Champions League top performers

22 May 08 by Bill

With the Champions League wrapped up for another year and the trophy on its way back to Old Trafford, lets dissect the tornament and see which players made it to the top perfomers lists. We have broken it down into goals scored, assists, most fouls, most yellow cards and most red cards. We may add more top lists as and when we think of them. If we are missing some vital stats you would like to see listed, please leave a comment and we will do our best to update this page.

So without further ado, lets dive into the top goalscorers of the tornament. Congratulations Cristiano Ronaldo.

Champions League top Goalscorers 2007/08 (Top)

Player	Team	Goals	Minutes/Goal
Cristiano Ronaldo	Man Utd	8	127.1
Didier Drogba	Chelsea	6	171.3
Steven Gerrard	Liverpool	6	182.2
Fernando Torres	Liverpool	6	152.7
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	6	134.7
Raul Gonzalez	Real Madrid	5	142.8
Ryan Babel	Liverpool	5	157.8
Dirk Kuyt	Liverpool	5	171.2
Deivid	Fenerbache	5	162.8
Frederic Kanoute	Sevilla	5	146.2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Internazionale	5	124.8

Champions League Assists 2007/08 (Top)

Player	Team	Assists	Minutes/Assist
Alex	Fenerbache	6	145.8
Aleksandr Hleb	Arsenal	4	150.8
Predrag Djordjevic	Olympiacos	4	157.3
Steven Gerrard	Liverpool	4	273.3
Robinho	Real Madrid	4	115.8
Andrea Pirlo	AC Milan	4	176
Ruud van Nistelrooy	Real Madrid	3	204.3
Max Tonetto	Roma	3	191.3
Harry Kewell	Liverpool	3	37.3
Yossi Benayoun	Liverpool	3	189
Sidney Govou	Lyon	3	238.3
Daniel Alves	Sevilla	3	250
Frederic Kanoute	Sevilla	3	243.7
Wes Brown	Man Utd	3	263.7
Luis Nani	Man Utd	3	261.7
Julio Cruz	Internazionale	3	133.3
Mehmet Aurelio	Fenerbache	3	300.7
Theo Walcott	Arsenal	3	121.3
Frank Lampard	Chesea	3	316.7

Number of Fouls Committed (Top)

Player	Team	Fouls	Minutes/Foul
Didier Drogba	Chelsea	37	27.8
Javier Mascherano	Liverpool	32	31.4
Claude Makelele	Chelsea	29	37.7
Mehmet Aurelio	Fenerbace	29	31.1
Jermaine Jones	Schalke	28	26.6
Semih Senturk	Fenerbace	26	20.6
Fernando Torres	Liverpool	26	35.2
Massimo Ambrosini	AC Milan	26	24
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Internazionale	25	25
Patrice Evra	Man Utd	24	38.7

Number of Yellow Cards (Top)

Player	Team	Yellows	Minutes/Yellow
Jermaine Jones	Schalke	5	148.8
Cristian Chivu	Internazionale	4	128.8
Marco Cassetti	Roma	4	149.3
Simone Perrotta	Roma	4	132.5
Kevin Thomson	Rangers	4	112.5
Scott Brown	Celtic	4	157.3
Seydou Keita	Sevilla	4	148.5
Lugano	Fenebache	4	206.8
Michael Essien	Chelsea	4	264.5

Number of Red Cards (Top)

Player	Team	Red	Minutes/Red
Vassilis Torosidis	Olympiacos	1	626
Jermaine Pennant	Liverpool	1	211
Diego	Werder Bremen	1	449
Pepe	Real Madrid	1	251
Edison Mendez	PSV	1	521
Fucile	Porto	1	645
Jean-Claude Darcheville	Rangers	1	220
Cristian Chivu	Internazionale	1	515
Marco Materazzi	Internazionale	1	121
Nicolas Burdisso	Internazionale	1	64
David Suazo	Internazionale	1	219
Augustin Binya	Benfica	1	221
David Albelda	Valencia	1	435
Deivid	Fenerbache	1	814
Didier Drogba	Chelsea	1	1028
Emilson Sanchez Cribari	Lazio	1	356