Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland are scoring phenomena in European football and are considered the next generation of super strikers. However, in the list of the greatest strikers of the Champions League, their distance to their predecessors is still quite far.
Let’s explore this list with The Sporting News Vietnam.
The player who scored the most goals in Champions League history
Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record with 141 goals in the Champions League, in the colors of Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
Right behind, not too far behind is Lionel Messi , with 129 goals for Barcelona and PSG. While the 4th and 5th positions are also players who are still playing, Robert Lewandowski and Karim Benzema.
The player who scored the most goals in Champions League history
| Class | Player | Goal | Battle | Year | Club |
| first. | Cristiano Ronaldo | 140 | 183 | 2003-present | Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus |
| 2. | Lionel Messi | 129 | 160 | 2005-present | Barcelona, PSG |
| 3. | Robert Lewandowski | 92 | 113 | 2011-present | Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona |
| 4. | Karim Benzema | 90 | 152 | 2005-present | Real Madrid, Lyon |
| 5. | Raul | 71 | 142 | 1995-2011 | Real Madrid, Schalke |
| 6. | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 56 | seventy three | 1998-2009 | PSV, Manchester United, Real Madrid |
| 7. | Thomas Müller | 53 | 146 | 2009-present | Bayern Munich |
| 8. | Thierry Henry | 50 | 112 | 1997-2012 | Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona |
| 9. | Alfredo Di Stefano | 49 | 58 | 1955-1964 | Real Madrid |
| ten. | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | 48 | 124 | 2001-present | Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, PSG |
| Andriy Shevchenko | 48 | 100 | 1994-2012 | Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea |
How many goals did Mbappe and Haaland score in the Champions League?
Mbappe and Haaland are being considered the next generation of stars who will dominate the European football field in time. The French striker is still not in the top 10 on the list of greatest strikers in Champions League history with 44 goals in 68 appearances. Of these, 6 goals were for Monaco, the rest were for Paris Saint-Germain.
Kylian Mbappe’s Champions League scoring record
| Season | Goal | Match |
|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 6 | 9 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 8 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 8 |
| 2019/20 | 5 | ten |
| 2020/21 | 8 | ten |
| 2021/22 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 8 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 7 |
| Total | 44 | 68 |
Erling Haaland’s Champions League scoring record
| Season | Goal | Match |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 8 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | ten | 8 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | twelfth | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 6 |
| Total | 40 | 36 |
Mbappe and Haaland are also the most potential players who can break the record that Ronaldo and Messi hold for the number of goals in the Champions League. Lewandowski and Salah are both no longer young and do not have many opportunities to increase their number of goals while the distance between them and the two legends above is too far.
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