The Golden Boot is one of the most prestigious individual awards in the history of football and is presented to the top scorer of the season in Europe, an award which has Robert Lewandowski as the current winner. Argentina’s Leo Messi is the maximum winner of the trophy, having won it six times, twice more than Cristiano Ronaldo.
In this article, Goal puts together what the standings are like in 2021/22 and we also take a look at all the winners of the Golden Shoe, which has been awarded since 1968 and in Eusebiothe Portuguese legend, to his first winner, who scored 42 goals that season.
PUNCTUATION SYSTEM
The scoring criteria for which the winners have been determined are the following:
– In the German, Spanish, English, Italian and French leagues, goals are rated at 2 points.
– In the Austrian, Belgian, Bulgarian, Czech, Portuguese, Croatian, Scottish, Greek, Dutch, Israeli, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Swiss, Turkish, Belarusian and Ukrainian leagues, each goal is worth 1.5 points.
– In Albanian, Andorran, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Cypriot, Danish, Slovak, Slovenian, Estonian, Finnish, Faroese, Georgian, Welsh, Hungarian, Irish, Northern Irish, Icelandic, Kazakh, Lithuanian, Luxembourg, Latvian, Macedonian , Maltese, Moldovan, Montenegrin, Romanian and Swedish each goal is worth 1 point.
GOLD BOOTS 2021/22: THE CLASSIFICATION
- Robert Lewandowski, 33 goals for Bayern Munich (68 points),
- Ciro Immobile, 27 goals for Lazio (54 points)
- Karim Benzema, 27 goals for Real Madrid (54 points),
- Ohi Omoijuanfo, 33 goals for Red Star Belgrade (49.5 points),
- Patrik Shick, 24 goals for Bayer Leverkusen (48 points),
- Kylian Mbappe, 24 goals for PSG (48 points),
- Dusan Vlahovic, 23 goals between Fiorentina and Juventus (46 points),
- Mohamed Salah, 22 goals for Liverpool (44 points),
- Erling Haaland, 21 goals for Borussia Dortmund (42 points),
- Martin Terrier, 21 goals for Rennes (42 points),
- Wissam Ben Yedder, 20 goals for Monaco (42 points)
ALL GOLD BOOTS WINNERS
| SEASON | PLAYER | GOALS | POINTS | TEAM |
| 1967/68 | Eusebio | 42 | †| benfica |
| 1968/69 | Petar Zhekov | 36 | †| CSKA Sofia |
| 1969/70 | Gerd Muller | 38 | †| Bayern Munich |
| 1970/71 | Josip Skoblar | 44 | †| Olympic Marseille |
| 1971/72 | Gerd Muller | 40 | †| Bayern Munich |
| 1972/73 | Eusebio | 40 | †| benfica |
| 1973/74 | Hector Yazalde | 46 | †| Sporty Portugal |
| 1974/75 | Dudu Georgescu | 33 | †| Dinamo Bucharest |
| 1975/76 | Sotiris Kaiafas | 39 | †| Omonia Nicosia |
| 1976/77 | Dudu Georgescu | 47 | †| Dinamo Bucharest |
| SEASON | PLAYER | GOALS | POINTS | TEAM |
| 1977/78 | Hansi Krankli | 41 | †| Fast Vienna |
| 1978/79 | Kees Kist | 3. 4 | †| AZ Alkmaar |
| 1979/80 | Erwin Vandenbergh | 39 | †| Winch |
| 1980/81 | Georgy Slavkov | 31 | †| Trakia Plovdiv |
| 1981/82 | Wim Kift | 32 | †| Ajax |
| 1982/83 | Fernando Gomez | 36 | †| postage |
| 1983/84 | Ian Rush | 32 | †| Liverpool |
| 1984/85 | Fernando Gomez | 39 | †| postage |
| 1985/86 | Marco van Basten | 37 | †| Ajax |
| 1986/87 | Tony Polster | 39 | †| Austria Vienna |
| SEASON | PLAYER | GOALS | POINTS | TEAM |
| 1987/88 | Tanju Colak | 39 | †| Galatasaray |
| 1988/89 | Dorin Mateut | 43 | †| Dinamo Bucharest |
| 1989/90 | Hugo Sanchez Hristo Stoichkov |
38 | †| Real Madrid
CSKA Sofia |
| 1990/91 | darko pancev | 3. 4 | †| red star |
| 1991/92 | Ally McCoist | 3. 4 | †| rangers |
| 1992/93 | Ally McCoist | 3. 4 | †| rangers |
| 1993/94 | david taylor | 43 | †| Porthmadog |
| 1994/95 | Arsen Avitisyan | 39 | †| homenhem |
| 1995/96 | Zvyad Endeladze | 40 | †| Ajax |
| 1996/97 | Ronaldo | 3. 4 | 68 | FC Barcelona |
| SEASON | PLAYER | GOALS | POINTS | TEAM |
| 1997/98 | Nikos Machlas | 3. 4 | 51 | speed |
| 1998/99 | Mario Jardel | 36 | 72 | postage |
| 1999/00 | Kevin Phillips | 30 | 60 | Sunderland |
| 2000/01 | Henrik Larson | 35 | 52’5 | Celtic |
| 2001/02 | Mario Jardel | 42 | 84 | Sporty Portugal |
| 2002/03 | Roy Makay | 29 | 58 | Sports of Coruna |
| 2003/04 | Thierry Henry | 30 | 60 | Arsenal |
| 2004/05 | Diego Forlan
Thierry Henry |
25 | fifty | Villarreal
Arsenal |
| 2005/06 | Luca Tony | 31 | 62 | Fiorentina |
| 2006/07 | Francesco Totti | 26 | 52 | AS Rome |
| SEASON | PLAYER | GOALS | POINTS | TEAM |
| 2007/08 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 31 | 62 | Man Utd |
| 2008/09 | Diego Forlan | 32 | 64 | Atletico Madrid |
| 2009/10 | Leo Messi | 3. 4 | 68 | FC Barcelona |
| 2010/11 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 40 | 80 | Real Madrid |
| 2011/12 | Leo Messi | fifty | 100 | FC Barcelona |
| 2012/13 | Leo Messi | 46 | 92 | FC Barcelona |
| 2013/14 | Cristiano Ronaldo Luis Suarez |
31 | 62 | Real Madrid
Liverpool |
| 2014/15 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 48 | 96 | Real Madrid |
| 2015/16 | Luis Suarez | 40 | 80 | FC Barcelona |
| 2016/17 | Leo Messi | 37 | 74 | FC Barcelona |
| 2017/18 | Leo Messi | 3. 4 | 68 | FC Barcelona |
| 2018/19 | Leo Messi | 36 | 72 | FC Barcelona |
| 2019/20 | Cyrus immobile | 36 | 72 | Latin |
|
2020/21 |
Robert Lewandowski |
41 |
82 |
Bayern Munich |
Source: Goal
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