With an eight-point gap over the second-placed player, Messi has a great chance to win the European Golden Shoe for the 2016-2017 season.
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| 10th place. Dries Mertens (Napoli Club) - 24 goals, 48 points |
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| Joint 10th place. Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus) - 24 goals, 48 points |
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| Joint 10th place. Mauro Icardi (Inter) - 24 goals, 48 points |
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| Joint 10th place. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) - 24 goals, 48 points |
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| 9. Edinson Cavani (PSG) - 33 goals, 49.5 points (the French championship only has a coefficient of 1.5 points for each goal. |
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| Joint 7th place. Anthony Modeste (Koln) - 25 goals, 50 points |
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| 7th place. Andrea Belotti (Torino) - 25 goals, 50 points |
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| Joint 5th place. Luis Suarez (Barcelona) - 27 goals, 54 points |
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| Joint 5th place. Edin Dzeko (Roma) - 27 goals, 54 points |
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| Joint 3rd place. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) - 28 goals, 56 points |
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| 3rd place. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Dortmund) - 28 goals, 56 points |
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| 2. Bas Dost (Sporting CP) - 31 goals, 62 points |
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| 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 35 goals, 70 points |
According to VNE
