# UEFA European Championship top goalscorers
The UEFA European Championship top goalscorers are the players who have scored the most goals in the final tournaments of the [UEFA European Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-european-championship) (the EUROs), the men's international football championship of Europe contested since 1960. Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal leads the all-time list with 14 goals scored across five editions, ahead of Michel Platini of France on 9.[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| All-time leader | Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), 14 goals in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020; he played a record sixth tournament in 2024 without scoring[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/) • [2](https://www.sportsadda.asia/football/features-football/euro-top-scorers-all-time-uefa-european-football-championship-every-edition-most-goals/) |
| Second place | Michel Platini (France), 9 goals, all scored at EURO 1984[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/) |
| Single-edition record | Platini's 9 goals in 1984 remain the most scored at one EURO[3](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025d-0f53f87d8dbc-b12ae5e7bfbd-1000--euro-goals-the-records/) |
| On 7 goals | Antoine Griezmann (France), Alan Shearer (England), Álvaro Morata (Spain), Harry Kane (England), and Madsen (Denmark)[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/) • [4](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/rankings/players/goals_scored/) |
| Including qualifying | Ronaldo 55, Harry Kane 30, Robert Lewandowski 28, Romelu Lukaku 27[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/) |
| First official award | EURO '96, when Alan Shearer won the top scorer prize on home soil[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/) |
| EURO 2024 Golden Boot | Shared by six players on 3 goals: Cody Gakpo, Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala, Georges Mikautadze, Dani Olmo, and Ivan Schranz[5](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/028f-1b61cc9835db-185592165f27-1000--uefa-euro-2024-at-a-glance/) |
## All-time leading scorers
Ronaldo's 14 goals came in small increments across five tournaments: 2 in 2004, 1 in 2008, 3 in 2012, 3 in 2016, and 5 in 2020.[6](https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eurotops-alltime.html) He passed Platini's long-standing record of 9 during EURO 2020, and he is the only player to have scored in five different final tournaments and in ten separate games.[3](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025d-0f53f87d8dbc-b12ae5e7bfbd-1000--euro-goals-the-records/) • [2](https://www.sportsadda.asia/football/features-football/euro-top-scorers-all-time-uefa-european-football-championship-every-edition-most-goals/)
Behind the top two, UEFA's ranking places five players on 7 goals: Shearer (1996 and 2000), Griezmann (2016 and 2020), Morata (2016, 2020, and 2024), Kane (2020 and 2024), and Denmark's Madsen.[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/) • [4](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/rankings/players/goals_scored/) A group of nine players sits on 6, including [Patrick Kluivert](https://www.edgepedia.org/patrick-kluivert), Nuno Gomes, Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robert Lewandowski, Romelu Lukaku, and [Patrik Schick](https://www.edgepedia.org/patrik-schick).[3](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025d-0f53f87d8dbc-b12ae5e7bfbd-1000--euro-goals-the-records/)
The picture changes when qualifying goals are counted. Ronaldo's total rises to 55, followed by Kane on 30, Lewandowski on 28, and Lukaku on 27.[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/)
## The top scorer award and its tie-breakers
There was no official prize for the leading marksman until EURO '96, when [Alan Shearer](https://www.edgepedia.org/alan-shearer) won it on home soil with 5 goals.[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/) Before and after that point, ties were common. The inaugural 1960 finals ended with five players level on 2 goals, and the 1992 edition had four players on 3.[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/)
**Tie-breaker rules have changed twice recently.** UEFA used to award the trophy to the player with the most assists, and then to the one who played the fewest minutes; [Fernando Torres](https://www.edgepedia.org/fernando-torres) received the 2012 trophy on that basis, having an assist and fewer minutes than the five other players on 3 goals, and Ronaldo received the 2020 trophy because he had one assist to Patrik Schick's none.[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/) For EURO 2024, UEFA dropped the tie-breaker and shared the award between all six players on 3 goals: Kane, [Dani Olmo](https://www.edgepedia.org/dani-olmo), Cody Gakpo, Georges Mikautadze, Jamal Musiala, and Ivan Schranz.[2](https://www.sportsadda.asia/football/features-football/euro-top-scorers-all-time-uefa-european-football-championship-every-edition-most-goals/) • [7](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c720870we5wo)
## Single-edition records
[Michel Platini](https://www.edgepedia.org/michel-platini)'s nine goals at EURO 1984 remain the most scored at a single edition, and they all came in one tournament as France won the title at home.[3](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025d-0f53f87d8dbc-b12ae5e7bfbd-1000--euro-goals-the-records/) • [2](https://www.sportsadda.asia/football/features-football/euro-top-scorers-all-time-uefa-european-football-championship-every-edition-most-goals/) The next best single-edition haul is [Antoine Griezmann](https://www.edgepedia.org/antoine-griezmann)'s 6 at EURO 2016, followed by the 5-goal performances of [Marco van Basten](https://www.edgepedia.org/marco-van-basten) (1988), Shearer (1996), Kluivert (2000), Savo Milošević (2000), Milan Baroš (2004), Ronaldo (2020), and Schick (2020).[3](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025d-0f53f87d8dbc-b12ae5e7bfbd-1000--euro-goals-the-records/)
The early editions produced low winning totals because the final tournament was small. The 1960, 1964, and 1968 leading scorers finished with only 2 goals each, while [Gerd Müller](https://www.edgepedia.org/gerd-muller)'s 4 in 1972 and Dieter Müller's 4 in 1976 topped those four-team finals.[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/) Dieter Müller's four goals all came in one match, a 4-2 semi-final win over [Yugoslavia](https://www.edgepedia.org/yugoslavia), and Klaus Allofs led 1980 with 3 goals, all scored against the Netherlands.[1](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/) • [8](https://theanalyst.com/articles/european-championship-hat-tricks)
## Scoring context across the tournament's history
Through EURO 2024, the final tournaments had produced 946 goals in 388 matches over 17 editions, an average of 2.44 goals per game.[3](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025d-0f53f87d8dbc-b12ae5e7bfbd-1000--euro-goals-the-records/) Germany (including [West Germany](https://www.edgepedia.org/west-germany)) leads the team scoring table with 89 goals, ahead of Spain on 83, the Netherlands on 75, France on 73, and Portugal on 61.[3](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025d-0f53f87d8dbc-b12ae5e7bfbd-1000--euro-goals-the-records/)
Tournament totals depend heavily on format. The four-team finals of 1960 and 1976 produced 17 and 19 goals respectively, while the 24-team editions have ranged from 108 goals in 2016 to 142 in 2020; EURO 2024 produced 117 goals at 2.30 per match.[3](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025d-0f53f87d8dbc-b12ae5e7bfbd-1000--euro-goals-the-records/) Spain's 15 goals in winning EURO 2024 set a record for the competition.[9](https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0290-1ba7a17c0ca4-877b61cc8359-1000/uefa_euro_2024_tournament-summary_v17.pdf)
## References
1. [EURO top scorers: All time and for every tournament, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0259-0e6c1891bd10-d54f17cfd501-1000--euro-top-scorers-alltime-and-for-every-tournament/)
2. [Euro top-scorers all-time: Cristiano Ronaldo, Michel Platini top list, SportsAdda](https://www.sportsadda.asia/football/features-football/euro-top-scorers-all-time-uefa-european-football-championship-every-edition-most-goals/)
3. [EURO final tournament goals: All you need to know as Austria's Schmid scores 900th goal, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025d-0f53f87d8dbc-b12ae5e7bfbd-1000--euro-goals-the-records/)
4. [All-time Player Stats: Top goalscorers, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/rankings/players/goals_scored/)
5. [UEFA EURO 2024 at a glance, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/028f-1b61cc9835db-185592165f27-1000--uefa-euro-2024-at-a-glance/)
6. [European Championship 1960-2024 - Final Tournaments - Top Goal Scorers, RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eurotops-alltime.html)
7. [Harry Kane: England striker shares Euro 2024 Golden Boot award with three goals, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c720870we5wo)
8. [European Championship Hat-Tricks, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/articles/european-championship-hat-tricks)
9. [UEFA EURO 2024 Tournament Summary, UEFA editorial](https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0290-1ba7a17c0ca4-877b61cc8359-1000/uefa_euro_2024_tournament-summary_v17.pdf)
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