Ancelotti explains why Benzema lives his best moment 0:41
(CNN Spanish) - The fourth top scorer in the history of the UEFA Champions League, Karim Benzema, continues to break records.
The 34-year-old footballer is on the lookout for the great football legends in that tournament.
The French player is reaping a brilliant championship, in which he has managed to score two consecutive hat-tricks.
The first in the comeback against PSG and the second in the first leg of the quarter-final at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea.
In this edition of the Champions League he has scored 11 goals in 8 games played with an average of 1.38 goals per game, according to the UEFA portal.
The French player is three goals away from beating Lewandoski and is still alive in the competition.
"He has everything... he's a complete striker": Karim Benzema continues to bet on being the best player in the world
Top 5 UEFA Champions League top scorers
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United): 140 goals
Lionel Messi (PSG): 125 goals
Robert Lewandoski (Bayern Munich): 85 goals
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid): 82 goals
Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid): 71 goals
Karim Benzema's numbers at Real Madrid
The striker is having the best season of his career, as the numbers show.
With seven days to go in the Santander League and the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Benzema has scored 37 goals and 13 assists in 37 games.
His previous best scoring season was in 2007-2008, in which he scored 31 goals for Olympique de Lyon.
Benzema is "a complete striker", as defined by his own coach, Carlos Ancelotti and Alan Feehely, editor of Football Spain.
The Frenchman has established himself as one of the top Real Madrid scorers of all time after scoring 316 goals in 13 seasons and reaching the legends Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás and Santillana.
Only Raúl González (323) and Cristiano Ronaldo (451) surpass him.
The footballer is at his best and can continue to make history.
If he continues on the scoring path, Benzema could overtake Raúl González and become the second top merengue scorer.
For this, it will be necessary for him to score 7 goals in the remainder of the season.
The star accumulates 28 titles in his record, among which the four Champions League and the three Spanish Leagues stand out.
The forward can close his best season with the addition of two new titles: the 21/22 Champions League and the 21/22 Santander League.
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Karim is probably the best player in the world.
His partner, Nacho Fernández, assures that he is a world player who "deserves to win the Ballon d'Or".
The footballer who is having a great performance can close the season with a flourish, becoming LaLiga's top scorer and with the possibility of raising the highest individual award, the Ballon d'Or.
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