Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé, Robert Lewandowski were among the names expected to lead the scoring charts at EURO 2024. However, the tournament’s top scorer has turned out to be the biggest villain in football: the own goal.

With seven own goals, this unintentional scorer has stolen the spotlight not just in EURO 2024, but also did so in EURO 2020. These two editions alone account for 67% of all own goals in the history of the competition, totaling 18 out of the 27 own goals ever scored in the Euros.

Big names like Antonio Rüdiger, Riccardo Calafiori, Samet Akaydin, and Donyell Malen have all fallen victim to own goals, making them the anti-climax of this Euro. Meanwhile, the players with the most goals in the current tournament have yet to surpass the two-goal mark.