List of footballers with 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances

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Cristiano Ronaldo has 182 UEFA Champions League appearances, the most in the competition.
On 22 February 2006, Raúl made his 100th Champions League appearance, the first player to do so.

Since the rebranding of the European Champion Clubs' Cup to UEFA Champions League in 1992 at the start of the 1992–93 season, a total of 43 players have managed to make at least 100 appearances in the competition.[1] The first player to hit the landmark was Raúl, who did so in February 2006,[2] while the most recent member of the "100 club" is Luka Modrić, who played his 100th match in December 2021.[3] The player with the most appearances is Cristiano Ronaldo, who has played 182 matches in the Champions League.[4]

Six players scored in their 100th appearance: Thierry Henry (for Barcelona against Sporting CP) on 26 November 2008, Zlatan Ibrahimović (for Paris Saint-Germain against Olympiacos) on 27 November 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo (for Real Madrid against Borussia Dortmund) on 2 April 2014, Andrea Pirlo (for Juventus against Olympiacos) on 4 November 2014, Toni Kroos (for Real Madrid against Galatasaray) on 22 October 2019, and Robert Lewandowski (for Bayern Munich against Benfica) on 2 November 2021.[5] Of the players who have made 100 or more appearances in the competition proper, only three have never won the Champions League (Gianluigi Buffon, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Cesc Fàbregas), with Buffon (as well as former Juventus teammate Paolo Montero) having reached three finals without winning.[6]

Players[]

As of 23 February 2022[1][7][8]

Players that are still active in Europe are highlighted in boldface.
The table below does not include appearances made in the qualification stage of the competition.

Rank Player Nation Apps Years Club(s) (Apps)
1 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal 182 2003– Manchester United (58)
Real Madrid (101)
Juventus (23)
2 Iker Casillas  Spain 177 1999–2019 Real Madrid (150)
Porto (27)
3 Lionel Messi  Argentina 155 2005– Barcelona (149)
Paris Saint-Germain (6)
4 Xavi  Spain 151 1998–2015 Barcelona
5 Raúl  Spain 142 1995–2011 Real Madrid (130)
Schalke 04 (12)
6 Ryan Giggs  Wales 141 1993–2014 Manchester United
7 Karim Benzema  France 136 2005– Lyon (19)
Real Madrid (117)
8 Thomas Müller  Germany 131 2009– Bayern Munich
9 Andrés Iniesta  Spain 130 2002–2018 Barcelona
10 Sergio Ramos  Spain 129 2005– Real Madrid
11 Clarence Seedorf  Netherlands 125 1994–2012 Ajax (11)
Real Madrid (25)
Milan (89)
Manuel Neuer  Germany 2007– Schalke 04 (22)
Bayern Munich (103)
Sergio Busquets  Spain 2008– Barcelona
14 Paul Scholes  England 124 1994–2013 Manchester United
Gianluigi Buffon  Italy 1997– Parma (6)
Juventus (113)
Paris Saint-Germain (5)
Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden 2001– Ajax (19)
Juventus (19)
Inter Milan (22)
Barcelona (10)
Milan (20)
Paris Saint-Germain (33)
Manchester United (1)
Gerard Piqué  Spain 2004– Manchester United (4)
Barcelona (120)
18 Toni Kroos  Germany 121 2008– Bayern Munich (42)
Real Madrid (79)
19 Roberto Carlos  Brazil 120 1997–2007 Real Madrid (107)
Fenerbahçe (13)
20 Xabi Alonso  Spain 119 2003–2017 Real Sociedad (8)
Liverpool (39)
Real Madrid (47)
Bayern Munich (25)
21 Carles Puyol  Spain 115 1999–2014 Barcelona
22 Thierry Henry  France 112 1997–2012 Monaco (9)
Arsenal (77)
Barcelona (26)
Philipp Lahm  Germany 2002–2017 VfB Stuttgart (7)
Bayern Munich (105)
24 Petr Čech  Czech Republic 111 2001–2017 Sparta Prague (12)
Chelsea (94)
Arsenal (5)
Dani Alves  Brazil 2007– Sevilla (8)
Barcelona (80)
Juventus (12)
Paris Saint-Germain (11)
26 Arjen Robben  Netherlands 110 2002–2018 PSV Eindhoven (10)
Chelsea (19)
Real Madrid (11)
Bayern Munich (70)
27 Paolo Maldini  Italy 109 1992–2008 Milan
Gary Neville  England 1993–2010 Manchester United
John Terry  England 2003–2016 Chelsea
Pepe  Portugal 2004– Porto (32)
Real Madrid (71)
Beşiktaş (6)
31 Andrea Pirlo  Italy 108 1998–2015 Inter Milan (5)
Milan (78)
Juventus (25)
Ashley Cole  England 2000–2015 Arsenal (45)
Chelsea (60)
Roma (3)
Patrice Evra  France 2003–2017 Monaco (21)
Manchester United (65)
Juventus (22)
34 David Beckham  England 107 1994–2013 Manchester United (77)
Real Madrid (26)
Milan (2)
Paris Saint-Germain (2)
35 Víctor Valdés  Spain 106 2002–2014 Barcelona
36 Frank Lampard  England 105 2003–2015 Chelsea (102)
Manchester City (3)
37 Cesc Fàbregas  Spain 104 2004– Arsenal (55)
Barcelona (26)
Chelsea (23)
38 Oliver Kahn  Germany 103 1994–2007 Bayern Munich
Luís Figo  Portugal 1997–2009 Barcelona (24)
Real Madrid (58)
Inter Milan (21)
Robert Lewandowski  Poland 2011– Borussia Dortmund (28)
Bayern Munich (75)
41 Marcelo  Brazil 101 2007– Real Madrid
Luka Modrić  Croatia 2010– Tottenham Hotspur (8)
Real Madrid (93)
43 Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine 100 1994–2010 Dynamo Kyiv (26)
Milan (59)
Chelsea (15)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Who has played 100 Champions League games?". UEFA.com. 11 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Defeat mars Raúl record". UEFA.com. 22 February 2006. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Modrić claims Man-of-the-Match award on 100th Champions League appearance". Real Madrid CF. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo sets new Champions League appearance record". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. ^ @ChampionsLeague (22 October 2019). "Players to score on their 100th #UCL appearance" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Who has played most games without winning the Champions League?". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Champions League – All-time appearances". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  8. ^ "UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2019/20" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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