Cristiano Ronaldo’s maintained his rich vein of goalscoring form on Sunday, netting twice in Real Madrid’s 3-0 win at Athletic Bilbao.

Those strikes takes the prolific Portuguese marksman to 30 for the season, 12 behind Lionel Messi who continues his rehabilitation from a hamstring injury.

Elsewhere in the top ten, Radamel Falcao returned to scoring ways with two goals in Atletico Madrid’s 5-0 demolition of Granada, while Robin Van Persie’s goal drought finally ended when he converted a penalty in Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Stoke City. There were also goals for Borussia Dortmund’s Robert Lewandowski and Vitesse Arnhem’s Wilfred Bony.

POS PLAYER TEAM GOALS FACTOR PTS

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 42 x 2 = 84
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 31 x 2 = 62
3. Radamel Falcao (Atlético Madrid) 24 x 2 = 48
4. Jackson Martinez (Porto) 23 x 2 = 46
5. Wilfried Bony (Vitesse) 30 x 1.5 = 45
6. Edinson Cavani (Napoli) 22 x 2 = 44
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund) 22 x 2 = 44
Luis Suarez (Liverpool) 22 x 2 = 44
9. Philipp Hosiner (Austria Vienna) 27 x 1.5 = 40.5
10. Robin van Persie (Manchester United) 20 x 2 = 40
11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain) 26 x 1.5 = 39
12. Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen) 18 x 2 = 36
Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla) 18 x 2 = 36
14. Arturas Rimkevicius (FK Siauliai) 35 x 1 = 35
15. Alfred Finnbogason (Heerenveen) 23 x 1.5 = 34.5
Graziano Pellè (Feyenoord) 23 x 1.5 = 34.5
17. Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) 17 x 2 = 34
Miguel Pérez Cuesta ‘Michu’ (Swansea City) 17 x 2 = 34
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) 17 x 2 = 34
20. Eliran Atar (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 22 x 1.5 = 33
Carlos Bacca (Club Brugge) 22 x 1.5 = 33
Michael Higdon (Motherwell) 22 x 1.5 = 33
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk) 22 x 1.5 = 33
Jonathan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) 22 x 1.5 = 33
25. Rubén Castro (Real Betis) 16 x 2 = 32
Stephan El Shaarawy (Milan) 16 x 2 = 32
27. Jozy Altidore (AZ) 21 x 1.5 = 30.5
28. Demba Ba (Newcastle United/Chelsea) 15 x 2 = 30
Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) 15 x 2 = 30
Oscar Cardozo (Benfica) 15 x 2 = 30
German Gustavo Denis (Atalanta) 15 x 2 = 30
Rafik Djebbour (Olympiakos) 20 x 1.5 = 30
Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian) 20 x 1.5 = 30
Rodrigo Lima (Benfica) 15 x 2 = 30
Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich) 15 x 2 = 30
Billy McKay (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 20 x 1.5 = 30
Roberto Soldado (Valencia) 15 x 2 = 30
38. Rickie Lambert (Southampton) 14 x 2 = 28
Erik Lamela (Roma) 14 x 2 = 28
40. Liam Boyce (Cliftonville) 27 x 1 = 27
Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) 18 x 1.5 = 27
Raul Rusescu (Steaua Bucharest) 18 x 1.5 = 27
Burak Yilmaz (Galatasaray) 18 x 1.5 = 27
44. Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao) 13 x 2 = 26
Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Éder’zito António Macedo Lopes (Sporting Braga) 13 x 2 = 26
Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
Romelu Lukaku (West Bromwich Albion) 13 x 2 = 26
Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) 13 x 2 = 26
Albert Meyong (Vitoria Setúbal) 13 x 2 = 26
Giampaolo Pazzini (Milan) 13 x 2 = 26
Francisco Medina Luna ‘Piti’ (Rayo Vallecano) 13 x 2 = 26
Adám Szalai (Mainz 05) 13 x 2 = 26
Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) 13 x 2 = 26
55. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Saint-Etienne) 17 x 1.5 = 25.5
Andreas Cornelius (FC Copenhagen) 17 x 1.5 = 25,5
Ebrahim Sawaneh ‘Ibou’ (Oud-Heverlee Leuven) 17 x 1,5 = 25.5
Dieumerci Mbokani (Anderlecht) 17 x 1.5 = 25.5
Kalu Uche (Kasimpasa) 17 x 1,5 = 25.5
* There remains some dispute over Messi’s ‘goal’ against Athletic Bilbao on December 2, and until that has been clarified we have chosen to exclude it from his official tally.
** Standings last updated 15/04/2013

*** Rules

Only the leading four countries – Spain, Italy, Germany, and England – 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.