Golden Shoe 2016-17: Top Goalscorers in Europe, Updated Rankings on September 26

Barcelona’s Luis Suarez, the holder of the European Golden Shoe, continued his fine start to the La Liga season with another strike in his team’s 5-0 win over Sporting Gijon on Saturday.

That made it five for the season for the Uruguay international, a mark that’s also been reached by Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero, who bagged a brace for his side. However, the top marksman in Europe’s top five leagues at the moment remains Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi on six.

With the elite leagues still in the early stages, there aren’t any big names in the top five of the current standings; Rosenborg’s Christian Gytkjaer, Kairat’s Gerard Gohou, Evgeni Kabaev of Sillamae Kalev and Paide’s Vjatseslav Zahovaiko are locked in a four-way tie for the lead.

Here’s a look at how things are shaping up in pursuit of this coveted individual prize and how the main contenders for the award fared over the weekend.

Rules: To calculate a player’s points tally, their goals are multiplied by a difficulty factor based upon which league they’re scored in.

For example, in the Premier League or Serie A, goals are worth two points, while in Ligue 1, goals are multiplied by 1.5. For the likes of Gytkjaer, Gohou, Kabaev or Zahovaiko, their leagues have a difficulty constant of one, so their goals and points tallies are the same.

Suarez, Aguero on Target

Without the injured Lionel Messi, Barcelona looked to Suarez and Neymar to thrive in attack. The duo did precisely that, with Gijon unable to cope with their brilliant play in the final third.

The former opened the scoring in the first half, rounding the keeper calmly before stroking home. Neymar did his damage after Sporting were reduced to 10 men, scoring two in quick succession to add some gloss to the scoreline.

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