Champions League top scorer: Haaland finishes out in front
Saturday, May 29, 2021
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Erling Haaland finished head of the class with ten goals in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League.
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Erling Haaland is the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League's top scorer with ten goals.
Despite bowing out in the quarter-finals, the Dortmund striker finished two clear of Kylian Mbappé and four ahead of the highest-placed finalist Olivier Giroud, who notched six times.
2020/21 UEFA Champions League top scorers
10 Erling Haaland (Dortmund)
8 Kylian Mbappé (Paris)
6 Álvaro Morata (Juventus)
6 Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)
6 Neymar (Paris)
6 Olivier Giroud (Chelsea)
6 Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla)
6 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
6 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
UEFA Champions League top scorers by season (group stage to final)
2020/21: Erling Haaland (Dortmund) 10
2019/20: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern) 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: 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
1999/00: 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