CAF Africa Cup of Nations Top Goalscorers 1957 – 2025
Africa Cup of Nations Top Goalscorers arranged by the individual tournaments from 1957 to 2025.
| Year | Player | Nation | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Diab Mohammed Diab El-Attar (Ad-Diba) | Egypt | 5 |
| 1959 | Mahmoud Al-Gohari | Egypt | 3 |
| 1962 | Abdelfatah Badawi | Ethiopia | 3 |
| Menguistou Worku | Egypt | ||
| 1963 | Hassan El-Shazly | Egypt | 6 |
| 1965 | Ben Acheampong | Ghana | 3 |
| Osei Kofi | Ghana | ||
| Eustache Manglé | Ivory Coast | ||
| 1968 | Laurent Pokou | Ivory Coast | 6 |
| 1970 | Laurent Pokou | Ivory Coast | 8 |
| 1972 | Salif Keita | Mali | 5 |
| 1974 | Mulamba Ndaye | Zaire (DR Congo) | 9 |
| 1976 | Keita Aliou Mamadou ‘N’Jo Léa’ | Guinea | 4 |
| 1978 | Philip Omondi | Uganda | 3 |
| Opoku Afriyie | Ghana | ||
| Segun Odegbami | Nigeria | ||
| 1980 | Khaled Al Abyad Labied | Morocco | 3 |
| Segun Odegbami | Nigeria | ||
| 1982 | George Alhassan | Ghana | 4 |
| 1984 | Taher Abouzaid | Egypt | 4 |
| 1986 | Roger Milla | Cameroon | 4 |
| 1988 | Gamal Abdelhamid | Egypt | 2 |
| Lakhdar Belloumi | Algeria | ||
| Roger Milla | Cameron | ||
| Abdoulaye Traoré | Ivory Coast | ||
| 1990 | Djamel Menad | Algeria | 4 |
| 1992 | Rashidi Yekini | Nigeria | 4 |
| 1994 | Rashidi Yekini | Nigeria | 5 |
| 1996 | Kalusha Bwalya | Zambia | 5 |
| 1998 | Hossam Hassan | Egypt | 7 |
| Benedict McCarthy | South Africa | ||
| 2000 | Shaun Bartlett | South Africa | 5 |
| 2002 | Patrick Mboma | Cameroon | 3 |
| René Salomon Olembe | Cameroon | ||
| Julius Aghahowa | Nigeria | ||
| 2004 | Patrick Mboma | Cameroon | 4 |
| Frédéric Kanouté | Mali | ||
| Youssef Mokhtari | Morocco | ||
| Jay-Jay Okocha | Nigeria | ||
| Francileudo dos Santos | Tunisia | ||
| 2006 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | 5 |
| 2008 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | 5 |
| 2010 | Mohamed 'Gedo' Nagy | Egypt | 5 |
| 2012 | Cheick Tidiane Diabate | Mali | 3 |
| Christopher Katongo | Zamia | ||
| Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | ||
| Emmanuel Mayuka | Zambia | ||
| Houssine Kharja | Morocco | ||
| Manucho | Angola | ||
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Gabon | ||
| 2013 | Wakaso Mubarak | Ghana | 4 |
| Emmanuel Emenike | Nigeria | ||
| 2015 | Thievy Bifouma | Congo | 3 |
| Dieumerci Mbokani | DR Congo | ||
| Javier Balboa | Equatorial Guinea | ||
| André Ayew | Ghana | ||
| Ahmed Akaïchi | Tunisia | ||
| 2017 | Junior Kabananga | DR Congo | 3 |
| 2019 | Odion Ighalo | Nigeria | 5 |
| 2021 | Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | 8 |
| 2023 | Emilio Nsue López | Equatorial Guinea | 5 |
| 2025 | Brahim Díaz | Morocco | 5 |
CAF Africa Cup of Nations Aggregate Highest Goalscorers 1957-2025


