Since 1991-92, Cristiano Ronaldo has made the most appearances in the Champions League, with 183 appearances.

most playoff appearances by a player since 1992

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	183	15,813	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	10,553	119	57	0.35	18	75	8
4	Lionel Messi L. Messi	163	13,586	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	11,780	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	11,804	136	109	0.76	14	123	19
11	Luka Modrić L. Modrić	142	10,023	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	Andrés Iniesta A. Iniesta	130	9,236	106	11	0.08	9	20	0
15	Sergio Busquets S. Busquets	129	10,407	121	4	0.03	0	4	0
16	Gerard Piqué G. Piqué	128	10,631	123	16	0.13	0	16	0
17	David Alaba D. Alaba	125	10,088	113	6	0.05	12	18	0
18	Clarence Seedorf C. Seedorf	125	9,545	111	11	0.09			0
19	Zlatan Ibrahimovic Z. Ibrahimovic	124	9,928	115	48	0.39	4	52	5
20	Gianluigi Buffon G. Buffon	124	11,189	124	0	0.00	0	0	0
21	Paul Scholes P. Scholes	124	9,303	107	24	0.19			2
22	Marquinhos	122	10,617	120	11	0.09	4	15	0
23	Antoine Griezmann A. Griezmann	120	8,887	102	44	0.37	18	62	4
24	Pepe	120	10,128	112	5	0.04	1	6	0
25	Roberto Carlos R. Carlos	120	10,487	120	16	0.13			0