CL Top Scorers: Top 5 Goal Scorers of all time in the UCL. Known to be the league of the best in the world, take a look at the top scorers in the UEFA Champions League.
The UEFA Champions League is the grandest footballing stage in club level. Not only does it contain the most rushing adrenaline and excitement among players and fans. But also separates the men form the boys. There is no player is the history of the sport who hasnโt embraced the Champions League with his presence since its emergence in 1955.
With the modern-day European competition being more ruthless and unpredictable than ever, in this article we are going to look at the top 5 goal scorers of all time in the UEFA Champions League.
CL Top Scorers
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Ruud Van Nistelrooy โ 56 goals
One of the best Dutchmen to ever play in the Champions League, would be Ruud Van Nistelrooy. The elite central striker played for PSV Eindhoven to Manchester United to Real Madrid in the Champions League.
Making 73 appearances in the competition, Nistelrooy had a goal scoring averaging of 0.77, having played for 11 seasons.
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Raul / Karim Benzema โ 71 goals
Given Real Madrid being the most successful club in the history of UEFA Champions League, the 4th spot in the all time goal scorers concedes of two Los Blancos players, Raul and Benzema. While the former has paved the way for the younger generation, Benzema has been the most significant striker for Madrid ever since Cristiano Ronaldo left the club in 2018.
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Robert Lewandowski โ 73 goals
He is penultimate force that has led Bayern Munich to numerous knockout phases. Robert Lewandowski has represented two major Bundesliga clubs (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) in the Champions League. While he has scored 17 goals for Dortmund, he has added 56 for Bayern Munich.
Not only that, in a season affected by Covid-19, Robert Lewandowski led Bayern Munich to their long-awaited Champions League glory in the 2019-20 season having led offensively with 15 goals.
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Lionel Messi โ 120 goals
He has the best goal scoring average (0.81)ย among all the other players listed. Lionel Messi is the only player in the Top 5 goal scorers of all time in UEFA Champion League list who has represented only one club throughout his tenure.
Messi was the leading scorer in the UEFA Champions League in 6 seasons and is only out-raced by his arch rival, Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Cristiano Ronaldo- 134 goals
The UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cristiano League, its all the same. The Portuguese marquee striker is not only the leading goal scorer is the history of the league, but has also been the most dominant player who has led 3 different teams in the 21st century. Having won the title with Manchester United and Real Madrid.
It remains to be seen if CR7 has fill the long-awaited void of Juventus in clinching the Champions League in the next season. Cristiano Ronaldo has been the top scorer in 7 campaign of Champions League, which is the most by any individual ever.
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