Who will win the Golden Boot at the 2024 UEFA EUROs?

There have been some unbelievable players at this year’s spectacle, but who has stood out as the very best?

Has it been Cody Gakpo’s exploits with the Dutch, or could Spain’s Mr Reliable, Rodri, win player of the tournament?

And who can forget the immense performances of French midfielder N’Golo Kanté, who has been central to Le Bleus success at this year’s EUROs?

This week, we take a look at some of the players who could be up for player of the tournament and also look at the top goal scorers who could stand a chance of winning the Golden Boot. Plus, let’s talk about the tournament’s past winners.

Potential player of the tournament nominees at the 2024 UEFA EUROs

• Cody Gakpo – Netherlands
• Rodri – Spain
• N’Golo Kanté – France
• Jude Bellingham – England
• Lamine Yamal – Spain
• Jamal Musiala – Germany
• Fabian Ruiz – Spain
• William Saliba – France
• Tijjani Reijnders – Netherlands
• Jules Kounde – France

Top goal scorers so far at the 2024 UEFA EUROs

3 goals

• Cody Gakpo
• Georges Mikautadze
• Jamal Musial
• Ivan Schranz

2 goals

• Jude Bellingham
• Breel Embolo
• Fabian Ruiz
• Niclas Fullkrug
• Kai Havertz
• Harry Kane
• Donyell Malen
• Razvan Marin
• Merih Demiral
• Dani Olmo
• Florian Wirtz

All-time leading EURO scorers

Some of the greatest names in football have been top scorers at a UEFA European Championship, but there was no official prize for the leading marksman until EURO ’96, when Alan Shearer won the prize on home soil.

Meet the scorers who stood out in all 16 previous EUROs.

• 1960: François Heutte (France), Viktor Ponedelnik (USSR), Valentin Ivanov (USSR), Dražan Jerković (Yugoslavia), Milan Galić (Yugoslavia) – 2 goals
• 1964: Jesús María Pereda (Spain), Ferenc Bene (Hungary), Deszö Novák (Hungary) – 2 goals
• 1968: Dragan Džajić (Yugoslavia) – 2 goals
• 1972: Gerd Müller (West Germany) – 4 goals
• 1976: Dieter Müller (West Germany) – 4 goals
• 1980: Klaus Allofs (West Germany) – 3 goals
• 1984: Michel Platini (France) – 9 goals
• 1988: Marco van Basten (Netherlands) – 5 goals
• 1992: Henrik Larsen (Denmark), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Germany), Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands), Tomas Brolin (Sweden) – 3 goals
• 1996: Alan Shearer (England) – 5 goals
• 2000: Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands), Savo Milošević (Yugoslavia) – 5 goals
• 2004: Milan Baroš (Czech Republic) – 5 goals
• 2008: David Villa (Spain) – 4 goals
• 2012: Fernando Torres (Spain), Alan Dzagoev (Russia), Mario Gomez (Germany), Mario Mandžukić (Croatia), Mario Balotelli (Italy), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 3 goals
• 2016: Antoine Griezmann (France) – 6 goals 2020: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Patrik Schick (Czechia) – 5 goals

Most final tournament goals

• 14: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 9: Michel Platini (France)
• 7: Antoine Griezmann (France), Alan Shearer (England), Álvaro Morata (Spain)

Most goals (including qualifying)

55: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
29: Harry Kane (England)
28: Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
27: Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)

Most goals in a single final tournament

• 9: Michel Platini (France, 1984)

Player of the Tournament awards

In addition to the top scorer trophy, an official Player of the Tournament has been named in every edition of the EURO since 1996 by UEFA’s team of technical observers. The winners so far have been:

• 1996: Matthias Sammer (Germany)
• 2000: Zinedine Zidane (France)
• 2004: Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece)
• 2008: Xavi Hernández (Spain)
• 2012: Andrés Iniesta (Spain)
• 2016: Antoine Griezmann (France)
• 2020: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy)

All information has been provided by UEFA

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