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Son Heung-min's (34, LAFC) close friend has once again become Europe's top goal scorer. Harry Kane (33, Bayern Munich) secured his second European Golden Shoe, solidifying his status as the world's leading goal scorer.
Kane, who delivered a spectacular performance at Munich, was officially confirmed as the 2025-2026 European Golden Shoe winner. Still maintaining his prime form, Kane scored an astonishing 61 goals across all competitions this season, including a staggering 36 goals solely in the German Bundesliga.
The 36 league goals match Kane's record from the 2024-2025 season when he first won the Golden Shoe. Notably, this season's tally is 9 goals more than England's Premier League (EPL) top scorer Erling Haaland (Manchester City, 27 goals) and 11 goals more than Spain's La Liga's Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid, 25 goals), representing an overwhelming margin.
There is no doubt he is the top goal scorer at this moment. Kane led Munich to Bundesliga titles for two consecutive seasons, securing a third consecutive league scoring title, and delivered a spectacular hat-trick in the DFB Pokal final, lifting his first-ever cup competition trophy.
Kane's next focus is now the 2026 FIFA North America World Cup. He is preparing to launch an attack to end England's long history of international tournament droughts. If Kane leads England to a World Cup victory or wins the World Cup Golden Boot (top scorer) again, he is expected to take the most advantageous position in the race for this year's end, the world's most prestigious individual award, the Ballon d'Or.
Among all Bundesliga-born winners, excluding Kane, only two legendary Bayern Munich stars have won: Gerd Müller (1969-1970, 1971-1972) and Robert Lewandowski (2020-2021, 2021-2022).
The European Golden Shoe awards double weight to goals scored in Europe's top five leagues based on UEFA coefficients. Leagues ranked 6th to 22nd are multiplied by 1.5 to calculate final points. Goals scored in playoff matches are excluded.
This season's European Golden Shoe rankings placed Harry Kane (36 goals, 72 points) in first, followed by Erling Haaland (27 goals, 54 points) in second, and Kylian Mbappé (25 goals, 50 points) in third.
Dion Drena Beljo (Dinamo Zagreb, 31 goals, 46.5 points) took fourth place, Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca, 23 goals, 46 points) fifth, and Igor Thiago (Brentford, 22 goals, 44 points) sixth. Luis Suárez (Sporting CP, 28 goals, 42 points) and Esteban Le Poer (Angers and Rennes, 21 goals, 42 points) tied for seventh. Dennis Undab (Stuttgart, 19 goals, 38 points) finished ninth, while Japanese national team striker Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord, 25 goals, 37.5 points) ended the season in 10th place.
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