The Top 11 Goalscorers Since 2000

Actual Madrid and Barcelona typically serve up a deal with once they meet, with El Clásico watched across the globe by tens of millions.

The period of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could also be over, however this fixture all the time guarantees drama, historical past and infrequently a little bit of spice.

Whether or not these two iconic rivals are assembly in a cup remaining or a crunch league conflict, there isn’t any love misplaced between the pair, who’ve even met within the Champions League on eight events, most just lately in 2011 when Messi’s Barcelona emerged victorious.

Fortunately, there may be extra to this fixture than the 2 foremost attackers from both membership, with loads of star names getting on the scoresheet because the flip of the century.

Since 2000, almost 100 totally different gamers have had the honour of netting within the Clásico, from legends like Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry, to extra fashionable stars like Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal.

However who has grabbed essentially the most targets this century on this fixture? From goalscoring defenders to deadly strikers, right here is the checklist of El Clásico’s highest goalscorers…

11

Ronaldinho

5 targets

Through the 2004/05 and 2005/06 seasons, Ronaldinho was a thorn in Actual Madrid’s aspect.

In 4 video games for Barcelona in opposition to Los Blancos, the silky Brazilian famous person scored 5 targets, together with two in a 3-0 win in November 2005 – a sport which is greatest remembered for being Lionel Messi’s El Clásico debut.

Messi, 18 on the time, acquired the help for Samuel Eto’o’s opener on the day.

10

Pedro

5 targets

Many neglect simply how good Pedro was for Barcelona (and certainly for Chelsea later down the road).

A graduate of the membership’s well-known La Masia academy, the Spanish winger made 321 appearances for Barca between 2007 and 2016, scoring 99 targets.

5 of these targets got here in 21 video games in opposition to Actual Madrid, together with throughout their Champions League semi-final in 2011.

9

Xavi

5 targets

Extensively considered one of many biggest midfielders of all time, Xavi typically stepped up to speed when Barcelona performed Actual Madrid.

In 42 matches in opposition to Los Merengues, La Computadora, as he was recognized, scored 5 targets and registered an additional 10 assists.

Crucial of these 5 strikes got here approach again in April 2004 when Xavi hit a late winner by lobbing Madrid keeper Iker Casillas with an excellent acrobatic volley in a 2-1 victory for Barca on the Bernabeu.

8

Sergio Ramos

5 targets

Regardless of being a central defender, Sergio Ramos was well-known for his means to attain targets for Actual Madrid.

So far, the previous Los Blancos captain has scored properly over 100 profession targets, making him one of many highest-scoring defenders the sport has ever seen – and Barcelona have been one in every of his most frequent victims.

In 49 video games in opposition to the Blaugrana for Madrid between 2005 and 2021, he scored 5 targets, together with a memorable late winner in a 2-1 win for his aspect in March 2013.

7

Robert Lewandowski

5 targets

Robert Lewandowski scored a double on the Bernabeu in October 2024 to assist make his approach onto this checklist, together with his first La Liga targets in El Clásico serving to Barcelona to a thumping 4-0 win on their enemy’s patch.

The Pole’s different targets in opposition to Actual Madrid since signing for Barcelona have been in Spanish Tremendous Cup finals, together with his penalty within the 2024/25 conflict making it three years in a row of scoring in that competitors in opposition to Los Blancos.

Now in his mid-thirties, one can solely think about what number of he would have racked up had he been enjoying for Barcelona in his pomp, particularly contemplating his objective file since arriving in 2022.

Lewandowski has been the scourge of Madrid all through his profession, netting within the Champions League in opposition to them for Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich – even netting 4 in a single sport for the previous again in 2013.

6

Raul

6 targets

Spanish striker Raul scored 15 targets in opposition to Barcelona throughout his 16-year profession at Actual Madrid, however simply six of these got here because the millennium.

Arguably the perfect of these targets got here in Could 2002. Going through off in opposition to Barca within the second leg of a Champions League semi-final tie, Raul thumped the ball into the highest nook from exterior the penalty space simply earlier than half-time, sending the gang on the Bernabeu into hysterics.

The ultimate rating on the night time completed 1-1, however with Madrid having gained the primary leg 2-0, the draw was sufficient to see them into the ultimate, the place they went on to beat Bayer Leverkusen.

5

Vinicius Junior

7 targets

Barcelona have to be sick of the sight of Vinicius Junior. In simply 17 video games in opposition to the Catalans, the Madrid winger has scored seven targets, three of which got here in final season’s Spanish Tremendous Cup, a sport which Madrid gained 4-1.

He’ll have the prospect so as to add to that complete this weekend, and provided that he is already hit 8 targets in 14 video games this time period, do not be shocked if he does.

4

Luis Suarez

11 targets

Luis Suarez spent six seasons with Barcelona between 2014 and 2020, scoring 195 targets in 283 video games.

Throughout his spell in Catalonia, the Uruguayan significantly loved scoring in opposition to Actual Madrid, discovering the web 11 occasions in simply 15 video games, averaging a strike each 120 minutes in opposition to Los Blancos.

Madrid thought they have been carried out with Suarez after he was let go by Barcelona in August 2020. Nevertheless, only a month later, he joined their metropolis rivals Atletico, the place he would once more discover the web in opposition to them in March 2021 as Diego Simeone’s aspect stormed to the title.

3

Karim Benzema

16 targets

2022 Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema scored 16 targets in opposition to Barcelona throughout his 14-season spell within the Spanish capital.

Eight of these targets got here in La Liga, 4 got here within the Copa Del Rey, and 4 within the Spanish Tremendous Cup.

The French striker was by no means capable of finding the web in opposition to Barca within the Champions League, drawing a clean in every of the three video games he confronted off in opposition to them in Europe – all of which got here throughout his time at Lyon.

2

Cristiano Ronaldo

18 targets

Following his then-record £80 million transfer to Actual Madrid in 2009, it took Cristiano Ronaldo some time to get getting in El Clásico.

He was unable to search out the web in his first three video games in opposition to Barcelona, with Madrid popping out on the dropping finish each time.

Nevertheless, when the Portuguese star did get going, there wasn’t a lot anybody may do to cease him. Between April 2011 and August 2017, he scored 18 targets in opposition to Barca, 4 of which have been successful targets, together with an extra-time strike within the remaining of the 2011 Copa del Rey.