Cristiano Ronaldo has made the most career appearances in the Champions League, with 183 appearances.

most matches by a player african

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	183	15,816	178	140	0.77	20	160	19
2	Iker Casillas I. Casillas	177	15,817	176	0	0.00	0	0	0
3	Thomas Müller T. Müller	163	10,551	119	57	0.35	18	75	8
4	Lionel Messi L. Messi	163	13,585	150	129	0.79	23	152	18
5	Manuel Neuer M. Neuer	161	14,472	161	0	0.00	1	1	0
6	Karim Benzema K. Benzema	152	11,112	132	90	0.59	8	98	3
7	Toni Kroos T. Kroos	151	11,785	135	11	0.07	15	26	0
8	Xavi	151	11,313	126	11	0.07	0	11	2
9	Ryan Giggs R. Giggs	145	10,554	122	28	0.19			0
10	Robert Lewandowski R. Lewandowski	144	11,808	136	109	0.76	14	123	19
11	Luka Modrić L. Modrić	142	9,990	111	9	0.06	16	25	1
12	Sergio Ramos S. Ramos	142	12,478	142	17	0.12	4	21	3
13	Raúl	142	12,015	135	71	0.50			1
14	Paolo Maldini P. Maldini	135	11,422	130	3	0.02			0
15	Andrés Iniesta A. Iniesta	130	9,239	106	11	0.08	9	20	0
16	Sergio Busquets S. Busquets	129	10,410	121	4	0.03	0	4	0
17	Gerard Piqué G. Piqué	128	10,631	123	16	0.13	0	16	0
18	David Alaba D. Alaba	125	10,091	113	6	0.05	12	18	0
19	Clarence Seedorf C. Seedorf	125	9,545	111	11	0.09			0
20	Zlatan Ibrahimovic Z. Ibrahimovic	124	9,927	115	48	0.39	4	52	5
21	Gianluigi Buffon G. Buffon	124	11,189	124	0	0.00	0	0	0
22	Paul Scholes P. Scholes	124	9,303	107	24	0.19			2
23	Marquinhos	122	10,619	120	11	0.09	4	15	0
24	Antoine Griezmann A. Griezmann	120	8,890	102	44	0.37	18	62	4
25	Pepe	120	10,098	112	5	0.04	1	6	0