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#4 Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan/Belgium) - 10 successful penalties
Romelu Lukaku, who has scored three penalties this season, has seemed like a vastly different player at Inter Milan since arriving from Manchester United. The 27-year-old has scored 50 goals in only 71 matches in all competitions for the club.
In the ongoing 2020-21 season, Lukaku has scored 16 goals in only 20 matches for Inter, with three of them being penalties.
He scored ten penalties in 2020 - eight for Inter Milan and two for Belgium.
#3 Ciro Immobile (Lazio/Italy) - 14 successful penalties
Since joining Lazio in July 2016, Ciro Immobile has been one of the most prolific strikers in the world.
Now in his fifth season at the club, the 30-year-old has played 196 matches in all competitions and has scored the second-most number of goals in the club's history (141) - just nine away from the record holder.
During his career, Immobile has scored 219 goals in 391 matches, with 55 of them being penalties. In 2020, the Italy international scored as many as 14 penalties, all of them were at the club-level.
#2 Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United/Portugal) - 15 successful penalties
Bruno Fernandes joined Manchester United in January 2020 for a fee reported to be worth €80 million.
In the 12 months since, he has proved to be one of the most impactful signings ever made, completely rejuvenating the side and helping them to second spot in the Premier League table, level on points with league leaders Liverpool.
In 47 matches for the Red Devils in all competitions, the 26-year-old has been involved in as many as 44 goals, scoring 27 and assisting 17.
Currently the most important player in the team, Fernandes is also the designated penalty taker and has done the duty full justice.
In 2020, he scored 15 penalties for Manchester United (nine in the Premier League, two in the UEFA Champions League, three in the UEFA Europa League and one in the FA Cup).
#1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Portugal) - 17 penalties
Is it even possible for Cristiano Ronaldo to not feature in a listicle about goals? The 5-time Ballon d'Or winner is in his third season at Juventus but already holds a few club records.
He finished the 2019-20 season with 37 goals from 46 matches in all competitions - the most any player has scored in a single season for Juventus.
In the ongoing season, the Portugal international has already notched up 18 goals in only 16 matches.
Among his current tally of 758 goals for club and country, several have come from the spot. Ronaldo has scored a staggering 133 penalties in club and international football.
In 2020, the Portugal captain scored 17 penalties, all of them for Juventus (13 in Serie A, three in the UEFA Champions League and one in the Coppa Italia).
