Full details of the African Player of the Year from 1970 to 2021 including France Football African Player of the Year from 1970 to 1994 and CAF Player of the Year from 1992 to 2022. Includes club affiliations.
| No | Player | Nationality | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Samuel Eto'o |
| Cameroon |
| 4 | Yaya Touré |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
| 3 | Abedi Pele |
| Ghana |
| 3 | George Weah |
| Liberia |
| 2 | Didier Drogba |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2 | El Hadji Diouf |
| Senegal |
| 2 | Nwankwo Kanu |
| Nigeria |
| 2 | Roger Milla |
| Cameroon |
| 2 | Sadio Mané |
| Senegal |
| 2 | Thomas Nkono |
| Cameroon |
| 1 | Ahmed Faras |
| Morocco |
| 1 | Badou Zaki |
| Morocco |
| 1 | Cherif Souleymane |
| Guinea |
| 1 | Emmanuel Adebayor |
| Togo |
| 1 | Emmanuel Amunike |
| Nigeria |
| 1 | Frédéric Kanouté |
| Mali |
| 1 | Ibrahim Sunday |
| Ghana |
| 1 | Jean Manga-Onguene |
| Cameroon |
| 1 | Kalusha Bwalya |
| Zambia |
| 1 | Karim Abdul Razak |
| Ghana |
| 1 | Lakhdar Belloumi |
| Algeria |
| 1 | Mahmoud Al-Khatib |
| Egypt |
| 1 | Mohammed Timoumi |
| Morocco |
| 1 | Mustapha Hadji |
| Morocco |
| 1 | Patrick Mboma |
| Cameroon |
| 1 | Paul Moukila |
| PR Congo |
| 1 | Rabah Madjer |
| Algeria |
| 1 | Rashidi Yekini |
| Nigeria |
| 1 | Salif Keïta |
| Mali |
| 1 | Tarak Dhiab |
| Tunisia |
| 1 | Théophile Abega |
| Cameroon |
| 1 | Thomas N'kono |
| Cameroon |
| 1 | Tshimen Bwanga |
| Zaire |
| 1 | Victor Ikpeba |
| Nigeria |
