List of European Cup and 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 list below is weighted in favour of modern players.

All-time top scorers

As of 23 November 2016^[1]

The table below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition.
Bold indicates players active in the competition in the 2016–17 season and their current club.

	Player	Country	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	95^{[lower-alpha 1]}	132	0.72	2003–	Manchester United, Real Madrid
2	Lionel Messi	Argentina	92	110	0.84	2005–	Barcelona
3	Raúl	Spain	71	142	0.5	1995–2011	Real Madrid, Schalke 04
4	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	56^{[lower-alpha 2]}	73	0.77	1998–2009	PSV, Manchester United, Real Madrid
5	Thierry Henry	France	50^{[lower-alpha 3]}	112	0.45	1997–2010	Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona
6	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina	49	58	0.84	1955–1964	Real Madrid
7	Karim Benzema	France	48	87	0.55	2006–	Lyon, Real Madrid
	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	48^{[lower-alpha 4]}	100	0.48	1994–2012	Dynamo Kyiv, Milan, Chelsea
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	48^{[lower-alpha 5]}	119	0.4	2001–2016	Ajax, Juventus, Internazionale, Barcelona, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain
10	Eusébio	Portugal	47	63	0.75	1961–1974	Benfica
11	Filippo Inzaghi	Italy	46^{[lower-alpha 6]}	81	0.57	1997–2012	Juventus, Milan
12	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	44	92	0.48	2003–2015	Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray
13	Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	42^{[lower-alpha 7]}	89	0.47	1995–2009	Juventus
14	Thomas Müller	Germany	38	85	0.45	2008–	Bayern Munich
15	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	36	57	0.63	2011–	Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich
16	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	35	41^[2]	0.85	1956–1966	Budapest Honvéd, Real Madrid
17	Gerd Müller	West Germany	34	35^[2]	0.97	1969–1977	Bayern Munich
18	Francisco Gento	Spain	32	88	0.36	1955–1969	Real Madrid
19	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	30^{[lower-alpha 8]}	78	0.38	1999–2014	Mallorca, Barcelona, Internazionale, Chelsea
	Wayne Rooney	England	30^{[lower-alpha 9]}	85	0.35	2004–2016	Manchester United
	Kaká	Brazil	30	86	0.35	2003–2014	Milan, Real Madrid
	Fernando Morientes	Spain	30^{[lower-alpha 10]}	88	0.34	1997–2009	Real Madrid, Monaco, Liverpool, Valencia
23	David Trezeguet	France	29^{[lower-alpha 11]}	58	0.5	1997–2009	Monaco, Juventus
	Roy Makaay	Netherlands	29	61	0.48	2000–2007	Deportivo La Coruña, Bayern Munich
	Patrick Kluivert	Netherlands	29^{[lower-alpha 12]}	71	0.41	1994–2006	Ajax, Barcelona
26	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	28	37^[2]	0.76	1989–1994	Marseille, Milan, Bayern Munich
26	Ryan Giggs	Wales	28^{[lower-alpha 13]}	141	0.2	1993–2014	Manchester United
28	Rivaldo	Brazil	27^{[lower-alpha 14]}	73	0.37	1997–2007	Barcelona, Milan, Olympiacos
28	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	27^{[lower-alpha 15]}	92	0.29	2002–	PSV, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich
30	Mario Gómez	Germany	26^{[lower-alpha 16]}	44^[3]	0.59	2007–2013	Stuttgart, Bayern Munich
31	Mário Jardel	Brazil	25^{[lower-alpha 17]}	46^[4]	0.54	1996–2001	Porto, Galatasaray
	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	25^{[lower-alpha 18]}	52	0.48	2008–	Atlético Madrid, Manchester City
	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	25^{[lower-alpha 19]}	59	0.42	2002–2014	Arsenal, Manchester United
	Hernán Crespo	Argentina	25^{[lower-alpha 20]}	65	0.38	1997–2007	Parma, Lazio, Internazionale, Chelsea, Milan
	Giovane Élber	Brazil	25^{[lower-alpha 21]}	69	0.36	1997–2004	Bayern Munich, Lyon
36	José Altafini	Brazil	24	28^[2]	0.86	1959–1976	Milan, Juventus
	Marco Simone	Italy	24^{[lower-alpha 22]}	46^[5]	0.52	1989–2001	Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco
	Luís Figo	Portugal	24	103	0.23	1997–2009	Barcelona, Real Madrid, Internazionale
	Paul Scholes	England	24^{[lower-alpha 23]}	124	0.19	1994–2013	Manchester United
40	Jari Litmanen	Finland	23	57	0.4	1993–2003	Ajax, Liverpool
40	Frank Lampard	England	23	105	0.22	2001–2015	Chelsea, Manchester City
42	Santillana	Spain	22	46^[6]	0.46	1971–1988	Real Madrid
43	José Torres	Portugal	21	33^[7]	0.64	1959–1971	Benfica
	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	22	41^[8]	0.54	2011–	Napoli, Paris Saint-Germain
	Amancio	Spain	21	52	0.4	1962–1976	Real Madrid
	Steven Gerrard	England	21^{[lower-alpha 24]}	73	0.29	2001–2015	Liverpool
	Claudio Pizarro	Peru	21^{[lower-alpha 25]}	73	0.29	2001–2014	Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen
48	Romário	Brazil	20	32^[9]	0.63	1988–1995	Barcelona, PSV
	Paul van Himst	Belgium	20	39^[10]	0.51	1988–1995	Barcelona, PSV
	Luiz Adriano	Brazil	20^{[lower-alpha 26]}	41^[11]	0.49	2008–2015	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Serhiy Rebrov	Ukraine	20^{[lower-alpha 27]}	43^[12]	0.47	1993–2007	Dynamo Kyiv
	Nicolas Anelka	France	20	68	0.29	1998–2013	Arsenal, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea

Notes

↑ Ronaldo additionally scored one goal in four qualification matches.
↑ Van Nistelrooy additionally scored four goals in eight qualification matches.
↑ Henry additionally scored one goal in three qualification matches.
↑ Shevchenko additionally scored 11 goals in 16 qualification matches.
↑ Ibrahimović additionally scored one goal in four qualification matches.
↑ Inzaghi additionally scored four goals in four qualification matches.
↑ Del Piero additionally scored two goals in three qualification matches.
↑ Eto'o additionally scored three goals in four qualification matches.
↑ Rooney additionally scored four goals in three qualification matches.
↑ Morientes additionally scored six goals in 11 qualification matches.
↑ Trezeguet additionally scored three goals in three qualification matches.
↑ Kluivert additionally scored one goal in four qualification matches.
↑ Giggs additionally scored two goals in 10 qualification matches.
↑ Rivaldo additionally scored four goals in five qualification matches.
↑ Robben additionally scored one goal in one qualification match.
↑ Gómez additionally scored one goal in two qualification matches.
↑ Jardel additionally scored three goals in two qualification matches.
↑ Agüero additionally scored six goals in four qualification matches.
↑ Van Persie additionally scored two goals in nine qualification matches.
↑ Crespo additionally scored three goals in five qualification matches.
↑ Élber additionally scored two goals in four qualification matches.
↑ Simone additionally scored one goal in two qualification matches.
↑ Scholes additionally scored one goal in six qualification matches.
↑ Gerrard additionally scored nine goals in 14 qualification matches.
↑ Pizarro additionally scored three goals in four qualification matches.
↑ Adriano additionally scored one goal in four qualification matches.
↑ Rebrov additionally scored 11 goals in 25 qualification matches.

Top scorers by seasons

The table below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition.^[13]

Season	Player	Country	Club	Goals
1955–56	Miloš Milutinović	Yugoslavia	Partizan	8
1956–57	Dennis Viollet	England	Manchester United	9
1957–58	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina	Real Madrid	10
1958–59	Just Fontaine	France	Stade Reims	10
1959–60	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	Real Madrid	12
1960–61	José Águas	Portugal	Benfica	11
1961–62	Heinz Strehl	West Germany	Nuremberg	8
1962–63	José Altafini	Italy	Milan	14
1963–64	Vladica Kovačević	Yugoslavia	Partizan	7
	Sandro Mazzola	Italy	Internazionale
	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	Real Madrid
1964–65	Eusébio	Portugal	Benfica	9
1964–65	José Torres	Portugal	Benfica	9
1965–66	Flórián Albert	Hungary	Ferencváros	7
1965–66	Eusébio	Portugal	Benfica	7
1966–67	Jürgen Piepenburg	East Germany	Vorwärts Berlin	6
1966–67	Paul Van Himst	Belgium	Anderlecht	6
1967–68	Eusébio	Portugal	Benfica	6
1968–69	Denis Law	Scotland	Manchester United	9
1969–70	Mick Jones	England	Leeds United	8
1970–71	Antonis Antoniadis	Greece	Panathinaikos	10
1971–72	Johan Cruyff	Netherlands	Ajax	5
	Antal Dunai II	Hungary	Újpesti Dózsa
	Lou Macari	Scotland	Celtic
	Silvester Takač	Yugoslavia	Standard Liège
1972–73	Gerd Müller	West Germany	Bayern Munich	12
1973–74	Gerd Müller	West Germany	Bayern Munich	8
1974–75	Gerd Müller	West Germany	Bayern Munich	5
1974–75	Eduard Markarov	Soviet Union	Ararat Yerevan	5
1975–76	Jupp Heynckes	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6
1976–77	Gerd Müller	West Germany	Bayern Munich	5
1976–77	Franco Cucinotta	Italy	Zürich	5
1977–78	Allan Simonsen	Denmark	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5
1978–79	Claudio Sulser	Switzerland	Grasshopper	11
1979–80	Søren Lerby	Denmark	Ajax	10
1980–81	Terry McDermott	England	Liverpool	6
	Graeme Souness	Scotland	Liverpool
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	West Germany	Bayern Munich
1981–82	Dieter Hoeneß	West Germany	Bayern Munich	7
1982–83	Paolo Rossi	Italy	Juventus	6
1983–84	Viktor Sokol	Soviet Union	Dinamo Minsk	6
1984–85	Torbjörn Nilsson	Sweden	IFK Göteborg	7
1984–85	Michel Platini	France	Juventus	7
1985–86	Torbjörn Nilsson	Sweden	IFK Göteborg	6
1986–87	Borislav Cvetković	Yugoslavia	Red Star Belgrade	7
1987–88	Gheorghe Hagi	Romania	Steaua Bucureşti	4
	Jean-Marc Ferreri	France	Bordeaux
	Rabah Madjer	Algeria	Porto
	Ally McCoist	Scotland	Rangers
	Míchel	Spain	Real Madrid
	Rui Águas	Portugal	Benfica
1988–89	Marco van Basten	Netherlands	Milan	10
1989–90	Romário	Brazil	PSV	6
1989–90	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Marseille	6
1990–91	Peter Pacult	Austria	Tirol Innsbruck	6
1990–91	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Marseille	6
1991–92	Sergei Yuran	Ukraine	Benfica	7
1991–92	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Marseille	7
1992–93	Franck Sauzée	France	Marseille	5
1993–94	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	Barcelona	5
1994–95	George Weah	Liberia	Paris Saint-Germain	7
1995–96	Jari Litmanen	Finland	Ajax	9
1996–97	Milinko Pantić	Yugoslavia	Atlético Madrid	5
1997–98	Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	Juventus	10
1998–99	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	Dynamo Kyiv	8
1998–99	Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	Manchester United	8
1999–00	Mário Jardel	Brazil	Porto	10
	Rivaldo	Brazil	Barcelona
	Raúl	Spain	Real Madrid
2000–01	Raúl	Spain	Real Madrid	7
2001–02	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	Manchester United	10
2002–03	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	Manchester United	12
2003–04	Fernando Morientes	Spain	Monaco	9
2004–05	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	Manchester United	8
2005–06	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	Milan	9
2006–07	Kaká	Brazil	Milan	10
2007–08	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Manchester United	8
2008–09	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona	9
2009–10	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona	8
2010–11	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona	12
2011–12	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona	14
2012–13	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid	12
2013–14	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid	17
2014–15	Neymar	Brazil	Barcelona	10
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
2015–16	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid	16

By country

Country	Titles	Seasons
Portugal	11	1960–61, 1964–65,^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1965–66, 1967–68, 1987–88, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
West Germany	8	1961–62, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1981–82
France	7	1958–59, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93
Argentina	6	1957–58, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
Yugoslavia	5	1955–56, 1963–64, 1971–72, 1986–87, 1996–97
Italy		1962–63, 1963–64, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1997–98
Netherlands		1971–72, 1988–89, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
Brazil		1989–90, 1999–2000, 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2014–15
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	3	1956–57, 1969–70, 1980–81
Ukraine	3	1991–92, 1998–99, 2005–06
Soviet Union	2	1974–75, 1983–84
Denmark		1977–78, 1979–80
Sweden		1984–85, 1985–86

Notes

↑ Two Portuguese players were joint top scorers.

By player

Player	Titles	Seasons
Lionel Messi	5	2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
Cristiano Ronaldo	5	2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Gerd Müller	4	1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77
Eusébio	3	1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68
Jean-Pierre Papin		1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
Ruud van Nistelrooy		2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
Ferenc Puskás	2	1959–60, 1963–64
Torbjörn Nilsson		1984–85, 1985–86
Raúl		1999–00, 2000–01
Andriy Shevchenko		1998–99, 2005–06

References

↑ Source (unless otherwise indicated): UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016–17. For players active prior to the introduction of the Champions League in 1992, see "All-time records 1955–2016" (pdf). UEFA. pp. 5–8. Retrieved 21 October 2016. For all other players, see: "Facts and figures" (pdf). UEFA. pp. 4–7. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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↑ Potter, Steffen (30 June 2016). "Grateful Gómez gunning for Italy". UEFA. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Jardel: Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Marco Simone: Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Santillana: Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "José Torres: Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Edinson Cavani: Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Romário: Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Paul van Himst: Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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↑ "Sergiy Rebrov: Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ For players active prior to the introduction of the Champions League in 1992, see: Di Maggio, Roberto; Mamrud, Roberto; Rota, Davide; Owsianski, Jarek (11 June 2015). "Champions Cup/Champions League Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 March 2016. For all other players, see: "UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016–17: Facts and figures" (pdf). UEFA. p. 10. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

UEFA Champions League top scorers

European Cup	1955–56: Milutinović 1956–57: Viollet 1957–58: Di Stéfano 1958–59: Fontaine 1959–60: Puskás 1960–61: J. Águas 1961–62: Di Stéfano, Løfqvist, Puskás, Strehl & Tejada 1962–63: Altafini 1963–64: Kovačević, Mazzola & Puskás 1964–65: Eusébio & Torres 1965–66: Albert & Eusébio 1966–67: Piepenburg & Van Himst 1967–68: Eusébio 1968–69: Law 1969–70: Jones 1970–71: Antoniadis 1971–72: Dunai, Macari & Takač 1972–73: Müller 1973–74: Müller 1974–75: Müller & Markarov 1975–76: Heynckes 1976–77: Cucinotta & Müller 1977–78: Simonsen 1978–79: Sulser 1979–80: Lerby 1980–81: McDermott, Rummenigge & Souness 1981–82: Hoeneß 1982–83: Rossi 1983–84: Sokol 1984–85: Nilsson & Platini 1985–86: Nilsson 1986–87: Cvetković 1987–88: R. Águas, Ferreri, Hagi, Madjer, McCoist, Míchel & Novák 1988–89: Van Basten 1989–90: Papin & Romário 1990–91: Pacult & Papin 1991–92: Papin & Yuran

UEFA Champions League	1992–93: Romário 1993–94: Koeman & Rufer 1994–95: Weah 1995–96: Litmanen 1996–97: Pantić 1997–98: Del Piero 1998–99: Shevchenko & Yorke 1999–2000: Jardel, Raúl & Rivaldo 2000–01: Raúl 2001–02: Van Nistelrooy 2002–03: Van Nistelrooy 2003–04: Morientes 2004–05: Van Nistelrooy 2005–06: Shevchenko 2006–07: Kaká 2007–08: C. Ronaldo 2008–09: Messi 2009–10: Messi 2010–11: Messi 2011–12: Messi 2012–13: C. Ronaldo 2013–14: C. Ronaldo 2014–15: Neymar, C. Ronaldo & Messi 2015–16: C. Ronaldo

European Cup and UEFA Champions League

European Cup era, 1955–1992

Seasons	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Finals	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

Champions League era, 1992–present

Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Finals	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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