Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has overtaken Cristiano Ronaldo in the Golden Boot race, and now leads the list of top scorers in Europe with 32 goals.
The Argentine has had a great start to 2015, scoring 20 goals in 17 games in all competitions – 17 of which have come in just 11 La Liga games.
Those goals have seen him surpass Ronaldo on the La Liga goal-scoring charts for the Pichichini trophy, after he overturned a gap of 13 goals.
However, the La Liga ranking is not the only race where Messi is currently the frontrunner. He also tops the Golden Boot ranking for all goal scorers across Europe, where his teammate Neymar is in seventh place.
European Sports Media award the Golden Boot based on a points system, which rates goals scored in a higher ranked league more valuable than those scored in weaker leagues (based on UEFA coefficient).
The current Golden Boot rankings are as follows:
1) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 32 goals – 64 points (factor 2.0)
2) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 30 goals – 60 points (factor 2.0)
3) Alexander Meier (Frankfurt) – 19 goals – 38 points (factor 2.0)
4) Evgeni Kabaev (Kalev) – 36 goals – 36 points (factor 1.0)
5) Diego Costa (Chelsea) – 18 goals – 36 points (factor 2.0)
6) Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) – 23 goals – 34.5 points (factor 1.5)
7) Neymar (Barcelona) – 17 goals – 34 points (factor 2.0)
8) Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) – 17 goals – 34 points (factor 2.0)
9) Jackson Martinez (Porto) – 17 goals – 34 points (factor 2.0)
10) Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) – 17 goals – 34 points (factor 2.0)
Click through our gallery attached to the article to view Europe's top 10 goal-scorers.
Messi has already scored one goal more than Ronaldo and Luis Suarez did last season, when they shared the award with 31 goals each.
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