Sports activities Mole looks on the top 10 goalscorers within the historical past of the Champions League and the top five scorers participating in this season’s competition.
The Champions League capabilities Europe’s easiest teams and gamers, and some of football’s finest targets gain been scored in UEFA’s premier membership competition.
Cristiano Ronaldo leads the scoring charts within the tournament, having netted 141 times in 187 appearances for Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Precise Madrid and Juventus.
Lionel Messi is Ronaldo’s closest competitor, with 129 targets in 163 appearances, although he’ll doubtless by no formulation equal the Portuguese’s tally given he’s enjoying in MLS for Inter Miami.
No various participant within the historical past of the competition has reached the 100-intention set, although Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski has scored on 94 occasions.
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Karim Benzema is the particular various participant to gain netted at least 90 times, and there is a broad gap between the Frenchman and fifth-positioned Raul Gonzalez, who has scored 71 times.
The finest gamers within the top 20 list who will compete within the 2024-25 edition of the Champions League are Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, Kylian Mbappe, Mohamed Salah and Erling Haaland.
Haaland’s tally of 41 targets is very impressive enthralling about he has accumulated this full in only 39 games.
Here, Sports activities Mole outlines the top 10 goalscorers within the historical past of the Champions League, as well to the top five goalscorers who will take part in this season’s competition.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (141 targets)
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Targets: 141
Appearances: 187
Ratio: 0.75 targets per recreation
Assists: 42
Overall intention contributions: 183 (0.98 per recreation)
Years moving: 2002-display
Champions League clubs:
Sporting Lisbon (0 targets in 2 games)
Manchester United (22 targets in 61 games)
Precise Madrid (105 targets 102 games)
Juventus (14 targets in 23 games)
Highest-scoring season: 17 targets (11 games, 2013-14)
First intention: August 9, 2005 (vs. Debrecen)
Closing intention: November 23, 2021 (vs. Villarreal)
2. Lionel Messi (129 targets)
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Targets: 129
Appearances: 163
Ratio: 0.Seventy nine targets per recreation
Assists: 40
Overall intention contributions: 169 (1.04 per recreation)
Years moving: 2004-display
Champions League clubs:
Barcelona (120 targets in 149 games)
Paris Saint-Germain (9 targets in 14 games)
Highest-scoring season: 14 targets (11 games, 2011-12)
First intention: February 11, 2005 (vs. Panathinaikos)
Closing intention: October 25, 2022 (vs. Maccabi Haifa)
3. Robert Lewandowski (94 targets)
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Targets: 94
Appearances: 120
Ratio: 0.78 targets per recreation
Assists: 21
Overall intention contributions: 115 (0.96 per recreation)
Years moving: 2007-display
Champions League clubs:
Borussia Dortmund (17 targets in 28 games)
Bayern Munich (69 targets in 78 games)
Barcelona (8 targets in 14 games)
Highest-scoring season: 15 targets (10 games, 2019-20)
First intention: October 19, 2011 (vs. Olympiacos)
Closing intention: September 19, 2023 (vs. Royal Antwerp)
4. Karim Benzema (90 targets)
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Targets: 90
Appearances: 152
Ratio: 0.59 targets per recreation
Assists: 28
Overall intention contributions: 118 (0.78 per recreation)
Years moving: 2004-display
Champions League clubs:
Lyon (12 targets in 19 games)
Precise Madrid (78 targets in 133 games)
Highest-scoring season: 15 targets (12 games, 2021-22)
First intention: December 6, 2005 (vs. Rosenborg)
Closing intention: April 12, 2023 (vs. Chelsea)
5. Raul Gonzalez (71 targets)
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Targets: 71
Appearances: 139
Ratio: 0.51 targets per recreation
Assists: 23
Overall intention contributions: 94 (0.68 per recreation)
Years moving: 1994-2015
Champions League clubs:
Precise Madrid (66 targets in 127 games)
Schalke (5 targets in 12 games)
Highest-scoring season: 10 targets (15 games, 1999-00)
First intention: October 18, 1995 (vs. Ferencvaros)
Closing intention: April 13, 2011 (vs. Inter Milan)
6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (60 targets)
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Targets: 60
Appearances: 81
Ratio: 0.74 targets per recreation
Assists: 18
Overall intention contributions: 78 (0.96 per recreation)
Years moving: 1998-2012
Champions League clubs:
PSV Eindhoven (9 targets in 15 games)
Manchester United (38 targets in 47 games)
Precise Madrid (13 targets in 19 games)
Highest-scoring season: 12 targets (9 games, 2002-03)
First intention: August 26, 1998 (vs. NK Maribor)
Closing intention: October 21, 2008 (vs. Juventus)
7. Andriy Shevchenko (59 targets)
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Targets: 59
Appearances: 112
Ratio: 0.Fifty three targets per recreation
Assists: 25
Overall intention contributions: 84 (0.75 per recreation)
Years moving: 1992-2012
Champions League clubs:
Dynamo Kyiv (22 targets in 35 games)
AC Milan (33 targets in 62 games)
Chelsea (4 targets in 15 games)
Highest-scoring season: 9 targets (12 games, 2005-06)
First intention: December 7, 1994 (vs. Bayern Munich)
Closing intention: August 25, 2010 (vs. Ajax)
8. Thomas Muller (54 targets)
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Targets: 54
Appearances: 153
Ratio: 0.35 targets per recreation
Assists: 34
Overall intention contributions: 88 (0.58 per recreation)
Years moving: 2006-display
Champions League clubs:
Bayern Munich (54 targets in 153 games)
Highest-scoring season: 8 targets (13 games, 2012-13) | 8 targets (12 games, 2015-16)
First intention: March 10, 2009 (vs. Sporting Lisbon)
Closing intention: March 5, 2024 (vs. Lazio)
9. Thierry Henry (51 targets)
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Targets: 51
Appearances: 115
Ratio: 0.44 targets per recreation
Assists: 24
Overall intention contributions: 75 (0.65 per recreation)
Years moving: 1994-2014
Champions League clubs:
Monaco (7 targets in 9 games)
Arsenal (35 targets in 78 games)
Barcelona (9 targets in 28 games)
Highest-scoring season: 7 targets (12 games, 2002-03) | 7 targets (11 games, 2001-02) | 7 targets (9 games, 1997-98)
First intention: October 1, 1997 (vs. Bayer Leverkusen)
Closing intention: April 8, 2009 (vs. Bayern Munich)
10. Filippo Inzaghi (50 targets)
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Targets: 50
Appearances: 85
Ratio: 0.59 targets per recreation
Assists: 6
Overall intention contributions: 56 (0.66 per recreation)
Years moving: 1990-2012
Champions League clubs:
Juventus (17 targets in 26 games)
AC Milan (33 targets in 59 games)
Highest-scoring season: 10 targets (14 games, 2002-03)
First intention: September 17, 1997 (vs. Feyenoord)
Closing intention: November 3, 2010 (vs. Precise Madrid)
Top five goalscorers participating within the 2024-25 Champions League
1. Robert Lewandowski (94 targets)
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Targets: 94
2. Thomas Muller (54 targets)
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Targets: 54
3. Kylian Mbappe (forty eight targets)
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Targets: forty eight
Appearances: 73
Ratio: 0.66 targets per recreation
Assists: 26
Overall intention contributions: 74 (1.01 per recreation)
Years moving: 2015-display
Champions League clubs:
Monaco (6 targets in 9 games)
Paris Saint-Germain (42 targets in 64 games)
Highest-scoring season: 8 targets (12 games, 2023-24) | 8 targets (10 games, 2020-21)
First intention: February 21, 2017 (vs. Manchester Metropolis)
Closing intention: April 16, 2024 (vs. Barcelona)
3. Mohamed Salah (forty eight targets)
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Targets: forty eight
Appearances: 89
Ratio: 0.54 targets per recreation
Assists: 17
Overall intention contributions: 65 (0.73 per recreation)
Years moving: 2009-display
Champions League clubs:
Basel (5 targets in 12 games)
Chelsea (0 targets in 2 games)
Roma (1 intention in 9 games)
Liverpool (42 targets in 66 games)
Highest-scoring season: 10 targets (13 games, 2017-18)
First intention: August 6, 2013 (vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Closing intention: February 21, 2023 (vs. Precise Madrid)
5. Erling Haaland (41 targets)
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Targets: 41
Appearances: 39
Ratio: 1.05 targets per recreation
Assists: 5
Overall intention contributions: 46 (1.18 per recreation)
Years moving: 2016-display
Champions League clubs:
RB Salzburg (8 targets in 6 games)
Borussia Dortmund (15 targets in 13 games)
Manchester Metropolis (18 targets in 20 games)
Highest-scoring season: 12 targets (11 games, 2022-23)
First intention: September 17, 2019 (vs. KRC Genk)
Closing intention: March 6, 2024 (vs. FC Copenhagen)
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