EURO 2024 Alipay+ Top Scorer Race: Gakpo, Mikautadze, Musiala, Schranz Lead the Pack

As EURO 2024 progresses, Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo, Germany’s Jamal Musiala, Georgia’s Georges Mikautadze, and Slovakia’s Ivan Schranz are at the forefront of the Alipay+ Top Scorer race.

Cody Gakpo has been a standout, scoring in the Netherlands’ Matchday 1 victory over Poland, their narrow Matchday 3 loss to Austria, and with a powerful strike against Romania in the round of 16. With three goals, Gakpo is the only player still in the tournament among the top scorers.

Georges Mikautadze has been instrumental for Georgia, scoring penalties against Portugal and Czechia, and notching his nation’s first-ever EURO finals goal in a 3-1 defeat to Türkiye. Georgia’s journey ended in the round of 16 against Spain.

Jamal Musiala shone for Germany, scoring in their 5-1 win over Scotland and their 2-0 victory against Hungary. He added his third goal in Germany’s round of 16 match against Denmark. Despite his efforts, Germany was eliminated by Spain in the quarter-finals.

Ivan Schranz of Slovakia found the net against Belgium and Ukraine during the group stage, and scored his third goal in the round of 16 loss to England.

Interestingly, the first 38 goals at EURO 2024 were scored by different players, surpassing the previous tournament record of 25 set at EURO 2016.

Current Alipay+ Top Scorers at EURO 2024

3 Goals
- Cody Gakpo (Netherlands)
- Georges Mikautadze (Georgia)
- Jamal Musiala (Germany)
- Ivan Schranz (Slovakia)
2 Goals
- Jude Bellingham (England)
- Merih Demiral (Türkiye)
- Niclas Füllkrug (Germany)
- Kai Havertz (Germany)
- Harry Kane (England)
- Donyell Malen (Netherlands)
- Răzvan Marin (Romania)
- Dani Olmo (Spain)
- Fabián Ruiz (Spain)
- Florian Wirtz (Germany)

Previous UEFA European Championship Top Scorers

2020: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Patrik Schick (Czech Republic) – 5 goals
2016: Antoine Griezmann (France) – 6 goals
2012: Fernando Torres (Spain) – 3 goals
2008: David Villa (Spain) – 4 goals
2004: Milan Baroš (Czech Republic) – 5 goals
2000: Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands), Savo Milošević (Yugoslavia) – 5 goals
1996: Alan Shearer (England) – 5 goals
1992: Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands), Thomas Brolin (Sweden), Henrik Larsen (Denmark), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Germany) – 3 goals
1988: Marco van Basten (Netherlands) – 5 goals
1984: Michel Platini (France) – 9 goals
1980: Klaus Allofs (West Germany) – 3 goals
1976: Dieter Müller (West Germany) – 4 goals
1972: Gerd Müller (West Germany) – 4 goals
1968: Dragan Džajić (Yugoslavia) – 2 goals
1964: Ferenc Bene (Hungary), Dezső Novák (Hungary), Jesús María Pereda (Spain) – 2 goals
1960: Milan Galić (Yugoslavia), François Heutte (France), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), Dražan Jerković (Yugoslavia), Viktor Ponedelnik (Soviet Union) – 2 goals