Golden Boot winners over the past 20 years
Sporting Lisbon's Victor Gjokeres tops the list of candidates for the current edition of the Golden Boot award for the top scorer in European leagues during the 2024-25 season. The Swedish striker tops the list with 57 points, followed by Liverpool's Mohamed Salah in second place with 56 points. Just two points behind Egyptian international Salah in third place is Real Madrid's French star Kylian Mbappé, who raised his tally to 54 points after his hat-trick in El Clásico against Barcelona. Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski, who has 50 points from his 25 La Liga goals, shares fourth place with Bayern Munich's Harry Kane. Several prominent stars have won the European Golden Boot award in recent years.
The list of European Golden Shoe winners in the last 20 seasons is as follows:
Harry Kane (2023-2024 season) - 72 points
Erling Haaland (2022-2023 season) - 72 points
Robert Lewandowski (2021-2022 season) - 72 points
Robert Lewandowski (2020-2021 season) - 82 points
Ciro Immobile (2019-2020 season) - 72 points
Lionel Messi (2018-2019 season) - 72 points
Lionel Messi (2017-2018 season) - 68 points
Lionel Messi (2016-2017 season) - 74 points
Luis Suarez (2015-2016 season) - 80 points
Cristiano Ronaldo (2014-2015 season) - 96 points
Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez (2013-2014 season) - 62 points
Lionel Messi (2012-2013 season) - 92 points
Lionel Messi (2011-2012 season) - 100 points
Cristiano Ronaldo (2010-2011 season) - 80 points
Lionel Messi (2009-2010 season) - 68 points
Diego Forlan (2008-2009 season) - 64 points
Cristiano Ronaldo (2007-2008 season) - 62 points
Francesco Totti (2006-2007 season) - 52 points
Luca Toni (2005-2006 season) - 62 points
Thierry Henry and Diego Forlan (2004-2005 season) - 50 points
