Most Goals in UEFA European Championship History

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Most Goals in UEFA European Championship History

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Key Findings

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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) leads in Goals in European Championship with 14.

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Average Goals in European Championship: 7.13 · median: 6.

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Gap: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) is 2.8× larger than Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany).

About This Dataset

Most Goals in UEFA European Championship History

Players ranked by total goals scored across all UEFA European Championship tournaments combined. Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the European Championship with 14 goals across six tournaments — a record that stands more than five goals ahead of Michel Platini, who scored 9 goals in a single edition in 1984.

Analysis

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) (14), Michel Platini (France) (9) and Antoine Griezmann (France) (7) take the top three in Goals in European Championship. No single entity dominates: the leader, Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), holds 24.6% of the combined total of all 8. Below the top two the field is tightly packed: the remaining 6 run from 7 down to 5.

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8 categories · 1 year

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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Goals in European Championship · All Time

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Goals in European Championship

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 8 observations
Measure: Goals in European Championship
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

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Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Goals in European Championship · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)	14
🥈	Michel Platini (France)	9
🥉	Antoine Griezmann (France)	7
4	Nuno Gomes (Portugal)	6
5	Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands)	6
6	Alan Shearer (England)	5
7	Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands)	5
8	Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany)	5

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship Visit ↗

2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Platini Visit ↗

3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Griezmann Visit ↗

4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuno_Gomes Visit ↗

5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kluivert Visit ↗

6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shearer Visit ↗

7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruud_van_Nistelrooy Visit ↗

8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Klinsmann Visit ↗

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