The European Championship faces the final stretch and in addition to knowing who is the winner, we also need to know which player will be the top scorer of the tournament. For the moment, Cristiano remains in the lead with five goals, but the elimination of Portugal means that there are other footballers who can snatch the ‘Golden Boot.
With teams like Belgium, France, Spain and Denmark eliminated, there are several forwards who continue to threaten the Juventus forward’s records in next Sunday’s final between Italy and England. Taking into account the goals that each player has, some of those players who could reach Cristiano are Harry Kane (4 goals), Raheeem Sterling (3 goals) or Ciro Immobile (2 goals).
Eurocup scorers ranking
Players | Goals |
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) | 5 |
Schick (Czech R.) | 5 |
Harry Kane (England) | 4 |
Karim Benzema (France) | 4 |
Lukaku (Belgium) | 4 |
Forsberg (Sweden) | 4 |
Lewandowski (Poland) | 3 |
Seferovic (Switzerland) | 3 |
Wijnaldum (Netherlands) | 3 |
Sterling (England) | 3 |
Shaqiri (Switzerland) | 3 |
Dolberg (Denmark) | 3 |
Morata (Spain) | 3 |
Yarmolenko (Ukraine) | two |
Chiesa (Italy) | two |
Immobile (Italy) | two |
Sarabia (Spain) | two |
Ferrán Torres (Spain) | two |
Yaremchuk (Ukraine) | two |
Locatelli (Italy) | two |
Poulsen (Denmark) | two |
Pessina (Italy) | two |
Mæhle (Denmark) | two |
Insigne (Italy) | two |
Who gets the ‘Golden Boot’ in the event of a goal tie?
In case two players score the same number of goals at the end of the tournament, UEFA has defined the following tie-breaking criteria:
- Goals in the final phase
- Assists in the final phase
- Fewer minutes played in the final phase
- Highest number of goals scored in qualifying
Who previously won the ‘Golden Boot’
Player | Goals | Edition |
Griezmann (France) | 5 | 2016 |
Fernando Torres (Spain), Dzagoev (Russia), Cristiano (Portugal), Balotelli (Italy), Mario Gómez (Germany) and Mandžukić (Croatia) | 3 | 2012 |
David Villa (Spain) | 4 | 2008 |
Milan Baros (Czech R.) | 5 | 2004 |
Savo Milosevic (Yugoslavia), Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands) | 5 | 2000 |
Alan Shearer (England) | 5 | nineteen ninety six |
Henrik Larsen (Denmark), Bergkamp (Netherlands), Tomas Brolin (Sweden), Karlheinz Riedle (Germany) | 3 | 1992 |
Marco van Basten (Netherlands) | 5 | 1988 |
Michel Platini (France) | 9 | 1984 |
Klaus Allofs (Germany) | 3 | 1980 |
Dieter Muller (Germany) | 4 | 1976 |
Gerd Muller (Germany) | 4 | 1972 |
Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia) | two | 1968 |
Dezso Novák (Hungary), Chus Pereda (Spain), Ferenc Bene (Hungary) | two | 1964 |
François Heutte (France), Valentin Ivanov (USSR), Dražan Jerković (Yugoslavia), Víktor Ponedélnik (USSR), Milan Galić (Yugoslavia) | two | 1960 |