While Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi didn’t make the top 10, there were still plenty of great players competing for the European Golden Shoe award in 2021-22.
Every year the Golden Shoe is presented to Europe’s deadliest striker, with players receiving points for each goal they score. Goals in Europe’s toughest leagues are multiplied by a co-efficient of two, whereas goals scored in weaker leagues are multiplied by coefficients of either 1.5 or one.
We’ve taken a look at the European Golden Shoe top 10 in 2021-22.
=10 Son Heung-min
Son continues to go from strength to strength at Tottenham and finished the 2021-22 campaign as the joint top scorer in the Premier League.
Despite not being on penalty duty for Antonio Conte’s side, the South Korea international still scored 23 goals and became the first Asian football player to win the Premier League Golden Boot.
The goal record and his brilliant partnership with Harry Kane helped Spurs finish inside the top four for the first time since 2018-19.
=10 Mohamed Salah
Alongside Son, Salah also got 46 points in 2021-22 and the duo will be sharing the Premier League Golden Boot.
The Liverpool winger made a blistering start to the season and scored 16 goals in his first 20 league games, including three in the 5-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford.
After returning from the Africa Cup of Nations in February, he failed to pick up where he left off at Liverpool and only scored seven league goals in 2022.
But the 29-year-old proved he’s more than just a goalscorer and won the Premier League’s Playmaker of the Season award for the most assists.
STOP THAT, MO SALAH! 🇪🇬👑
The footwork is magical, the finish is sublime.
He had the Watford defence on strings! 😱 pic.twitter.com/tBWPWWOxeX
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 16, 2021
=8 Dusan Vlahovic
Having scored 17 goals in the first 21 Serie A games in 2021-22, Vlahovic left Fiorentina and joined Juventus…
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