ESM Golden Shoe: Premier strikers on song

Vieri on top
Although Internazionale FC's Christian Vieri strengthened his position at the top with goals 20 and 21 of a prolific season in the Nerazzurri's 3-1 victory over Piacenza FC, Arsenal FC forward Henry remains close behind after hitting his 19th goal as the English leaders won 5-1 at Manchester City FC.

Shearer seals it
Beattie, meanwhile, is seventh after scoring his 17th of the season in Southampton FC's 2-1 defeat at Everton FC, with Shearer in joint-ninth position after heading Newcastle United FC's third goal in the 3-0 defeat of Leeds United AFC.

Makaay double
Of the main challengers from Spain's Primera División, Roy Makaay struck twice in RC Deportivo La Coruña's 6-0 thrashing of Deportivo Alavés and is now in fourth place with 18 goals.

Kovacevic climbs
Darko Kovacevic's goal in leaders Real Sociedad's 2-0 defeat of Club Atlético Osasuna 2-0 lifted him to joint-16th place with 12 goals to his name - a position shared with a number of players, including FC Bayern Munchen's Giovane Elber, Manchester City FC's Nicolas Anelka and VfB Stuttgart's Kevin Kuranyi who were also on target over the weekend.

Last updated: 24 February 2003

Only the leading five countries (Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England) on the UEFA Ranking have 2 as their multiplier. This is to emphasise the difference in (international) performance level between the clubs from those countries and those from the other countries.

A player cannot first play in a summer league (e.g. Norway) and then in a winter league (e.g. Spain) and combine the points total for each season.

Figures from Voetbal International