| More than 50%, the players that are listed in the | | | | players who play in a much more competitive league. |
| Golden Boot award list made by the European Sports | | | | Ronaldo is followed closely by fellow footballers, who |
| Magazine (ESM), come to represent the countries | | | | pundits expect to rise and shine at Euro 2008, such |
| that participate in the next football summer | | | | as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Holland) of Ajax Amsterdam, |
| tournament in Switzerland and Austria. | | | | Fernando Torres (Spain) of Liverpool, Zlatan |
| Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese winger who plays | | | | Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan) of Sweden and Karim |
| for Manchester United, tops the list with 72 points, a | | | | Benzema (Olympique Lyon) of France. |
| result of his 36 goals up until 10th March. For players | | | | From the Golden Boot list, a Russian player by the |
| who are playing in the top league such as the EPL, | | | | name of Dmitri Lipartov (JK Trans Nava) is also listed, |
| Serie A and La Liga, ESM multiplies the goals made | | | | he tops the Russian league goal scorer list with 29 |
| with "2" to determine the points gained by the | | | | goals. But unfortunately he has never been capped |
| players. | | | | for the Russian National side. The striker has high |
| The purpose of these coefficient differences is to | | | | hopes of getting called into the squad by Russian |
| put a different standard of football played in various | | | | manager, Guus Hiddink, but somehow the odds seem |
| countries, so when a player scored 50 goals, but if he | | | | to be against him, due to his 34 year old age |
| played in a weaker league he won't top the list over | | | | disadvantage. |