AFCON All-Time Top Scorers

The leading goalscorers in Africa Cup of Nations finals history, with their national team and tournaments played.

#	Player	Team	Goals	Tournaments
1	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	18	6
2	Laurent Pokou	Ivory Coast	14	2
3	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	13	4
4	Hassan El-Shazly	Egypt	12	3
5	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	11	3
6	Patrick Mboma	Cameroon	11	3
7	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	11	5
8	Sadio Mané	Senegal	11	5
9	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	11	5
10	Mengistu Worku	Ethiopia	10	4
11	Ndaye Mulamba	DR Congo	10	2
12	Kalusha Bwalya	Zambia	10	6
13	Joël Tiéhi	Ivory Coast	10	4
14	Francileudo Santos	Tunisia	10	3
15	André Ayew	Ghana	10	6
16	Manucho	Angola	9	3
17	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria	9	4
18	Vincent Aboubakar	Cameroon	9	2
19	Abdoulaye Traoré	Ivory Coast	8	4
20	Ahmed Hassan	Egypt	8	3
21	Seydou Keita	Mali	8	4
22	Pascal Feindouno	Guinea	8	3
23	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	8	6
24	Osei Kofi	Ghana	7	2
25	Ali Abo Greisha	Egypt	7	2
26	Taher Abouzeid	Egypt	7	2
27	Roger Milla	Cameroon	7	3
28	Benni McCarthy	South Africa	7	1
29	Jay-Jay Okocha	Nigeria	7	2
30	Frédéric baldi	Mali	7	3
31	Flávio Amado	Angola	7	3
32	Christopher Katongo	Zambia	7	4
33	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	7	4
34	Youssef Msakni	Tunisia	7	5
35	Emilio Nsue	Equatorial Guinea	7	3
36	Luciano Vassallo	Ethiopia	6	3
37	Wilberforce Mfum	Ghana	6	2
38	Nasr El-Deen Abbas	Sudan	6	2
39	Ahmed Faras	Morocco	6	2
40	Mayanga Maku	DR Congo	6	2
41	Segun Odegbami	Nigeria	6	2
42	George Alhassan	Ghana	6	2
43	Lakhdar Belloumi	Algeria	6	3
44	Abedi Pele	Ghana	6	2
45	Shaun Bartlett	South Africa	6	2
46	Julius Aghahowa	Nigeria	6	2
47	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	6	2
48	Yaya Touré	Ivory Coast	6	5
49	Gervinho	Ivory Coast	6	4
50	Jordan Ayew	Ghana	6	4

Data updated 2026-10-19. Goal records rely on our match-by-match database; see methodology.