Euro 2024 top goalscorers: Who is leading the race for the Golden Boot?

EVERY European player would have dreamt of leading their country to the Euro 2024 title at least once this summer - but attackers would love to get a hold of the Golden Boot just as much.

It was no surprise to see Cristiano Ronaldo finish top of the goal-scoring leaderboards in the previous Euros edition.

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The Portuguese perfectionist’s five goals helped him to add another Golden Boot to his long list of accolades.

However, surprisingly, he didn't score a single goal this tournament.

Which is bad for UFC icon Conor McGregor who placed a huge £51,000 bet on Ronaldo to win it again.

Here are the current Euro 2024 top goal scorer leaderboards.

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Euro 2024 top goal scorers

*Players still in the tournament

• =1 Cody Gakpo - Netherlands - 3 goals
• =1 Harry Kane* - England - 3
• =1 Georges Mikautadze - Georgia - 3
• =1 Jamal Musiala - Germany - 3
• =1 Dani Olmo - Spain - 3
• =1 Ivan Schranz - Slovakia - 3
• =2 Jude Bellingham* - England - 2
• =2 Breel Embolo - Switzerland - 2
• =2 Fabian Ruiz* - Spain - 2
• =2 Niclas Fullkrug - Germany - 2
• =2 Kai Havertz - Germany - 2
• =2 Donyell Malen - Netherlands - 2
• =2 Razvan Marin - Romania - 2
• =2 Merih Demiral - Turkey - 2
• =2 Florian Wirtz - Germany - 2

Who has previously won the Euros Golden Boot?

• 1960: François Heutte (France), Viktor Ponedelnik (USSR), Valentin Ivanov (USSR), Dražan Jerković (Yugoslavia), Milan Galić (Yugoslavia) – 2 goals
• 1964: Jesús María Pereda (Spain), Ferenc Bene (Hungary), Deszö Novák (Hungary) – 2 goals
• 2020 - Cristiano Ronaldo** (Portugal) Patrick Schick (Czech Republic) - 5 goals
• 1968: Dragan Džajić (Yugoslavia) – 2 goals
• 1972: Gerd Müller (West Germany) – 4 goals
• 1976: Dieter Müller (West Germany) – 4 goals
• 1980: Klaus Allofs (West Germany) – 3 goals
• 1984: Michel Platini (France) – 9 goals
• 1988: Marco van Basten (Netherlands) – 5 goals
• 1992: Henrik Larsen (Denmark), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Germany), Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands), Tomas Brolin (Sweden) – 3 goals
• 1996: Alan Shearer (England) – 5 goals
• 2000: Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands), Savo Milošević (Yugoslavia) – 5 goals
• 2004: Milan Baroš (Czech Republic) – 5 goals
• 2008: David Villa (Spain) – 4 goals
• 2012: Fernando Torres (Spain)*, Alan Dzagoev (Russia), Mario Gomez (Germany), Mario Mandžukić (Croatia), Mario Balotelli (Italy), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 3 goals
• 2016: Antoine Griezmann (France) – 6 goals
• 2020: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)**, Patrik Schick (Czechia) – 5 goals

* Fernando Torres received the 2012 trophy due to an assist and having played the fewest minutes of the players who scored three goals

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** Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2020 trophy due to providing one assist

Who has scored the most Euro goals?

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the most Euro goals with or without qualifying matches.

However, Frenchman Michael Platini scored the most goals in a single final tournament with a total of 9 during the 1984 competition.

Most goals (including qualifying)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) - 55 goals
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) - 25 goals
Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) - 23 goals

Most final tournament goals

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) - 14 goals
Michel Platini (France) - 9 goals
Antoine Griezmann (France), Alan Shearer (England), Álvaro Morata (Spain) - 7 goals