Most Goals in UEFA Champions League History

About This Dataset

Players ranked by total goals scored in the UEFA Champions League and its predecessor the European Cup. Cristiano Ronaldo holds the all-time Champions League scoring record with 140 goals — a total accumulated across spells at Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus and representing nearly one in five goals he has ever scored in his professional career. His record of 17 goals in a single Champions League season in 2013-14 remains the highest single-season tally.

✨ AI Insight

The gap between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, the second-highest scorer, is significant at 11 goals, indicating Ronaldo's exceptional consistency and longevity in the competition. Meanwhile, Robert Lewandowski and Karim Benzema, with 94 and 90 goals respectively, highlight the next tier of prolific scorers, but they are still far behind the leading duo. The trend suggests that as football evolves, newer players may emerge to challenge these records, yet the achievements of Ronaldo and Messi remain monumental, with Ronaldo's single-season record of 17 goals in 2013-14 exemplifying peak performance. This data underscores the rarity of such scoring feats in the Champions League.

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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Cristiano Ronaldo leads with 140 in All Time.

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Average value in All Time: 85 · median: 81.

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Gap in All Time: Cristiano Ronaldo is 2.9× larger than Andriy Shevchenko.

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Data Points

8 categories · 1 year

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140

Cristiano Ronaldo

UEFA Champions League Goals · All Time

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UEFA Champions League Goals

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Rankings & Full Data

8 records · UEFA Champions League Goals · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Cristiano Ronaldo	140
🥈	Lionel Messi	129
🥉	Robert Lewandowski	94
4	Karim Benzema	90
5	Raul (Spain)	71
6	Ruud van Nistelrooy	56
7	Thierry Henry	50
8	Andriy Shevchenko	48