Cristiano Ronaldo's records in the UEFA Champions League

# Most goals in a season

Ronaldo scored his 17th goal in the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League, against Atlético Madrid in the final

Ronaldo scored 17 goals in the 2013-14 season, which broke the earlier record held by Lionel Messi (14) for most goals in a season in 2011-12.

During that campaign, Ronaldo scored one goal in the final against Atlético Madrid, two goals against Bayern Munich in the semi finals, one goal in the quarter finals against Borussia Dortmund, four goals in the round of 16 against Schalke 04 and nine goals in the group-stage.

Earlier in the season, Ronaldo's nine group-stage goals downed the erstwhile record of most goals in the group-stage held jointly by Ruud van Nistelrooy (2004-05), Filippo Inzaghi and Hernán Crespo (both in 2002-03).

# Most goals in the knockout stage of the competition

Ronaldo exults after scoring his record 65th knockout stage goal against

Ronaldo has the most goals in the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League with 65 goals. 23 of these have come in the round of 16, 25 in the quarter-finals, 13 in the semi-finals and four in finals.

It is a standalone tally which is better than the third-highest tally of goals (60 by Karim Benzema) in the tournament. The player with the next best tally of goals in the knockout stage of the competition is Lionel Messi (46).

# Most hat-tricks in the knockout stage of the competition

Ronaldo celebrates his 4th hat-trick in the Champions League knockout stage, against Atlético in 2018-19

Ronaldo is one of two players, the other being Messi, to have scored eight hat-tricks in the UEFA Champions League.

However, the Portuguese striker's four hat-tricks in the knockout stage of the competition (three in the quarter-finals and one in the semi-finals). Once again, Messi is on the list behind him with two.

In fact, Ronaldo's last four hat-tricks in the UEFA Champions League have all come after the group-stage of the competition (against Wolfsburg in the 16-17 quarter-finals, Bayern Munich in the 17-18 quarter-finals and Atlético Madrid in the 17-18 semi-finals and 18-19 quarter-finals).

# Most goals against a single opponent

Ronaldo's ten goals in the UEFA Champions League against his present club Juventus is the most by any player in competition history against a single opponent. All ten goals against the Bianconeri came in seven games, whilst playing for Real Madrid.

The tally includes three goals in the group stage - a pair of goals in Madrid's 2-1 home win in the 2013-14 group stage, and an away goal in Madrid's 2-2 draw in the same season.

The seven other goals came in the knockout stage of the competition - a goal apiece in each leg of the 2014-15 semi-finals, two goals in the 2016-17 final in Cardiff, two goals in the 2017-18 quarter-final first leg in Turin, including that special bicycle finish and one goal in the quarter-final second leg.