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The UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...
, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
cup competition organised by UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...
since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs, the tournament was expanded during the 1990s to incorporate a round-robin group phase and more teams. The expansion resulted in more games being played, increasing players' goalscoring chances, thus the rankings are weighted in favour of modern players; only seven out of the 51 players on the list never competed in the reformed Champions League.
With 140 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pl ...
is currently the all-time top goalscorer, while his career rival Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés Messi (; born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the g ...
is the only other player to surpass 100 goals. Ronaldo and Messi have also won the Golden Boot on the most occasions in the competition's history, with seven and six respectively.
All-time top scorers
2022–23 UEFA Champions League
The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League is the 68th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 31st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The final will b ...
are highlighted in boldface.:The table below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition.
Top scorers by season
The table below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition.For players active prior to the introduction of the Champions League in 1992, see: For all other players, see:By player
By country
;NotesSee also
* List of footballers with 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances *List of UEFA Champions League hat-tricks
Since the rebranding of the European Champion Clubs' Cup as the UEFA Champions League in 1992, 92 players from 37 countries have scored three goals (a hat-trick) or more in a single match on 145 occasions, representing 51 clubs from 17 leagues. T ...
* List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers
The UEFA Europa League is the second most important club competition in Europe organized by UEFA. Originally a knock-out competition, it later evolved and included group stages and a series of qualifying rounds. It was known as the UEFA Cup from i ...
* List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorers
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (CWC) was an annual association football cup competition organized by UEFA since 1960. Prior to 1994 the tournament was officially called the European Cup Winners' Cup. The competition was a straight knockout competition ...
References
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