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
Data up to date as of the conclusion of all matches on Tuesday, September 16.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals (PKs) | Assists | Matches | Minutes Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dusan Vlahovic | Juventus | 2 (0) | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| = | Kylian Mbappe | Real Madrid | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 2. | Gabriel Martinelli | Arsenal | 1 (0) | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| = | Leandro Trossard | Arsenal | 1 (0) | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| = | Kenan Yildiz | Juventus | 1 (0) | 1 | 1 | 86 |
| = | Karim Adeyemi | Borussia Dortmund | 1 (0) | 1 | 1 | 90 |
| = | Camilo Duran | Qarabag | 1 (0) | 1 | 1 | 90 |
| = | Oleksii Kashchuk | Qarabag | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| = | Leandro Andrade | Qarabag | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 66 |
| = | Tim Weah | Marseille | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 66 |
| = | Promise David | Union St. Gilloise | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 67 |
| = | Felix Nmecha | Borussia Dortmund | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 71 |
| = | Anouar Ait El Hadj | Union St. Gilloise | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 75 |
| = | Vangelis Pavlidis | Benfica | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 79 |
| = | Enzo Barrenchea | Benfica | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| = | Ramy Bensebaini | Borussia Dortmund | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| = | Yan Couto | Borussia Dortmund | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| = | Lloyd Kelly | Juventus | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| = | Kevin Mac Allister | Union St. Gilloise | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| = | Ruben van Bommel | PSV | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 90 |
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.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals (PKs) | Assists | Matches | Minutes 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.
| Year | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
