Golden Shoe 2015-16: Top Goalscorers in Europe, Latest Standings on May 16

Barcelona superstar Luis Suarez has all but etched his name on the 2015-16 Golden Shoe, with only a handful of official European league matches still to play this season.

The Uruguay international is set to pick up the award for the second time in his career after bagging 40 goals, having finished as joint-champion alongside Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo while at Liverpool in 2014.

Suarez held a slim lead coming into the final weekend of La Liga’s season, but a hat-trick performance against Granada not only helped secure the Blaugrana a league title, but a Golden Shoe as well.

Manchester United play Bournemouth in the Premier League on Tuesday after their Sunday fixture was abandoned, per BBC Sport, while matches in Israel, Turkey and elsewhere in Europe mean the Golden Shoe race is still technically open.

Read on for a breakdown of the 2015-16 Golden Shoe rankings as things stand:

Rules: Every league in Europe is rated on its difficulty by UEFA and attributed a constant between one and two.

With a rating of two, goals scored in La Liga and the Premier League are doubled to achieve a player’s points tally, whereas in Ligue 1, for example, they are only multiplied by 1.5.

Suarez Within Reach of Golden Shoe

Claiming the Golden Shoe may not have seemed a realistic hope for Suarez back in April, when a fifth yellow card of the league season earned him a one-match suspension with lots of room in the race to make up.

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