In the early morning of July 15 (Vietnam time), EURO 2024 ended after the final match between Spain and England. La Roja won 2-1 with goals from Nico Williams and Mikel Oyarzabal, while England's goal belonged to Cole Palmer.
Before this match, England's Harry Kane and Spain's Dani Olmo had the opportunity to compete for the Golden Boot award for top scorer, having the same 3 goals as 4 other players. In addition, Jude Bellingham and Fabian Ruiz - both with 2 goals, also have a chance.
However, at the end of 90 minutes of play, none of these players appeared on the scoreboard. That means, the best striker of EURO 2024 only has 3 goals.
The Golden Boot award will be shared among 6 players. In addition to Kane and Olmo, other players who also scored 3 goals at EURO 2024 are Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Georges Mikautadze (Georgia), Jamal Musiala (Germany), Ivan Schranz (Slovakia).
At EURO 2020, when Cristiano Ronaldo had the same 5 goals as Patrick Schick of the Czech Republic, however, he received the top scorer award thanks to 1 assist.
But according to UEFA's new regulations, EURO 2024 will not count assists as a secondary index for comparison, so the Golden Shoe award is given to 6 players.
Player with the most goals at EURO tournaments
2024: Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Harry Kane (England), Jamal Musiala (Germany), Georges Mikautadze (Georgia), Dani Olmo (Spain), Ivan Schranz (Slovakia) 3
2020: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Patrik Schick (Czech Republic) 5
2016: Antoine Griezmann (France) 6
2012: Fernando Torres (Spain) 3
2008: David Villa (Spain) 4
2004: Milan Baros (Czech Republic) 5
2000: Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands), Savo Milosevic (Yugoslavia) 5
1996: Alan Shearer (UK) 5
1992: Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands), Thomas Brolin (Sweden), Henrik Larsen (Denmark), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Germany) 3
1988: Marco van Basten (Netherlands) 5
1984: Michel Platini (France) 9
1980: Klaus Allofs (Federal Republic of Germany) 3
1976: Dieter Muller (Federal Republic of Germany) 4
1972: Gerd Muller (Federal Republic of Germany) 4
1968: Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia) 2
1964: Ferenc Bene (Hungary), Dezso Novak (Hungary), Jesus María Pereda (Spain) 2
1960: Milan Galic (Yugoslavia), François Heutte (France), Valentin Ivanov (USSR), Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia), Viktor Ponedelnik (USSR) 2
