Two of Europe’s most prolific strikers are battling for the top spot on the UEFA Champions League scoring charts. Following the group phase, Ajax forward Sebastien Haller leads the scoring charts with 10 goals following his penalty kick for the first time during his team’s final group game. Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski with nine goals did not score in his final group match against Barcelona. Check Top Scorer of UEFA Champions League 2021-22.
The 10 goals stand out for Haller who was the only player to be of the Champions League history to score in all six games. Haller has already reached the score of the top scorer of last season Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland. The two clubs Ajax as well as Bayern Munich are also guaranteed to play at the smallest two more times during the round of 16.
Top Scorer of UEFA Champions League 2021-22
The curtain is closing over the Champions’ League group stages this week, we review the standings of the top scorers of the tournament. In the last season, Erling Haaland was the top scorer, scoring 10 goals. That total is already being surpassed this season.
Ajax has begun the Champions League campaign with six wins in six. Striker Sebastien Haller has been the main player in Ajax’s success. He is the most prolific in the competition, scoring 10 goals.
In the chart below you can see that the participants are placed based on their goals totals starting with the stage of group play. The aids are the first tiebreaker. Another tiebreaker is the least minutes played. Both tiebreakers are aligned with the top scorer tiebreakers which the European entity UEFA used in the European Championships.
UEFA Champions League Top Scorers (2021-2022)
| Rank | Player’s name | Team | Goals | Mins |
| 1. | Sebastien Haller | Ajax | 10 (1) | 488 |
| 2. | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 9 (1) | 516 |
| 3. | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 7 (1) | 464 |
| Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig | 7 | 531 | |
| 5. | Cristiano Ronaldo | Man United | 6 | 431 |
| 6. | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 5 (1) | 439 |
| Lionel Messi | PSG | 5 (2) | 450 | |
| Leroy Sane | Bayern Munich | 5 | 500 | |
| Riyad Mahrez | Man City | 5 (2) | 518 | |
| 10. | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 4 | 493 |
| Pedro Goncalves | Sportings CP | 4 (1) | 279 | |
| Antoine Griezmann | Atletico Madrid | 4 | 286 | |
| 13. | Andre Silva | RB Leipzig | 3 | 410 |
| Gabriel Jesus | Man City | 3 | 79 | |
| Timo Werner | Chelsea | 3 | 153 | |
| Paulo Dybala | Juventus | 3 (2) | 243 | |
| Paulinho | Sporting CP | 3 | 429 | |
| Edin Dzeko | Inter Milan | 3 | 450 | |
| Steven Berghuis | Ajax | 3 | 457 | |
| Karim Adeyemi | RB Salzburg | 3 (2) | 459 | |
| Marco Reus | B. Dortmund | 3 (2) | 499 | |
| Hans Vanaken | Club Brugge | 3 | 540 | |
| Erling Haaland | B. Dortmund | 3 | 203 | |
| Darwin Nunez | Benfica | 3 (1) | 263 | |
| Noah Okafor | RB Salzburg | 3 | 360 | |
| Jonathan David | LOSC Lille | 3 | 521 | |
| Donyell Malen | B. Dortmund | 3 | 392 |