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#2 Lionel Messi (2016-17) - 10 goals
Lionel Messi, the second-highest scorer in UEFA Champions League history, moved to PSG at the start of the 2021-22 campaign. The Argentine moved to Paris after seeing out his Barcelona contract and is now determined to inspire PSG to their first UEFA Champions League title.
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So far, Messi has proven to be a crucial player for PSG in the UEFA Champions League, having already scored five goals in six appearances.
Messi’s knack for scoring in UEFA Champions group stage fixtures is no secret. The Argentine used to score for fun in group stage fixtures for Barcelona and has kept up the good work at PSG.
In the 2016-17 campaign, Lionel Messi touched double digits in only five UEFA Champions League fixtures. He kicked off the campaign with a hat-trick and an assist against Celtic, helping Barcelona to a 3-1 win.
The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner missed the next outing against Borussia Monchengladbach with a muscle issue, but came back with another hat-trick against Manchester City. He added four more goals in the next three games, securing Round of 16 football for the Blaugrana.
#1 Cristiano Ronaldo (2015-16) - 11 goals
UEFA Champions League leading scorer Cristiano Ronaldo sits at the top of our table and deservedly so. The mercurial Portuguese has done it all in the greatest club competition in Europe and remains hungry as ever to set new records.
Ronaldo has played for some of the most decorated clubs in his career, but reached the apex of his goalscoring prowess at Real Madrid. Thanks to Los Blancos’ world-class creators, Ronaldo never had to wait too long for a mouth-watering opportunity to arrive.
The Portugal captain helped Real Madrid to four UEFA Champions League titles, with three of them coming consecutively between 2016 and 2018.
Ronaldo was nothing short of a sensation for Madrid in the UEFA Champions League, and he came out all guns blazing in the 2015-16 campaign. He opened his 2015-16 UEFA Champions League account with a hat-trick against Shakhtar Donetsk in a 4-0 win. He followed it up with a match-winning brace against Malmo.
He couldn’t score in the next two games against PSG, but bounced back on matchday five with a brace of goals and assists against Shakhtar. He capped off his campaign with four goals and an assist in a 8-0 victory over Swedish side Malmo.
