All-Time Highest Goal Scorers in UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is one of the most popular football competitions in the world. It is prestigious annual club competition in European football. The current format of the tournament was initiated in 1992. Prior to that, it was known as European Champion Club’s Cup, or simply European Cup that had run since 1955. The 2014-15 UEFA Champions League is the 60^th edition and 23^rd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs’ Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his impressive run by scoring a hat trick in Real Madrid’s 4-0 win over 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk in Group A of the Champions League on Tuesday 15 September 2015. With 120 goals in the tournament, he leads Lionel Messi by 15 goals and tops the leading scorer’s list in the competition. Lionel Messi is no at second spot with 105 goals in Champions League. Here is the full list of top 10 all-time highest goal scorers in Champions League.

All-Time Highest Goal Scorers in UEFA Champions League

1. Cristiano Ronaldo 120

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
1	Cristiano Ronaldo *	Portugal	Real Madrid Manchester United	154	120	0.73

Real Madrid’s striker Cristiano Ronaldo is all time leading goal scorer at UEFA Champions Leagues. He has scored 120 goals in 154 appearances. The Real Madrid star is at his career’s peak. His goal ratio is about 0.78. He is consider one of the best soccer players in the world right now.

2. Lionel Messi 105

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
2	Lionel Messi *	Argentina	FC Barcelona	127	105	0.83

Leo Messi is at 2nd spot in all time UEFA Champions Leagues highest goal scorers rank list. He has scored 105 goals in 127 appearances with an impressive ratio of 0.83. Although Messi failed to succeed his national team in 2014 FIFA World Cup and then two times in Copa America’s title. But he is playing a vital role in the success of his club team Barcelona.

3. Raúl González Blanco 71

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
3	Raúl	Spain	FC Schalke 04 Real Madrid	142	71	0.50

Former Spain and Real Madrid star Raul is at no 3rd in this race. He has scored 71 goals in 142 games with a ratio of 0.50.

4. Ruud van Nistelrooy 58

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
4	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	Real Madrid, Manchester United, PSV Eindhoven	73	58	0.77

At No 4 we have Ruud van Nistelrooy with 58 goals in 73 matches with a ratio of 0.77. Nistelrooy scored these goals for Real Madrid, Manchester United and PSV Eindhoven.

5. Karim Benzema 56

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
9	Karim Benzema	Sweden	Real Madrid Olympique Lyon	105	56	0.53

6. Thierry Henry 50

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
5	Thierry Henry	France	FC Barcelona Arsenal FC AS Monaco	112	50	0.45

The French legend Thierry Henry is at no 5 with 50 goals in 112 appearances. He scored these goals for FC Barcelona, Arsenal FC and AS Monaco. His goal scoring ratio is 0.45.

7. Alfredo Di Stéfano 49

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
6	Alfredo Di Stéfan	Argentina, Spain	Real Madrid	58	49	0.84

The former Real Madrid’s Star AlfredoDi Stefan is at no 6 with 49 goals in just 58 game . His goal scoring ratio is the 0.84 highest than any other player in the list.

8. Zlatan Ibrahimović 48

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
7	Zlatan Ibrahimović*	Sweden	Ajax, Juventus, Internazionale, Barcelona, Milan, PSG	120	48	0.39

9. Andriy Shevchenko

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
8	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	AC Milan Chelsea FC Dinamo Kiev	100	48	0.48

10 . Eusébio 46

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
10	Eusébio	Portugal	SL Benfica	65	46	0.71

11. Filippo Inzaghi 46

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
11	Filippo Inzaghi	Italy	Juventus AC Milan	81	46	0.57

12.  Didier Drogba 44

Rank	Player	Country	Club	Matches	Goals	Ratio
12	Didier Yves Drogba*	Ivory Coast	Chelsea FC Olympique Marseille Galatasaray	91	44	0.48