Euro 2024 boasts some of football’s most deadly goalscorers. From Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe to Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandoski , goals aren't going to be in short supply this summer in Germany . The top goalscorer award dates all the way back to the first iteration of the European Championship, hosted by France in 1960, where the accolade was split between five players who all mustered two goals.
Fast forward 60 years – 61 if we’re accounting for the pandemic – and Portugal’s global icon Ronaldo was adding yet another trophy to his over-spilling cabinet, scooping Euro 2020’s Golden Boot. Ronaldo’s five tournament goals was actually tied by Patrik Schick , but thanks to a new rule introduced at Euro 2012, Ronaldo didn’t have to share his spoils by virtue of racking up more assists than his Czech adversary. So, onto Euro 2024: talkSPORT has reviewed all the Golden Boot’s top candidates, with our assessments of each in full below.
Let’s start with the main man. A 2018 World Cup winner, newly-announced Galatico, and widely considered one of if not the best player on the planet, Mbappe’s resume puts most others to shame. The Frenchman is no stranger to performing on the biggest stage – as evidenced by his scintillating hat-trick in the 2022 World Cup final, becoming the first player to achieve that feat since England’s Sir Geoff Hurst in 1966.
Mbappe is coming off the back of another strong season with Paris Saint-Germain , where his 27 Ligue 1.