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#1 Cristiano Ronaldo
This may sound like a cliche but it is no surprise that Madrid are a much better team when Ronaldo is at his goalscoring best. Since his debut in 2009, Ronaldo has plundered over 400 goals whilst donning the Los Merengues shirt.
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One needs only rewind to the previous season (2016-2017) when Cristiano seemingly started rather poorly by his lofty standards but then whizzed into top gear towards the latter stages of the season blitzing the likes of Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid, scoring hat-tricks against both in the Champions League whilst also securing a brace in the final against Juventus and becoming the most prolific scorer in the history of the competition.
Ronaldo went on to finish the season with 42 goals as Madrid romped to a Champions League and League double for the first time in nearly 60 years. At the turn of the year, should Cristiano rediscover his free-flowing best, few would argue against the title credentials of Real Madrid.
