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Who has scored the most goals in Africa Cup of Nations history? The highest goal scorer(s) are the ones who are awarded the Golden Boot.
Cameroon captain, Vincent Aboubakar won the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations Golden Boot, which is the most recent.
AFCON 2022 Top Scorers
- Vincent Aboubakar; Cameroon; 8 Gls
- Karl Toko Ekambi; Cameroon; 5 Gls
- Gabadinho Mhango; Malawi; 3 Gls
- Ibrahima Koné; Mali; 3 Gls
- Sofiane Boufal; Morocco; 3 Gls
- Sadio Mané; Senegal; 3 Gls
On the other hand, Cameroonian footballer, Samuel Eto’o remains the all-time leading goal top scorer in AFCON history scoring 18 goals.
Eto’o is closely followed by Laurent Pokou of Côte d’Ivoire and the late Rashidi Yekini of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, each scoring 14 and 13 goals respectively.
Check here for Women’s AFCON top goal scorers.
African Cup Of Nations Top Goal Scorers
| Year | Top Scorer | Goals | Country |
| 1957 | Ad El Diba | 5 goals | Egypt |
| 1959 | Mahmoud Al Gohari | 3 goals | Egypt |
| 1962 | Mohamed Al Badawi; Worku Mengistu | 3 goals | Egypt Ethiopia |
| 1963 | Ahmed Al Chazli | 6 goals | Egypt |
| 1965 | Abbrey Osei Kofi; Eustace Mangli | 3 goals | Ghana; Ivory Coast |
| 1968 | Laurent Pokou | 6 goals | Ivory Coast |
| 1970 | Laurent Pokou | 8 goals | Ivory Coast |
| 1972 | Salif Keita | 5 goals | Mali |
| 1974 | Mulamba Ndaye | 9 goals | Zaire |
| 1976 | William Njo Lea | 4 goals | Guinea |
| 1978 | Phillip Omondi | 4 goals | Uganda |
| 1980 | Segun Odegbami | 3 goals | Nigeria |
| 1982 | George Al Hassan | 4 goals | Ghana |
| 1984 | Taher Abou Zeid | 4 goals | Egypt |
| 1986 | Roger Milla; Abdoulaye Traore | 4 goals | Cameroon; Ivory Coast |
| 1988 | Lakhdar Belloumi; Roger Milla; Gamal Abdelhamid; Abdoulaye Traore | 4 goals | Algeria; Cameroon; Egypt; Ivory Coast |
| 1990 | Djamel Menad | 4 goals | Algeria |
| 1992 | Rashidi Yekini | 4 goals | Nigeria |
| 1994 | Rashidi Yekini | 5 goals | Nigeria |
| 1996 | Kalusha Bwalya | 5 goals | Zambia |
| 1998 | Hossam Hassan; Benni McCarthy | 7 goals | Egypt; South Africa |
| 2000 | Shaun Bartlett | 5 goals | South Africa |
| 2002 | Patrick Mboma; Salomon Olembe; Julius Aghahowa | 3 goals | Cameroon; Cameroon; Nigeria |
| 2004 | Patrick Mboma; Frederic Kanoute; Austin Okocha; Youssef Mokhtari; Francileudo dos Santos | 4 goals | Cameroon; Mali; Nigeria; Morocco; Tunisia |
| 2006 | Samuel Eto’o; Ahmed Hassan; Francileudo dos Santos | 4 goals | Cameroon; Egypt; Tunisia |
| 2008 | Samuel Eto’o | 5 goals | Cameroon |
| 2010 | Mohamed Nagui | 5 goals | Egypt |
| 2012 | Manucho; P.E Aubameyang; Didier Drogba; Cheick Tidiane Diabate; Houcine Kharja; Chris Katongo; Emmanuel Mayuka | 3 goals | Angola; Gabon; Ivory Coast; Mali; Morocco; Zambia; Zambia |
| 2013 | Emmanuel Emenike; Mubarak Wakaso | 4 goals | Nigeria; Ghana |
| 2015 | Ahmed Akaichi; Andre Ayew; Dieumerci Mbokani; Javier Balboa; Thievy Biffouma | 3 goals | Tunisia; Ghana; DR Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Congo |
| 2017 | Junior Kabananga | 3 goals | DR Congo |
| 2019 | Odion Ighalo | 5 goals | Nigeria |
| 2021 | Vincent Aboubakar | 8 goals | Cameroon |
Article updated 2 months ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
