UEFA Champions League Top Scorers: Real Madrid Winger Cristiano Ronaldo New Record
Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo achieved another milestone in the history of UEFA Champion League on 14 February 2018 on the eve of Valentine’s Day. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and Marcelo got another as Real Madrid came from a goal down to take a 3-1 lead over Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League clash at the Bernabeu. Ronaldo moved further ahead of rivals Harry Kane and Roberto Firmino in the race for the 2017-18 Champions League golden boot race.
Cristiano Ronaldo also scored his 100th and 101th goal for Real Madrid; Ronaldo became the first ever player who scored 100 goals for Real Madrid. Currently Ronaldo is the 2017-18 Champion League top scorers with 11 goals.
Champions League top scorers 2017-18
Player | Clubs | Goals |
Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 11 |
Roberto Firmino | Liverpool | 7 |
Harry Kane | Tottenham | 7 |
Neymar | PSG | 6 |
Sadio Mane | Liverpool | 6 |
Edinson Cavani | PSG | 6 |
Wissam Ben Yedder | Sevilla | 6 |
Philippe Coutinho | Liverpool | 5 |
Vincent Aboukabar | Porto | 5 |
Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 5 |
Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 4 |
Cenk Tosun | Besiktas | 4 |
Raheem Sterling | Man City | 4 |
Sergio Aguero | Man City | 4 |
Dimitri Oberlin | FC Basel | 4 |
Anderson Talisca | Besiktas | 4 |
Romelu Lukaku | Man United | 4 |
Gonzalo Higuain | Juventus | 4 |
Cristiano Ronaldo is also all-time highest goal scorer in UEFA Champion League with 116 goals.
All time Champions League Top Scorers
Rank | Player | Country | Goals | Matches | Goal ratio | Team |
1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 116 | 147 | 0.79 | Real Madrid |
2 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 97 | 121 | 0.8 | Barcelona |
3 | Raúl | Spain | 71 | 142 | 0.5 | Real Madrid, Schalke 04 |
4 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | 56 | 73 | 0.77 | PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid |
5 | Karim Benzema | France | 53 | 99 | 0.54 | Lyon, Real Madrid |
6 | Thierry Henry | France | 50 | 112 | 0.45 | Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona |
7 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Argentina | 49 | 58 | 0.84 | Real Madrid |
8 | Andriy Shevchenko | Ukraine | 48 | 100 | 0.48 | Dynamo Kyiv, Milan, Chelsea |
Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | 48 | 120 | 0.4 | Ajax, Juventus, Internazionale, Barcelona, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United | |
10 | Eusébio | Portugal | 47 | 63 | 0.75 | Benfica |
11 | Filippo Inzaghi | Italy | 46 | 81 | 0.57 | Juventus, Milan |
12 | Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | 44 | 92 | 0.48 | Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray |
13 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 43 | 66 | 0.65 | Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich |
14 | Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | 42 | 89 | 0.47 | Juventus |
15 | Thomas Müller | Germany | 40 | 93 | 0.43 | Bayern Munich |