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#2 Cristiano Ronaldo - 23 goals
With 65 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most knockout stage goals in the Champions League.
The Portugal captain cedes ground to another player when it comes to goals in the Round of 16 stage of the competition, but holds the record for most Round of 16 appearances by a player (30).
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Ronaldo has scored his Round of 16 goals for 3 different clubs - Manchester United (2), Real Madrid (18), and Juventus (3).
In his most recent outing at this stage of the competition, the all-time Champions League top-scorer scored a record-equaling 8th hat-trick (also Lionel Messi) as Juventus successfully overturned a two-goal deficit against Atletico Madrid to reach the quarter-finals.
#1 Lionel Messi - 26 goals
Messi's 46 knockout stage goals and 114 in the Champions League tournament proper are tallies bettered only by Ronaldo (65 knockout stage goals, 128 goals overall).
However, the Argentine maestro leads his Portuguese counterpart in terms of most Round of 16 Champions League goals.
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In his last appearance at this stage of the competition, Messi scored a brace at home against Olympique Lyonnais as Barcelona progressed to the quarter-finals with a 5-1 aggregate win.
Messi scored a staggering 5 goals in the 2011-12 Champions League Round of 16 as Barcelona trounced Bayer Leverkusen 7-1 at the Camp Nou for a record 10-2 aggregate win.
