Champions League top scorers: Lionel Messi out on his own

Lionel Messi is on course to finish out on his own as UEFA Champions League top scorer for the first time since 2011/12.

If Messi does end up with more goals to his name than anyone else, it will be the 12th season in a row that either he or Cristiano Ronaldo have been at least joint top in the scoring charts.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE STATS

2018/19 Champions League top scorers

12: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)*
Minutes played: 747 (62.3 mins per goal)

8: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern)
Minutes played: 714 (89.3 mins per goal)

6: Dušan Tadić (Ajax)*
Minutes played: 990 (165 mins per goal)

6: Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Minutes played: 749 (124.8 mins per goal)

6: Moussa Marega (Porto)
Minutes played: 840 (140 mins per goal)

6: Sergio Agüero (Man. City)
Minutes played: 510 (85 mins per goal)

5: Edin Džeko (Roma)
Minutes played: 570 (114 mins per goal)

5: Raheem Sterling (Man. City)
Minutes played: 871 (174.2 mins per goal)

5: Andrej Kramarić (Hoffenheim)
Minutes played: 481 (96.2 mins per goal)

5: Neymar (Paris)
Minutes played: 532 (106.4 mins per goal)

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5: Harry Kane (Tottenham)*
Minutes played: 688 (137.6 mins per goal)

5: Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Minutes played: 518 (103.6 mins per goal)

*Team is in the semi-finals

UEFA Champions League top scorers by season (group stage to final)

2017/18: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 15
2016/17: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 12
2015/16: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 16
2014/15: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Neymar (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 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: Kaká (AC Milan) 10
2005/06: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) 9
2004/05: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 8
2003/04: Fernando Morientes (Monaco) 9
2002/03: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 12
2001/02: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 10
2000/01: Raúl González (Real Madrid) 7

1999/2000: Mário Jardel (Porto), Rivaldo (Barcelona), Raúl González (Real Madrid) 10
1998/99: Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Dwight Yorke (Manchester United) 8
1997/98: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 10
1996/97: Milinko Pantić (Atlético Madrid) 5
1995/96: Jari Litmanen (Ajax) 9
1994/95: George Weah (Paris Saint-Germain) 7
1993/94: Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona) 5
1992/93: Franck Sauzée (Marseille) 5