Lionel Messi is now 5 targets clear on the high of the standings, with no prizes for guessing his nearest competitor.Statistics don't embody targets and appearances from the second group stage (1999/2000 to 2002/03) Most UEFA Champions League group stage targets*
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Champions League all-time prime scorers
Top UEFA Champions League scorers (excluding qualifying)127: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)112: Lionel Messi (ARG, Barcelona)71: Raúl González (ESP, Real Madrid, Schalke)60: Karim Benzema (FRA, Lyon, Real Madrid)56: Ruud van Nistelrooy (NED, PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid)56: Robert Lewandowski (POL, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern München)50: Thierry Henry (FRA, Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona)48: Zlatan Ibrahimović (SWE, Ajax, Juventus, I... UEFA.com - News
Ronaldo and Messi clear: high UEFA membership scorers
Who are the top scorers in Europe this season?
There are a number of different metrics for calculating the top scorer in Europe this season; is it the top domestic league scorer, the top UEFA competition scorer or the player top of the ESM Golden Shoe rankings?There are merits to every means of counting; join us as we explore all the key leaderboards. ESM Golden Shoe standings Barcelona's Lionel Messi
All-time top scorers: Messi reaches 400 Liga goals
Lionel Messi, already the all-time record scorer in any of Europe's top-ten leagues, reached another milestone on Sunday when he registered his 400th Spanish Liga goal. In many respects, the Barcelona forward is out on his own – but some epochal totals may well be beyond the 31-year-old, as UEFA.com discovers.MESSI TOP SCORER OF 2018 Spain: Lionel Messi (2004–present) – 400 goalsHaving eclipsed Telmo Zarra's Spanish top-flight record of 251 goals back in 2014, Messi has been in a league of his own ever since. His latest milestone came in a 3-0 victory against Eibar on Sunday, the Argentinian ace finishing ... UEFA.com -
Who are the all-time top group stage scorers?
Robert Lewandowski pushed Lionel Messi into second in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage top scorer rankings, but the Barcelona maestro is peerless when it comes to goalscoring consistency at this level.Statistics do not include goals and appearances from the short-lived second group stage Most UEFA Champions League group stage goals*
Goals per game: Europe’s most efficient scorers
Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in UEFA Champions League and European Cup history, but when it comes to goals per game he is seventh in the all-time rankings, just behind Lionel Messi.The Argentinian averages 0.80 goals per game (100 in 125 matches) in Europe's top competition to Ronaldo's 0.77 (121 goals in 157 games). Gerd Müller's 0.97 goals per game ratio continues to look an unbreakable record. In order to reach a similar figure, Messi would need to fire hat-tricks in his next 11 games in the competition, while Ronaldo would require trebles in each of his next 16.NB: Only players