Top 5 scorers in Premier league, Spanish La Liga, France Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Scotish SPL and Serie A competition for European golden boot on 29 February 2012

Barclays Premier league, Spanish La Liga, Italy Serie A, Ligue 1, Scottish premier league, German Bundesliga and France Ligue 1 top scorers competition for golden boot on 29 February 2012. Cristiano Ronaldo leads the European league top scorers in both number of goals as well as goals coefficients, followed closely by Messi and Van Persie.

Barclays Premier league top scorers

1	Robin Van Persie	Arsenal FC	23
2	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	17
3	Demba Ba	Newcastle	16
4	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	16
5	*Yakubu Aiyegbeni	Blackburn Rovers	13

*Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) also has 13 goals
Robin Van Persie had one of five goals against Tottenham Spurs in 5-2 Arsenal victory and kept a 5 goals gap with Rooney.

Top assist

David Silva (Manchester City) 12
Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur) 11
Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) 9
Juan Mata (Chelsea) 9

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Bundesliga top scorers

1	Mario Gomez	Bayern Munich	18
2	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	SC Freiburg	18
3	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund	16
4	Lukas Podolski	FC Cologne	15
5	Claudio Pizarro	Werder Bremen	15

Klaas Jan Huntelaar level with Mario Gomez on Bundesliga top scorer and Lewandowski double against Hannover moved him within two goals at the top. 

Top assist

Juan Arango  (Borussia Monchengladbach) 8

Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich) 7
Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund)7

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France Ligue 1 top scorers 

1	Olivier Giroud	Montpellier	16
2	Anderson Nene	PSG	12
3	Kevin Gameriro	PSG	10
4	Batetimbi Gomis	Lyon	10
5	Pierre Aubameyang	St Etienne	10

Olivier Giroud still leading league one top scorers 4 goals above second placed Nenehan three players with 10 goals in top five list.

Top assist

Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille) 11

Jérémy Menez (Paris Saint-Germain) 10
Eden Hazard   (Lille) 8
Michel Bastos (Lyon) 8
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Spanish La Liga top scorers

1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	29
2	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	28
3	Radamel Falcao	Atlético Madrid	15
4	Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	14
5	*Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	13

* Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao) 13
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi ll on tight race but Real Madrid maintained a ten points gap with rival Barcelona. Both scored fantastic goals to earn their teams three point in previous games. Ronaldos back-heel goals and Lionel Messi free kick were the difference against Rayo Vallecano and Athletic Bilbao respectively.

Top assist

Ángel Di María (Real Madrid) 13 
Mesut Özil (Real Madrid) 11

Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 8

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) 8
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)7
Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) 7

Cesc Fábregas (Barcelona)7

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Italy Serie A top scorers

1	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	18
2	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	AC Milan	15
3	German Denis	Atlanta	15
4	Edinson Cavani	Napoli	15
5	Rodrigo Palacio	Genoa	14

German Denis scored hat-trick in 4-1 Atlanta win over AS Roma and re-enter top five goals scorers table after being push out of top fiver goals scorers table.
     

Top assist

Fabrizio Miccoli  (Palermo) 12
Pablo Armero    (Udinese)  8 
Antonio Cassano (AC Milan) 7
Marek Hamsik    Napoli    7

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Scottish Premier League SPL top scorers

1	Gary Hooper	Celtic	16
2	Jon Daly	Dundee United	14
3	Nikica Jelavic	Rangers	14
4	Francisco Sandaza	St Johnstone	11
5	Michael Higdon	Hibernian	11

Nikica Jelavic still in top five despite January transfer to Everton but already topped by Gary Hooper and Jon Daly.

Top assist
Steven Davis (Rangers) 10
Anthony Stokes (Celtic) 9
Nicky Law (Motherwell) 8
Jonathan Hayes (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 8
Paul Dixon (Dundee United) 8