El Clasico top scorers: Messi, Ronaldo and the all-time greats

Goal takes a look at the all-time top marksmen in derby games between La Liga's totemic rival institutions

Real Madrid and Barcelona are gearing up for another Clasico.

It is one of the biggest rivalries in football and has featured some of the best players to ever grace the planet.

Icons such as Ferenc Puskas, Alfredo Di Stefano and Raul lit up Clasico encounters in years gone by, while Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have become the centrepiece in recent times.

Ahead of the big game, Goal took a look at the all-time top scorers in the histor of El Clasico.

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Who has the most El Clasico goals?

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, Messi has scored the most Clasico goals with 26 strikes to his name for Barcelona against Real Madrid.

The Argentine's tally in derby games between the rivals is unrivalled and he leads by a considerably distance.

Not even Cristiano Ronaldo comes close - the Portuguese is tied on 18 goals with Madrid icon Alfredo Di Stefano.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	26
=2	Alfredo Di Stefano	Real Madrid	18
=2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	18
4	Raul	Real Madrid	15
=5	Cesar Rodriguez	Barcelona	14
=5	Francisco Gento	Real Madrid	14
=5	Ferenc Puskas	Real Madrid	14
8	Santillana	Real Madrid	12
=9	Hugo Sanchez	Real Madrid	10
=9	Juanito	Real Madrid	10
=9	Josep Samitier	Barcelona/ Real Madrid	10
=9	Luis Suarez*	Barcelona	10
=13	Estanislao Basora	Barcelona	9
=13	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	9
=15	Jaime Laczano	Real Madrid	8
=15	Ivan Zamorano	Real Madrid	8
=15	Eulogio Martinez	Barcelona	8
=15	Luis Suarez**	Barcelona	8
=15	Santiago Bernabeu	Real Madrid	8

*Uruguayan footballer born in 1987.
**Spanish footballer born in 1935.

Home-grown Madrid hero Raul is next with 15 finishes against the Blaugrana , while Cesar Rodriguez, Francisco Gento and Puskas are tied with 14 goals each.

In terms of current players, Luis Suarez and Karim Benzema is are in the all-time top scorers list. Barca's Uruguayan star has 10 strikes, while Los Blancos' French forward has nine.

Interestingly, while Messi is the runaway leader, Madrid dominate the Clasico top scorers list as you can see in the table above.

Of the top 10, only Messi, Suarez, Josep Samitier and Cesar Rodriguez represent Barcelona, with even Samitier coming with the caveat that he also played for Real.