2 Bayern players in top 10
“It was a perfect evening against a great opponent,” Lionel Messi said after he scored his first goal for PSG in the Champions League match against Manchester City (2-0). “I am delighted to have scored my first goal.” The 34-year-old Argentine scored in the 74th minute in what was not only his first goal in a new shirt but also extended a record.
Since making his Champions League debut in 2005/06 for Barcelona, Messi has scored every year in the Champions League—altogether 121 goals. Only one other player has managed to score 17 years in a row since the Champions League replaced the old European Cup in 1992: Karim Benzema. The 33-year-old Real Madrid striker has scored every year since first making his debut in the Champions League in 2005. The striker scored in Real Madrid‘s 2-1 defeat to Sheriff Tiraspol. Benzema scored the first of his 72 UCL goals in December 2005 as a 17-year-old in Olympique Lyon‘s 2-1 win over Rosenborg BK.
Players who scored in most consecutive UCL seasons
15 Antoine Griezmann | Seasons: 8
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For: Atlético Madrid, FC Barcelona, Atlético Madrid (14/15 – 21/22)
Goals in the Champions League: 26
As of: 29. September 2021
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For: FC Barcelona, PSG (13/14 – 20/21)
Goals in the Champions League: 41
15 Ruud van Nistelrooy | Seasons: 8
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For: Manchester United, Real Madrid (01/02 – 08/09)
Goals in the Champions League: 56
15 Wayne Rooney | Seasons: 8
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For: Manchester United (06/07 – 13/14)
Goals in the Champions League: 30
12 Lucho González | Seasons: 9
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For: FC Porto, Olympique Marseille, FC Porto (05/06 – 13/14)
Goals in the Champions League: 18
12 Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Seasons: 9
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For: Inter Mailand, FC Barcelona, AC Milan, PSG (07/08 – 15/16)
Goals in the Champions League: 48
12 Luís Figo | Seasons: 9
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For: FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan (97/98 – 05/06)
Goals in the Champions League: 24
8 Thomas Müller | Seasons: 10
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For: Bayern Munich (08/09 – 17/18)
Goals in the Champions League: 49
8 Sergio Agüero | Seasons: 10
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For: Manchester City (11/12 – 20/21)
Goals in the Champions League: 41
8 Robin van Persie | Seasons: 10
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For: Arsenal, Manchester United (04/05 – 13/14)
Goals in the Champions League: 25
8 Thierry Henry | Seasons: 10
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For: Arsenal, FC Barcelona (99/00 – 08/09)
Goals in the Champions League: 50
6 Robert Lewandowski | Seasons: 11
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For: Borussia Dortmund, Bayern München (11/12 – 21/22)
Goals in the Champions League: 75
6 Ryan Giggs | Seasons: 11
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For: Manchester United (96/97 – 06/07)
Goals in the Champions League: 28
5 Didier Drogba | Seasons: 12
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For: Olympique Marseille, FC Chelsea, Galatasaray, FC Chelsea (03/04 – 14/15)
Goals in the Champions League: 44
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For: Real Madrid, Schalke 04 (97/98 – 10/11)
Goals in the Champions League: 71
3 Cristiano Ronaldo | Seasons: 16
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Für: Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, Manchester United (06/07 – 21/22)
Goals in the Champions League: 135
1 Karim Benzema | Seasons: 17
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For: Olympique Lyon, Real Madrid (05/06 – 21/22)
Goals in the Champions League: 72
1 Lionel Messi | Seasons: 17
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For: FC Barcelona, PSG (05/06 – 21/22)
Goals in the Champions League: 121
By scoring 17 seasons in a row, both Messi and Benzema leave several giants of world football behind them: Champions League record scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, for example, has scored 16 seasons in a row, including this season for Manchester United. The Portuguese superstar also scored his first-ever UCL goal for the Red Devils, one year later than Benzema and Messi in the 2006/07 season.
The competition’s third-best record scorer Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) has scored 11 seasons in a row, including in 2021/22, making the top 10 in the ranking. The same is true for his teammate Thomas Müller, who scored every season between 2008/09 and 2017/18 but was without a Champions League goal in his six games in the 2018/19 season.
Most goals scored in Champions League history
20 Wayne Rooney – 30 goals
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19 Samuel Eto’o – 30 goals
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18 Arjen Robben – 31 goals
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17 Fernando Morientes – 33 goals
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16 Edinson Cavani – 35 goals
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14 Sergio Agüero – 41 goals
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13 Alessandro Del Piero – 42 goals
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12 Didier Drogba – 44 goals
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11 Filippo Inzaghi – 46 goals
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10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 48 goals
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9 Andriy Shevchenko – 48 goals –
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8 Thomas Müller – 49 goals –
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7 Thierry Henry – 50 goals –
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6 Ruud van Nistelrooy – 56 goals
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*Since 1992/93
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4 Karim Benzema – 72 goals
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3 Robert Lewandowski – 75 goals
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2 Lionel Messi – 121 goals
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1 Cristiano Ronaldo – 135 goals
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