Lionel Messi is five goals clear at the top of the standings; can his old rival Cristiano Ronaldo close the gap this autumn?
Most UEFA Champions League group stage goals*
66: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
61: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)
43: Karim Benzema (Lyon, Real Madrid)
39: Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Hamburg)
37: Raúl González (Real Madrid, Schalke)
36: Zlatan Ibrahimović (Ajax, Juventus, Internazionale Milano, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris, Manchester United)
34: Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern München)
31: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
30: Didier Drogba (Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray)
29: Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona)
29: Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)
• Six goals in 2018/19 enabled Messi to move clear of Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the group stage scorers chart.
Best goals per game ratio (minimum 20 scored)
0.99: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 66 goals in 67 games
0.76: Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Hamburg) – 39 goals in 51 games
0.73: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus) – 61 goals in 83 games
0.72: Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern München) – 34 goals in 47 games
0.72: Roy Makaay (Deportivo La Coruña, Bayern München) – 23 goals in 32 games
0.68: Karim Benzema (Lyon, Real Madrid) – 43 goals in 63 games
0.68: Edinson Cavani (Napoli, Paris Saint-Germain) – 28 goals in 41 games
0.64: Didier Drogba (Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray) – 30 goals in 47 games
0.62: Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan) – 29 goals in 47 games
0.57: Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid, Manchester City) – 28 goals in 49 games
• Messi's close to a goal-a-game strike rate is astounding, while Ronaldo's early years as a winger rather than out-and-out forward might explain why he lags behind the Argentinian.
• Edinson Cavani would seem a more realistic contender for Messi's place at the top of this particular table; if the Uruguayan hit a hat-trick in each of his next five games, he would overtake Messi at the summit.
wayeiknors
166
hahaha and who is knockout king
U.S.A3052497
100
Ah ofcourse @autty. There are news topics all over the world about the goat ronaldo. But you trying to make a hate on ronaldo topic again. Lets see... group stage... lmao barca fans getting desperate, out of material. Cmon dude lmao Its not hard to be in barcalona and score against small teams in a group stage. Drop messi in another team and u see him fail. Now get the goals stats after the group stages, when the real work begins, against big teams. Make a topic about that kid
Sutaeio
54
they just give that post for recover yesterday Ronaldo's 4 goals 😂😂😂 lol we know AF Barca fan
MohammedKhubaib10
53
The greatest of all time
playa7
50
So just in this pic, you can see that he has scored two hattricks in UCL quarter finals, one in UCL semifinals, one in UEFA nation's league semifinals, and one in club world cup final. Big players rise in big matches. When it actually matters.
iceyez
45
Ronaldo scores when it matters the most. Messi flops when it matters most
musbimrsy
42
We all know who is Ucls all time leading scorer