Ranked: The players with the most Champions League titles
Real Madrid are defending their Champions League title this season after capturing the Champions League/European Cup for the 15th in last season's campaign.
Eight of those titles were won in the first quarter of the 21st century, making Real Madrid the most dominant force in Europe.
Moreover, Real Madrid's contemporary statistics are overwhelming: 6 finals in the last 11 years, 12 semi-finals out of the last 14 played and, above all, the team has not lost a Champions League final in the 21st century. And it has played 8.
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Without further ado, let's take a look at the players with the most wins in the history of the CL! All stats are sourced from Transfermarkt.
Toni Kroos has spent ten seasons at Real Madrid and has won five Champions Leagues, one every two years, in addition to the one he won in 2013 with Bayer Munich. The Wembley final was a fitting farewell for the German legend.
Real Madrid's resurgence in the Champions League came at the hands of Croatian genius Luka Modric, who, along with Kroos, has written the club's contemporary history in golden letters. Modric won the CL in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2024.
The heart and soul of Real Madrid and the only player to have started six Champions League finals. Possibly the best right-back in history.
The Spanish defender has six Champions League titles to his name and one of them, in 2024, as captain of the team. A true Real Madrid and CL legend.
Paco Gente won six league titles, making him one of the most successful Real Madrid players in history.
What would have happened if Cristiano Ronaldo had not left Real Madrid in 2018? CR7 has won five CL titles, four with Los Blancos and one with Manchester United. Legend.
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The Welshman is part of a club of players who have won the Champions League five times and has been instrumental in many of them. His overhead kick against Liverpool in the 2018 final is one of the best goals in the history of the competition.
Key in the five finals he won, but especially in the one Real Madrid won in Paris in 2022. Benzema starred in the greatest Champions League story ever told, with legendary comebacks against PSG, Chelsea and Manchester City.
Real Madrid's eternal smiling left-back always had fun on the pitch and, what's more, won five Champions League titles.
The strong midfielder who stopped opposition attacks and allowed Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema to attack without having to worry too much about defending. The Brazilian left Real Madrid with five Champions League titles and the undying affection of his fans.
He went from starter to substitute at Real Madrid. Still, the elegant midfielder can boast of having won five Champions League titles.
Maldini played his entire career at AC Milan and won five Champions League/European Cups. The last of them with Carlo Ancelotti as coach.
Like his former teammate and friend Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta clinched five Champions Leagues/European Cups, the last of them in 2007, the year of his retirement.
Alfredo Di Stéfano can boast of having won his five European Cup titles in a row (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960). Considered the greatest player in the history of Real Madrid, his legacy is still lives on almost 70 years later.
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