Kylian Mbappé’s European Golden Shoe win
Here’s a full breakdown of Mbappé’s win of the European Golden Shoe for the 2024-25 season:
What is the European Golden Shoe?
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The European Golden Shoe is awarded each season to the leading goalscorer from the top division of a European national league.
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Goals are weighted depending on the strength of the league: for example, goals scored in one of Europe’s “top 5” leagues (La Liga, Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1) are multiplied by 2 points. Goals in leagues ranked 6-22 are multiplied by 1.5 points.
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The award is presented by European Sports Media (ESM).
Mbappé’s 2024-25 season & how he clinched it
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Mbappé played his first season with Real Madrid in La Liga in 2024-25 and scored 31 league goals.
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Because La Liga is one of the top 5 European leagues, each of those goals counted for 2 points in the Golden Shoe ranking. Thus 31 × 2 = 62 points.
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His main competitor was Viktor Gyökeres of Sporting Lisbon, who scored 39 league goals, but since the Portuguese league carries only 1.5 points per goal, his total was 39 × 1.5 = 58.5 points. Mbappé thus finished ahead with 62 points to Gyökeres’ 58.5.
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Other notable finishers: Mohamed Salah with 29 goals (58 points) came third.
Significance & historical context
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This was Mbappé’s first European Golden Shoe.
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He became only the third Real Madrid player to win the award, after Hugo Sánchez (1989-90) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2010-11, 2013-14, 2014-15) in earlier seasons.
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He is the first French player since Thierry Henry (who won it in 2004 and 2005) to win the award.
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