Stats: UEFA Champions League - All time Top Scorers

Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick against Galatasaray took him to 53 UEFA Champions League goals and put him 4th on the all time top scorers list in the competition. Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick against Ajax last night to take his goal tally to 62, just 9 behind all time top scorer Raul with 71 goals.

The graphic below shows the top scorers in the UEFA Champions League* (formerly the European Cup) since 1955, excluding qualifiers:

All time Champions League top scorers

* Table last updated on 19th September 2013