Top 5 Champions League goal-scorers among active players
The UEFA Champions League is the blue riband competition of European club football.
Formerly called the European Cup (from 1955-56 to 1991-92), the UEFA Champions League has been graced by 141 different clubs from 33 UEFA member associations.
In 2003-04, the Champions League did away with the second group stage and has since featured three two-legged knockout rounds - Round of 16 comprising the eight group winners and runner-ups, four quarterfinals and two semifinals, before a one-off final.
In 28 editions of the competition, Real Madrid (23 consecutive) and Barcelona of Spain have each have made a record 24 appearances, followed by 23 appearances apiece by Bayern Munich of Germany and Porto of Portugal, 22 by Manchester United of England and 20 by Juventus of Italy.
Atalanta of Italy, the competition debutantes in 2019-20, are one of 50 clubs to have made exactly one appearance in the group stage of the Champions League.
With seven titles, Real Madrid lead a group of 14 clubs to have won the competition in its present format. With 13 titles, Real are also the most successful club overall in the European Cup / UEFA Champions League.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the Spanish capital club have played the most matches (260), have the most match wins (155) and have scored the most goals (551) in the Champions League. Three of the competition's five most prolific scorers have donned the Real Madrid jersey.
Let us have a look at the top five active players (with their respective ranks in the all-time list shown in parenthesis) to have scored the most goals in the UEFA Champions League.
#5 Thomas Muller (14th all-time)
Thomas Müller is one of 38 players (12th active) to have played 100 games in the Champions League. He is also one of 15 players to have scored 40 goals in the Champions League.
The German's tally of 43 goals (all for Bayern Munich) places him 14th in the list of all-time top goal scorers in the competition.
Playing in his 12th Champions League season right now, Müller has scored in 11 campaigns. The German has netted a goal against 25 different clubs, with five goals against Arsenal being his highest goal-tally against a single club.
Müller holds the record for most goals in the competition without scoring a hat-trick.
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