European Golden Shoe - wikipedia European Golden Shoe Lionel Messi 's 2012 -- 13 Golden Shoe The European Golden Shoe or Golden Boot is an award that is presented each season to the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of every European national league. The trophy is a sculpture of a football boot. From its inception in the 1967 -- 68 season, the award, originally called Soulier d'Or, which translates from French as Golden Shoe or Boot, has been given to the top goalscorer in all European leagues that season, with a weighting in favour of the highest ranked leagues. Originally presented by L'Équipe magazine, it has been awarded by the European Sports Media since the 1996 -- 97 season. Contents 1 History 2 Winners 3 Top 10 results by year 3.1 2017 -- 18 European Golden Shoe result 4 Statistics 4.1 Multiple winners 4.2 Winners by club 4.3 Winners by nationality 4.4 Winners by league 5 References 6 External links History 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 in which the top scorer played 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 Boot twice. 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. Since the 1996 -- 97 season, European Sports Media have awarded the Golden Shoe based on a points system that allows players in tougher 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 a factor of two, goals scored in the leagues ranked six to 21 are multiplied by a factor of 1.5, and goals scored in leagues ranked 22 and below are multiplied by a factor of 1. Thus, goals scored in higher ranked leagues will count for more than those scored in weaker leagues. Since this change, there has only been one winner who was not playing in one of the top five leagues ( Henrik Larsson, 2000 -- 01 Scottish Premier League ). Winners Lionel Messi has won the award a record five times and is the all - time record winner with 50 goals in 2011 -- 12. He was also the first player to win the European Golden Shoe three times. Gerd Müller was the first player to win the award twice, in 1970 and 1972. Cristiano Ronaldo was the first player to win the European Golden Shoe four times. Denotes player 's team won league that season Player ( X ) Denotes the number of times the player had won the award at that time Team ( X ) Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time European Golden Shoe winners Season Nationality Player Club League Goals Points Winners were awarded by L'Équipe 1967 -- 68 Portugal Eusébio Benfica ^ Primeira Liga 7001420000000000000 ♠ 42 & -- 1968 -- 69 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia ^ Parva Liga 7001360000000000000 ♠ 36 & -- 1969 -- 70 West Germany Gerd Müller Bayern Munich Bundesliga 7001380000000000000 ♠ 38 & -- 1970 -- 71 Yugoslavia Josip Skoblar Marseille ^ Ligue 1 7001440000000000000 ♠ 44 & -- 1971 -- 72 West Germany Gerd Müller ( 2 ) Bayern Munich ^ ( 2 ) Bundesliga 7001400000000000000 ♠ 40 & -- 1972 -- 73 Portugal Eusébio ( 2 ) Benfica ^ ( 2 ) Primeira Liga 7001400000000000000 ♠ 40 & -- 1973 -- 74 Argentina Héctor Yazalde Sporting CP ^ Primeira Liga 7001460000000000000 ♠ 46 & -- 1974 -- 75 Romania Dudu Georgescu Dinamo București ^ Liga I 7001330000000000000 ♠ 33 & -- 1975 -- 76 Cyprus Sotiris Kaiafas Omonia Nicosia ^ First Division 7001390000000000000 ♠ 39 & -- 1976 -- 77 Romania Dudu Georgescu ( 2 ) Dinamo București ^ ( 2 ) Liga I 7001470000000000000 ♠ 47 & -- 1977 -- 78 Austria Hans Krankl Rapid Wien Bundesliga 7001410000000000000 ♠ 41 & -- 1978 -- 79 Netherlands Kees Kist AZ Eredivisie 7001340000000000000 ♠ 34 & -- 1979 -- 80 Belgium Erwin Vandenbergh Lierse First Division 7001390000000000000 ♠ 39 & -- 1980 -- 81 Bulgaria Georgi Slavkov Botev Plovdiv Parva Liga 7001310000000000000 ♠ 31 & -- 1981 -- 82 Netherlands Wim Kieft Ajax ^ Eredivisie 7001320000000000000 ♠ 32 & -- 1982 -- 83 Portugal Fernando Gomes Porto Primeira Liga 7001360000000000000 ♠ 36 & -- 1983 -- 84 Wales Ian Rush Liverpool ^ First Division 7001320000000000000 ♠ 32 & -- 1984 -- 85 Portugal Fernando Gomes ( 2 ) Porto ^ ( 2 ) Primeira Liga 7001390000000000000 ♠ 39 & -- 1985 -- 86 Netherlands Marco van Basten Ajax ( 2 ) Eredivisie 7001370000000000000 ♠ 37 & -- 1986 -- 87 Austria Toni Polster FK Austria Wien Bundesliga 7001390000000000000 ♠ 39 & -- 1987 -- 88 Turkey Tanju Çolak Galatasaray ^ Süper Lig 7001390000000000000 ♠ 39 & -- 1988 -- 89 Romania Dorin Mateuț Dinamo București ( 3 ) Liga I 7001430000000000000 ♠ 43 & -- 1989 -- 90 Mexico Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid ^ La Liga 7001380000000000000 ♠ 38 & -- Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov CSKA Sofia ^ ( 2 ) A PFG 1990 -- 91 Yugoslavia Darko Pančev Red Star Belgrade ^ First League 7001340000000000000 ♠ 34 & -- Winners were initially not awarded 1991 -- 92 Scotland Ally McCoist Rangers ^ Premier Division 7001340000000000000 ♠ 34 & -- 1992 -- 93 Scotland Ally McCoist ( 2 ) Rangers ^ ( 2 ) Premier Division 7001340000000000000 ♠ 34 & -- 1993 -- 94 Wales David Taylor Porthmadog League of Wales 7001430000000000000 ♠ 43 & -- 1994 -- 95 Armenia Arsen Avetisyan Homenetmen Premier League 7001390000000000000 ♠ 39 & -- 1995 -- 96 Georgia Zviad Endeladze Margveti Umaglesi Liga 7001400000000000000 ♠ 40 & -- Winners were awarded by European Sports Media 1996 -- 97 Brazil Ronaldo Barcelona La Liga 7001340000000000000 ♠ 34 7001680000000000000 ♠ 68 1997 -- 98 Greece Nikos Machlas Vitesse Arnhem Eredivisie 7001340000000000000 ♠ 34 7001680000000000000 ♠ 68 1998 -- 99 Brazil Mário Jardel Porto ( 3 ) Primeira Liga 7001360000000000000 ♠ 36 7001720000000000000 ♠ 72 1999 -- 2000 England Kevin Phillips Sunderland Premier League 7001300000000000000 ♠ 30 7001600000000000000 ♠ 60 2000 -- 01 Sweden Henrik Larsson Celtic ^ Premier League 7001350000000000000 ♠ 35 7001525000000000000 ♠ 52.5 2001 -- 02 Brazil Mário Jardel ( 2 ) Sporting CP ^ ( 2 ) Primeira Liga 7001420000000000000 ♠ 42 7001840000000000000 ♠ 84 2002 -- 03 Netherlands Roy Makaay Deportivo La Coruña La Liga 7001290000000000000 ♠ 29 7001580000000000000 ♠ 58 2003 -- 04 France Thierry Henry Arsenal ^ Premier League 7001300000000000000 ♠ 30 7001600000000000000 ♠ 60 2004 -- 05 France Thierry Henry ( 2 ) Arsenal ( 2 ) Premier League 7001250000000000000 ♠ 25 7001500000000000000 ♠ 50 Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal La Liga 2005 -- 06 Italy Luca Toni Fiorentina Serie A 7001310000000000000 ♠ 31 7001620000000000000 ♠ 62 2006 -- 07 Italy Francesco Totti Roma Serie A 7001260000000000000 ♠ 26 7001520000000000000 ♠ 52 2007 -- 08 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United ^ Premier League 7001310000000000000 ♠ 31 7001620000000000000 ♠ 62 2008 -- 09 Uruguay Diego Forlán ( 2 ) Atlético Madrid La Liga 7001320000000000000 ♠ 32 7001640000000000000 ♠ 64 2009 -- 10 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona ^ ( 2 ) La Liga 7001340000000000000 ♠ 34 7001680000000000000 ♠ 68 2010 -- 11 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo ( 2 ) Real Madrid ( 2 ) La Liga 7001400000000000000 ♠ 40 7001800000000000000 ♠ 80 2011 -- 12 Argentina Lionel Messi ( 2 ) Barcelona ( 3 ) La Liga 7001500000000000000 ♠ 50 7002100000000000000 ♠ 100 2012 -- 13 Argentina Lionel Messi ( 3 ) Barcelona ^ ( 4 ) La Liga 7001460000000000000 ♠ 46 7001920000000000000 ♠ 92 2013 -- 14 Uruguay Luis Suárez Liverpool ( 2 ) Premier League 7001310000000000000 ♠ 31 7001620000000000000 ♠ 62 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo ( 3 ) Real Madrid ( 3 ) La Liga 2014 -- 15 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo ( 4 ) Real Madrid ( 4 ) La Liga 7001480000000000000 ♠ 48 7001960000000000000 ♠ 96 2015 -- 16 Uruguay Luis Suárez ( 2 ) Barcelona ^ ( 5 ) La Liga 7001400000000000000 ♠ 40 7001800000000000000 ♠ 80 2016 -- 17 Argentina Lionel Messi ( 4 ) Barcelona ( 6 ) La Liga 7001370000000000000 ♠ 37 7001740000000000000 ♠ 74 2017 -- 18 Argentina Lionel Messi ( 5 ) Barcelona ^ ( 7 ) La Liga 7001340000000000000 ♠ 34 7001680000000000000 ♠ 68 Notes Jump up ^ Original 1986 -- 87 season winner Rodion Cămătaru ( with 44 goals ) was disqualified later and the trophy was awarded to Polster in 1990. However, Camataru was allowed to keep his copy of the trophy. Jump up ^ Darko Pančev got his prize for 1990 -- 91 season later, only in 2006, 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. Top 10 results by year 2017 -- 18 European Golden Shoe result As of 20 May 2018 Rank Player League Club Goals Points Lionel Messi La Liga Barcelona 34 68 Mohamed Salah Premier League Liverpool 32 64 Harry Kane Premier League Tottenham Hotspur 30 60 Ciro Immobile Serie A Lazio 29 58 Mauro Icardi Serie A Internazionale Robert Lewandowski Bundesliga Bayern Munich 7 Edinson Cavani Ligue 1 Paris Saint - Germain 28 56 8 Cristiano Ronaldo La Liga Real Madrid 26 52 9 Jonas Primeira Liga Benfica 34 51 10 Luis Suárez La Liga Barcelona 25 50 Statistics Multiple winners Lionel Messi is the only player to win the award five times, all with Barcelona. Messi holds the all - time record for goals in a single season with 50 in 2011 -- 12 ; it also accumulated to a record 100 points. Messi was also the youngest player to win the award for a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th time. 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, Cristiano Ronaldo was the first player to win the award four times, and Messi again was the first, and so far only, player to win it five times. Only Ally McCoist ( 1991 -- 92, 1992 -- 93 ), Thierry Henry ( 2003 -- 04, 2004 -- 05 ), Lionel Messi ( 2011 -- 12, 2012 -- 13 and 2016 -- 17, 2017 -- 18 ), and Cristiano Ronaldo ( 2013 -- 14, 2014 -- 15 ) have won the award in consecutive years. Diego Forlán ( Villarreal, Atlético Madrid ), Luis Suárez ( Liverpool, Barcelona ), Mário Jardel ( Porto, Sporting CP ) and Cristiano Ronaldo ( Manchester United, Real Madrid ) are the only players to have won the award with two clubs. Multiple European Golden Shoe winners Player Birthdate No. Seasons Age making record Lionel Messi 24 June 1987 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5 2009 -- 10, 2011 -- 12, 2012 -- 13, 2016 -- 17, 2017 -- 18 2, 3, 4, 5 golden shoe when 24, 26, 29, 30 years old, respectively Cristiano Ronaldo 5 February 1985 7000400000000000000 ♠ 4 2007 -- 08, 2010 -- 11, 2013 -- 14 ( shared ), 2014 -- 15 2, 3, 4 golden shoe when 26, 29, 30 years old, respectively Eusébio 25 January 1942 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 1967 -- 68, 1972 -- 73 31 Gerd Müller 3 November 1945 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 1969 -- 70, 1971 -- 72 26 Dudu Georgescu 1 September 1950 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 1974 -- 75, 1976 -- 77 26 Fernando Gomes 22 November 1956 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 1982 -- 83, 1984 -- 85 28 Ally McCoist 24 September 1962 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 1991 -- 92, 1992 -- 93 30 Mário Jardel 18 September 1973 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 1998 -- 99, 2001 -- 02 28 Thierry Henry 17 August 1977 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 2003 -- 04, 2004 -- 05 ( shared ) 28 Diego Forlán 19 May 1979 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 2004 -- 05 ( shared ), 2008 -- 09 30 Luis Suárez 24 January 1987 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 2013 -- 14 ( shared ), 2015 -- 16 29 Winners by club European Golden Shoe winners by club Team Total Players Barcelona 8 Real Madrid Dinamo București Porto CSKA Sofia Liverpool Ajax Sporting CP Arsenal Bayern Munich Benfica Rangers Homenetmen Austria Wien Rapid Wien Lierse Botev Plovdiv Omonia Nicosia Manchester United Sunderland Marseille Zestafoni Fiorentina Roma AZ Vitesse Celtic Atlético Madrid Deportivo La Coruña Villarreal Galatasaray Porthmadog Red Star Belgrade Winners by nationality European Golden Shoe winners by nationality Nationality Total Player ( s ) Portugal 8 Argentina 6 Netherlands Uruguay Bulgaria Romania Brazil Austria Italy Wales Yugoslavia France West Germany Scotland Armenia Belgium Cyprus England Georgia Greece Mexico Sweden Turkey Winners by league European Golden Shoe winners by league league Total Player ( s ) La Liga 14 7 Primeira Liga 7 Premier League 5 Eredivisie Parva Liga Premier Division Liga I Serie A Bundesliga Bundesliga Ligue 1 First Division Division A Süper Lig First League Premier League Premier League Umaglesi Liga First Division References General Arotaritei, Sorin ; Di Maggio, Roberto ; Stokkermans, Karel ( 30 November 2017 ). `` Golden Boot ( '' Soulier d'Or `` ) Awards ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 April 2018. Specific Jump up ^ `` Golden Boot : The Quotients Decide It All ''. soccerphile.com. Retrieved 20 February 2008. Jump up ^ `` European Golden Shoe ''. European Sports Magazine. Retrieved 19 June 2012. Jump up ^ `` Who will win the European Golden Shoe ''. FIFA. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012. ^ Jump up to : Golden Boot ( `` Soulier d'Or '' ) Awards Jump up ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-macedonia-s-pancev-awarded-golden-boot15-years-late-1045462 Jump up ^ `` Classement du Soulier d'Or européen, Golden Shoe ''. Euro Top Teams. Retrieved 1 May 2018. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to European Golden Shoe. Official Award - European Sports Magazine ESM Golden Shoe at WorldSoccer.com eurotopteams.com - Current standings European Golden Shoe L'Équipe award 1967 -- 68 : Eusébio 1968 -- 69 : Zhekov 1969 -- 70 : Müller 1970 -- 71 : Skoblar 1971 -- 72 : Müller 1972 -- 73 : Eusébio 1973 -- 74 : Yazalde 1974 -- 75 : Georgescu 1975 -- 76 : Kaiafas 1976 -- 77 : Georgescu 1977 -- 78 : Krankl 1978 -- 79 : Kist 1979 -- 80 : Vandenbergh 1980 -- 81 : Slavkov 1981 -- 82 : Kieft 1982 -- 83 : Gomes 1983 -- 84 : Rush 1984 -- 85 : Gomes 1985 -- 86 : Van Basten 1986 -- 87 : Cămătaru / Polster 1987 -- 88 : Çolak 1988 -- 89 : Mateuţ 1989 -- 90 : Sánchez & Stoichkov 1990 -- 91 : Pančev Unofficial 1991 -- 92 : McCoist 1992 -- 93 : McCoist 1993 -- 94 : Taylor 1994 -- 95 : Avetisyan 1995 -- 96 : Endeladze ESM award 1996 -- 97 : Ronaldo 1997 -- 98 : Machlas 1998 -- 99 : Jardel 1999 -- 2000 : Phillips 2000 -- 01 : Larsson 2001 -- 02 : Jardel 2002 -- 03 : Makaay 2003 -- 04 : Henry 2004 -- 05 : Henry & Forlán 2005 -- 06 : Toni 2006 -- 07 : Totti 2007 -- 08 : C. Ronaldo 2008 -- 09 : Forlán 2009 -- 10 : Messi 2010 -- 11 : C. Ronaldo 2011 -- 12 : Messi 2012 -- 13 : Messi 2013 -- 14 : C. Ronaldo & Suárez 2014 -- 15 : C. Ronaldo 2015 -- 16 : Suárez 2016 -- 17 : Messi 2017 -- 18 : Messi Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Golden_Shoe&oldid=866016030 '' Categories : European football trophies and awards Awards established in 1967 Lists of association football league top scorers in Europe Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Featured lists Talk Contents About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca Беларуская Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Български Català Čeština Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español فارسی Føroyskt Français Galego 한국어 Հայերեն Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ქართული Latviešu Magyar Македонски മലയാളം Malti Монгол Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Română Русский Shqip Slovenčina Српски / srpski Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 34 more Edit links This page was last edited on 27 October 2018, at 18 : 30 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who has won the golden boot in 2018
Answer: Lionel Messi