Champions League 1955-2020: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona on the podium

Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander), FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) and FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) are the three clubs that have accumulated the most points in the European Champion Clubs' Cup or Champions League since the creation of the European competition in 1955, according to UEFA, the organising body of the tournament, on 11/01/2021.

"Clubs ranked on theoretical points total (2 points win, 1 point draw, results after extra time count, all matches that went to penalties count as draw; + and - indicate movements since December 2019)," said UEFA (see Top 20 below; Top 500 available to download).

Real Madrid, winner of the most prestigious European Cup 13 times, is the only club to exceed 600 points (607 points from 265 wins, 77 draws and 103 defeats in 445 matches played over 51 seasons).

Four Premier League clubs feature in the Top 20 of this ranking. Manchester United FC are in fourth place with 380 points (157 wins, 66 draws 62 defeats from 285 matches played over 29 seasons). Liverpool FC are the second highest ranking English club, despite having won the competition more…