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#3 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Goals: 15
One of the best strikers in the world never fails to make this list for over a decade now. Lionel Messi led Barcelona to glory for many seasons in the past and he started from where he left off last season.
Barcelona are unbeaten in La Liga and in UEFA Champions League, thanks to Messi's brilliance. Messi has scored 12 times in 11 La Liga games so far with another 3 coming from four UEFA Champions League games.
The diminutive star is not new to winning the European Golden Shoe award as he won it multiple times in the past. Messi has been consistently scoring goals for Barcelona and never failed to reach the 40-goal mark in his last 9 seasons.
He had some injury concerns in the past but Messi is fit and scoring goals this season and he will not stop until the season ends. Expect him to be at the top of this list come May 2018.
