UEFA Champions League Top Scorers All Winners (1956-2025) | UCL Golden Boot

Take a journey through football history as we look back at every UEFA Champions League (and European Cup) top scorer from 1956 to 2025. In the early years, legendary names like Ferenc Puskás and Alfredo Di Stéfano lit up the tournament, with Puskás famously scoring 12 goals in the 1959–60 season. As the competition evolved into the modern Champions League format in the early 1990s, we saw stars like Hristo Stoichkov, George Weah, and Jari Litmanen lead the scoring charts. The 1999–2000 season was unique, with Jardel, Rivaldo, and Raúl all sharing the Golden Boot with 10 goals each. From the 2000s onward, the battle for top scorer became a duel between two modern greats: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Van Nistelrooy dominated the early 2000s, but Ronaldo went on to become the all-time top scorer, winning the Golden Boot seven times—setting a record 17 goals in 2013–14. Messi wasn’t far behind, topping multiple seasons himself. In recent years, the spotlight shifted to new stars like Robert Lewandowski, Karim Benzema, Erling Haaland, Harry Kane, and Kylian Mbappé. In 2024–25, Raphinha and Serhou Guirassy shared the top spot with 13 goals each. From past legends to modern icons, this is the complete history of the Champions League’s greatest goal scorers. Here's a list of players who have been top scorers in the UEFA Champions League (formerly European Cup) in multiple seasons: Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Gerd Müller Jean‑Pierre Papin Ruud van Nistelrooy Ferenc Puskás Eusébio Torbjörn Nilsson Romário Raúl Andriy Shevchenko Erling Haaland