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.
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.
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Here are the current Euro 2024 top goal scorer leaderboards.
Euro 2024 top goal scorers
- Jude Bellingham – England – 1 goal
- Kai Havertz – Germany – 1 goal
- Alvaro Morata – Spain – 1 goal
- Christian Eriksen – Denmark – 1 goal
- Cody Gakpo – Holland – 1 goal
- Nicola Barella – Italy – 1 goal
- Francisco Conceicao – Portugal – 1 goal
- Arda Guler – Turkey – 1 goal
- Jamal Musiala – Germany – 1 goal
- Florian Wirtz – Germany – 1 goal
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
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** 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
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
