There’s a familiar name at the top of the UEFA Champions League scoring charts: Bayern Munich Robert lewandowski. After his hat-trick on game day 4 and a beautiful kick with a bicycle kick in round 5, the Poland international rose to the top of the standings, over two hot goalscoring players. Another burn in the Champions League, Ajax Amsterdam. Sebastien Haller.
Haller has scored in every goal Ajax has played in. He exploded with four goals in Ajax’s opening game and then scored one in the next three to hit seven goals for the tournament. Both Lewandowski and Haller have achieved impressive records when you consider that last season’s top scorer, Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland, has the league’s best total of 10 goals.
But keep an eye out for the superstars Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) and Mo Salah (Liverpool), both are ranked behind the top two positions. Ronaldo scored twice in the fourth game to increase it to five goals, even with Salah, who failed to find a goal against Atletico Madrid. RB Leipzig attacker Christopher Nkunku joined the rare company after scoring against PSG.
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In the chart below, the players are ranked by their total goals scored since the group stage. The assist is used as the first finisher and the second finisher is played for the fewest minutes. Both fit in with the top scorer list compiled by European governing body UEFA for the European Championship.
Champions League Top Scorer (2021-2022)
| Places | Player | Team | Target (PK) | Support | Matches | Minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first. | Robert lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 9 (1) | first | 5 | 439 |
| 2. | Sebastien Haller | Ajax | 7 | first | 4 | 353 |
| 3. | Cristiano Ronaldo | People unite | 6 | 0 | 5 | 431 |
| 4. | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 5 (1) | 0 | 4 | 329 |
| Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig | 5 | 0 | 4 | 351 | |
| 6. | Leroy Sane | Bayern Munich | 4 | 4 | 5 | 410 |
| Riyad Mahrez | City man | 4 (2) | 0 | 4 | 338 | |
| Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 4 (1) | 0 | 4 | 349 | |
| 9. | Paulo Dybala | Juventus | 3 (2) | first | 2 | 167 |
| Hans Vanaken | Club Brugge | 3 | first | 3 | 270 | |
| Paulinho | Sports CP | 3 | first | 4 | 317 | |
| Antoine Griezmann | Atlético Madrid | 3 | 0 | 3 | 115 | |
| Darwin Nunez | Benfica | thirty first) | 0 | 4 | 224 | |
| Lionel Messi | PSG | thirty first) | 0 | 3 | 270 | |
| Karim Adeyemi | RB Salzburg | 3 (2) | 0 | 4 | 303 |
Note: Total 22 players tied with two goals scored and 88 players tied with one goal scored. There were also eight own goals from a total of 200 goals scored at the tournament.
Champions League top scorer (from 1992-93)
Here are the top scorers for each UEFA Champions League tournament since the new format was introduced in 1992-93.
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It’s no surprise who tops the list in most cases: Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the charts seven times, and Messi six times. Their dominant record has occurred in the previous 14 Champions League hosts, although neither has won any honors in the past two campaigns.
| Year | Player | Team | Goal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Erling Haaland | B. Dortmund | ten |
| 2019-20 | Robert lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 15 |
| 2018-19 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | twelfth |
| 2017-18 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 15 |
| 2016-17 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | twelfth |
| 2015-16 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 16 |
| 2014-15 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | ten |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | ten | |
| Neymar | Barcelona | ten | |
| 2013-14 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 17 |
| 2012-13 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | twelfth |
| 2011-12 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 14 |
| 2010-11 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | twelfth |
| 2009-10 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 8 |
| 2008-09 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 9 |
| 2007-08 | Cristiano Ronaldo | People unite | 8 |
| 2006-07 | Kaka | AC Milan | ten |
| 2005-06 | Andriy Shevchenko | AC Milan | 9 |
| 2004-05 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | People unite | 8 |
| 2003-04 | Fernando Morientes | AS Monaco | 9 |
| 2002-03 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | People unite | twelfth |
| 2001-02 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | People unite | ten |
| 2000-01 | Raul Gonzalez | Real Madrid | 7 |
| 1999-00 | Mario Jardel | Porto | ten |
| Rivaldo | Barcelona | ten | |
| Raul Gonzalez | Real Madrid | ten | |
| 1998-99 | Andriy Shevchenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 8 |
| Dwight Yorke | People unite | 8 | |
| 1997-98 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus | ten |
| 1996-97 | Milinko Pantic | Atlético Madrid | 5 |
| 1995-96 | Jari Litmanen | Ajax | 9 |
| 1994-95 | George Weah | PSG | 7 |
| 1993-94 | Hristo Stoichkov | Barcelona | 5 |
| 1992-93 | Franck Sauzee | Marseille | 5 |
