The Golden Boot As far as European football awards is concern is given to the player who scores the most goals in league games from the top division of every European nation league. This is one of the most illustrious award. Without further ado we have compiled a list of players with most European golden boots.
5. Gerd Muller -2 times
All-time Bundesliga goalscorer Gerd Muller has scored more goals than any other player. As a prolific goalscorer, he was a popular figure among the public. After scoring 38 goals in 33 games, Muller won his first Golden Boot title. He won the Golden Boot award again two years later after improving on his previous performance. That was a Bundesliga record that lasted nearly five decades.
4. Thierry Henry - 2
In terms of Premier League strikers, Thierry Henry is among the greatest of all time. The Frenchman scored 175 goals in the competition's history, making him the sixth most prolific scorer. Henry scored at least 17 league goals in each of his first seven seasons with Arsenal, whom he joined in the summer of 1999. For the first time in his career, Henry won the Golden Boot award for his 30 league goals during Arsenal's 'Invincibles' season in 2003-04. He won the Golden Boot again the following year with 24 goals sharing it with Villarreal's Diego Forlan.
3. Luis Suarez - 2
Two-time Golden Boot winner Luis Suarez is a top striker in the present generation. The former Liverpool striker shared the Golden Boot trophy with Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo in La Liga in 2013-14. At Liverpool, despite Suarez's heroics, collapsed spectacularly just as they appeared to have the title race under control. Suarez won his second Golden Boot trophy in 2015-16 after moving to Barcelona, outscoring Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi with 40 goals.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo - 4
One of the greatest players in the history of the sport. Both for his club and his country, he's been a prolific goal scorer. When it comes to winning several Golden Boot medals, Cristiano Ronaldo stands out as one of only two players to accomplish so. With Manchester United, he earned his first Golden Boot trophy. It was there that he scored 31 goals. His second Golden Boot medal with Real Madrid came three years later, when he scored 40 goals. In the 2013-14 season, he and Luis Suarez shared the title with 31 goals each. After Ronaldo scored 48 goals in the following season, he became the first player to win the award four times.
1. Lionel Messi - 6
He has been a prolific goalscorer for both club and country, and has won numerous trophies as a result. Only Lionel Messi has won this honor six times in his career, a record that stands to this day. In 2009-10, he scored 34 goals to win the honor. The Argentine won his second Golden Boot award two years later after scoring 50 goals. Messi scored 46 goals in the next season, becoming the most prolific scorer in Argentine football history. In 2016-17 and 2018-19, he maintained his excellent form. After scoring 36 goals, Messi became the first player in history to win the Golden Boot three times in a row.
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