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The Champions League has just got underway and, in addition to the anticipation around who will be champion, another individual battle is drawing attention. This is the competition’s top scorer race. Football is currently full of prolific strikers who regularly battle goal for goal for the title of top scorer in the biggest competitions, as was already seen at the World Cup when Messi, Mbappé, Harry Kane, Bellingham and Haaland engaged in this battle. In the Champions League, with many more matches, this tends to become even more intense.
Here, we will present the 12 players most fancied to finish the Champions League as the competition’s top scorer. For this, the odds available at 1xBet online bookmaker Uganda were considered, with data taking into account the athletes’ history, the current form of each player and team, and the level of matches each of them will face.
Everyone already knows that Mbappé is a goal-scoring machine in important matches. The greatest proof of this is that at just 27 years old he has already scored 22 goals at World Cups and become the all-time top scorer in the world’s most important competition, comfortably surpassing Miroslav Klose’s mark of 16 goals that stood until this year’s edition. He therefore enters the Champions League as the big favourite to be the competition’s top scorer, with odds of 6.0.
However, for this to materialise, Real Madrid need to function well. The club was restructured for this season, which could help or hinder the French striker. He will now have new companions in attack, such as Bernardo Silva and Diomandé. It is worth noting that in the last Champions League edition, even though Real Madrid did not have much success, Mbappé was the top scorer with 15 goals, showing that his individual brilliance is capable of transcending the collective.
Haaland is another player who has practically never had a poor spell in his career and contests the top scorer race in every competition he enters. In the last Champions League edition, he scored 8 goals, a figure hampered by Manchester City’s campaign. However, in the Premier League the Norwegian scored 27 goals and was once again the competition’s top scorer. Both due to his history and his strong current form, enhanced by his World Cup performances, Haaland is the second most fancied player for the UCL top scorer award, with odds of 6.5.
Harry Kane is the third most fancied player to be Champions League top scorer this season. In the last edition, he finished only behind Mbappé, having scored 14 goals. The Englishman had an almost perfect season and is therefore one of the biggest candidates to win the world’s best player award. The numbers are impressive, both for Bayern Munich and for the England national team:
In other words, 73 goals in 65 matches, with the impressive average of more than one per game. The odds for him to be the Champions League top scorer are now 8.0.
Frenchman Dembélé is the current holder of the world’s best player title and therefore automatically features on any list of possible top scorers in any competition he enters, even though his main characteristic is not that of a natural goalscorer. In the last Champions League edition, he scored 8 goals and helped Paris Saint-Germain to be crowned champions for the second time in a row. However, the French club’s goals are very much shared among several players, without one clear individual standout. Even so, the fact that the club is experiencing the best moment in its history and that the collective enhances individual quality places Dembélé as the fourth most fancied player to be Champions League top scorer, with odds of 10.0.
Ferran Torres had a very eventful end and start to the season. After all, he scored the winning goal for Spain at the 2026 World Cup, which is certainly the career highlight of any player and the most dreamed-of moment for all athletes. It is worth noting that he was not a starter in the match, making him a somewhat unlikely hero. In addition, he transferred from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain. Beyond his high confidence, he will therefore have the best team in Europe alongside him to enhance his performances, making him the fifth most fancied player to be the competition’s top scorer with odds of 12.0. It is worth noting that his start at his new club has been above expectations, and in the first UCL match he already scored 3 goals against Slovan Bratislava.
Those who download 1xBet on iPhone or Android will see that Barcelona are currently the main favourites to win the Champions League, with odds of 6.0, largely due to their excellent start to the season and strong transfer window signings. However, the team is also one of those that, rather than having one big goalscorer, relies more on collective play.
Even so, the most fancied player on the team for the top scorer award is Brazilian Raphinha, who has been the team’s leading scorer. Following Lewandowski’s departure, he has been playing as the centre-forward, which favours his goalscoring run. The odds for him to be the competition’s top scorer are 13.0.
Lamine Yamal is undisputedly one of the greatest talents of the new generation and the proof of this is that at just 19 years old he has already achieved impressive feats, such as winning the UEFA Euro and the FIFA World Cup. However, his style of play is more characterised by his bewildering dribbling, pace, and goal-creating passes, rather than scoring goals. Even so, it is never possible to doubt such enormous talent, especially with Barcelona going through a great spell. The Spaniard therefore features on the list of most fancied players to be Champions League top scorer, with odds of 28.0.
Lautaro Martínez is another natural goalscorer, but his success is closely tied to Internazionale’s success. As the club is not one of the big favourites to go far in the Champions League, the odds for the Argentine to be the competition’s top scorer are 28.0. Last season, he won the individual title of Serie A top scorer, with 17 goals scored in the league.
Alexander Isak arrived at Liverpool last season carrying the weight of being at the time one of the most expensive signings in football history, in a transfer worth 145 million euros. However, he was unable to perform at a high level in his debut year, which was greatly hampered by injuries and also by his team’s form. Even so, everyone expects him to recover the level of football he has previously shown in his career and, as Liverpool have a chance of going far in the UCL if the team clicks, he is the club’s main candidate for the top scorer race. The odds are 28.0.
Georgian player Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is another cornerstone of Paris Saint-Germain’s golden era. Last season, he was the player with the most goal involvements in the Champions League, reaching 10 goals and 6 assists and drawing with Mbappé and Harry Kane in this regard. The player is not considered a major candidate for the world’s best player award only because his national team, Georgia, has no tradition and relies almost exclusively on him.
However, at club level the story is different and the odds for him to be the Champions League top scorer are therefore 30.0. After all, he is another player whose talent is enhanced by the collective and by PSG’s excellent form.
Vinícius Júnior has been decisive in the Champions League on many occasions, having even scored a goal in the competition’s final. He is the second highest-scoring Brazilian in UCL history, with 34 goals, behind only Neymar. He therefore always features among the top scorer candidates, especially if he can recover the form he showed during Real Madrid’s last Champions League title. The odds for him to be the top scorer are 30.0.
Jude Bellingham is the only midfielder on the list of most fancied players for the Champions League top scorer award, and for good reason. Even playing in a deeper position, his career has always been marked by goals, particularly through surprise runs into the opposing box. Proof of this is his World Cup performance, when he scored 7 goals in 8 matches. The odds for him to be the Champions League top scorer are 30.0.
Title favourites
In addition to knowing the favourites to be the Champions League top scorer, it is also worth checking the title favourites list. At the start of the competition, these were the odds:
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Team |
Odds |
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Barcelona |
6.0 |
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Paris Saint-Germain |
6.4 |
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Arsenal |
7.0 |
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Bayern Munich |
7.0 |
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Real Madrid |
7.4 |
