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#3 Lionel Messi - FC Barcelona - 18 points
The Barcelona star is ever-present in this list, and is the defending champion, having won his fourth Golden Shoe award last season with 37 goals in the league, having never shared a single one of his trophies.
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Lionel Messi has started this season like a house on fire as well, racking up 9 goals in 540 minutes of the 6 games Barcelona have played this season, resulting in a 100% record for the Catalans as they lead La Liga. Strangely enough, Messi has not scored in 3 of those games, scoring 4 against Eibar, 3 against RCD Espanyol and 2 against Deportivo Alaves.
With Ernesto Valverde beginning to deploy Messi in a false nine role occasionally, the Argentine superstar is well on his way to become the first ever player in history to win the European Golden Shoe 5 times. Knowing Messi though, he'd much rather have his hands on the La Liga and UEFA Champions League trophies come the end of the 2017/18 season.
