Most Goal Involvements in a Champions League Season

In a list dominated by
one particular legend of the game, we run through the players with
the most goal involvements in a Champions
League season.

Who Has
the Most Goal Involvements in a Champions League
Season?

Cristiano Ronaldo – 21: Real Madrid,
2013-14
Raphinha – 21: Barcelona, 2024-25
Cristiano Ronaldo – 20: Real Madrid, 2015-16
Robert Lewandowski – 20: Bayern Munich,
2019-20
Lionel Messi – 19: Barcelona, 2011-12
Cristiano Ronaldo – 18: Real Madrid, 2017-18
Cristiano Ronaldo – 17: Real Madrid, 2016-17
Roberto Firmino – 17: Liverpool, 2017-18
Karim Benzema – 17: Real Madrid, 2021-22
Serhou Guirassy – 17: Borussia Dortmund,
2024-25
Raúl – 16: Real Madrid, 2002-03
Robert Lewandowski – 16: Bayern Munich,
2021-22

Cristiano Ronaldo –
21
Real Madrid, 2013-14

Cristiano Ronaldo jointly holds the record for the most goal
involvements in a single Champions League campaign. During Real
Madrid’s 2013-14 triumph, the Portuguese forward scored 17
goals and provided four assists, contributing to 21 goals
overall.

Ronaldo capped the campaign with a penalty in the final against
Atlético
Madrid, helping Los Blancos seal a 4-1 win after extra-time and
clinch their long-awaited 10th European crown.

His total of 17 goals that season remains the most by a player
in a single Champions League edition.

Raphinha –
21
Barcelona, 2024-25

A new name among the European elite. Raphinha
took his game to another level in 2024-25, becoming a key member of
a hugely impressive Barcelona
attack.

The Brazilian scored 13 goals and added eight assists in his 14
Champions League games, with his total of 21 the joint most any
player has ever managed in a season in the competition’s history.
His goal in the semi-final defeat to Inter Milan took him level
with Ronaldo at the top of the charts.

He did have the benefit of two extra group games thanks to the
Champions League’s expanded format in 2024-25, but even so, he
wasn’t quite able to knock Ronaldo fully off top spot.

None of his 21 goal involvements came from penalties, so the
Barcelona forward broke the record for the most non-penalty goal
involvements in a single UCL season.

Cristiano Ronaldo –
20
Real Madrid, 2015-16

A second entry for Ronaldo, who registered 16 goals and four
assists as Real Madrid yet again triumphed in Europe, beating
Atlético in the final (again).

Ronaldo hit three hat-tricks in 2015-16, a record tally of
trebles in a single Champions League campaign. Two of those came in
the group stage – against Shakhtar Donetsk and Malmo – and the
other came in the second leg of their quarter-finalbagainst
Wolfsburg.

The Portuguese star actually scored four against Malmo, with
those helping him to a staggering 11 goals in the group stage in
2015-16, a record for a single player in the competition.

This campaign yielded Ronaldo’s third UCL title and the second
of three straight for Madrid under Zinedine Zidane.

Robert
Lewandowski – 20
Bayern Munich,
2019-20

Robert Lewandowski came close to matching Ronaldo’s record in
2019-20, notching 15 goals and five assists in just 10 appearances
as Bayern
strolled to the Champions League title. The Bavarians won every
single game en route to lifting the trophy, making them the only
club to ever achieve that feat in European Cup history.

What makes Lewandowski’s feat even more impressive is the
condensed format that season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From the
quarter-finals onward, ties were one-off games rather than played
over two legs, so Lewandowski had fewer games than usual to rack up
his tally.

During Bayern’s winning run, the Polish striker averaged a goal
or an assist every 44.4 minutes; that’s the best goal involvement
rate in Champions League history (min. 10+ goal involvements).

Lionel Messi –
19
Barcelona, 2011-12

Lionel Messi’s most prolific Champions League campaign came in
2011-12 when he scored 14 goals and registered five assists. It
included one of the competition’s most iconic individual
performances, as he became the first player to score five goals in
a single match – doing so in a 7-1 win over Bayer
Leverkusen.

That campaign ended in heartbreak for Barça, who were knocked
out in dramatic fashion by Chelsea in the semi-finals. Still,
Messi’s record stood unmatched at the club for over a decade –
until Raphinha’s remarkable performances in 2024-25.

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