Salah, Lewandowski, Mbappe, Messi: Champions League top scorers 2021/22 - in pictures

We take a look at which player is leading the goals race for this season - and who tops the charts in the all-time list

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  CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOP SCORERS 2021/22 =11: Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal) Four goals in seven games. AFP

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  =11: Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) Four goals in six games. AP

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  =11: Pote (Sporting Lisbon) Four goals in five games. EPA

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  =7: Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) Five goals in seven games. Getty

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  =7: Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich) Five goals in seven games. AP

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  =7: Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) Five goals in six games. AFP

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  =7: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) Five goals in six games. AP

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  =5: Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) Six goals in seven games. Getty

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  =5: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) Six goals in six games. AFP

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  4: Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) Seven goals in six games. Getty

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  3: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) Eight goals in seven games. PA

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  2: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) Nine goals in seven games. AFP

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  1: Sebastien Haller (Ajax) 11 goals in seven games. Reuters

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  ALL-TIME CHAMPIONS LEAGUE/EUROPEAN CUP TOP SCORERS: =10: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, PSG) 46 goals in 124 games. EPA

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  =10: Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea) 48 goals in 100 games. Reuters

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  9: Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid) 49 goals in 58 games. Allsport

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  =7) Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) 50 goals in 131 games. Reuters

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  =7: Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona) 50 goals in 112 games. Getty

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  6: Ruud van Nidstelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid) 56 goals in 73 games. Getty

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  5: Raul (Real Madrid, Schalke) 71 goals in 142 games.

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  4: Karim Benzema (Lyon, Real Madrid) 76 goals in 136 games. AFP

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  3: Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich) 82 goals in 103 games

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  2: Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain) 125 goals in 155 games. AP

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  1: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus) 140 goals in 182 games. Reuters

The race to become this season's Champions League top goalscorer continues this week with Mohamed Salah, Kylian Mbappe and Robert Lewandowski all in action.

On Tuesday, Salah's Liverpool – 2-0 up from the last-16 first leg – take on Inter Milan at Anfield, while Lewandowski and Bayern Munich face Red Bull Salzburg in Germany after drawing 1-1 last time out.

Wednesday sees Mbappe, Lionel Messi and their Paris Saint-Germain teammates defend their 1-0 first-leg lead against Karim Benzema's Real Madrid in Spain, while Manchester City – 5-0 up from the first game in Portugal – tackle Sporting at the Etihad Stadium.

Last season, Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland topped the charts with 10 goals, two ahead of Mbappe, while six players finished with six goals, including Salah and Benzema.

You can see who is leading the way this season – and who is the all-time Champions League/European Cup leading hotshots – in the gallery above. To move on to the next photo, click on the arrows or if using a mobile device, simply swipe.