Messi, top scorer in the Champions League

Sports Josh Butler
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Argentine star Lionel Messi, who scored a hat-trick for FC Barcelona on Wednesday evening in the Champions League, is the top scorer this season in the most important competition between clubs with 6 goals.

Messi, returned over the weekend, a goal, after a period in which he was injured, scoring three times in the success of Barca win 4-0 against Manchester City band.

Leo Messi has two points more than the Uruguayan Edinson Cavani, who also scored once for the PSG on Wednesday in a forfeit victory against FC Basel, score 3-0.

Messi was close to 7 goals by rival Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) in the ranking of goals scored at the beginning of the Champions League, the Portuguese with 96 achievements in total, and Argentina with 89.

Ranking scorers in Champions League 2016-2017 season are:

6 Goals: Leo Messi (FC Barcelona)

4 goals: Edinson Cavani (Paris SG)

3 goals: Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Ryad Mahrez (Leicester City), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Arkadiusz Milik (Naples), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

2 goals: Vincent Aboubakar (Besiktas Istanbul), Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid), Franco Cervi (Benfica), Bruno César (Sporting Lisbon), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Moussa Dembele (Celtic), Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco (Atletico Madrid ), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Neymar (FC Barcelona), Dmitri Poloz (Rostov), Eduardo Salvio (Benfica), Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal), Bernardo Silva (Monaco), Luis Suarez (FC Barcelona)

Top scorers in the Champions Lague (season 1992-1993 without preliminary rounds):

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 96 goals

2. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 89

3. Raul (+) 71

4. Ruud van Nistelrooy (+) 56

5. Thierry Henry (+) 50

6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) 49

7. Andrei Shevchenko (+) 48

8. Filippo Inzaghi (+) 46

8. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 46

10. Didier Drogba (+) 44

The (+) sign  indicates that players are no longer active.