Top 5 Champions League goal-scorers among active players

Modified Sep 23, 2019 13:09 GMT

Messi and Ronaldo are the two-most prolific scorers in the competition

#3 Karim Benzema (4th all-time)

Karim Benzema is one of four players to have scored 60 goals in the Champions League.

In 113 appearances in the competition, Benzema has scored 60 goals (12 for Lyon and 48 for Real Madrid). That is the fourth-best goal tally of all time in the Champions League.

Benzema has scored against 28 different clubs in the Champions League. The Frenchman's favourite clubs in the competition are Ajax, Bayern Munich and Liverpool, against whom he has scored four goals apiece.

Benzema is one of 19 players to register a Champions League hat-trick twice, and is one of four players to have scored a goal in 14 consecutive Champions League seasons.

The Frenchman, along with 20 other players, has won the Champions League on four occasions (all for Real Madrid).

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