Ronaldo, Messi … who’s a subsequent best Champions League scorer?
The Cristiano Ronaldo v Lionel Messi foe for leverage has dominated a chosen football landscape over a past decade, not slightest in a UEFA Champions League.
Ronaldo became a first male to strech a century of goals in a foe final deteriorate and it seems a doubt of when – not if – Messi will obey him this term. Between them they have 208 UEFA Champions League goals, roughly as many as a subsequent 5 players combined!
But who is their closest pursuer?
Step brazen Karim Benzema, a usually other stream actor to have upheld 50 UEFA Champions League goals. It is scarcely 12 years given a Frenchman noted his foe entrance with a idea as Lyon kick Rosenborg and he has scored consistently ever since – well, during slightest until his benefaction eight-match drought.
Behind him a harmed Zlatan Ibrahimović, Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller all have 40 or some-more strikes – afterwards there is a large opening to a subsequent organisation of players. The sole claimant in a tip 10 aged 25 or underneath is Neymar, with 25 goals. Paris team-mate Kylian Mbappé, 18, already has eight.
All-time tip scorers among stream players
111 Cristiano Ronaldo (age: 32)
97 Lionel Messi (30)
51 Karim Benzema (29)
48 Zlatan Ibrahimović (36)
41 Robert Lewandowski (29)
40 Thomas Müller (28)
29 Sergio Agüero (29)
29 Edinson Cavani (30)
29 Arjen Robben (33)
25 Neymar (25)
19 Cesc FÃ bregas (30)
19 Luis Suárez (30)
19 Gonzalo HiguaÃn (29)
All-time tip scorers
111 Cristiano Ronaldo
97 Lionel Messi
71 Raúl González
56 Ruud outpost Nistelrooy
51 Karim Benzema
50 Thierry Henry