Most Capped African Footballers

African footballers with the most senior international caps on record.

#	Player	Nation	Caps	Years
1	Ahmed Hassan	Egypt	184	1995–2012
2	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	169	1985–2006
3	Essam El-Hadary	Egypt	159	1996–2018
4	Young Chimodzi	Malawi	159	1979–1995
5	Abdelmajid Dolmy	Morocco	140	1973–1988
6	Rigobert Song	Cameroon	137	1993–2010
7	Idrissa Gueye	Senegal	136	2011–present
8	Jack Chamangwana	Malawi	133	1975–1985
9	Nothando Vilakazi	South Africa	131	2007–?
10	Ahmed Fathy	Egypt	127	2002–2019
11	Ibrahim Hassan	Egypt	125	1988–2002
12	Hany Ramzy	Egypt	124	1988–2003
13	Portia Modise	South Africa	124	2000–2015
14	Didier Zokora	Ivory Coast	123	2000–2014
15	André Ayew	Ghana	120	2007–?
16	Kewullay Conteh	Sierra Leone	120	1996–2011
17	Kolo Touré	Ivory Coast	120	2000–2015
18	Mike Origi	Kenya	120	1989–2004
19	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria	120	2014–2026
20	Ezzaki Badou	Morocco	118	1979–1992
21	Geremi	Cameroon	118	1996–2010
22	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	118	1997–2014
23	Vincent Aboubakar	Cameroon	117	2010–present
24	Ahmed Faras	Morocco	115	1965–1979
25	Kinnah Phiri	Malawi	115	1973–1981
26	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	115	2011–present
27	Noureddine Naybet	Morocco	115	1990–2006
28	Didier Ovono	Gabon	114	2003–2019
29	Jordan Ayew	Ghana	113	2010–present
30	Wael Gomaa	Egypt	113	2001–2013
31	Abdel-Zaher El-Saqua	Egypt	112	1997–2010
32	Ahmed El-Kass	Egypt	112	1987–1997
33	Thomas N'Kono	Cameroon	112	1976–1994
34	Ahmed Musa	Nigeria	111	2010–present
35	Nader El-Sayed	Egypt	110	1992–2005
36	Sadok Sassi	Tunisia	110	1963–1978
37	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	109	2003–2019
38	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	108	1968–1980
39	Joseph Musonda	Zambia	108	2002–2014
40	Aaron Mokoena	South Africa	107	1999–2010
41	Ahmed Shobair	Egypt	107	1985–1996
42	Franck Kessié	Ivory Coast	105	2014–present
43	Musa Otieno	Kenya	105	1993–2009
44	Radhi Jaïdi	Tunisia	105	1996–2010
45	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	104	2002–2014
46	Islam Slimani	Algeria	104	2012–?
47	Luciano Vassallo	Ethiopia	104	1953–1970
48	Haitham Mustafa	Sudan	103	2000–2012
49	Kalidou Koulibaly	Senegal	103	2015–present
50	Achraf Hakimi	Morocco	102	2016–present
51	Elijah Tana	Zambia	102	1995–2008
52	Hosny Abd Rabo	Egypt	102	2004–2014
53	Seydou Keita	Mali	102	2000–2015
54	Yaya Touré	Ivory Coast	102	2004–2015
55	Alex Iwobi	Nigeria	101	2015–present
56	Joseph Yobo	Nigeria	101	2001–2014
57	Lakhdar Belloumi	Algeria	101	1978–1989
58	Maureen Mmadu	Nigeria	101	1993–2011
59	Mohamed Elneny	Egypt	101	2011–?
60	Tarak Dhiab	Tunisia	101	1978–1989
61	Vincent Enyeama	Nigeria	101	2002–2015
62	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	100	2001–2013
63	Onome Ebi	Nigeria	99	2003–?
64	Chiquinho Conde	Mozambique	98	1985–2002
65	Jacques Songo'o	Cameroon	98	1984–2002
66	Mengistu Worku	Ethiopia	98	1958–1970
67	Joe Nagbe	Liberia	97	1985–2005
68	Bassala Touré	Mali	95	1992–2008
69	Mohamed Youssef	Egypt	95	1993–2001
70	Ferjani Sassi	Tunisia	94	2013–present
71	Chokri El Ouaer	Tunisia	93	1993–2002
72	Hady Khashaba	Egypt	93	1992–2004
73	Richard Kingson	Ghana	93	1996–2012
74	Salomon Kalou	Ivory Coast	93	2007–2017
75	Vozinha	Cape Verde	93	2012–present
76	Yassine Bounou	Morocco	93	2013–present
77	Cheikhou Kouyaté	Senegal	92	2012–present
78	Faisal Agab	Sudan	92	1995–2012
79	Kaies Ghodhbane	Tunisia	92	1996–2006
80	Norman Mapeza	Zimbabwe	92	1993–2001
81	Youssef En-Nesyri	Morocco	92	2016–present
82	Mikel John Obi	Nigeria	91	2006–2019
83	Abdoulaye Traoré	Ivory Coast	90	1984–1996
84	Fawzi Al-Issawi	Libya	90	1977–1985
85	Khaled Badra	Tunisia	90	1995–2006
86	Siphiwe Tshabalala	South Africa	90	2006–2017
87	John Paintsil	Ghana	89	2001–2013
88	Dário Monteiro	Mozambique	88	1996–2011
89	Gervinho	Ivory Coast	88	2007–2021
90	Riadh Bouazizi	Tunisia	88	1996–2010
91	Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	87	2000–2019
92	Hafid Tasfaout	Algeria	87	1990–2002
93	Kalusha Bwalya	Zambia	87	1983–2004
94	Losseni Konaté	Ivory Coast	87	1990–2002
95	Nwankwo Kanu	Nigeria	87	1994–2011
96	Rabah Madjer	Algeria	87	1978–1992
97	Roger Mendy	Senegal	87	1979–1995
98	Thabet El-Batal	Egypt	87	1974–1990
99	Ellyes Skhiri	Tunisia	86	2018–present
100	Hazem Emam	Egypt	86	1995–2005

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