Champions League top goal scorers 2023-2024: Updated Golden Boot rankings with Haaland tipped as favourite
The Champions League is into a new era when it comes to goalscoring greatness, in the first full season since Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi moved away from Europe.
Erling Haaland's incredible first season at Manchester City saw him break new ground in the Premier League Golden Boot race with 36 goals scored for Pep Guardiola's side.
Haaland added the Champions League Golden Boot award to his domestic crown, with 12 goals in European action, as City wrapped up a historic treble at the end of the campaign.
The Norwegian goal machine is expected to be challenged by Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe this season, but with Karim Benzema joining Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia, Haaland and Barcelona hotshot Robert Lewandowski are the only current Champions League players to have previously won the award.
The Sporting News will update the top scorers' table below, with assists and minutes played serving as the first and second tiebreakers as per major European tournaments run by UEFA.
Who will win the 2023/24 Champions League? Defending champs Man City to be tested again
The Sporting News will be updating the table below after every matchday of the 2023/24 Champions League season, through to the final on June 1, 2024.
Table to be updated after matchday one on Tuesday, Sep. 19.
Based on his superb showing last season, Haaland is the strong favourite to win again in 2023/24, followed by Mbappe and Kane.
Bayern Munich's move for England captain Kane boosts his chances of individual and team glory in the Champions League this season but Mbappe has never reached double figures in a single season.
Odds correct as of Sep. 19.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have dominated the majority of Golden Boot races with Ronaldo's 16-goal haul in
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