List of UEFA Champions League top scorers

List of UEFA Champions League top scorers

Cristiano Ronaldo is the competition's all-time top scorer with 140 goals

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 six out of the 50 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, with Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski being the only other players 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

List of UEFA Champions League top scorers

A ‡ indicates the player was from the European Cup era. Players taking part in the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League are highlighted in bold. The table below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition.

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Goals</th><th>Apps</th><th>Ratio</th><th>Years</th><th>Club(s) (Goals/Apps)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Cristiano Ronaldo</td><td>140</td><td>183</td><td>0.77</td><td>2003–2022</td><td>Manchester United (21/59), Real Madrid (105/101), Juventus (14/23)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Lionel Messi</td><td>129</td><td>163</td><td>0.79</td><td>2005–2023</td><td>Barcelona (120/149), Paris Saint-Germain (9/14)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Robert Lewandowski</td><td>109</td><td>142</td><td>0.77</td><td>2011–</td><td>Borussia Dortmund (17/28), Bayern Munich (69/78), Barcelona (23/36)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Karim Benzema</td><td>90</td><td>152</td><td>0.59</td><td>2005–2023</td><td>Lyon (12/19), Real Madrid (78/133)</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Raúl</td><td>71</td><td>142</td><td>0.50</td><td>1995–2011</td><td>Real Madrid (66/130), Schalke 04 (5/12)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Kylian Mbappé</td><td>68</td><td>96</td><td>0.71</td><td>2016–</td><td>Monaco (6/9), Paris Saint-Germain (42/64), Real Madrid (20/23)</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Erling Haaland</td><td>57</td><td>58</td><td>0.98</td><td>2019–</td><td>Red Bull Salzburg (8/6), Borussia Dortmund (15/13), Manchester City (34/39)</td></tr><tr><td>Thomas Müller</td><td>57</td><td>163</td><td>0.35</td><td>2009–2025</td><td>Bayern Munich</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Ruud van Nistelrooy</td><td>56</td><td>73</td><td>0.77</td><td>1998–2009</td><td>PSV Eindhoven (8/11), Manchester United (35/43), Real Madrid (13/19)</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Harry Kane</td><td>50</td><td>66</td><td>0.76</td><td>2016–</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur (21/32), Bayern Munich (29/34)</td></tr><tr><td>Mohamed Salah</td><td>50</td><td>97</td><td>0.52</td><td>2013–</td><td>Basel (2/6), Chelsea (0/2), Roma (1/7), Liverpool (47/82)</td></tr><tr><td>Thierry Henry</td><td>50</td><td>112</td><td>0.45</td><td>1997–2012</td><td>Monaco (7/9), Arsenal (35/77), Barcelona (8/26)</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Alfredo Di Stéfano ‡</td><td>49</td><td>58</td><td>0.84</td><td>1955–1964</td><td>Real Madrid</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Andriy Shevchenko</td><td>48</td><td>100</td><td>0.48</td><td>1994–2012</td><td>Dynamo Kyiv (15/26), AC Milan (29/59), Chelsea (4/15)</td></tr><tr><td>Zlatan Ibrahimović</td><td>48</td><td>124</td><td>0.39</td><td>2001–2021</td><td>Ajax (6/19), Juventus (3/19), Inter Milan (6/22), Barcelona (4/10), AC Milan (9/20), Paris Saint-Germain (20/33), Manchester United (0/1)</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Eusébio ‡</td><td>46</td><td>65</td><td>0.71</td><td>1961–1974</td><td>Benfica</td></tr><tr><td>Filippo Inzaghi</td><td>46</td><td>81</td><td>0.57</td><td>1997–2012</td><td>Juventus (17/26), AC Milan (29/55)</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Didier Drogba</td><td>44</td><td>92</td><td>0.48</td><td>2003–2015</td><td>Marseille (5/6), Chelsea (36/74), Galatasaray (3/12)</td></tr><tr><td>Antoine Griezmann</td><td>44</td><td>116</td><td>0.38</td><td>2014–</td><td>Real Sociedad (0/6), Atlético Madrid (40/94), Barcelona (4/16)</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Neymar</td><td>43</td><td>81</td><td>0.53</td><td>2013–2022</td><td>Barcelona (21/40), Paris Saint-Germain (22/41)</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Alessandro Del Piero</td><td>42</td><td>89</td><td>0.47</td><td>1995–2009</td><td>Juventus</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Sergio Agüero</td><td>41</td><td>79</td><td>0.52</td><td>2008–2021</td><td>Atlético Madrid (5/14), Manchester City (36/64), Barcelona (0/1)</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Ferenc Puskás ‡</td><td>36</td><td>41</td><td>0.88</td><td>1956–1966</td><td>Budapest Honvéd (1/2), Real Madrid (35/39)</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>Edinson Cavani</td><td>35</td><td>70</td><td>0.50</td><td>2011–2022</td><td>Napoli (5/8), Paris Saint-Germain (30/54), Manchester United (0/8)</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Gerd Müller ‡</td><td>34</td><td>35</td><td>0.97</td><td>1969–1977</td><td>Bayern Munich</td></tr><tr><td>Vinícius Júnior</td><td>34</td><td>80</td><td>0.43</td><td>2018–</td><td>Real Madrid</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Fernando Morientes</td><td>33</td><td>93</td><td>0.35</td><td>1997–2009</td><td>Real Madrid (17/58), Monaco (9/12), Liverpool (1/5), Valencia (6/14), Marseille (0/4)</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>Arjen Robben</td><td>31</td><td>110</td><td>0.28</td><td>2002–2018</td><td>PSV Eindhoven (3/10), Chelsea (2/19), Real Madrid (1/11), Bayern Munich (25/70)</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Samuel Eto'o</td><td>30</td><td>78</td><td>0.38</td><td>1999–2014</td><td>Real Madrid (0/3), Mallorca (1/5), Barcelona (16/38), Inter Milan (10/23), Chelsea (3/9)</td></tr><tr><td>Wayne Rooney</td><td>30</td><td>85</td><td>0.35</td><td>2004–2015</td><td>Manchester United</td></tr><tr><td>Kaká</td><td>30</td><td>86</td><td>0.35</td><td>2003–2014</td><td>AC Milan (25/62), Real Madrid (5/24)</td></tr><tr><td>Paco Gento ‡</td><td>30</td><td>89</td><td>0.34</td><td>1955–1969</td><td>Real Madrid</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>David Trezeguet</td><td>29</td><td>58</td><td>0.50</td><td>1997–2009</td><td>Monaco (4/9), Juventus (25/49)</td></tr><tr><td>Roy Makaay</td><td>29</td><td>61</td><td>0.48</td><td>2000–2007</td><td>Deportivo La Coruña (12/29), Bayern Munich (17/32)</td></tr><tr><td>Patrick Kluivert</td><td>29</td><td>71</td><td>0.41</td><td>1994–2006</td><td>Ajax (9/22), Barcelona (20/46), PSV Eindhoven (0/3)</td></tr><tr><td>Edin Džeko</td><td>29</td><td>74</td><td>0.39</td><td>2009–</td><td>VfL Wolfsburg (4/6), Manchester City (3/24), Roma (15/25), Inter Milan (7/19)</td></tr><tr><td>Álvaro Morata</td><td>29</td><td>89</td><td>0.33</td><td>2012–</td><td>Real Madrid (4/15), Juventus (15/35), Chelsea (1/7), Atlético Madrid (8/25), AC Milan (1/7)</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>Jean-Pierre Papin</td><td>28</td><td>37</td><td>0.76</td><td>1989–1994</td><td>Marseille (19/21), AC Milan (7/13), Bayern Munich (2/3)</td></tr><tr><td>Ryan Giggs</td><td>28</td><td>145</td><td>0.19</td><td>1993–2014</td><td>Manchester United</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>Sadio Mané</td><td>27</td><td>63</td><td>0.43</td><td>2017–2023</td><td>Liverpool (24/55), Bayern Munich (3/8)</td></tr><tr><td>Luis Suárez</td><td>27</td><td>73</td><td>0.37</td><td>2010–2022</td><td>Ajax (1/5), Barcelona (25/55), Atlético Madrid (1/13)</td></tr><tr><td>Rivaldo</td><td>27</td><td>73</td><td>0.37</td><td>1997–2007</td><td>Barcelona (22/43), AC Milan (2/13), Olympiacos (3/17)</td></tr><tr><td>Raheem Sterling</td><td>27</td><td>88</td><td>0.31</td><td>2014–</td><td>Liverpool (0/6), Manchester City (24/67), Chelsea (3/9), Arsenal (0/6)</td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td>Mario Gómez</td><td>26</td><td>44</td><td>0.59</td><td>2007–2013</td><td>VfB Stuttgart (3/5), Bayern Munich (23/39)</td></tr><tr><td>Gabriel Jesus</td><td>26</td><td>55</td><td>0.47</td><td>2017–</td><td>Manchester City (20/38), Arsenal (6/17)</td></tr><tr><td>Rodrygo</td><td>26</td><td>69</td><td>0.38</td><td>2019–</td><td>Real Madrid</td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td>Mário Jardel</td><td>25</td><td>46</td><td>0.54</td><td>1996–2001</td><td>Porto (19/32), Galatasaray (6/14)</td></tr><tr><td>Robin van Persie</td><td>25</td><td>59</td><td>0.42</td><td>2002–2014</td><td>Feyenoord (0/2), Arsenal (18/45), Manchester United (7/12)</td></tr><tr><td>Hernán Crespo</td><td>25</td><td>65</td><td>0.38</td><td>1997–2007</td><td>Parma (2/6), Lazio (2/11), Inter Milan (11/23), Chelsea (4/15), AC Milan (6/10)</td></tr><tr><td>Lautaro Martínez</td><td>25</td><td>66</td><td>0.38</td><td>2019–</td><td>Inter Milan</td></tr></tbody></table>

Top scorers by season

List of UEFA Champions League top scorers

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

Season	Player(s)	Club(s)	Goals
1955–56	Miloš Milutinović	Partizan	8
1956–57	Dennis Viollet	Manchester United	9
1957–58	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	10
1958–59	Just Fontaine	Reims	10
1959–60	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	12
1960–61	José Águas	Benfica	11
1961–62	Heinz Strehl	1. FC Nürnberg	8
1962–63	José Altafini	Milan	14
1963–64	Vladica Kovačević	Partizan	7
Sandro Mazzola	Inter Milan
Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid
1964–65	José Torres	Benfica	11
1965–66	Flórián Albert	Ferencváros	7
Eusébio	Benfica
1966–67	Jürgen Piepenburg	Vorwärts Berlin	6
Paul Van Himst	Anderlecht
1967–68	Eusébio	Benfica	6
1968–69	Denis Law	Manchester United	9
1969–70	Mick Jones	Leeds United	8
1970–71	Antonis Antoniadis	Panathinaikos	10
1971–72	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	5
Antal Dunai	Újpest
Lou Macari	Celtic
Silvester Takač	Standard Liège
1972–73	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	11
1973–74	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	8
1974–75	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	5
Eduard Markarov	Ararat Yerevan
1975–76	Jupp Heynckes	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6
1976–77	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	5
Franco Cucinotta	Zürich
1977–78	Allan Simonsen	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5
1978–79	Claudio Sulser	Grasshopper	11
1979–80	Søren Lerby	Ajax	10
1980–81	Terry McDermott	Liverpool	6
Graeme Souness	Liverpool
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Bayern Munich
1981–82	Dieter Hoeneß	Bayern Munich	7
1982–83	Paolo Rossi	Juventus	6
1983–84	Viktor Sokol	Dinamo Minsk	6
1984–85	Torbjörn Nilsson	IFK Göteborg	7
Michel Platini	Juventus
1985–86	Torbjörn Nilsson	IFK Göteborg	6
1986–87	Borislav Cvetković	Red Star Belgrade	7
1987–88	Gheorghe Hagi	Steaua București	4
Petar Novák	Sparta Prague
René van der Gijp	Neuchâtel Xamax
Rabah Madjer	Porto
Ally McCoist	Rangers
Míchel	Real Madrid
Rui Águas	Benfica
1988–89	Marco van Basten	Milan	10
1989–90	Romário	PSV Eindhoven	6
Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille
1990–91	Peter Pacult	Tirol Innsbruck	6
Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille
1991–92	Sergei Yuran	Benfica	7
Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille
1992–93	Romário	PSV Eindhoven	7
1993–94	Ronald Koeman	Barcelona	8
Wynton Rufer	Werder Bremen
1994–95	George Weah	Paris Saint-Germain	7
1995–96	Jari Litmanen	Ajax	9
1996–97	Milinko Pantić	Atlético Madrid	5
1997–98	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	10
1998–99	Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	8
Dwight Yorke	Manchester United
1999–2000	Mário Jardel	Porto	10
Rivaldo	Barcelona
Raúl	Real Madrid
2000–01	Raúl	Real Madrid	7
2001–02	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	10
2002–03	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	12
2003–04	Fernando Morientes	Monaco	9
2004–05	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	8
2005–06	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	9
2006–07	Kaká	Milan	10
2007–08	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	8
2008–09	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	9
2009–10	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	8
2010–11	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	12
2011–12	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	14
2012–13	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	12
2013–14	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	17
2014–15	Neymar	Barcelona	10
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2015–16	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	16
2016–17	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	12
2017–18	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	15
2018–19	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	12
2019–20	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	15
2020–21	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	10
2021–22	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	15
2022–23	Erling Haaland	Manchester City	12
2023–24	Harry Kane	Bayern Munich	8
Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain
2024–25	Serhou Guirassy	Borussia Dortmund	13
Raphinha	Barcelona

By player

Player	Titles	Seasons
Cristiano Ronaldo	7	2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Lionel Messi	6	2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19
Gerd Müller	4	1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77
Jean-Pierre Papin	3	1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
Ruud van Nistelrooy	2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
Ferenc Puskás	2	1959–60, 1963–64
Eusébio	1965–66, 1967–68
Torbjörn Nilsson	1984–85, 1985–86
Romário	1989–90, 1992–93
Raúl	1999–2000, 2000–01
Andriy Shevchenko	1998–99, 2005–06
Erling Haaland	2020–21, 2022–23

By club

Club	Titles	Seasons
Real Madrid	13	1957–58, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1987–88, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22
Barcelona	10	1993–94, 1999–2000, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15 (2), 2018–19, 2024–25
Bayern Munich	8	1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1981–82, 2019–20, 2023–24
Manchester United	7	1956–57, 1968–69, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08
Benfica	6	1960–61, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1987–88, 1991–92
Milan	4	1962–63, 1988–89, 2005–06, 2006–07
Marseille	3	1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
Ajax	1971–72, 1979–80, 1995–96
Juventus	1982–83, 1984–85, 1997–98
Partizan	2	1955–56, 1963–64
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1975–76, 1977–78
Liverpool	1980–81 (2)
IFK Göteborg	1984–85, 1985–86
PSV Eindhoven	1989–90, 1992–93
Porto	1987–88, 1999–2000
Paris Saint-Germain	1994–95, 2023–24
Borussia Dortmund	2020–21, 2024–25
Reims	1	1958–59
1. FC Nürnberg	1961–62
Inter Milan	1963–64
Ferencváros	1965–66
Anderlecht	1966–67
Vorwärts Berlin	1966–67
Leeds United	1969–70
Panathinaikos	1970–71
Celtic	1971–72
Standard Liège	1971–72
Újpest	1971–72
Ararat Yerevan	1974–75
Zürich	1976–77
Grasshopper	1978–79
Dinamo Minsk	1983–84
Red Star Belgrade	1986–87
Neuchâtel Xamax	1987–88
Sparta Prague	1987–88
Steaua București	1987–88
Rangers	1987–88
Tirol Innsbruck	1990–91
Werder Bremen	1993–94
Atlético Madrid	1996–97
Dynamo Kyiv	1998–99
Monaco	2003–04
Manchester City	2022–23

By country

Country	Titles	Seasons
Portugal	12	1960–61, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1987–88, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
West Germany	8	1961–62, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1981–82
Argentina	1957–58, 1961–62, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19
Netherlands	7	1971–72, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
France	1958–59, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2021–22, 2023–24
Brazil	1989–90, 1992–93, 1999–2000 (2), 2006–07, 2014–15, 2024–25
Yugoslavia	5	1955–56, 1963–64, 1971–72, 1986–87, 1996–97
Italy	1962–63, 1963–64, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1997–98
Hungary	4	1959–60, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1971–72
Scotland	1968–69, 1971–72, 1980–81, 1987–88
Spain	1987–88, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2003–04
England	1956–57, 1969–70, 1980–81, 2023–24
Soviet Union /  CIS	3	1974–75, 1983–84, 1991–92
Denmark	2	1977–78, 1979–80
Sweden	1984–85, 1985–86
Ukraine	1998–99, 2005–06
Norway	2020–21, 2022–23
Belgium	1	1966–67
Greece	1970–71
Switzerland	1978–79
Algeria	1987–88
Czechoslovakia	1987–88
Romania	1987–88
Austria	1990–91
New Zealand	1993–94
Liberia	1994–95
Finland	1995–96
Trinidad and Tobago	1998–99
Poland	2019–20
Guinea	2024–25