ALL TIME RANKING PLAYERS WITH MOST GAMES IN EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS

• Oct 8, 2023
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Picture : Pepe Reina took the second place in the Ranking !

All-time ranking for players with most games in European club competitions

Last midweek, Pepe Reina has played for Villarreal in a Europa League match vs Rennes (1-0).
This games was the goalkeeper's 187th in European club tournaments. He overtook his colleague and countryman Iker Casillas (186) and moved into pure second place in the historical ranking.
Ahead is only Cristiano Ronaldo (197 games), whom Pepe Reina has a chance to catch up with this season, provided his club goes far enough in the tournament and he (at the age of 41) plays regularly.
It is worth noting that Reina became the hero of his significant match. He saved the victory for Villarreal by saving a penalty in stoppage time.
The all-time ranking for players with most game in the European club competitions is given below. 
16 players have 150+ games at the moment; 6 of them are active (taken in bold); only 2 of them currently play in Europe (taken in red). 

	MOST GAMES  IN	EUROPEAN								CLUB	COM	PETITIONS
	Player	Country	CL	CQ	EL	CC	CO	IC	SC	Total	First Game	Last Game
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	183	4	8				2	197	14/08/2002	03/11/2022
2	Pepe Reina	Spain	76	12	76		7	15	1	187	06/12/2000	05/10/2023
3	Iker Casillas	Spain	177	4	2				3	186	15/09/1999	17/04/2019
4	Xavi	Spain	151	6	13				3	173	16/09/1998	06/06/2015
5	Paolo Maldini	Italy	109	30	22				7	168	17/09/1985	26/02/2009
6	Lionel Messi	Argentina	163						4	167	07/12/2004	08/03/2023
7	Gianluigi Buffon	Italy	124	8	35					167	23/09/1996	08/12/2020
8	Clarence Seedorf	Netherlands	125	6	25	2			3	161	03/11/1992	03/04/2012
9	Javier Zanetti	Argentina	97	8	54				1	160	11/09/1995	14/03/2013
10	Raúl	Spain	142	2	11				3	158	12/09/1995	05/04/2012
11	Ryan Giggs	Wales	141	10	5	1			1	158	05/11/1991	01/04/2014
12	Karim Benzema	France	152						5	157	06/12/2005	17/05/2023
13	Dani Alves	Brazil	111	3	36				5	155	30/09/2004	06/03/2019
14	Toni Kroos	Germany	141	2	6				5	154	04/10/2007	03/10/2023
15	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	124	4	21				1	150	08/08/2001	07/12/2021
16	Jamie Carragher	England	80	11	57				2	150	29/09/1997	21/02/2013

We break down the total goals for each player by tournaments:
Champions League, main stage (CL), 
Champions League, qualification (CQ), 
Fairs’ Cup/ UEFA Cup/Europa League (EL), 
Cup Winners' Cup (CC),
Conference League (CO), 
Intertoto Cup (IC), 
Super Cup (SC).
Tie-breaker: games in Champions League.