Everything you wanted to know about Belgium’s ‘Golden Boot’

• Most points gained by winner of the ‘Golden Boot’: 509, Michel Preud’homme (KV Mechelen, 1987)

• Youngest ever winner: Paul Van Himst (Anderlecht, 1960) aged 17 years & 3 months.

• Player winning from 2^nd division: Gilles De Bilde (Eendracht Aalst, 1994) – club promoted in May.

• Winner with the biggest feet: Jan Koller (Anderlecht, 2000) – size 50.

• Club with the most winners of the award: Anderlecht (14 players – 19 awards), followed by Club Brugge (8, 10) and Standard Liege (8,9).

• Oldest player to win: Lorenzo Staelens (Anderlecht, 1999) – aged 35 & 8 months.

• Anderlecht players who won after joining the Brussels club in mid-season: Philippe Albert (from KV Mechelen, 1992), Par Zetterberg (from Charleroi, 1993) and Mbark Boussoufa (from Ghent, 2006).

• Most wins: Paul Van Himst (4), followed by Jan Ceulemens and Wilfried Van Moer (3 each).

• Largest winning margin: Vincent Kompany (by 403 points ahead of Luigi Pieroni in 2004).

• Number of foreign players to have won: 10 (in fifties and sixties, only Belgians were eligble)

• Only foreign player to have won twice: Par Zetterberg (1993 and 1997).