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List of UEFA Champions League top scorers


List of UEFA Champions League top scorers


The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs, the tournament was expanded during the 1990s to incorporate a round-robin group phase and more teams. The expansion resulted in more games being played, increasing players' goalscoring chances; thus the rankings are weighted in favour of modern players: only seven out of the 52 players on the list never competed in the reformed Champions League.

With 140 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the all-time top scorer in the Champions League, while his career rival Lionel Messi is the only other player to have reached triple figures. Ronaldo has also finished as the top scorer for the most individual seasons in the competition's history, doing so seven times.

The title of highest goalscorer had previously been held by Raúl, who scored his 50th goal in 2005 while at Real Madrid to overtake Alfredo Di Stéfano. He held the record until November 2014, when his eventual tally of 71 was first equalled and then surpassed by Messi. Ronaldo has remained the competition's outright top scorer since September 2015; after a back-and-forth exchange of the record between him and Messi, a hat-trick by the former against Shakhtar Donetsk put Ronaldo ahead with 80 goals, and he would not relinquish the top spot again after this.

All-time top scorers

As of 15 March 2024
A ‡ indicates the player was from the European Cup era.
Players taking part in the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League are highlighted in boldface.
The table below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition.


Top scorers by season

The table below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition.

By player

By club

Notes

By country

Notes

See also

  • List of footballers with 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances
  • List of UEFA Champions League hat-tricks
  • List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers
  • List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorers

References

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