Champions League top scorer: Serhou Guirassy leads the way

Borussia Dortmund striker Serhou Guirassy remains out on his own as the top scorer in this season's UEFA Champions League with 13 goals as the finish line rolls into view.

The Guinea international found the net nine times in the league phase before adding his tenth in the 3-0 away win against Sporting CP in the first leg of the knockout phase. Guirassy then hit a superb hat-trick in the 3-1 victory over Barcelona in the second leg of the quarter-finals, but he is unable to add to that tally as his side were eliminated 5-3 on aggregate.

Just behind Guirassy is Barça forward Raphinha, who struck eight times in the league phase, including a treble in a triumph against Bayern München on Matchday 3. His fine run has continued into the knockouts as he scored three goals across the two legs of a 4-1 aggregate win against Benfica in the round of 16 before getting Barça's first in a 4-0 victory over Dortmund in the first leg of their quarter-final tie. Raphinha leads the way for assists in this season's tournament with nine, getting two in the pulsating 3-3 semi-final first leg draw with Inter, meaning he has a total of 21 goal contributions in 13 matches.

One goal behind Raphinha is his Barça team-mate Robert Lewandowski, who closed the gap by scoring twice in that first-leg win over Dortmund to follow up his nine efforts in the league phase. Bayern's Harry Kane also made it to 11 but, like Guirassy, his campaign is over as his team were knocked out 4-3 on aggregate by Inter in the quarters.

Paris' Ousmane Dembélé scored the first goal of the semi-finals with a fine first-time finish during his side's 1-0 first-leg win versus Arsenal on Tuesday. That drew him level on a total of eight with Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Real Madrid's Vinícius Júnior, whose teams have both been eliminated, and Lautaro Martínez of Inter, who was unable to add to his tally against Barcelona on Wednesday.

Most assists in the 2024/25 Champions League

9 Raphinha (Barcelona)

6 Joshua Kimmich (Bayern München)

5 Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta)
5 Jeremie Frimpong (Leverkusen)
5 Achraf Hakimi (Paris)
5 Fermín López (Barcelona)
5 Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta)

Hat-tricks in the 2024/25 Champions League

Harry Kane – Bayern München 9-2 GNK Dinamo, 17/09/24
Karim Adeyemi – Borussia Dortmund 7-1 Celtic, 01/10/24
Vinícius Júnior – Real Madrid 5-2 Borussia Dortmund, 22/10/24
Raphinha – Barcelona 4-1 Bayern, 23/10/24
Luis Díaz – Liverpool 4-0 Leverkusen, 05/11/24
Viktor Gyökeres – Sporting CP 4-1 Man City, 05/11/24
Vangelis Pavlidis – Benfica 4-5 Barcelona, 21/01/25
Ousmane Dembélé – Stuttgart 1-4 Paris, 29/01/25
Lautaro Martínez – Inter 3-0 Monaco, 29/01/25
Morgan Rogers – Aston Villa 4-2 Celtic, 29/01/25
Kylian Mbappé – Real Madrid 3-1 Man City, 19/02/25
Serhou Guirassy – Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Barcelona, 15/04/25

Champions League top scorers by season (group stage to final)

2023/24: Harry Kane (Bayern München), Kylian Mbappé (Paris) 8
2022/23: Erling Haaland (Man City) 12 
2021/22: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 15
2020/21: Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 10
2019/20: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern) 15
2018/19: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 12
2017/18: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 15
2016/17: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 12
2015/16: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 16
2014/15: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Neymar (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 10
2013/14: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 17
2012/13: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 12
2011/12: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 14
2010/11: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 12
2009/10: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 8
2008/09: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 9
2007/08: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 8
2006/07: Kaká (AC Milan) 10
2005/06: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) 9
2004/05: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 8
2003/04: Fernando Morientes (Monaco) 9
2002/03: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 12
2001/02: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 10
2000/01: Raúl González (Real Madrid) 7
1999/00: Mário Jardel (Porto), Rivaldo (Barcelona), Raúl González (Real Madrid) 10
1998/99: Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Dwight Yorke (Manchester United) 8
1997/98: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 10
1996/97: Milinko Pantić (Atlético de Madrid) 5
1995/96: Jari Litmanen (Ajax) 9
1994/95: George Weah (Paris) 7
1993/94: Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona) 5
1992/93: Franck Sauzée (Marseille) 5