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The UEFA Champions League is considered the world's preeminent club tournament, and players can become legends with great performances in Europe's top competition.And since scoring goals is considered the most glamorous skill in football, those who find the back of the net consistently Las Vegas Raiders Home Office can earn legendary status in the game.Stars of the past, present, and future clash in the Champions League record books, with their goalscoring marks considered among the most coveted records of all time. Today, talents like Erling Haaland the Kylian Mbappe look like they have what it takes to match the exploits of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Me si, who have left their indelible mark on Europe's elite tournament.While Ronaldo is plying his trade in the Europa League this term with Manchester United, Me si continues to break Champions League records with PSG. His goal against Maccabi Haifa in Matchday 2 saw him score against his 39th different opponent in the competition, one more than his Portuguese rival. : Lionel Me si has now scored a Champions League goal against a 39 different teams: Lionel Me si: 39 Cristiano Ronaldo: 38 Karim Benzema: 34 Rul: 33 Robert Lewandowski: 31 Football Tweet (@Football__Tweet) The Sporting News brings you the top names and numbers for the goalscoring legends of all-time in European play. The lists below combine goalscoring from both iterations of UEFA's top competition: the European Cup (beginning in 1955) and the Champions League (since 1992/93).MORE: Cristiano Ronaldo holds the two greatest seasons in European club football history.His record from the 2013/14 season still stands after nearly a decade, scoring 17 goals acro s 11 matches and 993 minutes as Real Madrid won the title during that campaign. Ronaldo scored in every single match he appeared in except one, going 73 goal-le s minutes in the first leg of their semifinal match against Bayern. He started the Champions League with a hat-trick against Galatasaray to open group stage play, and added braces against FC Copenhagen, Juventus, Schalke (twice), and Bayern Munich.He would nearly repeat that incredible feat just two seasons later, bagging 16 goals as Madrid yet again won the title. He scored hat- Bo Jackson T Shirts tricks against Shakhtar Donetsk and Wolfsburg, plus a four-goal stunner against Malmo in the group stage. That Richie Incognito Jersey year, Ronaldo would manage 'just' five goals in the knockout stage, doing most of the work early on in a soft group stage. He was held off the scoresheet in the semifinals and final, but Madrid hoisted the trophy anyway.Ironically, in both seasons, Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final, needing extra-time on one occasion, and a penalty-kick shootout in the other.Lionel Me si's best season ranks him sixth, bagging 14 goals in the 2011/12 season as Barcelona reached the semifinals before falling to Chelsea.Others on the list from football's earlier days include goal hawk Jose Altafini, German great Gerd 'Der Bomber' Muller, and Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas, for whom FIFA's Goal of the Season award is named.RankPlayerClubSeasonGoals1.Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid2013/14172.Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid2015/16163.Robert LewandowskiBayern Munich2019/2015Karim BenzemaReal Madrid2021/2215Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid2017/18156.Lionel Me siBarcelona2011/1214Jose AltafiniAC Milan1962/63148.Robert LewandowskiBayern Munich2021/22139.Lionel Me siBarcelona2018/1912Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid2016/1712Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid2012/1312Mario GomezBayern Munich2011/1212Lionel Me siBarcelona2010/1112Ruud van NistelrooyMan United2002/0312Gerd MullerBayern Munich1972/7312Ferenc PuskasReal Madrid1959/6012 With consistent goalscoring numbers in European play season after season, it's no surprise that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Me si are atop the Champions League career goalscoring charts.A wide gap exists below those two all-time greats and the duo chasing them: Robert Lewandowski (3rd) and Karim Benzema (4th).The top non-active player is Raul with 71 goals, with Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy 15 goals behind him.RankPlayerClubsGoals1.Cristiano Ronaldo*Man United, Real Madrid, Juventus1402.Lionel Me si*Barcelona, PSG1293.Robert Lewandowski*Boru sia Dortmund, Bayern Munich,Barcelona914.Karim Benzema*Olympique Lyon, Real Madrid865.RaulReal Madrid, Schalke716.Ruud van NistelrooyPSV Eindhoven, Man United,Real Madrid567.Thomas Muller*Bayern Munich538.Thierry HenryAS Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona509.Alfredo Las Vegas Raiders Jersey Di StefanoReal Madrid4910.Zlatan Ibrahimovic*Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan,Barcelona, PSG48Andriy ShevchenkoDynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea48 Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Me si are both tied atop the Champions League hat-trick list, with twice as many as anyone else in the history of the competition save Robert Lewandowski who's just two behind.Only four players in history have more than three hat-tricks in UEFA's top competition, which makes the eight that Ronaldo and Me si each own that much more incredible.RankPlayerClubsHat-tricks1.Cristiano Ronaldo*Man United, Real Madrid, Juventus8Lionel Me si*Barcelona, PSG83.Robert Lewandowski*Boru sia Desmond Trufant Jersey Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Barcelona64.Karim Benzema*Olympique Lyon, Real Madrid45.Mario GomezStuttgart, Bayern Munich3Neymar*Barcelona, PSG3Filippo InzaghiJuventus, AC Milan3Luiz Adriano*Shakhtar Donetsk, AC Milan3 Nobody has ever scored more thanfive goalsin a single Champions League or European Cup match, which has surprisingly been done 14 times in history, including four times in the Champions League era.It's only happened three times since the turn of the millennium, with none since the 2014/15 season when it happened twice.The only club to concede five Champions League goals by a single player twice is Cypriot side Omonia, which saw it happen both times in the 1970's.SeasonPlayerStageClubOpponent2014/15Luiz AdrianoGroup StageShakhtar DonetskBATE Borisov2014/15David Lafata2nd Qualifying RoundSparta PragueLevadia Tallinn2011/12Lionel Me siRound of 16BarcelonaBayer Leverkusen1999/00Mihails Miholaps1st Qualifying RoundSkonto RigaJeune se Esch1979/80Soren Lerby2nd RoundAjaxOmonia1978/79Claudio Sulser1st RoundGra shoppersValletta1972/73Gerd Muller2nd RoundBayern MunichOmonia1966/67Paul van Himst1st RoundAnderlechtHaka196