It's Mohamed Salahand Kylian Mbappejointly atop the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League scoring charts as we enter the knockout stages.Mbappe is carrying an injury heading into the Round of 16 first leg against Bayern Munich and it's no guarantee he will start the match. It won't be easy for him to keep up his scoring pace from the group stage against the defending German champions.The closest contenders after those top two players are a group of three players on five goals headlined byErling Haalandwho will be taking on old Bundesliga foe RB Leipzig in the Round of 16. Porto forwardMehdi Taremiis also on five goals as his team gets set to face Inter Milan, whileRobert Lewandowskiwill no longer be a threat given Barcelona were knocked out in the group stage.There's a group of 10 players on four goals, including two Napoli players, Eddie George Jersey two Benfica players, PSG's Lionel Me si, and Bayern's Leroy Sane, all of whom areinvolved in the knockouts.The table below is updated after each round of matches beginning with the group stage. A sists are used as the first tiebreaker, and the second tiebreakeris fewest minutes played. Both arein line with the top scorer tiebreakers thatEuropean governing body UEFA implemented for the European Championships.MORE: RankPlayerTeamGoals (PKs)A sistsMatchesMins1.Kylian MbappePSG7 (1)36528Mohamed SalahLiverpool7(1)164443.Mehdi TaremiFC Porto5 (2)25440Erling HaalandManchester City5 (0)04249Robert Lewandowski*Barcelona5 (0)054426.Lionel Me siPSG4 (0)45435Giacomo RaspadoriNapoli4 (0)25212Leroy SaneBayern Munich4 (0)24292Olivier GiroudAC Milan4 (2)26430Mohammed Kudus*Ajax4 (0)26451Vinicius JrReal Madrid4 (0)16441Jude BellinghamBoru sia Dortmund4 (0)15450Rafa SilvaBenfica4 (0)16501Joao MarioBenfica4 (3) Brock Jancek Jersey 16523Giovanni SimeoneNapoli4(0)0524516.Andre SilvaRB Leipzig3(0)36424Piotr ZielinskiNapoli3 (1)26305Mykhaylo Mudryk*Shakhtar Donetsk3 (0)26518Ferran Torres*Barcelona3(0)15184Darwin NunezLiverpool3(0)16280Edin DzekoInter Milan3(0)16372RodrygoReal Madrid3(1)16423Sadio ManeBayern Munich3(0)16495Christopher NkunkuRB Leipzig3(0)16538Eric M.Choupo-MotingBayern Munich3(1)04226Noah Okafor*RB Salzburg3 (1)06470Daichi KamadaEintracht Frankfurt3(1)065202 goals:45players1 goal:101playersOwn goals:8playersThere have been304 goals scored in the 2022/23 Champions League, including eight own goalsDinamo Zagreb (1): Robert LjubicicFC Copenhagen (1): Davit KhocholavaInter Milan (1): Danilo D'AmbrosioMaccabi Haifa (1): Sean GoldbergPorto (1): Ivan MarcanoPSG (1): DaniloShakhtar Donetsk (2):Artem Bondarenko, Valeriy Bondar The 2021-22 Champions League scoring crown was claimed byKarim Benzema. He didn't score in the final against Liverpool, but he did enough damage in the earlier knockout rounds to finish on 15 goals, two better than Bayern Munich'sRobert Lewandowski, but short of Cristiano Ronaldo's single-season record of 17 Emanuel Porter Jersey (2013/14).Benzema, who also won the scoring race in La Liga with 27 goals, had a magical season in the Champions League, willing Real Madrid into the final with his goals. His three goals against Man City in the semis were critical, and in the quarterfinals Benzema silenced Chelsea's home crowd with three goals in the first leg, and then he also scored the decisive blow in extra time of the second Jason Houle Jersey leg.RankPlayerTeamGoals (PKs)A sistsMatchesMins1.Karim BenzemaReal Madrid15(3)11211062.Robert LewandowskiBayern Munich13(3)3108763.Sebastien HallerAjax11(1)186684.Mohamed SalahLiverpool8 (1)21310085.Riyad MahrezMan City7 (2)212986Christopher NkunkuRB Leipzig7 (0)065317.Leroy SaneBayern Munich6 (0)610798Kylian MbappePSG6 (0)48673Arnaut DanjumaVillarreal CF6 (1)211906Cristiano RonaldoMan United6 (0)07611Darwin NunezBenfica6 (1)01061312.RodrygoReal Madrid5 (0)211505Sadio ManeLiverpool5 (0)113822Roberto FirminoLiverpool5 (0)07323Lionel Me siPSG5 (2)0763016.Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid4 (0)6131199Thomas MullerBayern Munich4 (0)310778Timo WernerChelsea4 (0)25246Pedro GoncalvesSporting CP4 (1)25329Antoine GriezmannAtletico Madrid4 (0)29518Gabriel JesusMan City4 (0)18352Luis DiazLiverpool/Porto4 (0)1139083 goals: 20 players2 goals: 30 players1 goal: 111 playersNOTE: There were nine own goals amongthe total of 380 scored in the tournament. Here are the top scorers for each UEFA Champions League tournament since the new format was adopted in 1992-93.No surprise as to who the players are who have topped the list on most occasions: Cristiano Ronaldo has led the charts seven times, andMe si six. Their dominant run hashappened in the past 15 editions of the Champions League, though neither has claimed the Deshaun Watson Jersey honor in the past three campaigns.YearPlayerTeamGoals2021-22Karim BenzemaReal Madrid152020-21Erling HaalandB. Dortmund102019-20Robert LewandowskiBayern Munich152018-19Lionel Me siBarcelona122017-18Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid152016-17Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid122015-16Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid162014-15Lionel Me siBarcelona10Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid10NeymarBarcelona102013-14Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid172012-13Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid122011-12Lionel Me siBarcelona142010-11Lionel Me siBarcelona122009-10Lionel Me siBarcelona82008-09Lionel Me siBarcelona92007-08Cristiano RonaldoMan United82006-07KakaAC Milan102005-06Andriy ShevchenkoAC Milan92004-05Ruud van NistelrooyMan United82003-04Fernando MorientesAS Monaco92002-03Ruud van NistelrooyMan United122001-02Ruud van NistelrooyMan United102000-01Raul GonzalezReal Madrid71999-00Mario JardelPorto10RivaldoBarcelona10Raul GonzalezReal Madrid101998-99Andriy ShevchenkoDynamo Kyiv8Dwight YorkeMan United81997-98Ale sandro Del PieroJuventus101996-97Milinko PanticAtletico Madrid51995-96Jari LitmanenAjax91994-95George WeahPSG71993-94Hristo StoichkovBarcelona51992-93Franck SauzeeMarseille5