The 2024-25 European Golden Shoe final standings: Mbappe beats Gyokeres and Salah…
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski and Thierry Henry are some of the legendary goalscorers who have claimed the European Golden Shoe in the 21st century – but who got their hands on the prize in 2024-25?
The award is invariably handed out to superstars at clubs in Europe’s major leagues, but players from across all the top-flight leagues in Europe are eligible in a complex coefficient ranking system.
Goals scored in the top five leagues according to the UEFA coefficients list are multiplied by two, goals scored in the leagues ranked sixth to 22nd are multiplied by 1.5, and goals scored in leagues ranked 22nd are down count for one.
Here’s the final European Golden Shoe top 10 standings:
10. Mika Bierith – 42.5 points
English-born Danish international Bierith has been slamming in the goals this season. In the first half of the campaign, he was playing in the Austrian Bundesliga for Sturm Graz.
There, he bagged 11 goals, which count for 16.5 points on the scoring system, given the strength of the league.
But the 22-year-old was rewarded with a move to Monaco in January, and in 10 games in Ligue 1, he already has 13 goals. Those are worth 26 points, so in addition to what he had already picked up at Sturm Graz, Bierith now has 42.5 points.
=8. Omar Marmoush – 44pts
Before his move to Manchester City in January, Egyptian forward Omar Marmoush was banging in the goals for Eintracht Frankfurt.
He bagged 15 goals for his former side, and such was his proficiency in front of goal that he’s still the joint third-top scorer in the Bundesliga, despite not having played there for over two months.
Marmoush has added seven Premier League goals with Manchester City, taking his tally to 22, which is worth 44 points.
=8. Erling Haaland – 44pts
Haaland has floated around the top 10 in the Golden Shoe rankings all season. There have been peaks and troughs, but he’s been able to build on an outrageous start, in which he notched 10 goals from his first five outings.
Since then, Haaland has bagged another 12 goals in the Premier League, taking his tally to 22 for the season, which is worth 44 points.
7. Alexander Isak – 46pts
It’s been another eye-catching season for the Newcastle number nine, who has scored 23 goals in 34 Premier League outings this season.
With those sorts of numbers, it’s no wonder that the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool have been sniffing around in recent months. Although it would take a mammoth offer to lure him away from St James’ Park right now.
6. Mateo Retegui – 50pts
Born and raised in Argentina, having developed his skills in River Plate and Boca Juniors’ academies, Retegui has turned out to be Italy’s great new hope thanks to his parentage. He showed promise for Genoa last season after returning to the motherland but he’s exploded into life since signing for Atalanta in the summer as a last-gasp replacement for his Azzurri team-mate Gianluca Scamacca.
Gian Piero Gasperini has a proven track record of getting the most out of attack-minded players and he’s struck gold once again. Retegui’s 22 Serie A goals are only bettered by two players in Europe’s major leagues, and are equal to a pair of absolute superstars. 
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5. Harry Kane – 52pts
No player since the year 2000 has reached the milestone of 50 goals in any of Europe’s major leagues quicker than Kane in the Bundesliga.
The England skipper won the European Golden Shoe for the first time in his career last season, but he wasn’t able to retain the award this year.
4. Robert Lewandowski – 54pts
The last man who retained the award was Lewandowski back in 2022. Hansi Flick is once again getting the very best out of Poland’s all-time top goalscorer, who has arguably peaked well into his thirties.
He’s formed an irresistible trident alongside Raphinha and Lamine Yamal and is firing Barcelona’s title charge with 27 goals in 34 games.
3. Mohamed Salah – 58 points
As a winger, Salah is something of an outlier on the list, as the Liverpool man is the only out-and-out wide man in the top 20.
He is, of course, the Reds’ talisman, and has led the way in the European Golden Shoe race for the majority of the season. However, having only scored three goals in his last nine league matches, he’s recently fallen to third on the list.
2. Viktor Gyokeres – 58.5pts
No player from outside of Europe’s top five leagues has won the Golden Shoe award since Mario Jardel scored 42 goals in the Primeira Liga back in 2001-02.
Over two decades later, Gyokeres came agonisingly close to winning it. European football’s hottest property has scored 39 league goals this season, the most of any player on this list.
However, with just 1.5 points per goal, it means he’s just fallen short of winning the award.
1. Kylian Mbappe – 62pts
Despite losing out on the La Liga title to Barcelona, Mbappe has managed to win the European Golden Shoe for the first time in his career.
With 31 league goals in his debut season for Real Madrid, he’s managed to eclipse Cristiano Ronaldo’s scoring numbers from his debut season in Spain. You’ve got to respect that.
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