All-time top goalscorers in Champions League group stage history

4. Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich): 44

Robert Lewandowski finished the group stage as top scorer for the second year running.

When the season started, Bayern Munich marksman Robert Lewandowski was two spots off the top five all-time group stage goalscorers. But on the back of his incredible run of form this season, he made the net bulge on 10 occasions in just five matches. His goalscoring exploits in the past three months saw him leapfrog to the fourth position in the list. Los Blancos legend Raúl González made way for the Pole in the top five.

The former Borussia Dortmund striker struck on the first five matchdays, and his quadruple against Crvena Zvezda came in just 15 minutes, which in itself is a competition record. With 63 goals, he is fifth in the competition's all-time rankings and topped the group-stage table for the second year running.

14 - Robert Lewandowski has scored in 14 minutes & 31 seconds the fastest ever quadruple in the history of the Champions League. Cyborg 🤖. @FCBayern pic.twitter.com/HOCI7Pk3bF

— OptaJean (@OptaJean) November 26, 2019

He is leading the race to become the top scorer in Europe for club and country in 2019, with 51 goals from 55 games, as he sits above the likes of Lionel Messi, Raheem Sterling and Kylian Mbappé with just a few games to go.

He missed out on Cristiano Ronaldo's record of most goals at the group stage by the slimmest of the margins, with his 10 goals this term, just falling one short of the Portuguese's 11-goal haul from the 2015-16 campaign.