Most Champions League Goals, 1955–2026

The 15 players with the most goals in the European Cup and Champions League, month by month from the first season in 1955 to September 2026. One player held first place for more than 48 years, and the last change at the top came in 2015. Subscribe for the next race:    / @rankedworlddoc   Chapters 0:00 1955 The first season 0:10 1957 Alfredo Di Stéfano takes first place 0:54 1965 Alfredo Di Stéfano stops at 49 1:09 1968 Eusébio moves into second 1:38 1976 Gerd Müller climbs to fourth 2:38 2000 More matches each season 2:58 2005 Raúl takes first place 3:59 2014 Lionel Messi takes first place 4:27 2015 Cristiano Ronaldo takes first place 4:58 2017 Cristiano Ronaldo reaches 100 5:49 2021 Robert Lewandowski moves into third 6:43 2024 The 36-team league phase 7:12 2026 The board today Data: Wikipedia, European Cup and UEFA Champions League season articles (match reports), 1955–56 to 2026–27, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2..., CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... Retrieved October 12, 2026; matches through September 10, 2026. Changes: goals added up match by match, top 15 shown each month; main competition only, no qualifiers or own goals. Player photos (Wikimedia Commons; cropped, greyscale, duotone). Each number in brackets is the photo's page: commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=NUMBER. Unlisted: public domain or CC0. Modified CC BY-SA photos are shared under the same license. CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... David Trezeguet: Save the Dream from Doha, Qatar (152516308) Denis Law: Danny Molyneux (158401374) Harry Kane: Number 10 (142656390) Kylian Mbappé: Balkan Photos (139935233) Marco Simone: PSGMAG.NET from Paris (106959163) Patrick Kluivert: Web Summit (157790755) Romário: Agência Senado from Brasilia, Brazil (200857726) Thierry Henry: Web Summit (117309411) Włodzimierz Lubański: Piotr Drabik (16407967) CC BY 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Marco van Basten: Paul Blank (133425499) CC BY 3.0 at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Thomas Müller: Michael Kranewitter (37637286) CC BY 3.0 br https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Rivaldo: Laura Cortizo/Portal da Copa (34459741) CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Andriy Shevchenko: Міністерство молоді та спорту України (201470085) Karim Benzema: Zack (151588064) Lionel Messi: Hossein Zohrevand (126494101) Attribution https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Te... Cristiano Ronaldo: Mehrdad Esfahani/SNN (152413777) CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Fernando Morientes: Chin Yu Chu (149816042) José Luis Artetxe: Hiruka komunikazio-taldea (159149040) CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Filippo Inzaghi: Delfort (16735176) Jozef Adamec: Joost Evers / Anefo (35390694) Károly Sándor: Fortepan / Bauer Sándor (56015191) Mihály Lantos: Tibor Erky-Nagy (43652732) Mário Jardel: Kevin Airs (4721923) Rudolf Kučera: David Sedlecký (19698492) Santillana: Madridista177 (10626985) Sergio Agüero: Кирилл Венедиктов (70280344) CC BY-SA 3.0 nl https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Joaquín Peiró: Unknown author (37176728) José Altafini: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo (28035955) Nándor Hidegkuti: Nationaal Archief / Anefo (25484454) Raymond Kopa: Unknown author (37133264) CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Alessandro Del Piero: Barcex (195810969) Alfred Preissler: Joehawkins (86293507) Didier Drogba: Y. Leclercq (104643032) Erling Haaland: Bryan Berlin (193728767) Giovane Élber: Sven Mandel (123037482) Jacques Foix: André Cros (67260831) Jari Litmanen: Soppakanuuna (105483673) Jean-Pierre Papin: Leo Medvedev (177244630) John Eriksson: Hesekiel (88729075) Mohamed Salah: Bryan Berlin (195584972) Neymar: Bryan Berlin (194282097) Owe Ohlsson: Eskil Malmberg (82246622) Raúl: Barcex (148284156) Robert Lewandowski: Sven Mandel (100268297) Ruud van Nistelrooy: Ardfern (62404165) Serhiy Rebrov: Olga Shcherbytska (159284607) Stjepan Bobek: Stevan Kragujević (147749167) Zlatan Ibrahimović: Colleen Sturtevant (195884969) UEFA, Champions League and league names are used for identification only. Not affiliated with or endorsed by UEFA, any league or any club. #ChampionsLeague #Football #BarChartRace