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African Player of the Year 1970-2018
Full details of the African Player of the Year from 1970 to 2014 including France Football African Player of the Year from 1970 to 1994 and CAF Player of the Year from 1992 to 2014. Includes club affiliations.
France Football African Player of the Year (1970–1993) & CAF African Player of the Year (1993–Present)
| Year | Place | Player | Nationality | Club(s) | |||
| 1970 | 1st | Salif Keïta |
| Mali | AS Saint-Etienne | ||
| 2nd | Laurent Pokou |
| Côte d'Ivoire | ASEC Abidjan | |||
| 3rd | Ali Abugreisha |
| Egypt | Ismaily SC | |||
| 1971 | 1st | Ibrahim Sunday |
| Ghana | Asante Kotoko | ||
| 2nd | Robert Mensah |
| Ghana | Asante Kotoko | |||
| 3rd | François Ndoumbé |
| Cameroon | Canon Yaounde | |||
| 1972 | 1st | Cherif Souleymane |
| Guinea | Hafia Conakry | ||
| 2nd | Tshimen Bwanga |
| Zaire | TP Mazembe | |||
| 3rd | Petit Sory |
| Guinea | Hafia Conakry | |||
| 1973 | 1st | Tshimen Bwanga |
| Zaire | TP Mazembe | ||
| 2nd | Mwamba Kazadi |
| Zaire | TP Mazembe | |||
| 3rd | Laurent Pokou |
| Côte d'Ivoire | ASEC Abidjan | |||
| 1974 | 1st | Paul Moukila | PR Congo | CARA Brazzaville | |||
| 2nd | Boba Lobilo |
| Zaire | AS Vita Kinshasa | |||
| 3rd | Hassan Shehata |
| Egypt | El Zamalek | |||
| 1994 | 1st | George Weah |
| Liberia | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 2nd | Emmanuel Amunike |
| Nigeria | Sporting CP / El Zamalek | |||
| 3rd | Daniel Amokachi |
| Nigeria | Everton / Club Brugge | |||
| 1975 | 1st | Ahmed Faras |
| Morocco | Chabab Mohammédia | ||
| 2nd | Roger Milla |
| Cameroon | Tonnerre Yaoundé | |||
| N'Jolea |
| Guinea | Hafia Conakry | ||||
| 1976 | 1st | Roger Milla |
| Cameroon | Tonnerre Yaoundé | ||
| 2nd | Papa Camara |
| Guinea | Hafia Conakry | |||
| 3rd | Ali Bencheikh |
| Algeria | MC Alger | |||
| 1977 | 1st | Tarak Dhiab |
| Tunisia | Espérance Tunis | ||
| 2nd | Papa Camara |
| Guinea | Hafia Conakry | |||
| 3rd | Segun Odegbami |
| Nigeria | Shooting Stars | |||
| 1978 | 1st | Karim Abdul Razak |
| Ghana | Asante Kotoko | ||
| 2nd | Ali Bencheikh |
| Algeria | MC Alger | |||
| 3rd | Thomas N'kono |
| Cameroon | Canon Yaounde | |||
| 1979 | 1st | Thomas Nkono |
| Cameroon | Canon Yaoundé | ||
| 2nd | Adolf Armah |
| Ghana | Hearts of Oak | |||
| 3rd | Kerfalla Bangoura |
| Guinea | Horoya Conakry | |||
| 1980 | 1st | Jean Manga-Onguene |
| Cameroon | Canon Yaounde | ||
| 2nd | Segun Odegbami |
| Nigeria | Shooting Stars | |||
| 3rd | Théophile Abega |
| Cameroon | Canon Yaounde | |||
| 1981 | 1st | Lakhdar Belloumi |
| Algeria | GC Mascara | ||
| 2nd | Thomas N'kono |
| Cameroon | Canon Yaounde | |||
| 3rd | Ali Fergani |
| Algeria | Montpellier HSC / JS Kabylie | |||
| 1982 | 1st | Thomas N'kono |
| Cameroon | Espanyol | ||
| 2nd | Salah Assad |
| Algeria | Mulhouse | |||
| 3rd | Lakhdar Belloumi |
| Algeria | GC Mascara | |||
| 1983 | 1st | Mahmoud Al-Khatib |
| Egypt | Al-Ahly | ||
| 2nd | Opoku Nti |
| Ghana | Asante Kotoko | |||
| 3rd | Rafiou Moutairou |
| Togo | OC Agaza Lome | |||
| 1984 | 1st | Théophile Abega |
| Cameroon | Toulouse | ||
| 2nd | Joseph-Antoine Bell |
| Cameroon | Al-Mokawloon al-Arab | |||
| Ibrahim Youssef |
| Egypt | El Zamalek | ||||
| 1985 | 1st | Mohammed Timoumi |
| Morocco | FAR Rabat | ||
| 2nd | Rabah Madjer |
| Algeria | Porto | |||
| 3rd | Djamel Menad |
| Algeria | JS Kabylie | |||
| Ibrahim Youssef |
| Egypt | El Zamalek | ||||
| 1986 | 1st | Badou Zaki |
| Morocco | Mallorca | ||
| 2nd | Aziz Bouderbala |
| Morocco | Sion | |||
| 3rd | Roger Milla |
| Cameroon | Montpellier / Saint-Étienne | |||
| 1987 | 1st | Rabah Madjer |
| Algeria | Porto | ||
| 2nd | Youssouf Fofana |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Monaco | |||
| 3rd | Francois Oman-Biyik |
| Cameroon | Stade Laval | |||
| 1988 | 1st | Kalusha Bwalya |
| Zambia | Cercle Brugge | ||
| 2nd | Roger Milla |
| Cameroon | Montpellier | |||
| 3rd | Youssouf Fofana |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Monaco | |||
| 1989 | 1st | George Weah |
| Liberia | Monaco | ||
| 2nd | Joseph-Antoine Bell |
| Cameroon | Bordeaux / Toulon | |||
| 3rd | Kalusha Bwalya |
| Zambia | PSV Eindhoven | |||
| 1990 | 1st | Roger Milla |
| Cameroon | Saint-Denis | ||
| 2nd | Tahar Cherif El-Ouazani |
| Algeria | MC Oran / Aydınspor | |||
| 3rd | Rabah Madjer |
| Algeria | Porto | |||
| Francois Oman-Biyik |
| Cameroon | Stade Laval | ||||
| 1991 | 1st | Abedi Pele |
| Ghana | Marseille | ||
| 2nd | George Weah |
| Liberia | Monaco | |||
| 3rd | Francois Oman-Biyik |
| Cameroon | Cannes | |||
| 1992 | 1st | Abedi Pele |
| Ghana | Marseille | ||
| 2nd | George Weah |
| Liberia | Paris Saint-Germain / Monaco | |||
| 3rd | Anthony Yeboah |
| Ghana | Eintracht Frankfurt | |||
| 1993 | 1st | Abedi Pele |
| Ghana | Marseille | ||
| 2nd | Anthony Yeboah |
| Ghana | Eintracht Frankfurt | |||
| 3rd | Rashidi Yekini |
| Nigeria | Vitória de Setúbal | |||
| CAF African Player of the Year (1993–Present) | |||||||
| Year | Place | Player | Nationality | Club(s) | |||
| 1993 | 1st | Rashidi Yekini |
| Nigeria | Vitória de Setúbal | ||
| 2nd | |||||||
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| 1994 | 1st | Emmanuel Amunike |
| Nigeria | Sporting CP / El Zamalek | ||
| 2nd | George Weah |
| Liberia | Paris Saint-Germain | |||
| Rashidi Yekini |
| Nigeria | Olympiacos / Vitória de Setúbal | ||||
| 1995 | 1st | George Weah |
| Liberia | Milan / Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 2nd | |||||||
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| 1996 | 1st | Nwankwo Kanu |
| Nigeria | Ajax / Internazionale | ||
| 2nd | George Weah |
| Liberia | Milan | |||
| 3rd | Daniel Amokachi |
| Nigeria | Beşiktaş / Everton | |||
| 1997 | 1st | Victor Ikpeba |
| Nigeria | Monaco | ||
| 2nd | Japhet N'Doram |
| Chad | Monaco / Nantes | |||
| 3rd | Taribo West |
| Nigeria | Internazionale / Auxerre | |||
| 1998 | 1st | Mustapha Hadji |
| Morocco | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| 2nd | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| Nigeria | Paris Saint-Germain / Fenerbahçe | |||
| 3rd | Sunday Oliseh |
| Nigeria | Ajax | |||
| 1999 | 1st | Nwankwo Kanu |
| Nigeria | Arsenal | ||
| 2nd | Samuel Kuffour |
| Ghana | Bayern Munich | |||
| 3rd | Ibrahima Bakayoko |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Marseille | |||
| 2000 | 1st | Patrick Mboma |
| Cameroon | Parma / Cagliari | ||
| 2nd | Lauren Etame Mayer |
| Cameroon | Mallorca | |||
| 3rd | Samuel Eto'o |
| Cameroon | Mallorca | |||
| 2001 | 1st | El Hadji Diouf |
| Senegal | Lens | ||
| 2nd | Samuel Kuffour |
| Ghana | Bayern Munich | |||
| 3rd | Samuel Eto'o |
| Cameroon | Mallorca | |||
| 2002 | 1st | El Hadji Diouf |
| Senegal | Liverpool / Lens | ||
| 2nd | Papa Bouba Diop |
| Senegal | Lens | |||
| 3rd | Mido |
| Egypt | Ajax | |||
| 2003 | 1st | Samuel Eto'o |
| Cameroon | Mallorca | ||
| 2nd | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| Nigeria | Bolton Wanderers | |||
| 3rd | Didier Drogba |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Marseille / Guingamp | |||
| 2004 | 1st | Samuel Eto'o |
| Cameroon | Barcelona / Mallorca | ||
| 2nd | Didier Drogba |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Chelsea / Marseille | |||
| 3rd | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| Nigeria | Bolton Wanderers | |||
| 2005 | 1st | Samuel Eto'o |
| Cameroon | Barcelona | ||
| 2nd | Didier Drogba |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Chelsea | |||
| 3rd | Michael Essien |
| Ghana | Chelsea / Lyon | |||
| 2006 | 1st | Didier Drogba |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Chelsea | ||
| 2nd | Samuel Eto'o |
| Cameroon | Barcelona | |||
| 3rd | Michael Essien |
| Ghana | Chelsea | |||
| 2007 | 1st | Frédéric Kanouté |
| Mali | Sevilla | ||
| 2nd | Michael Essien |
| Ghana | Chelsea | |||
| 3rd | Didier Drogba |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Chelsea | |||
| 2008 | 1st | Emmanuel Adebayor |
| Togo | Arsenal | ||
| 2nd | Mohamed Aboutrika |
| Egypt | Al-Ahly | |||
| 3rd | Michael Essien |
| Ghana | Chelsea | |||
| 2009 | 1st | Didier Drogba |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Chelsea | ||
| 2nd | Samuel Eto'o |
| Cameroon | Internazionale / Barcelona | |||
| 3rd | Michael Essien |
| Ghana | Chelsea | |||
| 2010 | 1st | Samuel Eto'o |
| Cameroon | Internazionale | ||
| 2nd | Asamoah Gyan |
| Ghana | Sunderland / Stade Rennais | |||
| 3rd | Didier Drogba |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Chelsea | |||
| 2011 | 1st | Yaya Touré |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Manchester City | ||
| 2nd | Seydou Keita |
| Mali | Barcelona | |||
| 3rd | André Ayew |
| Ghana | Olympique de Marseille | |||
| 2012 | 1st | Yaya Touré |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Manchester City | ||
| 2nd | Didier Drogba |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Chelsea / Shanghai Shenhua | |||
| 3rd | Alex Song |
| Cameroon | Arsenal / FC Barcelona | |||
| 2013 | 1st | Yaya Touré |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Manchester City | ||
| 2nd | John Obi Mikel |
| Nigeria | Chelsea | |||
| 3rd | Didier Drogba |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Shanghai Shenhua / Galatasaray | |||
| 1st | Yaya Touré |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Manchester City | |||
| 2nd | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| Gabon | Borussia Dortmund | |||
| 3rd | Vincent Enyeama |
| Nigeria | Lille | |||
| 2015 | 1st | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| Gabon | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| 2nd | Yaya Touré |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Manchester City | |||
| 3rd | André Ayew |
| Ghana | Swansea City | |||
| 2016 | 1st | Riyad Mahrez |
| Algeria | Leicester City | ||
| 2nd | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| Gabon | Borussia Dortmund | |||
| 3rd | Sadio Mané |
| Senegal | Liverpool | |||
| 2017 | 1st | Mohamed Salah |
| Egypt | Liverpool | ||
| 2nd | Sadio Mané |
| Senegal | Liverpool | |||
| 3rd | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| Gabon | Borussia Dortmund | |||
| 2018 | 1st | Mohamed Salah |
| Egypt | Liverpool | ||
| 2nd | Sadio Mané |
| Senegal | Liverpool | |||
| 3rd | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| Gabon | Arsenal | |||
African Player of the Year Winners
| African Player of the Year Winners | |||
| 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 | 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 |
African Player of the Year by Club
| Winners by Clubs | ||
| No | Club | |
| 4 |
| Manchester City |
| 3 |
| Mallorca |
| 3 |
| Olympique de Marseille |
| 2 |
| Arsenal |
| 2 |
| AS Monaco |
| 2 | Asante Kotoko | |
| 2 |
| Barcelona |
| 2 | Canon Yaoundé | |
| 2 |
| Chelsea |
| 2 | Internazionale | |
| 2 | Lens | |
| 2 |
| Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2 |
| AC Milan |
| 2 |
| Ajax |
| 2 | Al-Ahly | |
| 2 | AS Saint-Etienne | |
| 1 | Cagliari | |
| 1 | CARA Brazzaville | |
| 1 | Cercle Brugge | |
| 1 | Chabab Mohammédia | |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | |
| 1 | El Zamalek | |
| 1 | Espanyol | |
| 1 | Espérance Tunis | |
| 1 | FAR Rabat | |
| 1 |
| FC Porto |
| 1 | GC Mascara | |
| 1 | Hafia Conakry | |
| 1 | Liverpool | |
| 1 |
| Parma |
| 1 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1 | Sevilla | |
| 1 | Sporting CP | |
| 1 | Tonnerre Yaoundé | |
| 1 | Toulouse | |
| 1 | TP Mazembe | |
| 1 | Vitória de Setúbal | |
African Player of the Year by Nationality
| Nationalities | ||
| No | Nationality | |
| 12 | Cameroon | |
| 6 | Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 5 | Nigeria | |
| 4 | Morocco | |
| 3 | Ghana | |
| 3 | Liberia | |
| 2 | Algeria | |
| 2 | Ghana | |
| 2 | Mali | |
| 2 | Senegal | |
| 1 | PR Congo | |
| 1 | Egypt | |
| 1 | Guinea | |
| 1 | Togo | |
| 1 | Tunisia | |
| 1 | Zaire | |
| 1 | Zambia | |
