Euro 2024 Golden Boot standings: Jamal Musiala, Cody Gakpo and others battle to be top scorer in Germany

Other big names such as Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe and Cristiano Ronaldo, who is yet to get off the mark, will also hope to be the top scorer at this summer’s European Championships

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Europe’s best strikers are vying for individual honours as well as team success as they aim to top the scoring charts at Euro 2024.

The quadrennial continental tournament is currently taking place in Germany with many of the world’s top marksmen on show and battling it out for the Golden Boot.

Cristiano Ronaldo became the leading scorer in competition history with five goals at Euro 2020 taking his overall aggregate to 14 and sealing the Golden Boot in the process, as his assist saw him edge the comparatively unheralded Patrik Schick of the Czech Republic, who also netted on five occasions during the tournament.

Footballing greats such as Antonie Griezmann, Fernando Torres, Alan Shearer and Gerd Muller are among those who have won the prestigious prize throughout the history of the Euros and the likes of Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe, Jamal Musiala and Romelu Lukaku are hoping to join them this time around.

Some players have got off to a fast start but others have still got plenty of work to do in order to challenge at the top of the standings as we advance through the knockout stages.

Euro 2024 top scorers

3 goals: Georges Mikautadze (Georgia), Jamal Musiala (Germany)

2 goals: Razvan Marin (Romania), Ivan Schranz (Slovakia), Niclas Fullkrug (Germany), Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Kai Havertz (Germany)

Which players have won the European Championship Golden Boot in the past?

Year	Player	Goals
2021	Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)	5
2016	Antoine Griezmann (France)	6
2012	Fernando Torres (Spain)	3
2008	David Villa (Spain)	4
2004	Milan Baros (Czech Republic)	5
2000	Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands)/Savo Milosevic (Serbia & Montenegro)	5
1996	Alan Shearer (England)	5
1992	Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands)/Tomas Brolin (Sweden)/Henrik Larsen (Denmark)/Karl-Heinz Riedle (Germany)	3
1988	Marco van Basten (Netherlands)	5
1984	Michel Platini (France)	9
1980	Klaus Allofs (West Germany)	3
1976	Dieter Muller (West Germany)	4
1972	Gerd Muller (West Germany)	4
1968	Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia)	2
1964	Ferenc Bene (Hungary)/Dezso Novak (Hungary)/Chus Pereda (Spain)	2
1960	Milan Galic (Yugoslavia)/Francois Heutte (France)/Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union)/Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia)/Victor Ponedelnik (Soviet Union)	2