UCL top scorer of this season: Lewandowski overtakes Sebastien Haller

Robert Lewandowski has overtaken Sebastien Haller at the top of the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League scoring charts.

2021/22 UEFA Champions League top scorers

12 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern)

11 Sebastien Haller (Ajax)

8 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

8 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

7 Christopher Nkunku (Leipzig)

6 Leroy Sane (Bayern)

6 Kylian Mbappe (Paris)

6 Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)

6 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)5 Lionel Messi (Paris)

5 Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal)

4 Pedro Goncalves (Sporting CP)

4 Antoine Griezmann (Atlético)

4 Thomas Muller (Bayern)

4 Darwin Nunez (Benfica)

Haller was only the second player to register in all six group games after Cristiano Ronaldo in 2017/18. Haller had already become the first player to score four times on his Champions League debut since Marco van Basten during Ajax's 5-1 victory at Sporting CP.

Yet Lewandowski, who recorded nine in Bayern's first five games, took over as the competition's top scorer with a hat-trick in the round of 16 second leg against Salzburg, taking his tally to 12. Unlike Haller, whose Ajax side were eliminated by Benfica in the round of 16, Lewandowski still has the chance to add further to his tally this season.

Next on the list with eight is Karim Benzema, whose hat-trick against Paris propelled Real Madrid into the quarter-finals, while Mohamed Salah of Liverpool has also found the net eight times.