Of the last 10 European Golden Shoe winners, only one has succeeded in winning the Ballon d'Or who is not a big omen for Mohamed Salah in Liverpool.
The Egyptian attacker is currently clear kilometers at the top of the score cards in 2024-25, but that does not necessarily mean that he is the favorite to win the Ballon d'Or.
Here are the last 10 European Golden Shoe winners and where they all ended in the Ballon d'Or in that selected year.
2023-24 Harry Kane-10E in Ballon d'Or
Despite the fact that he did not win silverware, Kanye enjoyed a productive debut season in Bayern Munich, where he scored 36 league goals and won the European Golden Shoe.
His lack of trophies, however, cost him seriously when it came to the Ballon d'Or in 2024. Despite the score of more goals than any other player in Europe, he only finished 10th in the final ranking with 201 points.
2022-23
For some, Haaland was robbed of the 2023 Ballon d'Or after his record -breaking debut season in Manchester City.
The Norwegian attacker scored 36 goals in the Premier League – a new record in the process. He also won the Treble and scored no fewer than 52 goals in all competitions.
The heroic deeds of Lionel Messi in the World Cup 2022, however, managed to wave or voters in Ballon d'Il and Haaland missed the price scary.
2021-22-Robert Lewandowski-4E in Ballon d'Or
Although the number of Lewandowski was impressive in 2021-22, he was eventually overshadowed by Karim Benzema, who wore Real Madrid to the Champions League.
The Polish attacker scored more goals than Benzema that year, but the impact of the Frenchman in the later stages of the Champions League waved the balloon d'Or to him.
Lewandowski finally finished fourth in the ranking that year, behind Benzema, Sadio Mane and Kevin De Bruyne.
2020-21-Robert Lewandowski-2E in Ballon d'Or
Lewandowski also won the European Golden Shoe in 2020-21, but lost the Ballon d'Or to Messi who had just won Copa America with Argentina.
The former Bayern star collected 580 stamps and finished only 33 points behind Messi in the ranking.
2019-20-Ciro Immobile-NVT
Immobile scored 36 league goals for Lazio in 2019-20 -20, but did not get the chance to claim a balloon d'Or, because the prize that year was canceled because of Covid.
In all likelihood, Lewandowski would have won the Ballon d'Or that year, but we think that Immobile might have been good for a top 10 finish.
2018-19-Lionel Messi-1e in Ballon d'Or
That's right, the last time that the European Golden Shoe winner also won the Ballon d'Or in 2019.
Messi scored 36 league goals for Barcelona that season and almost dragged another side of Ernesto Valverde to a Treble.
Virgil van Dijk was his most important balloon d'Or rival that year, but he was just about to claim the prize across the Dutch center of the center.
2017-18-Lionel Messi-5th in Ballon d'Or
Messi scored 34 league goals in 2017-18 and won La Liga in a canter with Barcelona.
However, the individual prices in 2018 were strongly influenced by the World Cup and Messi finally finished fifth in the overall balloon d'Or rangers.
Despite the score of most goals in Europe, he finished behind Luka Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo, Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe.
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2016-17-Lionel Messi-2E in Ballon d'Or
Messi scored considerably more goals than Ronaldo in 2016-17, but the lack of large silverware by Barcelona cost him to win many individual prizes.
Ronaldo scored that season 12 lower goals than Messi, but still finished 276 points for him in the Ballon d'Or.
2015-16 louse Suarez-4E in Ballon d'Or
Suarez was a goal machine in 2015-16, because he even managed to surpass Messi and Ronaldo.
The Uruguayan alone scored 40 goals in La Liga, but even that ridiculous count was only good enough to earn him the 4th place in the Ballon d'Or.
2014-15-Cristiano Ronaldo-2E in Ballon d'Or
Surprisingly, 2014-15 was the last time Ronaldo ever won the European Golden Shoe.
He enjoyed an excellent individual season, scored 48 league goals, but was eventually overshadowed by Barcelona and Messi who won the Treble that year.
Although CR7 placed Real Madrid on his back in 2014-15, his lack of silverware saw him losing the balloon d'Or to Messi.
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