Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the top of the ESM Golden Shoe standings when he scored his 24th goal of the season in Real Madrid’s 3-0 win over Levante.

The Portuguese striker is now level at the top of the rankings with Luis Suarez who, with Liverpool not in action this weekend, enjoyed a well-earned break.

Meanwhile, PSG’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Heerenveen’s Alfred Finnbogason continued their excellent seasons, scoring against Bastia and PEC Zwolle respectively, That’s 23 for the season for the prolific duo.

Elsewhere, Mario Mandzukic makes his first appearance in the top ten this season. The Croat forward struck twice in Bayern Munich’s 6-1 thrashing of Wolfsburg on Saturday.

POS PLAYER TEAM GOALS FACTOR PTS

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 24 x 2 = 48
Luis Suarez (Liverpool) 24 x 2 = 48
3. Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid) 21 x 2 = 42
4. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) 18 x 2 = 36
5. Alfred Finnbogason (Heerenveen) 23 x 1.5 = 34.5
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain) 23 x 1.5 = 34.5
Jonatan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) 23 x 1.5 = 34.5
8. Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich) 16 x 2 = 32
Alexis Sánchez (Barcelona) 16 x 2 = 32
10. ‘Alan’ Douglas Borges De Carvalho (Red Bull Salzburg) 21 x 1.5 = 31.5
11. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 15 x 2 = 30
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 15 x 2 = 30
Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad) 15 x 2 = 30
Robert Lewandowksi (Borussia Dortmund) 15 x 2 = 30
Jackson Martinez (Porto) 15 x 2 = 30
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 15 x 2 = 30
Graziano Pellè (Feyenoord) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Adrian Ramos (Hertha Berlin) 15 x 2 = 30
Carlos Tevez (Juventus) 15 x 2 = 30
20. Omer Damari (Hapoel Tel Aviv) 19 x 1.5 = 28.5
21. Giuseppe Rossi (Fiorentina) 14 x 2 = 28
22. Michy Batshuayi (Standard Liege) 18 x 1.5 = 27
Nerijus Valskis (FK Suduva) 27 x 1 = 27
24. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) 13 x 2 = 26
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 13 x 2 = 26
Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) 13 x 2 = 26
Ciro Immobile (Torino) 13 x 2 = 26
Fredy Montero (Sporting) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Pedro’ Rodríguez Ledesma (Barcelona) 13 x 2 = 26
Loïc Remy (Newcastle United) 13 x 2 = 26
Luca Toni (Verona) 13 x 2 = 26
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) 13 x 2 = 26
33. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) 12 x 2 = 24
‘Roberto Firmino’ Barbosa de Oliveira (Hoffenheim) x 2 = 24
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) 12 x 2 = 24
Joe Gormley (Cliftonville ) 24 x 1 = 24
‘Javi Guerra’ Rodríguez (Real Valladolid) 12 x 2 = 24
Aron Jóhannsson (AZ Alkmaar) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Hamdi Harbaoui (Lokeren) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) 12 x 2 = 24
Rodrigo Palacio (Internazionale) 12 x 2 = 24
Gastón Sangoy (Apollon Limassol) 16 x 1,5 = 24
David Villa (Atlético Madrid) 12 x 2 = 24
44. Vladimir Voskoboinikov (Nõmme Kalju) 23 x 1 = 23
45. Leon Benko (HNK Rijeka) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
Marko Devic (Metalist Kharkiv/Rubin Kazan) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
Marcin Robak (MKS Pogon Szczecin) 15 x 1.5 = 22,5
Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 15 x 1,5 = 22.5
Philipp Zulechner (SV Grödig/Freiburg) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
50. Alessio Cerci (Torino) 11 x 2 = 22
Van’Derley’ Dias Marinho (Maritimo) 11 x 2 = 22
Josip Drmic (Nürnberg) 11 x 2 = 22
Alberto Gilardino (Genoa) 11 x 2 = 22
Rimo Hunt (Levadia Tallinn) 22 x 1 = 22
Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Hamburg) 11 x 2 = 22
Fernando Llorente (Juventus) 11 x 2 = 22
Robin van Persie (Manchester United) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Raffael’ Caetano de Araújo (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 11 x 2 = 22
Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) 11 x 2 = 22
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 11 x 2 = 22
Arturo Vidal (Juventus) 11 x 2 = 22
David Villa (Atlético Madrid) 11 x 2 = 22
Ikechuwku Uche (Villarreal CF) 11 x 2 = 22
Standings last updated 10/03/2014

Rules

Only the leading five countries – Spain, Italy, Germany, England and Portugal – in the UEFA rankings have two as their multiplier. This is to emphasise the difference in (international) performance level between clubs from those countries and those of other nations.A player cannot play first in a summer league (e.g. Norway) and then in a winter league (e.g. Spain) and combine the points totals for each season.