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It really is crunch time in the Champions League. On Tuesday evening, Arsenal booked their place in this season’s final in Budapest after a 1-0 win against Atlético Madrid at a raucous Emirates stadium. It’s just the second time the Gunners have made the final, after they lost to Barcelona in the 2005/06 season. This Wednesday, Bayern Munich lock horns once again with Paris Saint-Germain at the Allianz Arena after a breathtaking 5-4 PSG win in Paris last week.

Making it to the Champions League final is what dreams are made of for footballers. It’s the biggest game in club football, with the opportunity to etch your name into the history books. But which players have qualified for the occasion the most? Here at Transfermarkt, we have compiled a list of the players who have made the most Champions League finals since the competition’s revamp in the 1992/93 campaign. Representing the Champions League kings.

Players to have made the most Champions League finals

Leading the way is legendary German midfielder Toni Kroos. He managed to qualify for seven finals – two with Bayern Munich and five with Real Madrid – and his team reigned victorious on six of those occasions. There are then four players whose team qualified for six finals and remarkably won all six; Luka Modrić, Nacho Fernández, Dani Carvajal and Lucas Vázquez share second position. The Champions League’s all-time top goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo made six finals and won five – losing once with Manchester United against Barcelona in 2009.

David Alaba has won four of the six Champions League finals he qualified for, whilst Italian defenders Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta won three of their six finals since 1992/93 with AC Milan. A further nine players have made it to five Champions League finals, with Casemiro, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Marcelo and Isco winning all five with Real Madrid. Iconic Argentine Lionel Messi is one of the eight players to make it to four finals, but win all four.