Players with 100 UEFA Champions League appearances

How many centurions are there? Where did they come from? Who did they play for? And who are the only two players to make 100 appearances in the competition and not lift the trophy?

 

• Sergio Ramos (98), Dani Alves (95) and Arjen Robben (95) could reach 100-game mark this term
• Gianluigi Buffon (97) could get to 100 #UCL appearances for Juventus this season

 

Players with 100+ UEFA Champions League appearances
164 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid 150, Porto 14)
151 Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
142 Raúl González (Real Madrid 130, Schalke 12)
141 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
135 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United 52, Real Madrid 83)

125 Clarence Seedorf (Ajax 11, Real Madrid 25, AC Milan 89)
124 Paul Scholes (Manchester United)
120 Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid 107, Fenerbahçe 13)
120 Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
119 Zlatan Ibrahimović (Ajax 19, Juventus 19, Internazionale Milano 22, Barcelona 10, AC Milan 16, Paris Saint-Germain 33)

 

117 Xabi Alonso (Real Sociedad 8, Liverpool 39, Real Madrid 47, Bayern München 23)
115 Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
113 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
112 Thierry Henry (Monaco 9, Barcelona 26, Arsenal 77)
111 Petr Čech (Sparta Praha 12, Chelsea 94, Arsenal 5)

110 Philipp Lahm (Stuttgart 7, Bayern München 103)
109 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)
109 Gary Neville (Manchester United)
109 John Terry (Chelsea)
108 Ashley Cole (Arsenal 45, Chelsea 60, Roma 3)

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108 Patrice Evra (Monaco 21, Manchester United 65, Juventus 22)
108 Andrea Pirlo (Internazionale Milano 5, AC Milan 78, Juventus 25)
107 David Beckham (Manchester United 77, Real Madrid 26, AC Milan 2, Paris Saint-Germain 2)
106 Víctor Valdés (Barcelona)
105 Frank Lampard (Chelsea 102, Manchester City 3)

103 Gianluigi Buffon (Parma 6, Juventus 97)
103 Luís Figo (Barcelona 24, Real Madrid 58, Internazionale Milano 21)
103 Oliver Kahn (Bayern München)
100 Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan 59, Chelsea 15, Dynamo Kyiv 26)

*Italics – still in this season’s competition

Records and statistics

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• Most appearances: Iker Casillas – 164
• Most appearances for one club: Xavi Hernández – 151
• Players with 100+ appearances: 29
• Players with 100+ appearances for one club (by clubs): Barcelona (5), Real Madrid (3), Manchester United (3), Bayern München (2), Chelsea (2), AC Milan (1)
• Players to make 50+ appearances with two clubs: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United 52, Real Madrid 83)
• Centurions who have never won the #UCL: Zlatan Ibrahimović, Gianluigi Buffon
• Centurions by nationality: Spain (7), England (6), Italy (3), France (2), Germany (2), Portugal (2), Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Czech Republic (1), Netherlands (1), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1), Wales (1)
• Centurions by position: Goalkeepers (5), Defenders (8), Midfielders (10), Forwards (6)
• First centurions (in order; all reached the mark in 2006): Raúl González, Roberto Carlos, David Beckham, Oliver Kahn, Paolo Maldini