Luis Suarez has now gone five games without scoring, yet despite that barren run he remains top of the ESM Golden Shoe standings for another week.

His closest contender, Real Madrid forward, Cristiano Ronaldo completed the final match of his three-game suspension on Saturday, whilst third-placed Diego Costa, failed to get on the scoresheet at the weekend.

Elsewhere in the top 10, there were some significant movers with Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge scoring twice to move up to 4th in the standings. In France, PSG’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic maintained his impressive goalscoring form, scoring a hat-trick in his side’s 4-2 win at Toulouse to move up to 5th in the ESM rankings.

Another player to record a hat-trick was Red Bull Salzburg’s ‘Alan’, who knocked in three at the weekend in his side’s 6-1 win over Admira. That’s 21 for the season for the in-form Brazilian forward.

POS PLAYER TEAM GOALS FACTOR PTS

1. Luis Suarez (Liverpool) 23 x 2 = 46
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 22 x 2 = 44
3. Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid) 21 x 2 = 42
4. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) 18 x 2 = 36
5. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain) 22 x 1.5 = 33
6. ‘Alan’ Douglas Borges De Carvalho (Red Bull Salzburg) 21 x 1.5 = 31.5
Alfred Finnbogason (sc Heerenveen) 21 x 1.5 = 31.5
8. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 15 x 2 = 30
Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad) 15 x 2 = 30
Alexis Sánchez (FC Barcelona) 15 x 2 = 30
11. Graziano Pellè (Feyenoord) 19 x 1.5 = 28.5
12. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 14 x 2 = 28
Robert Lewandowksi (Borussia Dortmund) 14 x 2 = 28
Jackson Martinez (FC Porto) 14 x 2 = 28
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 14 x 2 = 28
Adrian Ramos (Hertha BSC Berlin) 14 x 2 = 28
Giuseppe Rossi (ACF Fiorentina) 14 x 2 = 28
Carlos Tevez (Juventus) 14 x 2 = 28
19. Jonatan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) 18 x 1.5 = 27
Nerijus Valskis (FK Suduva) 27 x 1 = 27
21. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) 13 x 2 = 26
Ciro Immobile (Torino) 13 x 2 = 26
Mario Mandzukic (Bayern München) 13 x 2 = 26
Fredy Montero (Sporting CP) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Pedro’ Rodríguez Ledesma (FC Barcelona) 13 x 2 = 26
Luca Toni (Hellas Verona) 13 x 2 = 26
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) 13 x 2 = 26
28. Michy Batshuayi (Standard Liege) 17 x 1.5 = 25.5
Omer Damari (Hapoel Tel Aviv) 17 x 1.5 = 25.5
30. Domenico Berardi (US Sassuolo) 12 x 2 = 24
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) 12 x 2 = 24
‘Javi Guerra’ Rodríguez (Real Valladolid) 12 x 2 = 24
Hamdi Harbaoui (SK Lokeren) 16 x 1.5 = 24
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 12 x 2 = 24
Gonzalo Higuaín (SSC Napoli) 12 x 2 = 24
Loïc Remy (Newcastle United) 12 x 2 = 24
37. Joe Gormley (Cliftonville FC) 23 x 1 = 23
Vladimir Voskoboinikov (Nõmme Kalju) 23 x 1 = 23
39. Leon Benko (HNK Rijeka) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
Marko Devic (Metalist Kharkiv) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
Gastón Sangoy (Apollon Limassol) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
Philipp Zulechner (SV Grödig/SC Freiburg) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
43. Alessio Cerci (Torino) 11 x 2 = 22
Josip Drmic (1.FC Nürnberg) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Roberto Firmino’ Barbosa de Oliveira (TSG Hoffenheim 1899) 11 x 2 = 22
Alberto Gilardino (Genoa CFC) 11 x 2 = 22
Rimo Hunt (Levadia Tallinn) 22 x 1 = 22
Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Hamburger SV) 11 x 2 = 22
Rodrigo Palacio (Internazionale) 11 x 2 = 22
Robin van Persie (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
54. Kamil Bilinski (Zalgiris Vilnius) 21 x 1 = 21
Luc Castaignos (FC Twente) 14 x 1.5 = 21
Aron Jóhannsson (AZ Alkmaar) 14 x 1.5 = 21
Kostas Mitroglou (Olympiakos Piraeus/Fulham) 14 x 1.5 = 21
Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 21 x 1 = 21
Evaldas Razulis (Atlantas) 21 x 1 = 21
Vitali Rodionov (BATE Borisov) 14 x 1.5 = 21
Standings last updated 24/02/2014

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.