Top Scorers in a Single Season in the Champions League: Manchester City of England won the Champions League 2022/23 by defeating Inter Milan from Italy in the final. The only goal of the match was scored by Rodri from Manchester City in the 68th minute, leading them to a 1-0 victory.
The tournament’s top scorer is Erling Haaland from Norway. He is close to breaking the record set by Lionel Messi, who scored 14 goals in a single season of the Champions League while playing for Barcelona in 2011-2012. However, Haaland couldn’t score in the final, so he couldn’t break the record, but he still became one of the top players with the most goals in a single season.
Haaland’s main goal now is to surpass Cristiano Ronaldo’s record. Ronaldo, who played for Real Madrid, scored 15 goals in the 2017-2018 season, 16 goals in the 2015-2016 season, and an impressive 17 goals in the 2013-2014 season. Ronaldo’s 17 goals in 2014 are actually the highest number of goals scored by a player in a single season in the entire history of the Champions League.
Top Scorers in a Single Season in the Champions League
So, the current top scorers in a single season of the Champions League are:
| Rank | Player | Goals | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Cristiano Ronaldo | 17 | 2013–14 |
| 2 | 2 Cristiano Ronaldo | 16 | 2015–16 |
| 3 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 15 | 2017–18 |
| 4 | Robert Lewandowski | 15 | 2019–20 |
| 5 | Karim Benzema | 15 | 2021–22 |
| 6 | José Altafini | 14 | 1962–63 |
| 7 | Lionel Messi | 14 | 2011–12 |
| 8 | Robert Lewandowski | 13 | 2021–22 |
| 9 | Ferenc Puskás | 12 | 1959–60 |
| 10 | Gerd Müller | 12 | 1972–73 |
| 12 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 12 | 2002–03 |
| 13 | Lionel Messi | 12 | 2010–11 |
| 14 | Mario Gómez | 12 | 2011–12 |
| 15 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 12 | 2012–13 |
| 16 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 12 | 2016–17 |
| 17 | Lionel Messi | 12 | 2018–19 |
| 18 | Erling Haaland | 12 | 2022–23 |
