European Golden Shoe 2020/21: Ronaldo now joint second

11:10am on Tuesday 23rd February 2021
By Martin Macdonald

Cristiano Ronaldo is jow joint second in the 2020/21 Golden Shot standings following his two goals for Juventus versus Crotone at the weekend.

The Portuguese forward has now netted 18 times in Serie A which puts him on to 36 points alongside Eintracht Frankfurt's Andre Silva.

However, the runaway leader remains Robert Lewandowski who scored again for Bayern, albeit in a loss against Silva's Frankfurt side. The former Dortmund striker is now on 26 goals for the season which has generated him 52 points.

Genk's Paul Onuachu continues to hang with the big guns after he scored his 23rd goal of the season.

Both Erling Haaland and Romelu Lukaku found the back of the net in the Bundesliga and Serie A respectively in this round, which puts them both on to 17 league goals.

Haaland scored two against Schalke, while Lukaku scored one as Inter beat Milan 3-0.

Lionel Messi now has 16 for the season which puts him on par with Kylian Mbappe. Neither Barcelona nor PSG won at the weekend.

2020/21 EUROPEAN GOLDEN SHOE STANDINGS

2020/21 European Golden Shoe

[Atletico Madrid

Player	Team	Goals	Points
Robert Lewandowski	Bayern	26	52
Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	18	36
Andre Silva	Frankfurt	18	36
Paul Onuachu	Genk	23	34.5
Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	17	34
Erling Haaland	Dortmund	17	34
Romelu Lukaku	Inter	17	34
Georgios Giakoumakis	Venlo	22	33
Luis Suarez	16	32
Kylian Mbappe	PSG	16	32
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	16	32

A reminder: 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.

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

2020/21 EUROPEAN GOLDEN SHOE (Summer Leagues)

2020 European Golden Shoe

Player	Team	Goals	Points
Kasper Junker	Bomo/Glimt	27	40.5
Amahl Pellegrino	Kristiansund	25	37.5
Philip Zinckernagel	Bodo/Glimt	19	28.5
Christoffer Nyman	Norrköping	18	27
Rauno Sappinen	Flora Tallinn	26	26
Veton Berisha	Viking	16	24
Astrit Selmani	Verbergs	15	22.5
Mushaga Bakenga	Odds BK	15	22.5
Moses Ogbu	Mjallby	14	21
Anders Christiansen	Malmo	13	19.5
Leke James	Molde	12	19.5
Maksim Skavysh	BATE Borisov	19	19