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Europe’s best strikers have been vying for individual honours as well as team success as they aim to top the scoring charts at Euro 2024.
The quadrennial continental tournament is currently taking place in Germany with many of the world’s top marksmen on show and battling it out for the Golden Boot.
Cristiano Ronaldo became the leading scorer in competition history with five goals at Euro 2020 taking his overall aggregate to 14 and sealing the Golden Boot in the process, as his assist saw him edge the comparatively unheralded Patrik Schick of the Czech Republic, who also netted on five occasions during the tournament. However, he flopped entirely in this summer’s edition, failing to score a single goal and missing a penalty en route to a quarter-final exit.
Footballing greats such as Antonie Griezmann, Fernando Torres, Alan Shearer and Gerd Muller are among those who have won the prestigious prize throughout the history of the Euros and the likes of Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe, Jamal Musiala and Romelu Lukaku are hoping to join them this time around.
It hasn’t been an extremely high-scoring campaign so far in individual terms, but that just means there are still some in the running who haven’t had a prolific tournament – one big game in front of goal could change everything.
Euro 2024 top scorers
3 goals: Cody Gakpo* (Netherlands), Georges Mikautadze (Georgia), Jamal Musiala (Germany), Ivan Schranz (Slovakia)
2 goals: Jude Bellingham* (England), Harry Kane* (England), Fabian Ruiz* (Spain), Razvan Marin (Romania), Niclas Fullkrug (Germany), Kai Havertz (Germany), Donyell Malen* (Netherlands), Merih Demirel (Turkey), Dani Olmo* (Spain), Florian Wirtz (Germany).
*Asterisk denotes player still in tournament.
Which players have won the European Championship Golden Boot in the past?
|
Year |
Player |
Goals |
|---|---|---|
|
2021 |
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) |
5 |
|
2016 |
Antoine Griezmann (France) |
6 |
|
2012 |
Fernando Torres (Spain) |
3 |
|
2008 |
David Villa (Spain) |
4 |
|
2004 |
Milan Baros (Czech Republic) |
5 |
|
2000 |
Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands)/Savo Milosevic (Serbia & Montenegro) |
5 |
|
1996 |
Alan Shearer (England) |
5 |
|
1992 |
Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands)/Tomas Brolin (Sweden)/Henrik Larsen (Denmark)/Karl-Heinz Riedle (Germany) |
3 |
|
1988 |
Marco van Basten (Netherlands) |
5 |
|
1984 |
Michel Platini (France) |
9 |
|
1980 |
Klaus Allofs (West Germany) |
3 |
|
1976 |
Dieter Muller (West Germany) |
4 |
|
1972 |
Gerd Muller (West Germany) |
4 |
|
1968 |
Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia) |
2 |
|
1964 |
Ferenc Bene (Hungary)/Dezso Novak (Hungary)/Chus Pereda (Spain) |
2 |
|
1960 |
Milan Galic (Yugoslavia)/Francois Heutte (France)/Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union)/Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia)/Victor Ponedelnik (Soviet Union) |
2 |