Cristiano Ronaldo will be out to overhaul Rudd and move into third place on the all-time Champions League goalscorers’ list when Real Madrid take on Juventus on Wednesday night.
Ronaldo has 55 goals out of 94 appearances in the Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds) is one goal behind former PSV, Manchester United and Madrid hot shot Van Nistelrooy.
Only Lionel Messi can boast of a more impressive strike rate. The Barcelona star strengthened his spot on the second place in the all-time top 10 Champions league highest scorers when he scored a brilliant goal in the first half against AC Milan on Tuesday night. Messi now has 63 goals in 81 games. With his consistent performance, Messi is eight goals away from setting another record for himself.
Below are the names of the top 10 highest Champion League goal scorers:
Names Goals
1 Raul 71
2 Lionel Messi 63
3 Rudd Van Nistelrooy 56
4 Cristiano Ronaldo 55
5 Thierry Henry 50
6 Andriy Shevchenko 48
7 Filippo Inzaghi 46
8 Alessandro Del Piero 42
9 Didier Drogba 41
10 Karim Benzema 33
11 Fernando Morientes 33
12 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 33
