Champions League top scorers: Raphinha leads the way

Barcelona forward Raphinha is out on his own as the top scorer in this season's UEFA Champions League with 11 goals as the race heats up.

The Brazilian international struck eight times in the league phase, including a superb hat-trick in a victory against Bayern München on Matchday 3. His fine scoring run continued into the knockout phase as he scored three goals across the two legs of a 4-1 aggregate win against Benfica in the round of 16.

Following closely behind Raphinha are Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy and Bayern München's Harry Kane. Guirassy has scored or assisted in ten of his team's 12 games in the competition so far after setting up Maximilian Beier in Dortmund's second-leg victory against Lille. Kane, meanwhile, hit three goals across his side's 5-0 aggregate win over Bundesliga rivals Leverkusen in the round of 16 to join Guirassy on ten.

Raphinha's Barça team-mate Robert Lewandowski was top scorer at the end of the league phase with nine goals, but has not yet added to that tally in the knockouts.

Erling Haaland lies just behind on eight goals but will not be able to increase that figure after Manchester City were defeated 6-3 on aggregate in their knockout phase play-off tie with Real Madrid.

Three of the six players on seven goals have also been eliminated from the competition – Atleti's Julián Alvarez, Lille's Jonathan David and Benfica's Vangelis Pavlidis – while Paris' Ousmane Dembélé and Real Madrid forwards Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior can continue their goalscoring exploits in the quarter-finals.

Most assists in the 2024/25 Champions League

6 Joshua Kimmich (Bayern München)

5 Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta)
5 Jeremie Frimpong (Leverkusen)
5 Achraf Hakimi (Paris)
5 Raphinha (Barcelona)
5 Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta)

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
Vinícius Júnior – Real Madrid 5-2 Borussia Dortmund, 22/10/24
Raphinha – Barcelona 4-1 Bayern, 23/10/24
Luis Díaz – Liverpool 4-0 Leverkusen, 05/11/24
Viktor Gyökeres – Sporting CP 4-1 Man City, 05/11/24
Vangelis Pavlidis – Benfica 4-5 Barcelona, 21/01/25
Ousmane Dembélé – Stuttgart 1-4 Paris, 29/01/25
Lautaro Martínez – Inter 3-0 Monaco, 29/01/25
Morgan Rogers – Aston Villa 4-2 Celtic, 29/01/25
Kylian Mbappé – Real Madrid 3-1 Man City, 19/02/25

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

2023/24: Harry Kane (Bayern München), Kylian Mbappé (Paris) 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) 7
1993/94: Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona) 5
1992/93: Franck Sauzée (Marseille) 5