Liverpool’s Luis Suarez sits atop the ESM Golden Shoe standings having scored an impressive 20 league goals at the halfway point of the Premier League season.

Considering the striker was suspended for the first six matches of the 2013-14 campaign, his strike rate this season is all the more impressive.

The only other change since the previous standings sees Real Sociedad’s Antoine Griezmann move into the top ten. The Frenchman’s strike against Athletic Bilbao in Sunday’s Basque derby saw him move up to ninth spot in the rankings.

POS PLAYER TEAM GOALS FACTOR PTS

1. Luis Suarez (Liverpool) 20 x 2 = 40
2. Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid) 19 x 2 = 38
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 18 x 2 = 36
4. Giuseppe Rossi (Fiorentina) 14 x 2 = 28
5. Nerijus Valskis (FK Suduva) 27 x 1 = 27
6. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 13 x 2 = 26
Fredy Montero (Sporting) 13 x 2 = 26
8. Alfred Finnbogason (Heerenveen) 17 x 1,5 = 25.5
9. Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad) 12 x 2 = 24
Jackson Martinez (FC Porto) 12 x 2 = 24
11. Vladimir Voskoboinikov (Nõmme Kalju) 23 x 1 = 23
12. Marko Devic (Metalist Kharkiv) 15 x 1.5 = 22,5
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
Philipp Zulechner (SV Grödig) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
15. ‘Javi Guerra’ Rodríguez (Real Valladolid) 11 x 2 = 22
Rimo Hunt (Levadia Tallinn) 22 x 1 = 22
Robert Lewandowksi (Borussia Dortmund) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Pedro‘ Rodríguez Ledesma (Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
Adrian Ramos (Hertha Berlin) 11 x 2 = 22
Vitali Rodionov (BATE Borisov) 14 x 1.5 = 22
Alexis Sánchez (Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
Carlos Tevez (Juventus) 11 x 2 = 22
23. Michy Batshuayi (Standard Liege) 14 x 1.5 = 21
Leon Benko (HNK Rijeka) 14 x 1.5 = 21
Kamil Bilinski (Zalgiris Vilnius) 21 x 1 = 21
Kostas Mitroglou (Olympiakos) 14 x 1.5 = 21
Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 21 x 1 = 21
Evaldas Razulis (Atlantas) 21 x 1 = 21
29. Páll Klettskard (KÍ) 20 x 1 = 20
Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich) 10 x 2 = 20
Rodrigo Palacio (Internazionale) 10 x 2 = 20
Loïc Remy (Newcastle United) 10 x 2 = 20
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) 10 x 2 = 20
34. ‘Alan’ Douglas Borges De Carvalho (Red Bull Salzburg) 13 x 1.5 = 19.5
Graziano Pellè (Feyenoord) 13 x 1.5 = 19.5
36. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) 9 x 2 = 18
Carlos Bacca (Sevilla) 9 x 2 = 18
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) 12 x 1.5 = 18
Alessio Cerci (Torino) 9 x 2 = 18
Thomas Dalgaard (Viborg) 12 x 1.5 = 18
‘Derley’ Dias Marinho (Maritimo) 9 x 2 = 18
Artem Dzyuba (Rostov) 12 x 1.5 = 18
Hamdi Harbaoui (Lokeren) 12 x 1.5 = 18
‘Henrique Luvannor’ de Souza (Sheriff Tiraspol) 18 x 1 = 18
Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) 9 x 2 = 18
Vedad Ibisevic (Stuttgart) 9 x 2 = 18
Stefan Kiessling (Bayer  Leverkusen) 9 x 2 = 18
Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Hamburg) 9 x 2 = 18
Romelu Lukaku (Everton FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Yura Movsisyan (Spartak Moskva) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Darren Murray (Portadown FC) 18 x 1 = 18
Dmitri Osipenko (Shakhtyor Soligorsk) 12 x 1.5 = 18
Rory Patterson (Derry City) 18 x 1 = 18
‘Raffael’ Caetano de Araújo (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 9 x 2 = 18
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 9 x 2 = 18
Ivan Santini (KV Kortrijk) 12 x 1.5 = 18
Jonatan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) 12 x 1.5 = 18
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) 9 x 2 = 18
59. Kassim Aidara (Sillamäe Kalev) 17 x 1 = 17
Joe Gormley (Cliftonville) 17 x 1 = 17
Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka) 17 x 1 = 17
** Standings last updated 06/01/2014

*** 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.