Who has played 100 Champions League games?

Fifty-one players have amassed 100 or more appearances in the UEFA Champions League, the world's ultimate club competition. The Champions League's all-time appearances list includes players from the early days of the tournament as well as those still adding to their tally, with Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer becoming only the eighth player to reach 150 in the round of 16 first leg in March 2025.

Paris Saint-Germain defeat Marquinhos is the latest name on the illustrious list, reaching 100 appearances in the first leg of the knockout phase play-off at Brest in February 2025. The Brazilian is also only the 15th centurion to have played for a single team in the Champions League.

Marquinhos was the fourth player to bring up a century in 2024/25, after Atlético de Madrid team-mates Antoine Griezmann and Koke, who reached the landmark by coming on as substitutes in the Spanish side's 6-0 win at Sparta Praha in November 2024, and İlkay Gündoğan on Matchday 3, when Manchester City were 5-0 victors at home to Sparta.

Gündoğan was the first player to reach 100 Champions League appearances since 2022/23, when both Ángel Di María, then of Juventus, and Chelsea's Thiago Silva brought up their centuries.

Which players have made 100 Champions League appearances?

This is a list dominated by greats of the game, from the 1990s Milan vintage of Paolo Maldini through to Josep Guardiola's peerless Barcelona team of Xavi Hernández, Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta via the great Manchester United side of Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville and David Beckham. Also featured are giants of the competition such as Iker Casillas, Gianluigi Buffon, Thierry Henry, Thomas Müller, Sergio Ramos, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Luka Modrić.

183 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United 59, Real Madrid 101, Juventus 23)
177 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid 150, Porto 27)
163 Lionel Messi (Barcelona 149, Paris Saint-Germain 14)
161 Thomas Müller (Bayern)
152 Karim Benzema (Lyon 19, Real Madrid 133)
151 Toni Kroos (Bayern 41, Real Madrid 110)
151 Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
150 Manuel Neuer (Schalke 22, Bayern 128)
142 Raúl González (Real Madrid 130, Schalke 12)
142 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid 129, Paris Saint-Germain 8, Sevilla 5)
141 Ryan Giggs (Man United)
140 Luka Modrić (Tottenham 8, Real Madrid 132)
130 Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
130 Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund 28, Bayern 78, Barcelona 24)
129 Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
128 Gerard Piqué (Man United 4, Barcelona 124)
125 Clarence Seedorf (Ajax 11, Real Madrid 25, Milan 89)
124 Gianluigi Buffon (Parma 6, Juventus 113, Paris Saint-Germain 5)
124 Paul Scholes (Man United)
124 Zlatan Ibrahimović (Ajax 19, Juventus 19, Inter 22, Barcelona 10, Milan 20, Paris Saint-Germain 33, Man United 1)
120 David Alaba (Bayern 91, Real Madrid 29)
120 Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid 107, Fenerbahçe 13)
120 Pepe (Real Madrid 71, Beşiktaş 6, Porto 43)
119 Xabi Alonso (Real Sociedad 8, Liverpool 39, Real Madrid 47, Bayern 25)
116 Ángel Di María (Benfica 20, Real Madrid 39, Paris Saint-Germain 54, Juventus 3)
115 Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
112 Thierry Henry (Monaco 9, Barcelona 26, Arsenal 77)
112 Philipp Lahm (Stuttgart 7, Bayern 105)
111 Dani Alves (Sevilla 8, Barcelona 80, Juventus 12, Paris Saint-Germain 11)
111 Petr Čech (Sparta Praha 12, Chelsea 94, Arsenal 5)
110 Arjen Robben (PSV Eindhoven 10, Chelsea 19, Real Madrid 11, Bayern 70)

109 Paolo Maldini (Milan)
109 Gary Neville (Man United)
109 John Terry (Chelsea)
108 Ashley Cole (Arsenal 45, Chelsea 60, Roma 3)
108 Patrice Evra (Monaco 21, Man United 65, Juventus 22)
108 Andrea Pirlo (Inter 5, Milan 78, Juventus 25)
107 David Beckham (Man United 77, Real Madrid 26, Milan 2, Paris Saint-Germain 2)
107 İlkay Gündoğan (Borussia Dortmund 20, Man City 76, Barcelona 10)
106 Víctor Valdés (Barcelona)
105 Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad 6, Atlético de Madrid 83, Barcelona 16)
105 Frank Lampard (Chelsea 102, Manchester City 3)
105 Thiago Silva (Milan 20, Paris Saint-Germain 60, Chelsea 25)
104 Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal 55, Barcelona 26, Chelsea 23)
103 Luís Figo (Barcelona 24, Real Madrid 58, Inter 21)
103 Oliver Kahn (Bayern)
103 Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk 30, Man City 73)
103 Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)
102 Koke (Atlético de Madrid)
102 Marcelo (Real Madrid)
100 Andriy Shevchenko (Milan 59, Chelsea 15, Dynamo Kyiv 26)

Who was the first player to make 100 Champions League appearances?

First centurion

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Raúl González became the first player to make 100 Champions League appearances on 21 February 2006, the then 28-year-old coming on as a substitute in Real Madrid's 1-0 home defeat by Arsenal.

How many players scored on their 100th Champions League appearance?

Griezemann is one of seven players have scored on their 100th Champions League outings, with Robert Lewandowski the only one to hit more than one with a hat-trick for Bayern against Benfica in 2021.

Antoine Griezmann (Sparta Praha 0-6 Atlético de Madrid, 26/11/2024)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern 5-2 Benfica, 02/11/2021)
Toni Kroos (Galatasaray 0-1 Real Madrid, 22/10/2019)
Andrea Pirlo (Juventus 3-2 Olympiacos, 04/11/2014)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid 3-0 Dortmund, 02/04/2014)
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris 2-1 Olympiacos, 27/11/2013)
Thierry Henry (Sporting CP 2-5 Barcelona, 26/11/2008)

How many players have played 100 Champions League games for one club?

Twenty-nine players have made over 100 Champions League appearances for one club, including eight for Real Madrid and seven for Barcelona. Thomas Müller's Matchday 1 appearance in 2024/25 was his 152nd for Bayern, taking him clear of Xavi Hernández's longstanding record for Barça.

161 Thomas Müller (Bayern)
151 Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
150 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
149 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
141 Ryan Giggs (Man United)
133 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
132 Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
130 Raúl González (Real Madrid)
130 Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
129 Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
129 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
128 Manuel Neuer (Bayern)
124 Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
124 Paul Scholes (Man United)
115 Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
113 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
110 Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
109 Paolo Maldini (Milan)
109 Gary Neville (Man United)
109 John Terry (Chelsea)
107 Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
106 Víctor Valdés (Barcelona)
105 Philipp Lahm (Bayern)
103 Oliver Kahn (Bayern)
103 Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)
102 Koke (Atlético de Madrid)
102 Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
102 Marcelo (Real Madrid)
101 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

Centurions without winner's medals

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Only seven players have made 100 or more Champions League appearances but not lifted the trophy:

124 Zlatan Ibrahimović
124 Gianluigi Buffon
105 Antoine Griezmann
104 Cesc Fàbregas
103 Fernandinho
103 Marquinhos
102 Koke