Champions League top scorers: Four-goal Harry Kane leads the way
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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Harry Kane is the early leader in the top scorer race after his four goals for Bayern München on Matchday 1.
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Harry Kane, who finished UEFA Champions League joint top scorer last season, is the early 2024/25 pacesetter, too, following his four goals for Bayern München against GNK Dinamo on Matchday 1.
2024/25 Champions League top scorers
4 Harry Kane (Bayern München)
3 Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund)
3 Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund)
3 Abdallah Sima (Brest)
There are six players who have scored two goal after the first set of Matchday 2 fixtures.
Kane became only the 20th player to score four in a single Champions League game, surpassing Wayne Rooney as England's all-time leading scorer in the competition in the process, as Bayern München opened up in style with a 9-2 win at home to the Croatian champions.
Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi is one of three players who lie just behind Kane on three goals after the Germany forward scored a superb hat-trick in a 7-1 victory against Celtic on Matchday 2. Adeyemi's BVB team-mate Serhou Guirassy and Brest's Abdallah Sima also have three goals to their names and have scored in both games.
Most assists in the 2024/25 Champions League
3 Jeremie Frimpong (Leverkusen)
3 Joshua Kimmich (Bayern München)
2 Ludovic Ajorque (Brest)
2 Arne Engels (Celtic)
2 Jamal Musiala (Bayern München)
2 Mehdi Taremi (Inter)
Hat-tricks in the 2024/25 Champions League
Harry Kane – Bayern München 9-2 GNK Dinamo, 17/09/24
Karim Adeyemi – Borussia Dortmund 7-1 Celtic, 01/10/24
Champions League top scorers by season (group stage to final)
2023/24: Harry Kane (Bayern München), Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 8
2022/23: Erling Haaland (Man City) 12
2021/22: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 15
2020/21: Erling Haaland (Borussia 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 de 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