10 players with the most braces in UEFA Champions League history

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Cristiano Ronaldo has the most braces in Champions League history.
Cristiano Ronaldo has the most braces in Champions League history.

#6 Filippo Inzaghi (Retired) - 12

Filippo Inzaghi was a prolific scorer in the Champions League.
Filippo Inzaghi was a prolific scorer in the Champions League.

Filippo Inzaghi is one of the most prolific scorers in Champions League history. The 48-year-old scored nearly 50 goals in the competition for two different clubs, with most of the goals coming during his team with AC Milan.

Inzaghi played a key role in Milan's dual Champions League triumphs in the 2000s. All but one of his 12 braces in the competition came with the Rossoneri. Inzaghi's brace in the 2007 final against Liverpool helped Milan to their seventh and latest triumph in the competition.

The former Italy international also scored three hat-tricks in the competition, but only one of them came with Milan.


#5 Raul (Retired) - 14

Raul was a prolific scorer in the Champions League.
Raul was a prolific scorer in the Champions League.

Raul is one of the greatest strikers in the history of the Champions League. The Real Madrid legend scored over 70 goals in the competition, with all but five of them coming for Los Blancos.

The former Spain international is one of the youngest players to score a Champions League hat-trick, having done so in 1995. Raul didn't score another hat-trick in the competition, but registered plenty of braces.

The three-time Champions League winner scored all but one of his 14 Champions League braces with Madrid. However, Raul's only brace in the competition with Schalke inspired the Bundesliga club to a memorable win at Inter Milan.

Raul registered his career-best campaign in the competition in the 1999-2000 season, netting ten times in Madrid's triumphant campaign.


#4 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) - 17

Karim Benzema has scored over 70 goals in the Champions League.
Karim Benzema has scored over 70 goals in the Champions League.

Karim Benzema is one of the most prolific goalscorers in the history of the Champions League.

The four-time winner is one of only two players to score in 17 consecutive seasons of the competition. He has netted at least once in each of his last 12 Champions League campaigns.

All but two of his 17 Champions League braces have come for Real Madrid. Benzema's latest brace in the competition saw Los Blancos beat Shakhtar Donetsk on Matchday 4 of the 2021-22 Champions League. The result helped the side go top of their group.

Benzema has also scored two hat-tricks in the Champions League, both with Real Madrid.

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