UEFA Champions League: Most player titles

Real Madrid's success in the UEFA Champions League is well-documented and it should come as little surprise that a batch of Los Blancos players are the most decorated in the competition.

Fascinatingly, of the 12 players to have won the UEFA Champions League on four or more occasions, Andres Iniesta is the only player to have not played for Real Madrid.

Cristiano Ronaldo - 5 (2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)

One of the most decorated players in the sport, Cristiano Ronaldo first tasted glory in the UEFA Champions League with Manchester United in 2008.

A move to Real Madrid followed in 2009 and despite his individual success, it wasn't until 2014 that the Portuguese sensation got his hands on the most prestigious prize in club football.

Ronaldo was at the forefront of Los Blancos' three-peat under Zinedine Zidane, scoring a brace in the 2017 final before ending his spell at the Santiago Bernabéu with victory over Liverpool in Kyiv, making him the first player to win five UEFA Champions League titles.

Toni Kroos - 5 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024)

Toni Kroos could have been a six-time winner of the UEFA Champions League were it not for a season-ending injury that prevented him from participating in the final for Bayern Munich against Borussia Dortmund in 2013.

The German midfielder finally got his hands on the coveted trophy as both he and Luka Modric helped to orchestrate Real Madrid's three consecutive triumphs from 2016 to 2018.

Adding a fourth crown to his collection in 2022, Kroos' final professional club fixture saw him bow out with a fifth UEFA Champions League winners medal after Carlo Ancelotti's side defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the competition's showpiece at Wembley.

Karim Benzema - 5 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022)

Karim Benzema aged like a fine wine, especially in the UEFA Champions League and he saved his best season in the competition for 2022.

The French striker scored 15 goals in 12 UEFA Champions League fixtures as Real Madrid were crowned champions for a 14th time following a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the final.

It was arguably Benzema's crowning moment in the Spanish capital and thrust him into Ballon d'Or contention.

Luka Modric - 6 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024)

Statistically the most decorated player in Real Madrid's illustrious history, Luka Modric is one of only two players to win six UEFA Champions League titles.

Modric's incredible longevity and remarkable consistency helped sustain Los Blancos' dominance in the competition, with the Croatian orchestrator forging a magnificent midfield partnership alongside Kroos.

The last of his winners medals came in 2024 and with Modric remaining at the Santiago Bernabéu for at least another season, who is to say that the 38-year-old can't add another UEFA Champions League title to his phenomenal CV?

Dani Carvajal - 6 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024)

It was somewhat fitting that, on the night Dani Carvajal became one of the first players to win six UEFA Champions League titles, he was the man to put them in the ascendancy in the final against Borussia Dortmund.

An ever-present since returning from Bayer Leverkusen in 2013, Carvajal had never quite received the immense credit his career deserves until 2024, with the right-back playing an instrumental role in Real Madrid's double and Spain's Euro 2024 triumph.

Unlike Modric, age remains on Carvajal's side as he goes in search of an unprecedented seventh UEFA Champions League success.