The Numbers Behind Robert Lewandowski’s Champions League Goals

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Robert Lewandowski is the third player in history to have scored over 100 Champions League goals.

From the moment he scored his first Champions League goal for Borussia Dortmund back in October 2011, Robert Lewandowski has never looked back. The Polish striker has gone on to become one of Europe's most potent forwards, finding the net with incredible regularity at each of the three clubs he has represented in the Champions League.

Lewandowski has accumulated 109 Champions League goals across his storied career, third highest on the all-time list of Champions League goalscorers behind Lionel Messi (second) and Cristiano Ronaldo (first). Of those goals, 69 came whilst Lewandowski was playing for Bayern Munich and 17 back when he played at Dortmund. The remainder have been scored at current club Barcelona.

But how has Lewandowski proven so successful over such a long period of time in European football's marquee club competition? In this feature, we go through all the important numbers, diving into the key data when it comes to all of the former Champions League winner's goals across the tournament.

Last updated after his two goals against Newcastle on Matchday 12 of the 2025-26 season

By Season

Lewandowski has struck a double-figure number of goals in four separate Champions League campaigns.
His best campaign came in 2019-20, when he scored 15 goals to help Bayern win the competition.

By Round

67% of Lewandowski's Champions League goals have come in the group stage / league phase.
Across the knockout stages, Lewandowski has racked up 36 goals, with over half of those (21) coming in the round of 16.

By Pitch Area

Lewandowski's reputation as one of the best poachers in football is enhanced by the fact that 67.9% of his UCL goals have been scored from inside the penalty area (not including the 6-yard box).
Only five of the Pole's 109 goals have been scored from outside the penalty area.

Method Of Goals

More headers have been scored by Lewandowski in the Champions League than shots with his left foot.
Unsurprisingly, his favoured right foot has accounted for the vast majority of his goals in Europe, 62.4% of them to be precise.

Type Of Goals

89 of Lewandowski's 109 goals coming from open play simply underlines what an excellent striker he is, being able to always fashion opportunities against active opponents, rather than benefitting from dead ball scenarios such as penalties.
Lewandowski boasts one successful direct free-kick across his Champions League career so far, back in the 2016-17 group stage for Bayern at home to Atletico Madrid.

By Half

The offensive prowess of Lewandowski is prominent across both halves, having recorded 43.1% of his Champions League goal-tally in the first period of matches.
As it stands though, the second half is where he has scored most of his goals – 62 in total.

By Minute

The numbers tell us that Lewandowski gets slightly more dangerous the longer a game goes on, with 42 of his European goals coming after the hour-mark.
With only 13.8% of Lewandowski goals occurring within the first 15 minutes of matches, it suggests that it takes him time to settle into a contest before striking.

Nations Scored Against

Lewandowski's goal against former side Bayern in the 2024-25 league phase was his first against a German club across his Champions League career.
Spanish, English and Portuguese teams have suffered the wrath of Lewandowski the most as the only three nations that have conceded a double-figure number of goals to the Pole.

Teams Scored Against

Over the course of his career, Lewandowski has accumulated five goals or more against seven different clubs, and has scored against 41 different clubs overall – a competition record.
Benfica have suffered the most at the hands of Lewandowski, having conceded nine goals to the lethal striker.

Goalkeepers Scored Against

As Benfica's first-choice goalkeeper between 2018 and 2023, it is perhaps no surprise that goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos has conceded the most number of goals to Lewandowski.
50 goalkeepers have fallen victim to a Lewandowski goal in the Champions League.

Top Assisters

Over a quarter of Lewandowski's 109 Champions League goals were unassisted, another indication of his individual quality and ability to conjure up chances on his own.
The player to have assisted him the most across his career so far is former Bayern teammate Thomas Muller, who set Lewandowski up for nine goals, more than half that of any other player.