![]() In 2019/20, Bayern's Lewandowski ended a run of 12 Champions League seasons in which either Ronaldo or Messi finished as the Champions League's top scorer (or joint-top scorer). Watch Haaland's first 20 Champions League goals The player who initially came closest to taking Di Stéfano's record was Portuguese phenomenon Eusébio, the talented striker scoring 47 goals as his Benfica side replaced Madrid as the pre-eminent force in world club football for a time.Įven he could not match the goals-per-game record of Bayern's 1970s star Gerd Müller, whose 34 European Cup goals came in just 35 games – a rate of 0.97 per match that no player, before or during the Champions League era, has managed to emulate over a career lasting 20 or more games.Ĥ9: Alfredo Di Stéfano (ARG/ESP, Real Madrid) 47: Eusébio (POR, Benfica) 36: Ferenc Puskás (HUN, Honvéd, Real Madrid) 34: Gerd Müller (GER, Bayern München) 30: Francisco Gento (ESP, Real Madrid) Champions League top scorers by season (group stage to final) ![]() Real Madrid won the opening five editions, their Argentinian-born forward Alfredo Di Stéfano racking up 49 goals, a tally that no one was able to match in the 37 seasons before the competition was reinvented as the Champions League. The European Cup – or European Champion Clubs' Cup to give it its full name – was UEFA's first major men's club competition, and began in 1955. * Includes 2023/24 Top European Cup scorers (including qualifying rounds)Īlfredo Di Stéfano with the trophy in 1956 Popperfoto via Getty Images The most prolific foreign goalscorer in Bundesliga history, 'Lewy' took just 100 games to score 80 Champions League goals Messi took 102 games to reach the same mark and Ronaldo 116.ġ41: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus) 129: Lionel Messi (ARG, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain) 92: Robert Lewandowski (POL, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern München, Barcelona)* 90: Karim Benzema (FRA, Lyon, Real Madrid) 71: Raúl González (ESP, Real Madrid, Schalke) 60: Ruud van Nistelrooy (NED, PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid) 59: Andriy Shevchenko (UKR, Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea) 53: Thomas Müller (GER, Bayern München)* 51: Thierry Henry (FRA, Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona) 50: Filippo Inzaghi (ITA, Juventus, AC Milan) Messi or Ronaldo had been top scorer (or joint-top scorer) in the previous 12 UEFA Champions League campaigns. A losing finalist with Borussia Dortmund against Bayern in 2013, Robert Lewandowski finally won the competition with the Bavarian club in 2020, and though he did not score in the decisive 1-0 win against Paris, he ended the campaign as top scorer for the first time with 15 goals.
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