Euro 2024 top goal scorers: Who is leading the race for the Golden Boot as Bellingham and Havertz get off to fast start
EVERY European player would have dreamt of leading their country to the Euro 2024 title at least once this summer – but attackers would love to get ahold of the Golden Boot just as badly.
It was no surprise to see Cristiano Ronaldo finish top of the goal-scoring leaderboards in the previous Euros edition.
GettyCristiano Ronaldo took home the prestigious award after the last competition[/caption]
The Portuguese perfectionist’s five goals helped him to add another Golden Boot to his long list of accolades.
But Ronaldo, 39, will need to be on top form if he is to reclaim his crown with the likes of exquisite England captain Harry Kane and French phenomenon Kylian Mbappe lurking.
However, surprisingly, none of the three superstars above are leading the race.
And this is bad for UFC icon Conor McGregor who has placed a huge £51,000 bet on Ronaldo to win it again.
Here are the current Euro 2024 top goal scorer leaderboards.
Euro 2024 top goal scorers
PLAYERTEAMGOALSJude BellinghamEngland1Kai HavertzGermany1Alvaro Morata Spain1Christian Eriksen Denmark1Cody GakpoHolland1Nicola BarellaItaly 1Francisco ConceicaoPortugal 1Arda GulerTurkey 1Jamal Musiala Germany 1Florian WirtzGermany 1
Who has previously won the Euros Golden Boot?
1960: François Heutte (France), Viktor Ponedelnik (USSR), Valentin Ivanov (USSR), Dražan Jerković (Yugoslavia), Milan Galić (Yugoslavia) – 2 goals
1964: Jesús María Pereda (Spain), Ferenc Bene (Hungary), Deszö Novák (Hungary) – 2 goals
2020 – Cristiano Ronaldo** (Portugal) Patrick Schick (Czech Republic) – 5 goals
1968: Dragan Džajić (Yugoslavia) – 2 goals
1972: Gerd Müller (West Germany) – 4 goals
1976: Dieter Müller (West Germany) – 4 goals
1980: Klaus Allofs (West Germany) – 3 goals
1984: Michel Platini (France) – 9 goals
1988: Marco van Basten (Netherlands) – 5 goals
1992: Henrik Larsen (Denmark), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Germany), Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands), Tomas Brolin (Sweden) – 3 goals
1996: Alan Shearer (England) – 5 goals
2000: Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands), Savo Milošević (Yugoslavia) – 5 goals
2004: Milan Baroš (Czech Republic) – 5 goals
2008: David Villa (Spain) – 4 goals
2012: Fernando Torres (Spain)*, Alan Dzagoev (Russia), Mario Gomez (Germany), Mario Mandžukić (Croatia), Mario Balotelli (Italy), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 3 goals
2016: Antoine Griezmann (France) – 6 goals
2020: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)**, Patrik Schick (Czechia) – 5 goals
* Fernando Torres received the 2012 trophy due to an assist and having played the fewest minutes of the players who scored three goals
** Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2020 trophy due to providing one assist
Who has scored the most Euro goals?
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the most Euro goals with or without qualifying matches.
However, Frenchman Michael Platini scored the most goals in a single final tournament with a total of 9 during the 1984 competition.
Most goals (including qualifying)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 55 goals
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) – 25 goals
Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) – 23 goals
Most final tournament goals
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 14 goals
Michel Platini (France) – 9 goals
Antoine Griezmann (France), Alan Shearer (England), Álvaro Morata (Spain) – 7 goals
