Alexander Frei is leading the UEFA champions league top scorers with three goals already having scored twice against Manchester United in a suprising 3-3 FC Basel draw with Manchester United. Other top scorers in European league like Lionel Messi, David Villa and Mario Gomez follow with two goals each.
The last season UEFA champions league top scorer, Lionel Messi scored two goals in UEFA champions match against FC Bate Borisov equal former Barcelona record Laszlo Kubala at 194 goals in Barcelona history as second highest goal scorers for the club after Cesar Rodriguez with 235 goals record.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba are among common names in top ten list but are still out of top ten list but will sure join the list in coming UEFA games. Players like Fernando Torres have show great perfoRmance this season and is a expected to be among the top scorers in UEFA
Other Champions league goal scorers with two goals each are Danny Welbeck (Manchester United) and Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow.
UEFA champion league top goal scorers 2011-2012| 1 | Alexander Frei | FC Basel | 3 |
| 2 | David Villa | Barcelona | 2 |
| 3 | Mario Gomez | Bayern Munich | 2 |
| 4 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 2 |
| 5 | Moussa Sow | Lille | 2 |
| 6 | Roman Shirokov | Zenit St Pts burg | 2 |
| 7 | Edinson Cavani | Napoli | 2 |
| 8 | Andre Ayew | Marseille | 2 |
| 9 | Fabian Frei | FC Basel | 2 |
| 10 | Pedro | Barcelona | 2 |
UEFA Europa champions league top goal scorers 2011-2012
| 1 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Schalke 04 | 4 |
| 2 | Matias Suarez | Anderlecht | 4 |
| 3 | Andrew Johnson | Fulham | 3 |
| 4 | Danny Murphy | Fulham | 3 |
| 5 | Alex Darlington | T.N.S | 3 |
| 6 | Michael Barrantes | Aalesund | 3 |
| 7 | Ahmed Januzi | Vorskla | 3 |
| 8 | Da Silva Wesley | FC Vaslui | 3 |
| 9 | Jorge Barbosa | Braga | 3 |
| 10 | Jorge Barbosa | Braga | 3 |
