Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo moved ahead of Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi, in the ESM Golden Shoe standings after scoring the winner in Saturday’s clasico.

That took the Portuguese striker to 42 for the season, one ahead of his arch-rival.

Elsewhere in the top ten, Wayne Rooney scored twice in Manchester United’s thrilling 4-4 draw with Everton, to take his tally for the season to 26. That’s four more than Sergio Aguero of Premier League rivals Manchester City, who scored the opener in the 2-0 win at Wolves. Meanwhile, in Germany, Schalke’s Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was on target for Schalke, while Serie A’s leading scorer, Zlatan Ibahimovic, secured a point for Scudetto-chasing Milan with a late equaliser against Bologna.

POS PLAYER TEAM GOALS FACTOR PTS

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 42 x 2 = 84
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 41 x 2 = 82
3. Robin van Persie (Arsenal) 27 x 2 = 54
4. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 26 x 2 = 52
5. Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich) 25 x 2 = 50
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04) 25 x 2 = 50
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) 24 x 2 = 48
Burak Yilmaz (Trabzonspor) 32 x 1.5 = 48
9. Aleksandrs Cekulajevs (JK Trans Narva) 46 x 1 = 46
10. Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero (Manchester City) 22 x 2 = 44
Radamel Falcao (Atlético Madrid) 22 x 2 = 44
12. Bas Dost (Heerenveen) 28 x 1,5 = 42
Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid) 21 x 2 = 42
14. Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow) 27 x 1.5 = 40,5
15. Edinson Cavani (Napoli) 20 x 2 = 40
Papiss Demba Cissé (Freiburg/Newcastle United) 20 x 2 = 40
Olivier Giroud (Montpellier) 20 x 2 = 40
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund) 20 x 2 = 40
Diego Milito (Internazionale) 20 x 2 = 40
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) 20 x 2 = 40
21. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 18 x 2 = 36
22. Luuk de Jong (FC Twente) 23 x 1.5 = 34,5
David Lafata (FK Jablonec) 23 x 1.5 = 34,5
24. Martin Harnik (Stuttgart) 17 x 2 = 34
Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao) 17 x 2 = 34
Rodrigo Palacio (Genoa) 17 x 2 = 34
Lukas Podolski (Cologne) 17 x 2 = 34
Roberto Soldado (Valencia) 17 x 2 = 34
29. Nikica Jelavic (Rangers/Everton) 14 x 1.5 + 6 x 2 = 33
Sanharib Malki (Roda Kerkrade) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Jérémy Perbet (Mons) 22 x 1.5 = 33
32. Demba Ba (Newcastle United) 16 x 2 = 32
Clint Dempsey (Fulham) 16 x 2 = 32
Eden Hazard (Lille) 16 x 2 = 32
‘Nenê’ Anderson Luiz de Carvalho (Paris Saint-Germain) 16 x 2 = 32
Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) 16 x 2 = 32
Marco Reus (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 16 x 2 = 32
Aiyegbeni Yakubu (Blackburn Rovers) 16 x 2 = 32
39. Alexander Frei (FC Basel) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit St.Petersburg) 21 x 1,5 = 31.5
Artjoms Rudnevs (Lech Poznán) 21 x 1,5 = 31.5
42. Gérman Gustavo Denis (Atalanta Bergamo) 15 x 2 = 30
John Guidetti (Feyenoord) 20 x 1.5 = 30
Miguel Pérez Cuesta ‘Michu’ (Rayo Vallecano) 15 x 2 = 30
* Standings last updated 23/04/2012

**Rules

Only the leading five countries – Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England – 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.