Top 10 Footballers with Most Goals in a Champions League Season

UEFA Champions League is one of the most competitive and electrifying football competitions, & scoring goals for fun in it is not everyone’s cup of tea. However, several players, including the GOATs of football, have done it repeatedly and, as a result, have ended up creating incredible goalscoring records across when it comes to scoring in a single UCL season. Here, we will have a look at those players who rank in the top 10 in terms of scoring the most goals in a Champions League season.

The data captures goals scored across all official stages of a UCL season, including group-stage and knockout matches, while excluding qualifying rounds and penalty shootouts. Players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski and Lionel Messi feature prominently due to their ability to score a whopping amount of goals against the opposition clubs, including the elite domestic teams within a single tournament cycle.

No changes are made for any anomaly in competition format, number of matches or tactical trends. As a result, the record of footballers to score most goals in a Champions League season serves as a factual, season-specific reference for goal scoring in the UEFA Champions League.

List of Footballers to Score the Most Champions League Goals in a Season