In football, goalscorers understandably get most of the credit when the net ripples.
The champions league has featured some of remarkable goalscorers in history.
We take a look at the top goalscorers in the Ucl history.
Champions League/European Cup all-time top 20 goalscorers:
*Correct as of April 4th, 2019
Player goals – Goals Appearances – Goals per game
1 Cristiano Ronaldo 124 160 0.77
2 Lionel Messi 108 131 0.82
3 Raul 71 142 0.5
4 Karim Benzema 60 111 0.54
5 Ruud van Nistelrooy 56 73 0.77
6 Robert Lewandowski 53 79 0.63
7 Thierry Henry 50 112 0.45
8 Alfredo di Stefano 49 58 0.84
=9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 48 120 0.4
=9 Andriy Shevchenko 48 100 0.63
=11 Eusebio 46 65 0.71
=11 Filippo Inzaghi 46 81 0.57
13 Didier Drogba 44 92 0.48
=14 Alessandro Del Piero 42 89 0.47
=14 Thomas Muller 42 105 0.4
16 Sergio Aguero 36 66 0.54
17 Ferenc Puskas 35 41 0.85
=18 Gerd Muller 34 35 0.95
=18 Edinson Cavani 34 57 0.60
20 Fernando Morientes 33 93 0.35