Ranking the 12 Top Scorers in EUROs History

• There have been 16 editions of the European Championships since the competition's inception in 1960.
• Only one player in Euros history has ever amassed more than nine goals at the tournament.
• Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest goal-scorer in Euros history, five ahead of the man in second

The European Championship does not boast the same global prestige as the World Cup, football's ultimate prize. But the condensed quality of its participants, particularly before the tournament was expanded to the current 24-team format, makes the Euros fiendishly competitive.

Two decades had elapsed since the competition's inception before the Euros invited more than four teams to the finals. This streamlined setup, coupled with the four-year gap between editions, ensured that very few players were able to rack up a healthy goal tally. Only one player since UEFA launched the tournament in 1960 has amassed double digits for total strikes.

In this realm of fine margins and few goals, one efficient summer will rarely be enough to figure in the list of all-time top scorers. Here are the players who recorded the most goals in Euros history by largely maintaining a prolific edge across multiple tournaments.