Contenders for the European Golden Boot this season

The European Golden Boot is the award given to the highest goalscorer in all of Europe’s leagues, and in this list we discuss the top 5 candidates to win the prestigious award this year. Surprisingly, the list does not include any Premier League players since the rest of the continent has been on a completely different level altogether. 

5. Kylian Mbappe: 20 Goals, 25 Games

Mbappe enjoys a place at the top of the Ligue 1 scoring charts, with 6 more goals than the next highest scorer. At 22, he has no intentions and is showing no signs of slowing down, and the goals will only keep on coming till the end of the ongoing season. 

4. Lionel Messi: 23 Goals, 26 Games

The Barcelona star has been at it again this season and is at the top of the La Liga scoring charts despite enduring the shakiest start to a season in his last fifteen years as a footballer. Messi truly is from another planet given the turnaround that he has had, but the other names on this list are a lot more likely to get bigger numbers on the scoreboard than him this year. 

3. Cristiano Ronaldo: 23 Goals, 24 Games

CR7 is still one of the best finishers to have ever played the sport, and his goalscoring record this season is a testament to that very fact. He recently scored a hat-trick in 33 minutes, and despite being 36 years old, is on another level in Serie A altogether. However, the same cannot be said for his fortunes in Europe. 

2. Erling Haaland: 21 Goals, 21 Games

The Norwegian wonderkid has the unbelievable record of statistically scoring a goal a game this campaign, and at 20, is turning out to be something else altogether. While his abilities are beyond that of normal people, he will be missing out on the European Golden Boot to… 

1. Robert Lewandowski: 35 Goals, 25 Games

Losing out to Ciro Immobile last season, there is no way the Polish forward is missing out on the European Golden Boot this season, and he is en route to breaking Gerd Muller’s record of scoring 40 Bundesliga goals in a season too. Moreover, should Bayern win some silverware at the end of the season, he will also be a sure-shot candidate for the Ballon d’Or.