Most Golden Boots: Goalscoring is the most difficult art of the beautiful game and one must be rewarded for doing so on a consistent basis.
The Golden Boot is provided each season to the top league scorer from Europe across the top division. Hence, it is a challenge to outlast a number of players gunning for that award.
Across the game, we have seen some of the most prolific strikers who have upped their game under pressure and delivered when required to which ensures championship titles.
Without further ado, we look at the top 5 players across Europe with the most Golden Boots.
Robert Lewandowski
The Bayern Munich striker has risen his standards in recent times and has gone on to become one of the world’s most lethal strikers.
He has won 2 Golden Boots in successive seasons during his career and finds himself on the list.
From 2020-22, Lewandowski has been at the top of his game scoring 41 and 35 goals in respective seasons helping Bayern Munich to the summit of Bundesliga.
Bayern Munich has been one of Europe’s quality sides in the last 5 years with Lewandowski aiding their success.
Last season, he managed to beat Gerd Müller’s record of most goals in a single Bundesliga season (40) as Bayern won their 9th successive league.
Luis Suarez
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The Uruguayan striker is next in line having won 2 Golden Boots as well in 2013-14 and 2015-16.
In both those successful seasons, he represented Liverpool and Barcelona respectively scoring 31 and 40 goals.
Suarez helped the two sides to a 2nd place and winners position finish in the two seasons where he excelled.
Luis Suarez is one of the greats to have played the game having found success in every league he has been a part of from the Premier League to the La Liga.
His trickery runs and quick feet have given defenders a run for their money and when he is in full flow, the South American international is a delight to the viewers.
Thierry Henry
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The Frenchman has also won the award twice in his career during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons.
Arsenal saw the best of Henry in the 2003-04 season as they finished the season undefeated and were given the name ‘Invincibles’.
Rest assured, the Gunners won the EPL that season where Henry scored 30 goals in the competition.
In the following season, Henry once again won the Boot scoring 25 league goals as Arsenal finished runners-up behind Chelsea.
Thierry was and remains a legend on the streets of North London as he was impactful in making Arsenal one of England’s most respected clubs.
Henry scored 175 goals in the Premier League during his career and provided 83 assists as well and was recently named in the Premier League Hall of Fame.
Cristiano Ronaldo
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The Portuguese and FIFA’s leading goal-scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Golden Boot 4 times in his career.
His first award came in 2007-08 for Manchester United when he scored 31 EPL goals that season to help United to the Premiership title.
Ronaldo won the remaining 3 at Real Madrid during the 2010-11, 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons scoring 40, 31 and 48 goals respectively.
Ronaldo wants to fulfill his childhood dream to play for Real Madrid, it made him what he is to be the greatest of all time.
-4 Ballon D’ors won when he was in Real.
-450 goals
-4 Golden Boots
-5 UCLs won
-3 Super Cup won pic.twitter.com/6441q0DJ3X— あおい 🇯🇵🇵🇭 (@AoiBooru) May 21, 2022
CR7 not only went to Spain and conquered Real Madrid, he also became the leading club goal-scorer of all time and won innumerable plaudits during his nine-year reign with Los Blancos.
Cristiano still remains one of the best strikers in today’s game and given his passion; he hopes to add to this list.
Lionel Messi
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Lionel Messi is at the top of heap with 6 Golden Boots to his name having successful won them in 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.
Messi found the back of the net 34, 50, 46, 37, 34 and 36 times respectively during the time; all for Barcelona.
The Argentine is the most successful goal-scorer for Barcelona and has many La Liga records to his name as well.
📆 On this day 3 years ago. .
Legend Lionel Messi becomes the first player in football history to win 6 Golden Boots 🔝🐐#OTD #Messi pic.twitter.com/81EuTlBe2s
— Shafileo.10 (@Shafeeq16427700) May 26, 2022
Messi’s prime as a player was on show during those magical seasons where he tormented oppositions and reigned supreme.
Lionel Messi was responsible for 4 League titles out of the above six seasons, where he finished top-scorer.
