*Lionel Messi has scored 72 Champions League goals
*Messi has now beaten the goalscoring record of Real Madrid legend Raul
*The Argentinian scored a brace against Ajax to go level on 5th November
*Messi's goal against APOEL Nicosia on Tuesday took him to 72
*Cristiano Ronaldo is third with 70 Champions League goals
Messi's record tally in Europe's elite club competition is the latest milestone in his stellar career after he broke the six decades-old La Liga scoring record with a hat-trick in Barca's 5-1 victory at home to Sevilla on Saturday.
Cristiano Ronaldo is now third in the list with 70 strikes, hot on the heels of his La Liga rival.
Real Madrid play FC Basle in Switzerland tomorrow, where a brace for Ronaldo will take him level with Messi.
Two former Premier League legends make up the rest of the top five - ex-Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is fourth with 56 goals while Arsenal legend Thierry Henry is fifth with a half-century of strikes.
Of Messi's 72 goals, eight have come against AC Milan while Arsenal have conceded six to the Argentina international - Messi found the net four times in one game against the Gunners back in April 2010 and scored five against Bayer Leverkusen in a 2012 clash.
1st: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 72 goals
2nd: Raul (Real Madrid, Schalke) - 71
3rd: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid) - 70
4th: Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid) - 56
5th: Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona) - 50
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