Benzema & Messi extend UCL record – Scored in 17 seasons in a row

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“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.

The only two players who scored in 17 UCL seasons in a row

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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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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