The Golden Shoe is an award presented annually to the leading goalscorer in European football leagues. It was originally called the Golden Boot but was renamed the Golden Shoe in 1997. The award is based on a points system, with goals scored in the top leagues being worth more than those scored in lower leagues. The current system awards a player's goals in their respective league multiplied by a factor representing the league's strength and then divided by the number of games played.
The Golden Shoe is currently awarded by the European Sports Media, an association of European sports newspapers and magazines. The award has been won by some of the greatest players in history, including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gerd Muller, and Eusebio. Messi holds the record for the most Golden Shoe awards with seven, while Ronaldo has won it four times.
The award is highly coveted by players and is seen as a significant achievement in their careers. It is also an important marker of a player's consistency and goal-scoring prowess throughout a season.
Here is a list of the Golden Shoe winners since the award's inception in 1968:
- 1968: Eusébio (Benfica) - 42 goals
- 1969: Dixie Dean (Everton) - 60 goals
- 1970: Asgård Strand (Viking) - 25 goals
- 1971: Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich) - 40 goals
- 1972: Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich) - 40 goals
- 1973: Eusébio (Benfica) - 40 goals
- 1974: Héctor Yazalde (Sporting CP) - 46 goals
- 1975: Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo București) - 47 goals
- 1976: Friedhelm Funkel (MSV Duisburg) - 24 goals
- 1977: Dieter Müller (Cologne) - 34 goals
- 1978: Hans Krankl (Austria Wien) - 41 goals
- 1979: Klaus Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf) - 22 goals
- 1980: Erwin Vandenbergh (Lierse) - 39 goals
- 1981: Fernando Gomes (Porto) - 36 goals
- 1982: Wim Kieft (Ajax) - 32 goals
- 1983: Paolo Rossi (Juventus) - 24 goals
- 1984: Ian Rush (Liverpool) - 32 goals
- 1985: Fernando Gomes (Porto) - 39 goals
- 1986: Torbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg) - 31 goals
- 1987: Ally McCoist (Rangers) - 34 goals
- 1988: Míchel (Real Madrid) - 29 goals
- 1989: Tomáš Skuhravý (Genoa) - 26 goals
- 1990: Marco van Basten (AC Milan) - 19 goals
- 1991: Darko Pančev (Red Star Belgrade) - 34 goals
- 1992: Ally McCoist (Rangers) - 34 goals
- 1993: Romário (PSV) - 25 goals
- 1994: Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona) - 38 goals
- 1995: George Weah (Paris Saint-Germain) - 22 goals
- 1996: Jari Litmanen (Ajax) - 26 goals
- 1997: Ronaldo (Barcelona) - 34 goals
- 1998: Nikos Machlas (Vitesse) - 34 goals
- 1999: Mário Jardel (Porto) - 36 goals
- 2000: Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) - 30 goals
- 2001: Henrik Larsson (Celtic) - 35 goals
- 2002: Mário Jardel (Sporting CP) - 42 goals
- 2003: Roy Makaay (Deportivo La Coruña) - 29 goals
- 2004: Thierry Henry (Arsenal) - 30 goals
- 2005: Diego Forlán (Villarreal) - 25 goals
- 2006: Luca Toni (Fiorentina) - 31 goals
- 2007: Francesco Totti (Roma) - 26 goals
- 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) - 31 goals
- 2009: Diego Forlán (Atlético Madrid) - 32 goals
- 2010: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 34 goals
- 2011: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - 40 goals
- 2012: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 50 goals
- 2013: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 46 goals
- 2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - 31 goals
- 2015: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - 48 goals
- 2016: Luis Suárez (Barcelona) - 40 goals
- 2017: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 37 goals
- 2018: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 34 goals
- 2019: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 36 goals
- 2020: Ciro Immobile (Lazio) - 36 goals
- 2021: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) - 41 goals
- 2022: Luis Suárez (Atlético Madrid) - 27 goals
- Note: The 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in some changes to the scoring system to make it fairer across different leagues.
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