Since the restructuring of the Champions League, if you can score 12 goals in a single season, you can definitely be called the world's top superstar. So far, only 5 people have been able to achieve this achievement, including "Champions League King" C Ronaldo 5 times and Messi 3 times!
Although Manchester United have been out of the Champions League this season, Cristiano Ronaldo is still the undisputed "King of the Champions League", he is currently the leader in the champions league total goalscorers list, with 12 goals in a single season, and Ronaldo has done it 5 times. In 2013 and 2014, Ronaldo achieved this feat for two consecutive years, and from 2016 to 2018, Ronaldo completed this feat for three consecutive seasons. Among them, in the 2013-14 season, Ronaldo scored 17 goals, setting a record for the most goals scored in a single season in the Champions League.
Behind Cristiano Ronaldo is Messi, who twice delivered 12 goals in a single season in the Champions League in 2010-11 and 2018-19. In the 2011-12 season, Messi scored 14 goals in a single season in his heyday, ranking in the top 5 in history. Today, Messi has switched to Paris, and the Champions League is also out. In Ligue 1, Messi also seems to have completed the transition from the king of goalscorers to the king of assists.
In addition to the two biggest ball kings in the world, who has achieved the feat of 12 goals in a single season in the Champions League? Lewandowski has done it twice! He scored 13 goals this season and 15 in 2019-20. Unfortunately, Bayern are also out, and Levan has no chance to continue to expand his stats this season. In the 2002-03 season, Dutch star Van Nistelrooy also scored 12 goals.
The only one who can improve this season is Benzema! Real Madrid struggled to eliminate Chelsea to reach the top 4 of the Champions League, Benzema is also expected to continue to increase the number of goals scored, this season's Champions League he has scored 12 goals, in the future Benzema can continue to catch up with Levan, Messi and even Cristiano Ronaldo? If Benzema can really lead Real Madrid to the Champions League, then the Ballon d'Or in 2022 will almost certainly belong to him!