Cristiano Ronaldo's latest hat-trick has almost secured him the European Golden Boot. Here is our final update of Europe's top marksman ahead of the final game week.
Click through the mini-gallery attached to the article to view the top 10 goal-scorers in Europe.
Ronaldo, Sergio Aguero and Jackson Martinez were the most prolific scorers since our last update two weeks ago, after all added three goals to their tally since.
Lionel Messi, Neymar, Jonatan Soriano and Eran Zahavi were the other players on the score sheet, with Messi arguably scoring the most important goal despite falling further behind Ronaldo.
Here are the top 10 goal-scorers in Europe right now:
1) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 45 goals – 90 points (factor 2.0) [+3 goals]
2) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 41 goals – 82 points (factor 2.0) [+1 goals]
3) Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) – 25 goals – 50 points (factor 2.0) [+3 goal]
4) Jonatan Soriano (Salzburg) – 30 goals – 45 points (factor 1.5) [+1 goals]
5) Neymar (FC Barcelona) – 22 goals – 44 points (factor 2.0) [+1 goal]
6) Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) – 22 goals – 44 points (factor 2.0) [0 goals]
7) Jackson Martinez (FC Porto) – 21 goals – 42 points (factor 2.0) [+ 3 goals]
8) Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) – 28 goals – 42 points (factor 1.5) [+1 goal]
9) Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) – 27 goals – 40.5 points (factor 1.5) [0 goals]
10) Carlos Tevez (Juventus) – 20 goals – 40 points (factor 2.0) [0 goals]
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European Sports Media awards 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).
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