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Champions League top goal scorers 2023-2024: Updated Golden Boot rankings as Mbappe overtakes Kane, Haaland | Sporting News

The Champions League is into a new era when it comes to goalscoring greatness, in the first full season since Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi moved away from Europe. 

Erling Haaland’s incredible first season at Manchester City saw him break new ground in the Premier League Golden Boot race with 36 goals scored for Pep Guardiola’s side.

Haaland added the Champions League Golden Boot award to his domestic crown, with 12 goals in European action, as City wrapped up a historic treble at the end of the campaign.

The Norwegian goal machine is being challenged by Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe this season, but with Karim Benzema joining Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia, Haaland and Barcelona hotshot Robert Lewandowski are the only current Champions League players to have previously won the award.

The Sporting News will update the top scorers’ table below, with assists and minutes played serving as the first and second tiebreakers as per major European tournaments run by UEFA.

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Champions League top scorers table 2023/24

The Sporting News will be updating the table below after every matchday of the 2023/24 Champions League season, through to the final on June 1, 2024.

Table updated on Wednesday, April 17. Stats begin at the start of the group stage, excluding the qualifying and playoff rounds.

Rank Player Club Goals (PKs) Assists Matches Minutes Played
1. Kylian Mbappe PSG 8 (3) 0 10 900
2. Harry Kane Bayern Munich (2) 3 10 890
3. Erling Haaland Man City (2) 1 9 778
  Antoine Griezmann Atletico Madrid (0) 1 10 822
5. Phil Foden Man City 5 (0) 3 8 684
  Galeno Porto 5 (0) 3 7 651
  Alvaro Morata Atletico Madrid 5 (0) 1 10 667
  Rodrygo Real Madrid 5 (0) 2 10 765
  Rasmus Hojlund Man United 5 (0) 0 5 431
  Julian Alvarez Man City (0) 2 7 278
11. Jude Bellingham Real Madrid 4 (0) 4 8 744
  Bukayo Saka Arsenal 4 (0) 4 9 725
  Gabriel Jesus Arsenal (0) 3 8 405
  Leandro Trossard Arsenal (0) 1 9 533
  Evanilson Porto (1) 1 7 491
  Ciro Immobile Lazio (1) 0 8 507
  Danylo Sikan Shakhtar Donetsk (0) 0 6 479
  Lois Openda RB Leipzig (0) 0 8 588

Champions League Golden Boot winners

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have dominated the majority of Golden Boot races with Ronaldo’s 16-goal haul in 2015/16 still the single-season Champions League record.

Year Player Team Goals
2022-23 Erling Haaland Manchester City 12
2021-22 Karim Benzema Real Madrid 15
2020-21 Erling Haaland Borussia 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 Neymar Barcelona 10
  Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 10
  Lionel Messi 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 Manchester United 8
2006-07 Kaka AC Milan 10
2005-06 Andriy Shevchenko AC Milan 9
2004-05 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United 8
2003-04 Fernando Morientes AS Monaco 9
2002-03 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United 12
2001-02 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United 10
2000-01 Raul Real Madrid 7
1999-00 Raul Real Madrid 10
  Mario Jardel Porto 10
  Rivaldo Barcelona 10
1998-99 Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 8
  Dwight Yorke Manchester United 8
1997-98 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 10
1996-97 Milinko Pantić  Atletico Madrid 5
1995-96 Jari Litmanen Ajax 9
1994-95 George Weah PSG 7
1993-94 Ronald Koeman Barcelona 8
  Wynton Rufer Werder Bremen 8
1992-93 Romario PSV Eindhoven 7

Champions League all-time top scorers

Haaland still has a long way to go to break into the top 10 all-time Champions League goalscorer list based on some incredible performances since 1992.

Cristiano Ronaldo is still the frontrunner, ahead of Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski, with Haaland on 35 at the start of the 2023/24 season.

(Data correct as of April 10, 2024 and excludes qualifying rounds)

 
  Player Team(s) UCL goals UCL games
1. Cristiano Ronaldo Man United, Real Madrid, Juventus 140 183
2. Lionel Messi Barcelona, PSG 129 163
3. Robert Lewandowski Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Barcelona 94 118
4. Karim Benzema Lyon, Real Madrid 90 152
5. Raul Real Madrid, Schalke 71 142
6. Ruud van Nistelrooy PSV Eindhoven, Man United, Real Madrid 56 73
7. Thomas Muller Bayern Munich 54 149
8. Thierry Henry AS Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona 50 112
9. Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea 48 100
= Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, AC Milan, PSG, Man United 48 124

How to watch Champions League around the world

  TV channel Streaming
Australia Stan Sport
Canada DAZN
India Sony TEN JioTV, Sony LIV
UK BT Sport BT Sport site/app
USA CBS, CBSSN,
Univision, TUDN,
UniMas
FuboParamount+,
ViX or ViX+
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