The African Cup of Nations starts this weekend, and we take a look back at the 10 top goal scorers in the competition of all time, dating back to 1957.
AFCON has become a highly contested competition over the years, and Senegal will hope that they can retain the trophy after they won the most recent edition in 2021.
The Super Eagles too have a great chance, as we aim to do it again!
Samuel Eto, Cameroon
18 goals
Samuel Eto is the top scorer in AFCON history with 18 goals, and it looks like he will hold this record for a long period with there being such a great gap between him and the current players in terms of goals.
Laurent Pokou, Cote d’Ivorie
14 goals
Pokou was a prolific goal scorer for Cote d’Ivorie and he even has a stadium named after him in his home nation.
Rashidi Yekini, Nigeria
13 goals
Yekini is the third top scorer in AFCON history with 13 goals, and he is also Nigeria’s all-time top goal scorer with 37 goals in all competitions.
Hassan El- Shazly, Egypt
12 goals
El-Shazly was known for his ability with both feet, and is the fourth top scorer with 12 goals for Egypt at AFCON.
Didier Drogba, Cote d’Ivorie
11 goals
Didier Drogba is one of the greatest ever African’s to play the game, and he had a decorated career playing mostly in the English Premier League with Chelsea.
Hossam Hassan, Egypt
11 goals
Hassan is Egypt’s all-time leading goal scorer with 83 goals in 176 appearances and he notched 11 times across several AFCON competitions.
Patrick Mboma, Cameroon
11 goals
Mbomba is the second Cameroonian on our list and he is the fourth all-time goal scorer for his nation with 33 goals.
Kalusha Bwalya, Zambia
10 goals
Bwalya is another man who has reached double figures in goals at AFCON and he is Zambia’s third all-time top goal scorer and his nations eighth most capped player.
Santos, Tunisia
10 goals
Santos will go down as one of Tunisia’s greatest ever players after he was joint top goal scorer at AFCON 2004 which helped his nation win the tournament.
Joel Tiehi, Cote d’Ivorie
10 goals
Joel Tiehi also reached 10 goals at AFCON while playing for Cote d’Ivorie, and played a key role in the side when they won the 1992 competition.
