Manchester City striker Erling Haaland moved level with Juventus icon Alessandro del Piero in the Champions League all-time goalscorers list with his strike against Slovan Bratislava on Tuesday.
The prolific Norwegian scored the third of Man City’s four in their dominant victory in Slovakia, latching on to Rico Lewis‘s through-ball before rounding the keeper with consummate ease and rolling his finish into an empty net.
The goal was Haaland’s 11th in just nine matches across all competitions, and incredibly his 42nd Champions League goal in just his 41st appearance in the tournament.
That brings him level with Del Piero’s tally, although he has reached it in 48 games fewer than it took the legendary former Italy international.
Next in his sights is Neymar‘s haul of 43 goals – the 17th-most in Champions League history – while the likes of Eusebio, Filippo Inzaghi, Mohamed Salah and Didier Drogba are all now within striking distance, although Salah edged marginally further clear on Wednesday’s night courtesy of his goal against Bologna.
Elsewhere, there was also a brace for the competition’s third-highest scorer of all time, with Robert Lewandowski netting twice in Barcelona‘s big win over Young Boys.
The Polish striker is now just four away from becoming only the third player, after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, to reach a century of European Cup or Champions League goals.
Here, Sports Mole rounds up every player to have scored 40 or more goals in the competition.
Who has scored the most goals in Champions League history?
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)
© Reuters
Goals: 140
Appearances: 183
Ratio: 0.77
© Reuters
Goals: 129
Appearances: 163
Ratio: 0.79
3. Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Barcelona)
© Imago
Goals: 96
Appearances: 122
Ratio: 0.79
© Reuters
Goals: 90
Appearances: 152
Ratio: 0.59
5. Raul (Real Madrid, Schalke 04)
© Reuters
Goals: 71
Appearances: 142
Ratio: 0.50
6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid)
© Reuters
Goals: 56
Appearances: 73
Ratio: 0.77
© Reuters
Goals: 54
Appearances: 152
Ratio: 0.36
8. Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona)
© Reuters
Goals: 50
Appearances: 112
Ratio: 0.45
Goals: 49
Appearances: 58
Ratio: 0.84
10. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid)
© Imago
Goals: 49
Appearances: 75
Ratio: 0.65
© Reuters
Goals: 48
Appearances: 100
Ratio: 0.48
12. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain)
© Reuters
Goals: 48
Appearances: 124
Ratio: 0.39
13. Eusebio (Benfica)
© Reuters
Goals: 46
Appearances: 65
Ratio: 0.71
14. Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)
© Reuters
Goals: 46
Appearances: 81
Ratio: 0.57
15. Mohamed Salah (Basel, Roma, Liverpool)
© Imago
Goals: 45
Appearances: 81
Ratio: 0.56
16. Didier Drogba (Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray)
© Reuters
Goals: 44
Appearances: 92
Ratio: 0.48
17. Neymar (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain)
© Reuters
Goals: 43
Appearances: 81
Ratio: 0.53
18. Erling Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City)
© Imago
Goals: 42
Appearances: 41
Ratio: 1.02
19. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
© Reuters
Goals: 42
Appearances: 89
Ratio: 0.47
20. Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, Manchester City)
© Reuters
Goals: 41
Appearances: 79
Ratio: 0.52
