Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Take your pick.
These two have dominated the Champions League scoring chart year after year, dating back more than a decade. The last player to win the award not named Lionel or Cristiano was AC Milan’s Kaka, back in 2006-07.
Since then, Ronaldo has won the Golden Boot six times, Messi five, while the two co-won the award along with Neymar in 2014-15. So is there value in backing anyone else? Let’s go down the list and find out.
| TOP SCORER | TEAM | ODDS |
|---|---|---|
| Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 4-1 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus | 5-1 |
| Sergio Aguero | Manchester City | 8-1 |
| Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 10-1 |
| Raheem Sterling | Manchester City | 12-1 |
| Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 14-1 |
| Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 14-1 |
| Harry Kane | Tottenham | 20-1 |
| Sadio Mane | Liverpool | 20-1 |
| Antoine Griezmann | Barcelona | 25-1 |
| Neymar | PSG | 25-1 |
| Luis Suarez | Barcelona | 33-1 |
| Edinson Cavani | PSG | 33-1 |
| Gabriel Jesus | Manchester City | 33-1 |
| Mauro Icardi | PSG | 33-1 |
| Joao Felix | Atletico Madrid | 40-1 |
| Alvaro Morata | Atletico Madrid | 40-1 |
| Luka Jovic | Real Madrid | 40-1 |
| Eden Hazard | Real Madrid | 40-1 |
| Gonzalo Higuain | Juventus | 40-1 |
Angles
To win the award, history suggests a player needs to be on a successful team. The last player to win the Golden Boot for a club that did not reach at least the semifinals was Ruud van Nistelrooy for Manchester United in 2004-05. The past 14 winners …read more