Top 25 Champions Cup pool stage performers

Champions Cup

The 2019-20 Champions Cup campaign may be curtailed, but with plans to yet finish the competition off, Last Word takes a look back through the history books to bring you the top 25 teams in terms of points collected in the pool stages. 

Champions Cup history – Pool points

The points are taken from every pool stage in every format of the Heineken Champions Cup and its predecessors.

25. Montpellier

104 points (8 appearances)

24. Exeter Chiefs

105 points (7 appearances)

23. Castres

141 points (15 appearances)

22. Harlequins

145 points (14 appearances)

21. Toulon

151 points (8 appearances)

20. Racing 92

156 points (10 appearances)

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SWANSEA, WALES – DECEMBER 07: Finn Russell of Racing 92 reacts during the Heineken Champions Cup Round 3 match between Ospreys and Racing 92 at Liberty Stadium on December 07, 2019 in Swansea, Wales. (Photo by Harry Trump/Getty Images)

19. Edinburgh

166 points (17 appearances)

18. Perpignan

175 points (12 appearances)

17. Gloucester

178 points (12 appearances)

16. Stade Francais

191 points (12 appearances)

15. Ospreys

194 points (15 appearances)

14. Bath

197 points (15 appearances)

13. Glasgow Warriors

202 points (21 appearances)

12. Cardiff Blues

212 points (19 appearances)

11. Biarritz

212 points (13 appearances)

10. Scarlets

236 points (22 appearances)

Parc Y Scarlets, home of the Scarlets. Credit Huw Evans picture agency.

9. Northampton Saints

243 points (17 appearances)

8. Wasps

248 points (17 appearances)

7. Saracens

267 points (14 appearances)

6. Clermont Auvergne

279 points (16 appearances)

5. Ulster

307 points (25 appearances)

4. Leicester Tigers

324 points (21 appearances)

3. Toulouse

383 points (24 appearances)

2. Munster

407 points (25 appearances)

1. Leinster

414 points (25 appearances)

All stats courtesy of @Rreesrugby.

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“Main photo credit”

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Leinster’s players celebrate with the trophy after the 2018 European Champions Cup final rugby union match between Racing 92 and Leinster at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao on May 12, 2018. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)