With the big five European leagues kicking off their 2021/22 season in the month of August, goalscorers will be keen to grab the Europen golden boot.
The award was won by Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski last season but with Erling Haaland and the likes of Kylian Mbappe scoring at will, this season's race toward the golden boot promises to be an enticing one too.
So who are just the players who are already on the scoresheet towards the golden shoe race?
English Premier League
5 Goals
- Michail Antonio (West Ham United)
- Mohammed Salah (Liverpool FC)
- Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)
Serie A
6 Goals
- Ciro Immobile (Lazio)
5 Goals
- Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan)
Ligue 1
5 Goals
- Amine Gouiri (Nice)
- Dimitri Payet (Marseille)
- Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier/Rennes)
Laliga
8 Goals
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
5 Goals
- Vinicius Júnior (Real Madrid)
- Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad)
Bundesliga
7 Goals
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
- Erling Haaland (Dortmund)
4 Goals
- Anthony Modeste (Koln)
- Patrick Schick (Leverkusen)
- Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen)
