He’s that man again atop another goalscoring table. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo leads Euro 2021 with five goals after his two penalty conversions in his side’s group stage final against France.
A squad of five are chasing Ronaldo with three goals apiece as we head into the round of 16. But only four of the five players will have the chance to score more goals after the elimination of Robert Lewandowski and Poland.
Ronaldo, 36, is the all-time top scorer in Euro tournaments (14+ goals) and was the most recent Italian Serie A top scorer with Juventus (29 goals).
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If the players score the same number of goals, there are tie-ups that determine their final ranking in the scoreboard. These have been implemented by UEFA from the Euro 2008 tournament:
- Most assists provided during Euro 2021
- Fewer minutes played in Euro 2021
- Most goals scored in Euro 2021 qualifiers (including qualifiers)
- Fewer cards (yellow and red combined) in Euro 2021
- Fewer cards (yellow and red combined) in Euro 2021 qualifying
The updated scoring table follows below. If “Own Goal” were a real entry in this ranking, he would be in the lead. The eight own goals scored during the tournament even exceed Ronaldo’s total.
Top scorers for Euro 2021
| Ranking | Player | Team | Goals | Help | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 5 | 1 | 270 |
| 2. | Patrik Schick | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 236 |
| Emil Forsberg | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 251 | |
| Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 264 | |
| Robert lewandowski | Poland | 3 | 0 | 270 | |
| Georginio wijnaldum | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 270 | |
| 7. | Memphis depay | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 237 |
| Ciro Immobile | Italy | 2 | 1 | 171 | |
| Xherdan Shaqiri | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 217 | |
| Andriy Yarmolenko | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 250 | |
| Roman Yaremchuk | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 250 | |
| Ivan Perisic | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 261 | |
| Manuel Locatelli | Italy | 2 | 0 | 160 | |
| Yussuf Poulsen | Denmark | 2 | 0 | 211 | |
| Kai havertz | Germany | 2 | 0 | 214 | |
| Denzel Dumfries | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 225 | |
| Rahim sterling | England | 2 | 0 | 246 | |
| Karim Benzema | France | 2 | 0 | 255 |
Note: Total of 43 players tied with one goal in the tournament.
UEFA did not award an official top scorer award until Euro 1996. Here are the winners of the top scorer honor since its inception:
Top scorers in the Euro (since 1996)
| Year | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Alain shearer | England | 5 |
| 2000 | Patrick Kluivert | Netherlands | 5 |
| Savo Milošević | Yugoslavia | 5 | |
| 2004 | Milan Baros | Czech Republic | 5 |
| 2008 | Villa David | Spain | 4 |
| 2012 | Fernando Torres | Spain | 3 |
| 2016 | Antoine Griezmann | France | 6 |
