European Golden Shoe 19/20: Immobile's 36 goals wins it

7:30am on Sunday 6th September 2020
By Team FC

This is the European Golden Shoe final standings for 2019/20. If you wish to check the 2020/21 European Golden Shoe standings, follow this link.

Ciro Immobile won the 2019/20 European Golden Shoe, scoring 36 goals for Lazio in a tremendous Serie A season.

The Italian fought off competition from Bayern's Robert Lewandowski and Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the prize.

The European Golden Shoe award is given to the player who has scored the most goals for their club in the season, subject to the standard of competition in which the player is competing.

The five elite leagues - Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 - all carry a weighting of 2, meaning that a player will be awarded two points for every goal they score in these competitions.

For the leagues ranked sixth to 30 in Uefa's coefficients rankings goals scored are given a weighting of 1.5, and goals scored in a league outwith the top 30, goals are given a weighting of 1.

2019/20 EUROPEAN GOLDEN SHOE

2019/20 European Golden Shoe

Player	Team	xG	Goals	Rating
Ciro Immobile	Lazio	28.1	36	72
Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	31.2	34	68
Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	29.11	31	62
Timo Werner	RB Leipzig	23.45	28	56
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	20.85	25	50
Erling Haaland	Dortmund	N/A	29	50
Romelu Lukaku	Inter	20.57	23	46
Jamie Vardy	Leicester	18.9	23	46
Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys	N/A	30	45
Shon Weissman	Wolfsberg	N/A	30	45
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Arsenal	16.35	22	44
Danny Ings	Southampton	15.86	22	44
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	21.25	21	42
Raheem Sterling	Man City	19.8	20	40
Francesco Caputo	Sassuolo	12.99	19	38
Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	20.66	19	38
Kylian Mbappe	PSG	16.57	18	36
Patson Daka	RB Salzburg	N/A	24	36
Alexander Sorloth	Trabzonspor	N/A	24	36
Christian Gytkjaer	Lech Poznan	N/A	24	36

Immobile's 36 goals includes 14 penalties, pushing him two clear of Lewandowski, who has just five penalties in his total.

Only Ronaldo stood a chance of catching Immobile on the final day of Serie A action, but he was left out of Juventus' side for their home defeat to Roma, while Immobile netted his 36 and final goal of the season to secure not only the capocannoniere, but the European Golden Shoe.

Below the big three, the Premier League is the best represented league on the list, with five players featured. They are Jamie Vardy, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Mohamed Salah, Danny Ings, and Raheem Sterling.

Serie A has four representatives; As well as Immobile and Ronaldo we have Romelu Lukaku of Inter, and Francesco Caputo of Sassuolo.

With La Liga suffering from a perceived drop in quality over the past 12 months, this is reflected in Lionel Messi and Karim Benzema being the only entrants in the list.

Outwith the top five leagues and being penalised by the competition weighting are Shon Weissman of Wolfsberg, Patson Daka of RB Salzburg, Jean-Pierre Nsame of Young Boys, Christian Gytkjaer of Lech Poznan, and Alexander Sorloth of Trabzonspor.

EUROPEAN GOLDEN SHOE WINNERS: 2000-2019

Previous Winners

Year	Winner	Team	Goals	Rating
2018/19	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	36	72
2017/18	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	34	68
2016/17	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	37	74
2015/16	Luis Suarez	Barcelona	40	80
2014/15	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	48	96
2013/14	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	31	62
2012/13	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	46	92
2011/12	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	50	100
2010/11	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	40	80
2009/10	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	34	68
2008/09	Diego Forlan	Atletico	32	64
2007/08	Cristiano Ronaldo	Man Utd	31	62
2006/07	Francesco Totti	Roma	26	52
2005/06	Luca Toni	Fiorentina	31	62
2004/05	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	25	50
2003/04	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	30	60
2002/03	Roy Makaay	Deportivo	29	58
2001/02	Mario Jardel	Sporting CP	42	63
2000/01	Henrik Larsson	Celtic	35	52.5
1999/00	Kevin Phillips	Sunderland	30	60

Just like the Ballon d'Or, the European Golden Shoe has historically been dominated by Ronaldo and Messi. Indeed since 2007 only Diego Forlan in 2008/09 and Luis Suarez in 2015/16 have broken the duopoly.

Messi is the only player to break 100 points in the modern ratings system, with his 50 goals in 2011/12 pushing him past the milestone. Messi has six Golden Shoe awards to Ronaldo's four.

European Golden Shoe Standings 2020/21

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