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Golden Boot Race — Who Is Leading Europe's Scoring Charts?
Live Golden Boot, Pichichi, Capocannoniere and Torjägerkanone standings, refreshed after every matchday, with a season selector back to 2019/20.
Every big league hands its top scorer a different trophy, but the race is the same: who finishes the season with the most league goals. Below you'll find the current standings in all five major European leagues plus the Champions League, with appearances and penalties so you can see who is scoring from open play. For career records rather than a single season, see our all-time top scorers page, and pair it with assist leaders for the full creative picture.
Golden Boot standings by competition
Premier League — Golden Boot standings
Premier League Golden Boot, 2026/27
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La Liga — Golden Boot standings
Pichichi Trophy, 2026/27
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Serie A — Golden Boot standings
Capocannoniere, 2026/27
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Bundesliga — Golden Boot standings
Torjägerkanone, 2026/27
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Ligue 1 — Golden Boot standings
Ligue 1 top scorer, 2026/27
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UEFA Champions League — Golden Boot standings
Champions League top scorer, 2026/27
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How the Golden Boot is decided in each league
The Premier League Golden Boot goes to the player with the most league goals; when two players finish level the award is shared, which is why three names have appeared on it in a single season more than once. Spain's Pichichi Trophy is awarded by the newspaper Marca and only counts La Liga goals, Italy's Capocannoniere follows the same rule in Serie A, and Germany's Torjägerkanone — literally the "goal-scorer cannon" — is handed out at the final Bundesliga matchday.
The European Golden Shoe is a separate, continent-wide award that weights goals by league strength: a goal in one of the top five leagues is worth two points, while goals in lower-ranked leagues are multiplied by 1.5 or 1. That is why a striker scoring forty times in a smaller league can still finish behind someone on thirty in La Liga.
Penalties, own goals and the fine print
Penalties count towards every one of these awards, which regularly stirs debate when a designated penalty taker edges out a striker scoring from open play. Own goals never count for the scorer. Goals in cup competitions, playoffs and continental ties are excluded from domestic Golden Boot counts — the Champions League keeps its own separate scoring chart, shown above.
Reading the race mid-season
Goals per appearance matters more than the raw total in autumn: a forward on eight goals in nine games is usually a safer bet than one on ten in twenty. Fixture congestion, injuries and a single suspension can all swing a title race, so check card totals for anyone close to a ban, then follow the goals as they go in on our live scores page and check the standings context in the league tables.