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Ronaldo, Messi: all time Champions League top scorers list before 2024-25 kickoff

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Sports Mole looks at the top 10 goalscorers in the history of the Champions League and the top five scorers participating in this season's competition.
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The Champions League features Europe's best teams and players, and some of football's finest goals have been scored in UEFA's premier club competition.

Cristiano Ronaldo leads the scoring charts in the tournament, having netted 141 times in 187 appearances for Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.

Lionel Messi is Ronaldo's closest competitor, with 129 goals in 163 appearances, though he will likely never equal the Portuguese's tally given he is playing in MLS for Inter Miami.

No other player in the history of the competition has reached the 100-goal mark, though Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski has scored on 94 occasions.

Karim Benzema is the only other player to have netted at least 90 times, and there is a sizable gap between the Frenchman and fifth-placed Raul Gonzalez, who has scored 71 times.

The only players in the top 20 list who will compete in the 2024-25 edition of the Champions League are Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, Kylian Mbappe, Mohamed Salah and Erling Haaland.

Haaland's tally of 41 goals is particularly impressive considering he has accumulated this total in just 39 games.

Here, Sports Mole outlines the top 10 goalscorers in the history of the Champions League, as well as the top five goalscorers who will participate in this season's competition.



1. Cristiano Ronaldo (141 goals)

Goals: 141

Appearances: 187

Ratio: 0.75 goals per game

Assists: 42

Overall goal contributions: 183 (0.98 per game)

Years active: 2002-present

Champions League clubs:
Sporting Lisbon (0 goals in 2 games)
Manchester United (22 goals in 61 games)
Real Madrid (105 goals 102 games)
Juventus (14 goals in 23 games)

Highest-scoring season: 17 goals (11 games, 2013-14)

First goal: August 9, 2005 (vs. Debrecen)

Last goal: November 23, 2021 (vs. Villarreal)



2. Lionel Messi (129 goals)

Goals: 129

Appearances: 163

Ratio: 0.79 goals per game

Assists: 40

Overall goal contributions: 169 (1.04 per game)

Years active: 2004-present

Champions League clubs:
Barcelona (120 goals in 149 games)
Paris Saint-Germain (9 goals in 14 games)

Highest-scoring season: 14 goals (11 games, 2011-12)

First goal: February 11, 2005 (vs. Panathinaikos)

Last goal: October 25, 2022 (vs. Maccabi Haifa)



3. Robert Lewandowski (94 goals)

Goals: 94

Appearances: 120

Ratio: 0.78 goals per game

Assists: 21

Overall goal contributions: 115 (0.96 per game)

Years active: 2007-present

Champions League clubs:
Borussia Dortmund (17 goals in 28 games)
Bayern Munich (69 goals in 78 games)
Barcelona (8 goals in 14 games)

Highest-scoring season: 15 goals (10 games, 2019-20)

First goal: October 19, 2011 (vs. Olympiacos)

Last goal: September 19, 2023 (vs. Royal Antwerp)



4. Karim Benzema (90 goals)

Goals: 90

Appearances: 152

Ratio: 0.59 goals per game

Assists: 28

Overall goal contributions: 118 (0.78 per game)

Years active: 2004-present

Champions League clubs:
Lyon (12 goals in 19 games)
Real Madrid (78 goals in 133 games)

Highest-scoring season: 15 goals (12 games, 2021-22)

First goal: December 6, 2005 (vs. Rosenborg)

Last goal: April 12, 2023 (vs. Chelsea)



5. Raul Gonzalez (71 goals)

Goals: 71

Appearances: 139

Ratio: 0.51 goals per game

Assists: 23

Overall goal contributions: 94 (0.68 per game)

Years active: 1994-2015

Champions League clubs:
Real Madrid (66 goals in 127 games)
Schalke (5 goals in 12 games)

Highest-scoring season: 10 goals (15 games, 1999-00)

First goal: October 18, 1995 (vs. Ferencvaros)

Last goal: April 13, 2011 (vs. Inter Milan)



6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (60 goals)

Goals: 60

Appearances: 81

Ratio: 0.74 goals per game

Assists: 18

Overall goal contributions: 78 (0.96 per game)

Years active: 1998-2012

Champions League clubs:
PSV Eindhoven (9 goals in 15 games)
Manchester United (38 goals in 47 games)
Real Madrid (13 goals in 19 games)

Highest-scoring season: 12 goals (9 games, 2002-03)

First goal: August 26, 1998 (vs. NK Maribor)

Last goal: October 21, 2008 (vs. Juventus)



7. Andriy Shevchenko (59 goals)

Goals: 59

Appearances: 112

Ratio: 0.53 goals per game

Assists: 25

Overall goal contributions: 84 (0.75 per game)

Years active: 1992-2012

Champions League clubs:
Dynamo Kyiv (22 goals in 35 games)
AC Milan (33 goals in 62 games)
Chelsea (4 goals in 15 games)

Highest-scoring season: 9 goals (12 games, 2005-06)

First goal: December 7, 1994 (vs. Bayern Munich)

Last goal: August 25, 2010 (vs. Ajax)



8. Thomas Muller (54 goals)

Goals: 54

Appearances: 153

Ratio: 0.35 goals per game

Assists: 34

Overall goal contributions: 88 (0.58 per game)

Years active: 2006-present

Champions League clubs:
Bayern Munich (54 goals in 153 games)

Highest-scoring season: 8 goals (13 games, 2012-13) | 8 goals (12 games, 2015-16)

First goal: March 10, 2009 (vs. Sporting Lisbon)

Last goal: March 5, 2024 (vs. Lazio)



9. Thierry Henry (51 goals)

Goals: 51

Appearances: 115

Ratio: 0.44 goals per game

Assists: 24

Overall goal contributions: 75 (0.65 per game)

Years active: 1994-2014

Champions League clubs:
Monaco (7 goals in 9 games)
Arsenal (35 goals in 78 games)
Barcelona (9 goals in 28 games)

Highest-scoring season: 7 goals (12 games, 2002-03) | 7 goals (11 games, 2001-02) | 7 goals (9 games, 1997-98)

First goal: October 1, 1997 (vs. Bayer Leverkusen)

Last goal: April 8, 2009 (vs. Bayern Munich)



10. Filippo Inzaghi (50 goals)

Goals: 50

Appearances: 85

Ratio: 0.59 goals per game

Assists: 6

Overall goal contributions: 56 (0.66 per game)

Years active: 1990-2012

Champions League clubs:
Juventus (17 goals in 26 games)
AC Milan (33 goals in 59 games)

Highest-scoring season: 10 goals (14 games, 2002-03)

First goal: September 17, 1997 (vs. Feyenoord)

Last goal: November 3, 2010 (vs. Real Madrid)



Top five goalscorers participating in the 2024-25 Champions League



1. Robert Lewandowski (94 goals)

Goals: 94



2. Thomas Muller (54 goals)

Goals: 54



3. Kylian Mbappe (48 goals)

Goals: 48

Appearances: 73

Ratio: 0.66 goals per game

Assists: 26

Overall goal contributions: 74 (1.01 per game)

Years active: 2015-present

Champions League clubs:
Monaco (6 goals in 9 games)
Paris Saint-Germain (42 goals in 64 games)

Highest-scoring season: 8 goals (12 games, 2023-24) | 8 goals (10 games, 2020-21)

First goal: February 21, 2017 (vs. Manchester City)

Last goal: April 16, 2024 (vs. Barcelona)



3. Mohamed Salah (48 goals)

Goals: 48

Appearances: 89

Ratio: 0.54 goals per game

Assists: 17

Overall goal contributions: 65 (0.73 per game)

Years active: 2009-present

Champions League clubs:
Basel (5 goals in 12 games)
Chelsea (0 goals in 2 games)
Roma (1 goal in 9 games)
Liverpool (42 goals in 66 games)

Highest-scoring season: 10 goals (13 games, 2017-18)

First goal: August 6, 2013 (vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Last goal: February 21, 2023 (vs. Real Madrid)



5. Erling Haaland (41 goals)

Goals: 41

Appearances: 39

Ratio: 1.05 goals per game

Assists: 5

Overall goal contributions: 46 (1.18 per game)

Years active: 2016-present

Champions League clubs:
RB Salzburg (8 goals in 6 games)
Borussia Dortmund (15 goals in 13 games)
Manchester City (18 goals in 20 games)

Highest-scoring season: 12 goals (11 games, 2022-23)

First goal: September 17, 2019 (vs. KRC Genk)

Last goal: March 6, 2024 (vs. FC Copenhagen) body check tags ::

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