Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have racked up the goals and appearances at this knockout stage; we open the quarter-final record book for the lowdown on all the best last-eight feats.
Players
Most quarter-final appearances
UEFA Champions League
23 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
22 Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
22 Gerard Piqué (Manchester United, Barcelona)
22 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)
21 Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
21 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
21 Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
23 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
22 Paco Gento (Real Madrid)
22 Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
22 Gerard Piqué (Manchester United, Barcelona)
22 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)
21 Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
21 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
21 Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
All-time quarter-final top scorers
UEFA Champions League
25 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)
12 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
10 Raúl González (Real Madrid, Schalke)
9 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)
9 Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan)
European Cup
25 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)
14 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid)
12 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
10 Raúl González (Real Madrid, Schalke)
9 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)
9 Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan)
Most goals in a quarter-final game
UEFA Champions League
4 Lionel Messi (Barcelona v Arsenal, 06/04/10)
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid v Bayern, 18/04/2017)
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid v Wolfsburg, 12/04/2016)
3 Ronaldo (Manchester United v Real Madrid, 23/04/2003)
3 Gerard López (Valencia v Lazio, 05/04/2000)
3 Filippo Inzaghi (Dynamo Kyiv v Juventus, 18/03/1998)
European Cup
4 Lionel Messi (Barcelona v Arsenal, 06/04/2010)
4 Sándor Kocsis (Barcelona v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 02/03/1960)
4 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid v Wiener SC, 18/03/1959)
4 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid v Sevilla, 23/01/1958)
Most goals in a quarter-final tie
UEFA Champions League only
5 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid v Bayern, 2016/17)
4 Lionel Messi (Barcelona v Arsenal, 2009/10)
4 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus v Dynamo Kyiv, 1997/98)
Clubs
Most quarter-final appearances
UEFA Champions League (including 2021/22)
20Bayern München
18Barcelona
18Real Madrid
14Manchester United
12Juventus
11Chelsea
European Cup (including 2021/22)
37 Real Madrid
32 Bayern München
22 Barcelona
19 Juventus
19 Manchester United
18 Benfica
17 Liverpool
Most successive quarter-final appearances
UEFA Champions League/European Cup
13 Barcelona (2007/08–2019/20)
8 Real Madrid (2010/11–2017/18)
7 Bayern München (2011/12–2017/18)
7 Real Madrid (1997/98–2003/04)
7 Manchester United (1996/97–2002/03)
Most quarter-final aggregate wins
UEFA Champions League
14 Real Madrid
12 Barcelona
12 Bayern München*
8 Chelsea
7 Juventus
7 Manchester United
European Cup
30 Real Madrid
20 Bayern München*
15 Barcelona
12 Manchester United
12 Juventus
Most quarter-final aggregate losses
UEFA Champions League
7 Bayern München
7 Manchester United
6 Barcelona*
6 Porto
4 Arsenal
4 Benfica
4 Borussia Dortmund
4 Internazionale Milano
4 Paris Saint-Germain
European Cup
11 Bayern München
9 Benfica
7 Manchester United
7 Porto
6 Barcelona*
6 Real Madrid
*includes one-off 2019/20 tie
Most quarter-final wins (match)
UEFA Champions League
19 Real Madrid
18 Bayern München
16 Barcelona
12 Manchester United
9 Chelsea
9 Liverpool
European Cup
37 Real Madrid
32 Bayern München
22 Barcelona
19 Liverpool
18 Manchester United
Most quarter-final losses (match):
UEFA Champions League
10 Bayern München
10 Real Madrid
9 Barcelona
9 Manchester United
7 Chelsea
7 Borussia Dortmund
7 Internazionale Milano
7 Juventus
7 Porto
European Cup
23 Real Madrid
18 Benfica
16 Bayern München
12 Juventus
11 Manchester United
Most quarter-final goals scored
UEFA Champions League
66 Bayern München
66 Real Madrid
58 Barcelona
44 Manchester United
35 Chelsea
European Cup
141 Real Madrid
108 Bayern München
79 Barcelona
68 Manchester United
62 Liverpool
Most quarter-final goals conceded
UEFA Champions League
48 Bayern München
42 Barcelona
39 Real Madrid
34 Manchester United
29 Chelsea
European Cup
86 Real Madrid
74 Bayern München
53 Benfica
47 Manchester United
46 Barcelona
Biggest quarter-final win (match)
UEFA Champions League
8-2 Bayern München vs Barcelona (2019/20)
7-1 Manchester United vs Roma (2006/07)
6-1 Bayern München vs Porto (2014/15)
5-1 Barcelona v Shakhtar (2010/11)
5-1 Barcelona v Chelsea (1999/00)
4-0 Real Madrid v Tottenham (2010/11)
4-0 Bayern München v Kaiserslautern (1998/99)
4-0 Manchester United v Porto (1996/97)
European Cup
8-0 Real Madrid v Sevilla (1957/58)
8-2 Bayern München vs Barcelona (2019/20)
7-1 Manchester United v Roma (2006/07)
7-1 Real Madrid v Wiener SC (1958/59)
6-0 Benfica v Nürnberg (1961/62)
Biggest quarter-final win (aggregate)
UEFA Champions League
8-2 Real Madrid v APOEL (0-3 5-2) 2011/12
6-0 Bayern München v Kaiserslautern (2-0 0-4) 1998/99
6-1 Barcelona v Shakhtar (5-1 0-1) 2010/11
5-0 Real Madrid v Tottenham (4-0 0-1) 2010/11
5-0 AC Milan v Inter (2-0 0-3*) 2004/05
*Second leg awarded as a 3-0 win following crowd disturbance
European Cup
10-2 Real Madrid v Sevilla (8-0, 0-2) 1957/58
9-2 Barcelona v Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-0, 5-2) 1959/60
8-1 AC Milan v Galatasaray (3-1, 5-0) 1962/63
7-0 Dynamo Kyiv v Beşiktaş (5-0 2-0) 1986/87
Most goals in a quarter-final tie
UEFA Champions League
12 Chelsea 7-5 Liverpool (2008/09)
11 Real Madrid 6-5 Manchester United (2002/03)
11 Chelsea 6-5 Bayern München (2004/05)
11 Manchester United 8-3 Roma (2006/07)
11 Bayern München 7-4 Porto (2014/15)
European Cup
14 Stade de Reims 8-6 MTK Hungaria (1955/56)
12 Chelsea 7-5 Liverpool (2008/09)
12 Real Madrid 10-2 Sevilla (1957/58)
Who else holds quarter-final records?
UEFA Champions League quarter-finals
Youngest scorer
17 years, 218 days Bojan Krkić (Schalke 0-1 Barcelona) 01/04/2008
Biggest first-leg deficit recovered
1-4 Deportivo La Coruña 4-0 AC Milan (h, 2003/04)
1-4 Roma 3-0 Barcelona (h, 2017/18)
Ties decided in extra time
Ajax 1-1 3-2 Atlético (4-3 agg) 1996/97
Dortmund 0-0 1-0 Bayern (1-0 agg) 1997/98
Barcelona 1-3 5-1 Chelsea (6-4 agg) 1999/2000
Juventus 1-1 2-1 Barcelona (3-2 agg) 2002/03
Real Madrid 2-1 4-2 Bayern München (6-3 agg) 2016/17
Ties decided with penalty shoot-out
PSV Eindhoven 4-2 Lyon (2-2 agg) 2004/05
European Cup quarter-finals
Best win percentage (ties)
100% Hamburg, Leeds United, Steaua Bucureşti (W3 L0)
100% Nottingham Forest, Zürich (W2 L0)
100% Derby County, Dundee, Dundee United, Győr, Hibernian, Leipzig, Nantes, Real Sociedad, Widzew Łódź, Young Boys (W1 L0)
83.3% Real Madrid (W30 L6)
80% Chelsea (W8 L2)
75% Panathinaikos (W3 L1)
Most clubs by country to appear in last eight
19 Germany*
14 England
11 France
10 Spain
7 Italy
Most quarter-final appearances by country (including 2021/22)
85 Spain (Real Madrid 37, Barcelona 22, Atlético Madrid 11, Valencia 4, Deportivo 3, Villarreal 3, Sevilla 2, Athletic Club 1, Málaga 1, Real Sociedad 1)
74 England (Manchester United 19, Liverpool 17, Chelsea 11, Arsenal 7, Manchester City 6, Leeds United 3, Tottenham Hotspur 3, Aston Villa 2, Nottingham Forest 2, Everton 1, Derby County 1, Burnley 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Leicester City 1)
69 Germany* (Bayern München 32, Borussia Dortmund 9, Borussia Mönchengladbach 3, Hamburg 3, Schalke 3, Dynamo Dresden 3, Bayer Leverkusen 2, Dynamo Berlin 2, Köln 2, Carl Zeiss Jena 1, Eintracht Braunschweig 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 1, Kaiserslautern 1, Leipzig 1, Nürnberg 1, Victoria 91 1, Werder Bremen 1, Wismut Aue 1, Wolfsburg 1)
54 Italy (Juventus 19, AC Milan 15, Inter 12, Roma 4, Fiorentina 2, Atalanta 1, Lazio 1)
34 France (Paris Saint-Germain 7, Lyon 5, Monaco 5, Bordeaux 3, Marseille 3, Reims 3, St-Étienne 3, Nice 2, Auxerre 1, Nantes 1, Strasbourg 1)
28 Portugal (Benfica 18, Porto 9, Sporting CP 1)
25 Netherlands (Ajax 13, PSV Eindhoven 7, Feyenoord 3, FC Amsterdam 1, Sparta Rotterdam 1)
16 Scotland (Celtic 7, Rangers 5, Dundee 1, Dundee United 1, Hibernian 1)
14 Belgium (Anderlecht 7, Standard Liège 4, Club Brugge 2, Mechelen 1)
11 Serbia** (Crvena Zvezda 8, Partizan 3, Vojvodina 1)
11 Ukraine*** (Dynamo Kyiv 8, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2, Shakhtar Donetsk 1)
9 Austria (Rapid Wien 4, Austria Wien 2, Wiener SC 2, Wacker Innsbruck 1)
9 Czech Republic**** (Dukla Praha 4, Sparta Praha 3, Baník Ostrava 1, Hradec Králové 1)
8 Hungary (Újpest 3, Vasas 2, Ferencváros 1, Győr 1, MTK Budapest 1)
8 Sweden (IFK Göteborg 4, Åtvidaberg 1, Djurgården 1, IFK Malmö 1, Malmö FF 1)
7 Poland (Legia Warszawa 3, Górnik Zabrze 1, Ruch Chorzów 1, Widzew Łódź 1, Wisła Kraków 1)
7 Turkey (Galatasaray 5, Beşiktaş 1, Fenerbahçe 1)
6 Bulgaria (CSKA Sofia 6)
6 Greece (Panathinaikos 4, AEK Athens 1, Olympiacos 1)
6 Switzerland (Grasshoppers 2, Zürich 2, Basel 1, Young Boys 1)
5 Romania (Steaua Bucureşti 3, Dinamo Bucureşti 1, Universitatea Craiova 1)
4 Russia*** (Spartak Moskva 3, CSKA Moskva 1)
3 Croatia** (Hajduk Split 3)
2 Denmark (Aarhus 1, Brøndby 1)
2 Slovakia**** (Spartak Trnava 2)
1 Armenia*** (Ararat Yerevan 1)
1 Belarus*** (Dinamo Minsk 1)
1 Cyprus (APOEL 1)
1 Finland (Lahti 1)
1 Northern Ireland (Linfield 1)
1 Norway (Rosenborg 1)
Key
*Includes appearances representing former West Germany and East Germany
**Includes appearances representing former Yugoslavia
***Includes appearances representing former Soviet Union
****Includes appearances representing former Czechoslovakia
Note: there was no 'quarter-final' round in 1991/92, 1992/93 and 1993/94