
Jānis Ikaunieks (FK RFS) 16 x 1 = 16
Viktor Jónsson (ÍA Akranes) 16 x 1 = 16
Giorgi Kokhreidze (FC Iberia 1999) 16 x 1 = 16
Egor Kortsov (FC Dynamo Brest) 16 x 1 = 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
** 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).