Golden Shoe 2019-20: Messi, Ronaldo & Europe's top scorers

The race for the prize coveted by goalscorers across Europe, ordered by the number of strikes multiplied by each league's factor

star Lionel Messi scooped his sixth European Golden Shoe award last season and the talismanic forward is out to retain the accolade in 2019-20 - though the coronavirus pandemic is a complication.

Messi held off competition from some of the continent's best goalscorers to pick up the prize for the third year in a row, leaving the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Fabio Quagliarella and Mohamed Salah trailing in his wake.

Cristiano Ronaldo was uncharacteristically off the pace in his first season with and will no doubt be eager to restore order with an improved haul this term.

With the race well and truly under way, Goal tallies up all the top goalscorers from across Europe's top leagues in 2019-20...