Kylian Mbappe receives, from MARCA as representative of the ESM in Spain, the prestigious Golden Boot trophy that accredits him as the best scorer in the European leagues in the 2024-25 season. It was not a good season collectively, but on an individual level, the Frenchman had a superb end to the campaign, in which he climbed the ranks among Europe's top scorers and ended up surpassingViktor GyokeresandMohamed Salahto become the top scorer in Europe's leagues with31 goals in La Liga. To achieve this, the Frenchman needed2,915 minutes, spread over34 matches. With this achievement, the Real Madrid striker succeeds Harry Kane, who won the award in the 2023-24 season, and Haaland, who did so in 2022-23. At the same time, he also becomes the successor to Cristiano Ronaldo as the last winner of the Golden Boot at Real Madrid, who won it with the white shirt in 2014-15, 2013-14 (shared with Luis Suarez) and 2010-11. How does the Golden Boot coefficient work? Many wonder whyViktor Gyökeres did not win the award if he scored 39 goals with Sporting CP compared to Kylian Mbappe's 31. This is because the award's ranking method does not necessarily value the player who scores the most goals, but rather the player who accumulates the most points depending on the coefficient of each league. Goals in the top five European leagues (Spain, England, Germany, Italy and France) are multiplied by two. In lower coefficient leagues, such as Portugal, goals are multiplied by 1.5. Therefore, the Swedish striker scored 39 goals, which when multiplied by 1.5 gave him 58.5 points. Kylian Mbappe, with his 31 goals, obtained 62 points, which was enough to win the trophy. Complete 2025 Golden Boot ranking Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid): 31 goals (x2), 62 points Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP): 39 goals (x1.5), 58.5 points Mohamed Salah (Liverpool): 29 goals (x2), 58 points Harry Kane (Bayern Munich): 26 goals (x2), 52 points Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona): 25 goals (x2), 50 points Mateo Retegui (Atalanta): 25 goals (x2), 50 points Alexander Isak (Newcastle): 23 goals (x2), 46 points Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt/Manchester City): 22 goals (x2), 44 points Erling Haaland (Manchester City): 22 goals (x2), 44 points Mika Biereth (Sturm Graz/Monaco): 24 goals (x2), 42.5 points
