Top Ten Champions League Players This Season According To Stats, Includes Chelsea Stars But Not Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid and Barcelona aces also feature in the top ten…

The Champions League returns on Tuesday, and fans will be looking forward to seeing all of their favourite stars back in European action. However, which player is playing the best in Europe?

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Here are the ten best players to have played more than 90 minutes according to WhoScored, a football stats website…

10) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Borussia Dormtund

Dortmund have put their poor Bundesliga form behind them in the Champions League, and Aubameyang has been a big part of that scoring three and assisting two so far.

9) Karim Benzema, Real Madrid

The Frenchman has been in great form, scoring five goals in just 4 appearances for Los Blancos.

8) Luiz Adriano, Shakhtar Donetsk

He already has an amazing nine goals in the competition, scoring five in one game in the group stage.

7) Darijo Srna, Shakhtar Donetsk

The Ukrainian side have been dominating their group, as evidenced by having a second player in the top ten.

6) Nemanja Matic, Chelsea

The first Premier League representative on the list, Matic has been a big part of Chelsea’s unbeaten start.

5) Koke, Atletico Madrid

The Spaniard tops the assists chart with four so far.

4) Yacine Brahimi, FC Porto

The World Cup star has carried on his form from the summer in to the club season.

3) Eden Hazard, Chelsea

The highest placed England based player, Hazard has become on of the best players in Europe.

2) Marco Reus, Borussia Dortmund

The target for Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and seemingly everyone else has only played twice due to injury, but still has two goals and an assist.

1) Lionel Messi, Barcelona

The Argentine has drawn equal with Real Madrid legend Raul’s goalscoring record and could surge past it on Tuesday night against APOEL Nicosia.