An African leading the goal scoring chart in Europe for the year 2015

An African still leads the top league goalscorers in Europe ranking, while a former Real Madrid star has climbed into second spot and Cristiano Ronaldo remains outside the top 10.

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Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has remained atop of the ranking since our last update a month ago.

The CAF African Player of the Year finalist has netted 18 times in the Bundesliga this season, and is followed by Gonzalo Higuain in second spot. The former Los Blancos striker is in superb form in Serie A and has scored 16 goals for Napoli already.

Robert Lewandowski has somewhat slowed down a bit over the past few weeks, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted six goals in his past three matches.

Both sit in joint-third spot with Leicester City's Jamie Vardy on 15 goals. His Foxes teammate, Riyad Mahrez, is another African who has entered the top 10. The Algerian also netted six times in his past three games, taking his tally to 13 for the season so far.

Ronaldo, meanwhile, now sits on 12 strikes and is just outside the top 10.

Here are the top 10 goalscorers in Europe's top five leagues:

1) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) – 18 goals [+3 goals]

2) Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli) – 16 goals [+6 goals]

3) Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) – 15 goals [+1 goal]

4) Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) – 15 goals [+2 goals]

5) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain) – 15 goals [+6 goals]

6) Neymar (Barcelona) – 14 goals [+2 goals]

7) Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) – 14 goals [+2 goals]

8) Luis Suarez (Barcelona) – 13 goals [+2 goals]

9) Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) – 13 goals [+6 goals]

10) Romelu Lukaku (Everton) – 13 goals [+4 goals]