UEFA Champions league top goal scorers 2025/26: Updated Golden Boot rankings as Haaland, Kane gun for title

The new season of UEFA Champions League football brings new excitement, new thrills, new anticipation, and new star performances across the world's most prestigious club football competition.

Top teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, and many others will clash across 2025/26 to crown one European champion for the season. Last season's title winners Paris Saint-Germain will, for the first time in club history, look to defend their status as continental kings.

From the league phase through the knockouts and culminating in the famous Champions League final at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on May 31, much will depend on the efficiency of each team's leading scorers. Will we see another surprising contender such as Raphinha, or will Erling Haaland simply prove too good in front of goal?

The Sporting News will bring you the latest standings in this season's Champions League Golden Boot race as star performers aim for individual as well as team glory.

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UEFA Champions league top goal scorers 2025/26: Updated Golden Boot rankings

The Sporting News will update these standings each matchweek.

RankPlayerClubGoals (PKs)AssistsMatchesMinutes Played1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      

Who was 2024/25 Champions League top goal scorer?

Last season, Serhou Guirassy and Raphinha finished joint-top goal-scorers across the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League campaign.

The two shared the Golden Boot award, as UEFA does not use tie-breakers to select one winner when multiple players are level on goals.

As part of this campaign, Raphinha equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's record for total goal contributions in a single Champions League season, with 13 goals and eight assists.

RankPlayerClubGoals (PKs)AssistsMatchesMinutes Played

1.	Serhou Guirassy	B. Dortmund	13 (5)	4	14	1083
=	Raphinha	Barcelona	13 (0)	8	14	1215
3.	Harry Kane	Bayern Munich	11 (4)	2	13	1119
=	Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	11 (3)	0	12	953
5.	Lautaro Martinez	Inter Milan	9 (1)	0	13	767

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UEFA Champions League Golden Boot winners

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have dominated the majority of Golden Boot races with Ronaldo's 17-goal haul in 2013/14 still the single-season Champions League record.

YearPlayerTeamGoals

2024/25	Raphinha	Barcelona	13
	Serhou Guirassy	Borussia Dortmund	13
2023/24	Harry Kane	Bayern Munich	8
	Kylian Mbappe	Paris Saint-Germain	8
2022/23	Erling Haaland	Manchester City	12
2021/22	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	15
2020/21	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	10
2019/20	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	15
2018/19	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	12
2017/18	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	15
2016/17	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	12
2015/16	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	16
2014/15	Neymar	Barcelona	10
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	10
Lionel Messi		Barcelona	10
2013/14	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	17
2012/13	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	12
2011/12	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	14
2010/11	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	12
2009/10	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	8
2008/09	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	9
2007/08	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	8
2006/07	Kaka	AC Milan	10
2005/06	Andriy Shevchenko	AC Milan	9
2004/05	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	8
2003/04	Fernando Morientes	AS Monaco	9
2002/03	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	12
2001/02	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	10
2000/01	Raul	Real Madrid	7
1999/00	Raul	Real Madrid	10
	Mario Jardel	Porto	10
Rivaldo		Barcelona	10
1998/99	Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	8
	Dwight Yorke	Manchester United	8
1997/98	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	10
1996/97	Milinko Pantić	Atletico Madrid	5
1995/96	Jari Litmanen	Ajax	9
1994/95	George Weah	PSG	7
1993/94	Ronald Koeman	Barcelona	8
	Wynton Rufer	Werder Bremen	8
1992/93	Romario	PSV Eindhoven	7