Kane loses to Mbappé in the race for the Golden Boot, Muriqi in the Top 5 - Gazeta Express
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Express newspaper

16/02/2026 9:53

Kane loses to Mbappé in the race for the Golden Shoe, Muriqi in the Top 5

football

Express newspaper

16/02/2026 9:53

Harry Kane has overtaken Kylian Mbappé at the top of the standings for the Golden Boot, the award given to the top scorer in Europe, after two goals scored by the Englishman and the Frenchman's "fasting" at the weekend.

In third position behind them is Manchester City giant Erling Haaland, writes "Gazeta Express".

Meanwhile, in the Top 5 we also see the name of Vedat Muriqi, with the Kosovar striker having scored 16 goals this season.

The 31-year-old also reached the milestone of 50 goals in La Liga over the weekend, in the 1-2 defeat to Real Betis.

Among other things, Muriqi broke the personal record of 15 goals in a single season in La Liga, which he held until now.

The Prizren native also holds the record for being the only player in the Top 5 European leagues to have scored six headed goals.

Meanwhile, Inter striker Lautaro Martínez drops one position in the rankings and is now in 8th place with 14 goals scored this season.

For your information, the Golden Boot ranking calculates goals scored in the major championships using a different coefficient for each league, e.g. goals in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are worth more, to be precise by two points.

Golden Boot Competition

Harry Kane – 52 points

Kylian Mbappé – 46 points

Erling Haaland – 44 points

Igor Thiago – 34

Vedat Muriqi – 32

Vangelis Pavlidis – 30

Luis Suarez – 28.5

Darko Lemajic – 28

Mason Greenwood – 28

Lautaro Martinez – 28

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