This is what you need to be aware of the top scorers of this year’s tournament, including players who hail from Liverpool as well as Bayern Munich
The 2021-22 Champions League is over, with Real Madrid coming out on top in the race against the biggest heavyweights of Europe for European glory.
A number of the most powerful teams and top players from around the world took part in the tournament, featuring a the most impressive range of attacking talent displayed.
Goal has created individual goal totals for the top scoring Champions League players in 2021-22.
Champions League 2021-22 Top Scorers
| Pos | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 15 |
| 2 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 13 |
| 3 | Sebastien Haller | Ajax | 11 |
| 4 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 8 |
| =5 | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig | 7 |
| =5 | Riyad Mahrez | Manchester City | 7 |
| =7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | 6 |
| =7 | Leroy Sane | Bayern Munich | 6 |
| =7 | Arnaut Danjuma | Villarreal | 6 |
| =7 | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 6 |
| =7 | Darwin Nunez | Benfica | 6 |
| =12 | Lionel Messi | PSG | 5 |
| =12 | Roberto Firmino | Liverpool | 5 |
| =12 | Sadio Mane | Liverpool | 5 |
| =12 | Rodrygo | Real Madrid | 5 |
Karim The Benzema ended up as the Champions League top scorer in 2021-22. He scored 15 goals in the tournament as Real Madrid won their 14th European title.
Five of the goals were scored from the group stage which was a time when Madrid suffered slow starts, the rest of the goals coming at crucial times in the knockout phase.
He scored a hat-trick in the final during the game against Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16th game, then followed it with four goals over two games against Chelsea with an hat-trick Stamford Bridge – in the quarter-final. The France striker also scored three goals over two matches in the semi-final against Manchester City in the semi-final.
Benzema was closely followed by Robert Lewandowski and Sebastien Haller with the two being the only two players who reached double figures in the contest.
