Lionel Messi extends his lead at the top of the ESM Golden Shoe standings after scoring for Barcelona in their 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid.

That’s 38 for the season for the Argentinian and the 16th consecutive league game in which he has scored. 

Elsewhere, it was a quiet weekend for the leading contenders, with Liverpool’s Luis Suarez the only striker in the top ten to get on the scoresheet. The Uruguayan continued his impressive season by notching a hat-trick in the Reds’ 4-0 win at Wigan Athletic.

POS PLAYER TEAM GOALS FACTOR PTS

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 38 x 2 = 76
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 24 x 2 = 48
3. Jackson Martinez (FC Porto) 22 x 2 = 44
4. Radamel Falcao (Atlético Madrid) 21 x 2 = 42
Luis Suarez (Liverpool) 21 x 2 = 42
6. Robin van Persie (Manchester United) 19 x 2 = 38
7. Philipp Hosiner (Austria Vienna) 25 x 1.5 = 37.5
8. Edinson Cavani (Napoli) 18 x 2 = 36
9. Arturas Rimkevicius (FK Siauliai) 35 x 1 = 35
10. Wilfried Bony (Vitesse) 23 x 1.5 = 34.5
11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain) 22 x 1.5 = 33
12. Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) 16 x 2 = 32
Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen) 16 x 2 = 32
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 2 = 32
Stephan El Shaarawy (Milan) 16 x 2 = 32
16. Eliran Atar (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 21 x 1.5 = 31.
17. Demba Ba (Newcastle United/Chelsea) 15 x 2 = 30
Rafik Djebbour (Olympiakos) 20 x 1.5 = 30
Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich) 15 x 2 = 30
Miguel Pérez Cuesta ‘Michu’ (Swansea City) 15 x 2 = 30
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) 15 x 2 = 30
22. Carlos Bacca (Club Brugge) 19 x 1.5 = 28.5
Alfred Finnbogason (Heerenveen) 19 x 1.5 = 28.5
Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian) 19 x 1.5 = 28.5
Michael Higdon (Motherwell) 19 x 1.5 = 28.5
Graziano Pellè (Feyenoord) 19 x 1,5 = 28.5
27. Oscar Cardozo (Benfica) 14 x 2 = 28
28. Billy McKay (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 18 x 1.5 = 27
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk) 18 x 1.5 = 27
Raul Rusescu (Steaua Bucharest) 18 x 1.5 = 27
31. ‘Éder’zito António Macedo Lopes (Sporting Braga) 13 x 2 = 26
Albert Meyong (Vitoria Setúbal) 13 x 2 = 26
Roberto Soldado (Valencia CF) 13 x 2 = 26
34. Jozy Altidore (AZ) 17 x 1.5 = 25.5
Ebrahim Sawaneh ‘Ibou’ (Oud-Heverlee Leuven) 17 x 1.5 = 25.5
Dieumerci Mbokani (Anderlecht) 17 x 1.5 = 25.5
Jonathan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) 17 x 1.5 = 25.5
38. Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao) 12 x 2 = 24
Rubén Castro (Real Betis) 12 x 2 = 24
Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) 12 x 2 = 24
Rickie Lambert (Southampton) 12 x 2 = 24
Romelu Lukaku (West Bromwich Albion) 12 x 2 = 24
Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) 16 x 1.5 = 24
Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) 12 x 2 = 24
Giampaolo Pazzini (Milan) 12 x 2 = 24
Adám Szalai (Mainz) 12 x 2 = 24
Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) 12 x 2 = 24
Jelle Vossen (Genk) 16 x 1.5 = 24
49. Waris Majeed Abdul (BK Häcken) 23 x 1 = 23
Vladislav Ivanov (JK Trans Narva) 23 x 1 = 23
51. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Saint-Etienne) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
Juliano Gonçalves (Anorthosis Famagusta) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
David Lafata (Sparta Prague) 15 x 1.5 = 22.5
54. Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) 11 x 2 = 22
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) 11 x 2 = 22
Arnaldo Edi Lopes da Silva ‘Edinho’ (Académica Coimbra) 11 x 2 = 22
Vedad Ibisevic (Stuttgart) 11 x 2 = 22
Stevan Jovetic (Fiorentina) 11 x 2 = 22
Erik Lamela (Roma) 11 x 2 = 22
Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 11 x 2 = 22
Rodrigo Lima (Benfica) 11 x 2 = 22
Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) 11 x 2 = 22
Tarmo Neemelo (Nomme Kalju) 22 x 1 = 22
Nils Petersen (Werder Bremen) 11 x 2 = 22
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 11 x 2 = 22
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 11 x 2 = 22
Marco Sau (Cagliari) 11 x 2 = 22
Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers) 22 x 1 = 22
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) 11 x 2 = 22
* Standings last updated 04/03/2013

**Rules

Only the leading four countries – Spain, Italy, Germany, 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.