UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorers

Explore the complete list of top goalscorers in the UEFA European Cup & UEFA Champions League, from the 1955-56 season to the 2024-25 season. This table provides a season-by-season breakdown of the leading scorers, including their nationality, club, and total goals. Discover the legends who topped the charts, from Di Stéfano and Puskás to Messi and Ronaldo.

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Top Goalscorers by Season
All-Time Top Goalscorers

UEFA European Cup & Champions League Top Goalscorers by Season

Season	Player	Nat		Club	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			Stade Reims	10
1959–60	Ferenc Puskás			Real Madrid	12
1960–61	José Águas			Benfica	11
1961–62	Alfredo Di Stéfano			Real Madrid	7
		Bent Løfqvist				B 1913
		Ferenc Puskás				Real Madrid
		Heinz Strehl				Nuremberg
		Justo Tejada				Real Madrid
1962–63	José Altafini			Milan	14
1963–64	Vladica Kovačević			Partizan	7
		Sandro Mazzola				Internazionale
		Ferenc Puskás				Real Madrid
1964–65	Eusébio			Benfica	9
		José Augusto Torres				Benfica
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	Antal Dunai			Újpesti Dosza	5
		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	7
1976–77	Gerd Müller			Bayern Munich	5
		Franco Cucinotta				Zürich
1977–78	Allan Simonsen			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	7
1986–87	Borislav Cvetković			Red Star Belgrade	7
1987–88	Gheorghe Hagi			Steaua Bucureşti	4
		Jean-Marc Ferreri				Bordeaux
		Rabah Madjer				Porto
		Ally McCoist				Rangers
		Petar Novák				Sparta Prague
		Míchel				Real Madrid
		Rui Águas				Benfica
1988–89	Marco van Basten			AC Milan	10
1989–90	Romário			PSV	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	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	Andriy Shevchenko			AC Milan	9
2001–02	Ruud van Nistelrooy			Manchester United	10
2002–03	Ruud van Nistelrooy			Manchester United	12
2003–04	Fernando Morientes			AS Monaco	9
2004–05	Ruud van Nistelrooy			Manchester United	8
2005–06	Andriy Shevchenko			AC Milan	9
2006–07	Kaká			AC 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	14
2022-23	Erling Haaland			Manchester City	12
2023-24	Harry Kane			Bayern Munich	8
		Kylian Mbappé				Paris Saint-Germain
2024-25	Raphinha			Barcelona	13
		Serhou Guirassy				Borussia Dortmund

All-Time UEFA European Cup & Champions League Top Goalscorers 1955-56 to 2024-25

Rank	Player	Nat	Goals	Games	Rate	Years	Clubs (Goals Scored)
1	Cristiano Ronaldo		140	183	0.77	2003–2023	Manchester United (21), Real Madrid (105), Juventus (14)
2	Lionel Messi		129	163	0.79	2005–2023	Barcelona (120), Paris Saint-Germain (9)
3	Robert Lewandowski		105	132	0.80	2011–	Borussia Dortmund (17), Bayern Munich (69), Barcelona (19)
4	Karim Benzema		90	152	0.59	2006–2023	Lyon (12), Real Madrid (78)
5	Raúl González		71	142	0.50	1995–2011	Real Madrid (66), Schalke 04 (5)
5	Thomas Müller		57	163	0.35	2008–	Bayern Munich
6	Ruud van Nistelrooy		56	73	0.77	1998–2009	PSV (8), Manchester United (35), Real Madrid (13)
8	Kylian Mbappé		55	87	0.63	2016–	AS Monaco (6), Paris Saint-Germain (42), Real Madrid (7)
9	Thierry Henry		50	112	0.45	1997–2010	Monaco (7), Arsenal (35), Barcelona (8)
10	Erling Haaland		49	48	1.02	2019–	Red Bull Salzburg (8), Borussia Dortmund (15), Manchester City (26)
11	Alfredo Di Stéfano		49	58	0.84	1955–64	Real Madrid
12	Andriy Shevchenko		48	100	0.48	1994–2012	Dynamo Kyiv (29), Milan (15), Chelsea (4)
13	Zlatan Ibrahimović		48	124	0.39	2001–2023	Ajax (6), Juventus (3), Inter (6), Barcelona (4), Milan (9), Paris Saint-Germain (20)
14	Mohamed Salah		47	87	0.54	2013–	Basel (2), AS Roma (1), Liverpool (44)
15	Eusébio		46	65	0.71	1961–74	Benfica
16	Filippo Inzaghi		46	81	0.57	1997–2012	Juventus (17), Milan (29)
17	Didier Drogba		44	92	0.48	2003-15	Marseille (5), Chelsea (36), Galatasaray (3)
18	Neymar		43	81	0.53	2013–2023	Barcelona (21), Paris Saint-Germain (22)
19	Alessandro Del Piero		42	89	0.47	1995–2009	Juventus
20	Antoine Griezmann		42	104	0.40	2014–	Atlético Madrid (38), Barcelona (4)
21	Sergio Agüero		41	79	0.52	2008–2021	Atlético Madrid (5), Manchester City (36)
23	Harry Kane		40	57	0.70	2016–	Tottenham Hotspur (21), Bayern Munich (19)
23	Ferenc Puskás		36	41	0.88	1956–1966	Budapest Honvéd (1), Real Madrid (35)
24	Edinson Cavani		35	70	0.50	2011–2020	Napoli (5), Paris Saint-Germain (30)
25	Gerd Müller		34	35	0.97	1969–1977	Bayern Munich
26	Fernando Morientes		33	93	0.35	1997–2009	Real Madrid (17), Monaco (9), Liverpool (1), Valencia (6)
27	Arjen Robben		31	110	0.28	2002–2018	PSV Eindhoven (3), Chelsea (2), Real Madrid (1), Bayern Munich (25)
28	Samuel Eto'o		30	78	0.38	1999–2014	Mallorca (1), Barcelona (16), Inter Milan (10), Chelsea (3)
29	Wayne Rooney		30	85	0.35	2004–2015	Manchester United
30	Kaká		30	86	0.35	2003–2014	Milan (25), Real Madrid (5)
31	Francisco Gento		30	89	0.34	1955–1969	Real Madrid

Fastest Players to Reach 20 UEFA Champions League Goals

Harry Kane: 20 goals in 24 games

Alessandro Del Piero: 20 goals in 26 games

Ruud van Nistelrooy: 20 goals in 27 games

Filippo Inzaghi: 20 goals in 28 games

Mario Gomez: 20 goals in 32 games