:European Golden Shoe

Between 1968 and 1991, the award was given to the highest goalscorer in any European league. This was regardless of the strength of the league and the number of games in which the player had taken part. During this period Eusébio, Gerd Müller, Dudu Georgescu and Fernando Gomes each won the Golden Shoe twice.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/golden-boot.html |title=Golden Boot: The Quotients Decide It All |website=soccerphile.com |access-date=20 February 2008 |archive-date=26 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626135802/https://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/golden-boot.html |url-status=live}}

Following a protest from the Cyprus FA, which claimed that a Cypriot player with 40 goals should have received the award (though the official top scorers for the season are both listed with 19 goals), L'Équipe issued no awards between 1991 and 1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/what-european-golden-shoe-winners-scoring-top-scorer-award/ne9budb6sxoy19l3rrm2gd6js|title=What is the European Golden Shoe? Winners, scoring & guide to top scorer award|last=Kelly|first=Ryan|date=25 January 2022|work=Goal|access-date=13 January 2025}}

Since the 1996–97 season, European Sports Media have awarded the Golden Shoe based on a points system that allows players in stronger leagues to win even if they score fewer goals than a player in a weaker league. The weightings are determined by the league's ranking on the UEFA coefficients, which in turn depend on the results of each league's clubs in European competition over the previous five seasons. Goals scored in the top five leagues according to the UEFA coefficients list are multiplied by two, goals scored in the leagues ranked 6 to 22 (previously{{when|date=January 2023}} 9 to 21) are multiplied by 1.5, and goals scored in leagues ranked 22 and below are multiplied by 1.{{cite web |url=http://www.eusm.eu/item/goldenshoe_winners.htm |title=European Golden Shoe |website=European Sports Magazine |access-date=19 June 2012 |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904215705/http://www.eusm.eu/item/goldenshoe_winners.htm |url-status=live}} Thus, goals scored in higher-ranked leagues count for more than those scored in weaker leagues.{{cite web |url=https://www.neogol.com/clasificacion-bota-de-oro/ |title=The European Golden Shoe |publisher=FIFA |date=13 March 2012 |access-date=19 June 2012 |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831203209/https://www.neogol.com/clasificacion-bota-de-oro/ |url-status=live}} Since this change, there have only been two winners who were not playing in one of the top five leagues (Henrik Larsson, 2000–01 Scottish Premier League and Mario Jardel, 1998–99 Primeira Divisão and 2001–02 Primeira Liga).

Although the Golden Shoe could be shared among multiple players in the past, in the 2019–20 season this rule was changed to give the award to the player with the least minutes played, should there be a tie on points.{{cite web |url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2020/07/23/5f199f8e46163f94308b45eb.html |title=What does Cristiano Ronaldo need to secure his fifth Golden Boot? |publisher=Marca |date=23 July 2020 |access-date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724184744/https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2020/07/23/5f199f8e46163f94308b45eb.html |url-status=live}} If tie persists, number of league assists and, then, the fewer penalties scored, would be counted. If the tie ultimately persists, the award would be shared.

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!1987–88

|{{flagicon|TUR}} {{sortname|Tanju|Çolak}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Galatasaray ^

|{{sort|TUR|{{fbaicon|TUR}}}} Süper Lig

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!1988–89

|{{flagicon|Romania|1965}} {{sortname|Dorin|Mateuț}}

|Dinamo București

|{{sort|ROU|{{fbaicon|ROU|1965}}}} Liga I

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!rowspan=2|1989–90

|{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} {{sortname|Hristo|Stoichkov}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|CSKA Sofia ^

|{{sort|BUL|{{fbaicon|BUL|1971}}}} A PFG

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|{{flagicon|MEX}} {{sortname|Hugo|Sánchez||Sanchez, Hugo}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Real Madrid ^

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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!1990–91{{#tag:ref|Darko Pančev got his prize for 1990–91 season later, only in 2006,{{cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-macedonia-s-pancev-awarded-golden-boot15-years-late-1045462 |title=Macedonia's Pancev awarded Golden boot....15 years late |date=4 August 2006 |website=Dnaindia.com|access-date=30 March 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330205942/https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-macedonia-s-pancev-awarded-golden-boot15-years-late-1045462|url-status=live}} following a protest from Cyprus where a player supposedly scored 40 goals (though the official topscorers for the season, Suad Beširević and Panayiotis Xiourouppas, are listed with 19 goals each). Due to this affair, France Football decided to make the competition unofficial.|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{flagicon|YUG}} {{sortname|Darko|Pančev||Pancev, Darko}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Red Star Belgrade ^

|{{sort|MKD|{{fbaicon|YUG}}}} Yugoslav First League

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!1992–1996

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|colspan=6 align=center| Winners awarded by European Sports Media (1997–present)

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!1996–97

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo

|Barcelona

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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!1997–98

|{{flagicon|GRE}} {{sortname|Nikos|Machlas}}

|Vitesse

|{{sort|NED|{{fbaicon|NED}}}} Eredivisie

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!1998–99

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|BRA}} {{sortname|Mário|Jardel}} {{small|(1)}}

|Porto

|{{sort|POR|{{fbaicon|POR}}}} Primeira Liga

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!{{nowrap|1999–2000}}

|{{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Kevin|Phillips|Kevin Phillips (footballer)}}

|Sunderland

|{{sort|ENG|{{fbaicon|ENG}}}} Premier League

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!2000–01

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|SWE}} {{sortname|Henrik|Larsson}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Celtic ^

|{{sort|SCO|{{fbaicon|SCO}}}} Scottish Premier League

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!2001–02

|{{flagicon|BRA}} {{sortname|Mário|Jardel}} {{small|(2)}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Sporting CP ^

|{{sort|POR|{{fbaicon|POR}}}} Primeira Liga

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!2002–03

|{{flagicon|NED}} {{sortname|Roy|Makaay}}

|{{nowrap|Deportivo La Coruña}}

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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!2003–04

|{{flagicon|FRA}} {{sortname|Thierry|Henry}} {{small|(1)}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Arsenal ^

|{{sort|ENG|{{fbaicon|ENG}}}} Premier League

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|align=center|{{nts|60}}

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!rowspan=2|2004–05

|{{flagicon|FRA}} {{sortname|Thierry|Henry}} {{small|(2)}}

|Arsenal

|{{sort|ENG|{{fbaicon|ENG}}}} Premier League

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|align=center rowspan=2|{{nts|50}}

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|{{flagicon|URU}} {{sortname|Diego|Forlán}} {{small|(1)}}

|Villarreal

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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!2005–06

|{{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Luca|Toni}}

|Fiorentina

|{{sort|ITA|{{fbaicon|ITA}}}} Serie A

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!2006–07

|{{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Francesco|Totti}}

|Roma

|{{sort|ITA|{{fbaicon|ITA}}}} Serie A

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!2007–08

|{{flagicon|POR}} {{sortname|Cristiano|Ronaldo}} {{small|(1)}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Manchester United ^

|{{sort|ENG|{{fbaicon|ENG}}}} Premier League

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!2008–09

|{{flagicon|URU}} {{sortname|Diego|Forlán}} {{small|(2)}}

|Atlético Madrid

|{{sort|ESPSP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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!2009–10

|{{flagicon|ARG}} {{sortname|Lionel|Messi}} {{small|(1)}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Barcelona ^

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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|align=center|{{nts|68}}

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!2010–11

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|POR}} {{sortname|Cristiano|Ronaldo}} {{small|(2)}}}}

|Real Madrid

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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|align=center|{{nts|80}}

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!2011–12

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|ARG}} {{sortname|Lionel|Messi}} {{small|(2)}}

|Barcelona

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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|align=center|{{nts|100}}

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!2012–13

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|ARG}} {{sortname|Lionel|Messi}} {{small|(3)}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Barcelona ^

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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!rowspan=2|2013–14

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|URU}} {{sortname|Luis|Suárez||Suarez, Luis}} {{small|(1)}}

|Liverpool

|{{sort|ENG|{{fbaicon|ENG}}}} Premier League

|align=center rowspan=2|{{nts|31}}

|align=center rowspan=2|{{nts|62}}

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|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|POR}} {{sortname|Cristiano|Ronaldo}} {{small|(3)}}

|Real Madrid

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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!2014–15

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|POR}} {{sortname|Cristiano|Ronaldo}} {{small|(4)}}

|Real Madrid

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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!2015–16

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|URU}} {{sortname|Luis|Suárez||Suarez, Luis}} {{small|(2)}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Barcelona ^

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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|align=center|{{nts|80}}

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!2016–17

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|ARG}} {{sortname|Lionel|Messi}} {{small|(4)}}

|Barcelona

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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|align=center|{{nts|74}}

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!2017–18

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|ARG}} {{sortname|Lionel|Messi}} {{small|(5)}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Barcelona ^

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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|align=center|{{nts|68}}

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!2018–19

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|ARG}} {{sortname|Lionel|Messi}} {{small|(6)}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Barcelona ^

|{{sort|ESP|{{fbaicon|ESP}}}} La Liga

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|align=center|{{nts|72}}

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!2019–20

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Ciro|Immobile}}

|Lazio

|{{sort|ITA|{{fbaicon|ITA}}}} Serie A

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|align=center|{{nts|72}}

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!2020–21

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|POL}} {{sortname|Robert|Lewandowski}} {{small|(1)}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Bayern Munich ^

|{{sort|GER|{{fbaicon|GER}}}} Bundesliga

|align=center|{{nts|41}}

|align=center|{{nts|82}}

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!2021–22

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|POL}} {{sortname|Robert|Lewandowski}} {{small|(2)}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Bayern Munich ^

|{{sort|GER|{{fbaicon|GER}}}} Bundesliga

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|align=center|{{nts|70}}

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!2022–23

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|NOR}} {{sortname|Erling|Haaland}}

|style="background-color:#CFECEC"|Manchester City ^

|{{sort|ENG|{{fbaicon|ENG}}}} Premier League

|align=center|{{nts|36}}

|align=center|{{nts|72}}

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!2023–24

|style="background-color: #FFF68F"|{{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Harry|Kane}}

|Bayern Munich

|{{sort|GER|{{fbaicon|GER}}}} Bundesliga

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|align=center|{{nts|72}}

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;Notes

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File:Lionel Messi, Player of FC Barcelona team.JPG is the all-time record winner of the award, having won it six times overall. He also holds the record for most goals and most points in a single season—50 and 100 respectively, in 2011–12.]]

File:Cristiano Ronaldo 20120609.jpg is second on the all-time list, having won four Golden Shoes, as well as two consecutively. His record is 48 goals and 96 points respectively, in 2014–15.]]

File:Muller 1974.jpg was the first player to win the award twice, in 1970 and 1972.]]

File:Eusebio (1963 version2).jpg was the first winner of the prize in 1968.]]

Lionel Messi is the only player to win the award six times, all with Barcelona. He also holds the all-time record for goals in a single season with 50 in 2011–12, which accumulated to a record 100 points. Bayern Munich's Gerd Müller was the first player to win the award twice, in 1969–70 and 1971–72. Messi was the first player to win the award three times, and Messi again was the first and so far only player to win it five and six times. Only Messi (2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19) has won the award in three consecutive seasons. Thierry Henry (2003–04 and 2004–05), Messi (2011–12 and 2012–13; 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19), Cristiano Ronaldo (2013–14 and 2014–15) and Robert Lewandowski (2020–21 and 2021–22) have won the award in consecutive seasons. Diego Forlán (Villarreal and Atlético Madrid), Luis Suárez (Liverpool and Barcelona), Mário Jardel (Porto and Sporting CP) and Ronaldo (Manchester United and Real Madrid) are the only players to have won the award with multiple clubs. Ronaldo and Suárez are the only players to win the award in two different leagues, with each having won the award while playing in both the Premier League and La Liga.

Players that are still active in Europe are highlighted in boldface.

Players that are still active outside of Europe are highlighted in italics.

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|scope=row| {{sort|FRA|{{fbaicon|FRA}}}} Ligue 1

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|scope=row| {{sort|CYP|{{fbaicon|CYP}}}} Cypriot First Division

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|scope=row| {{sort|SCO|{{fbaicon|SCO}}}} Scottish Premier Division

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|scope=row| {{sort|TUR|{{fbaicon|TUR}}}} Süper Lig

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|scope=row| {{sort|YUG|{{fbaicon|YUG}}}} Yugoslav First League

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• Gerd Müller Trophy
• European association football club records and statistics § Most goals in a season in all club competitions

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• [http://www.eusm.eu/item/goldenshoe_winners.htm Official website – European Golden Shoe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904215705/http://www.eusm.eu/item/goldenshoe_winners.htm |date=4 September 2019 }}
• [http://www.eurotopteam.com/football/soulierdorhistorique.php List of winners since 1980–81] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918124118/http://www.eurotopteam.com/football/soulierdorhistorique.php |date=18 September 2021 }}
• [http://www.worldsoccer.com/esm-golden-shoe/esm-golden-shoe-esm-golden-shoe ESM Golden Shoe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517022907/http://www.worldsoccer.com/esm-golden-shoe/esm-golden-shoe-esm-golden-shoe |date=17 May 2015 }} at WorldSoccer.com

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