Robert Lewandowski has rivalry for the 2021-22 Champions League scoring crown. While Bayern Munich’s powerful Polish forward did without an objective in the quarterfinal first leg at Villarreal, Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema enrolled a second back to back full go-around to go inside a solitary objective. Lewandowski leads with 12 objectives contrasted with Benzema’s 11.
Benzema, who quieted Chelsea’s home group with his three objectives, is attached with Ajax forward Sebastien Haller who wrapped up his competition with 11 objectives subsequent to scoring in every one of his initial seven matches. Be that as it may, Haller’s Ajax crew were disposed of in the Round of 16 after he was unable to score in an eighth consecutive game. Ajax lost that match at home to Benfica 1-0, exiting the competition 3-2 on total.
Lewandowski and Benzema have already surpassed last season’s top scorer, Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland, and they still have at least a quarterfinal second leg left to play. They’re both chasing Cristiano Ronaldo’s Champions League single-season record of 17 goals (2013-14).
In the chart below, the players are ranked by their goal totals beginning with the group stage. Assists are used as the first tiebreaker, and the second tiebreaker is fewest minutes played. Both are in line with the top scorer tiebreakers that European governing body UEFA implemented for the European Championships.
Champions League Top Scorers (2021-2022)
As of matches played on Wednesday, April 6.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals (PKs) | Assists | Matches | Mins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 12 (3) | 3 | 9 | 696 |
| 2. | Sebastien Haller | Ajax | 11 (1) | 1 | 8 | 667 |
| Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 11 (1) | 0 | 8 | 616 | |
| 4. | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 8 (1) | 0 | 8 | 648 |
| 5. | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig | 7 | 0 | 6 | 531 |
| 6. | Leroy Sane | Bayern Munich | 6 | 6 | 9 | 681 |
| Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 6 | 4 | 8 | 673 | |
| Arnaut Danjuma | Villarreal CF | 6 (1) | 2 | 9 | 657 | |
| Riyad Mahrez | Man City | 6 (2) | 1 | 8 | 653 | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Man United | 6 | 0 | 7 | 612 | |
| 11. | Darwin Nunez | Benfica | 5 (1) | 0 | 9 | 524 |
| Lionel Messi | PSG | 5 (2) | 0 | 7 | 630 | |
| 13. | Thomas Muller | Bayern Munich | 4 | 3 | 9 | 627 |
| Pedro Goncalves | Sporting CP | 4 (1) | 2 | 5 | 329 | |
| Antoine Griezmann | Atletico Madrid | 4 | 2 | 7 | 390 | |
| 16. | Duvan Zapata | Atalanta | 3 | 3 | 6 | 464 |
| Serge Gnabry | Bayern Munich | 3 | 2 | 7 | 320 | |
| Andre Silva | RB Leipzig | 3 | 2 | 6 | 410 | |
| Raheem Sterling | Man City | 3 | 2 | 8 | 460 | |
| Timo Werner | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 4 | 163 | |
| Gabriel Jesus | Man City | 3 | 1 | 5 | 169 | |
| Paulo Dybala | Juventus | 3 (2) | 1 | 5 | 255 | |
| Marco Reus | B. Dortmund | 3 (2) | 1 | 6 | 499 | |
| Hans Vanaken | Club Brugge | 3 | 1 | 6 | 540 | |
| Edin Dzeko | Inter Milan | 3 | 1 | 7 | 541 | |
| Paulinho | Sporting CP | 3 | 1 | 8 | 582 | |
| Karim Adeyemi | RB Salzburg | 3 (2) | 1 | 8 | 610 | |
| Steven Berghuis | Ajax | 3 | 1 | 8 | 629 | |
| Luis Diaz | Liverpool Porto |
3 | 1 | 9 | 651 | |
| Roberto Firmino | Liverpool | 3 | 0 | 4 | 192 | |
| Erling Haaland | B. Dortmund | 3 | 0 | 3 | 203 | |
| Noah Okafor | RB Salzburg | 3 | 0 | 6 | 345 | |
| Donyell Malen | B. Dortmund | 3 | 0 | 6 | 392 | |
| Kai Havertz | Chelsea | 3 | 0 | 8 | 462 | |
| Burak Yilmaz | LOSC Lille | 3 (1) | 0 | 7 | 530 | |
| Sadio Mane | Liverpool | 3 | 0 | 9 | 549 | |
| Jonathan David | LOSC Lille | 3 | 0 | 8 | 680 |
Note: A total of 35 players are tied with two goals scored and 108 players tied with one goal scored. There have also been eight own goals among the total of 348 scored in the tournament.
Sébastien Haller becomes the first player to score in each of his first seven Champions League games.
He has 11 goals … and one own goal 😅 pic.twitter.com/85OmKL2Btg
— B/R Football (@brfootball) February 23, 2022
Champions League Top Scorers (since 1992-93)
Here are the top scorers for each UEFA Champions League tournament since the new format was adopted in 1992-93.
No surprise as to who the players are who have topped the list on most occasions: Cristiano Ronaldo has led the charts seven times, and Messi six. Their dominant run has happened in the past 14 editions of the Champions League, though neither has claimed the honor in the past two campaigns.
| Year | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Erling Haaland | B. Dortmund | 10 |
| 2019-20 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 15 |
| 2018-19 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 12 |
| 2017-18 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 15 |
| 2016-17 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 12 |
| 2015-16 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 16 |
| 2014-15 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 10 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 10 | |
| Neymar | Barcelona | 10 | |
| 2013-14 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 17 |
| 2012-13 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 12 |
| 2011-12 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 14 |
| 2010-11 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 12 |
| 2009-10 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 8 |
| 2008-09 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 9 |
| 2007-08 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Man United | 8 |
| 2006-07 | Kaka | AC Milan | 10 |
| 2005-06 | Andriy Shevchenko | AC Milan | 9 |
| 2004-05 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Man United | 8 |
| 2003-04 | Fernando Morientes | AS Monaco | 9 |
| 2002-03 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Man United | 12 |
| 2001-02 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Man United | 10 |
| 2000-01 | Raul Gonzalez | Real Madrid | 7 |
| 1999-00 | Mario Jardel | Porto | 10 |
| Rivaldo | Barcelona | 10 | |
| Raul Gonzalez | Real Madrid | 10 | |
| 1998-99 | Andriy Shevchenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 8 |
| Dwight Yorke | Man United | 8 | |
| 1997-98 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus | 10 |
| 1996-97 | Milinko Pantic | Atletico Madrid | 5 |
| 1995-96 | Jari Litmanen | Ajax | 9 |
| 1994-95 | George Weah | PSG | 7 |
| 1993-94 | Hristo Stoichkov | Barcelona | 5 |
| 1992-93 | Franck Sauzee | Marseille | 5 |
