African Players with the Most International Goals

All-time leading international goalscorers among African footballers.

#	Player	Nation	Goals	Years
1	Portia Modise	South Africa	101	2000–2015
2	Luciano Vassallo	Ethiopia	99	1953–1970
3	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	76	1968–1980
4	Kinnah Phiri	Malawi	71	1973–1981
5	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	69	1985–2006
6	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	67	2011–present
7	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	65	2002–2014
8	Mengistu Worku	Ethiopia	61	1958–1970
9	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	56	1997–2014
10	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	51	2003–2019
11	Baba Yara	Ghana	51	1955–1963
12	Abdoulaye Traoré	Ivory Coast	49	1984–1996
13	Edward Acquah	Ghana	45	1956–1964
14	Islam Slimani	Algeria	45	2012–?
15	Vincent Aboubakar	Cameroon	45	2010–present
16	Ahmed Faras	Morocco	42	1965–1979
17	Hassan El-Shazly	Egypt	42	1961–1974
18	James Debbah	Liberia	42	1988–2004
19	Fawzi Al-Issawi	Libya	40	1977–1985
20	Madeleine Ngono Mani	Cameroon	40	2002–?
21	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	40	2009–2026
22	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria	40	2014–2026
23	Kalusha Bwalya	Zambia	39	1983–2004
24	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	38	2001–2013
25	Peter Ndlovu	Zimbabwe	37	1990–2007
26	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	37	1984–1998
27	Roger Milla	Cameroon	37	1973–1994
28	Akwá	Angola	36	1995–2006
29	Hafid Tasfaout	Algeria	36	1990–2002
30	Kwasi Owusu	Ghana	36	1967–1977
31	Victor Osimhen	Nigeria	35	2017–present
32	Dennis Oliech	Kenya	34	2002–2016
33	Moumouni Dagano	Burkina Faso	34	1998–2014
34	Abedi Pele	Ghana	33	1981–1998
35	Ahmed Hassan	Egypt	33	1995–2012
36	Ibrahima Diallo	Guinea	33	1960–1973
37	Patrick Mboma	Cameroon	33	1995–2004
38	Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	32	2000–2019
39	Shabani Nonda	DR Congo	32	2000–2008
40	Benni McCarthy	South Africa	31	1997–2012
41	Jordan Ayew	Ghana	31	2010–present
42	Amr Zaki	Egypt	30	2004–2013
43	Flávio Amado	Angola	30	2000–2014
44	Ibrahima Bakayoko	Ivory Coast	30	1996–2002
45	Bernard Chanda	Zambia	29	1970–1980
46	Tony Yeboah	Ghana	29	1985–1997
47	Mike Origi	Kenya	28	1989–2004
48	Rabah Madjer	Algeria	28	1978–1992
49	Shaun Bartlett	South Africa	28	1995–2005
50	Lakhdar Belloumi	Algeria	27	1978–1989
51	Nasr El-Deen Abbas	Sudan	27	1963–1977
52	Salomon Kalou	Ivory Coast	27	2007–2017
53	Tico-Tico	Mozambique	27	1995–2010
54	Emad Moteab	Egypt	26	2005–2012
55	Moustafa Reyadh	Egypt	26	1962–1972
56	Ahmed El-Kass	Egypt	25	1987–1997
57	Djamel Menad	Algeria	25	1982–1995
58	Hakim Ziyech	Morocco	25	2015–2024
59	Joël Tiéhi	Ivory Coast	25	1987–1999
60	Karim Abdul Razak	Ghana	25	1975–1987
61	Olivier Karekezi	Rwanda	25	2000–2013
62	Pascal Feindouno	Guinea	25	1999–2012
63	Salaheddine Bassir	Morocco	25	1994–2002
64	Seydou Keita	Mali	25	2000–2015
65	Wahbi Khazri	Tunisia	25	2013–2022
66	Youssef En-Nesyri	Morocco	25	2016–present
67	Ali Gagarin	Sudan	24	1967–1977
68	André Ayew	Ghana	24	2007–?
69	El Hadji Diouf	Senegal	24	2000–2008
70	Mahmoud El Khatib	Egypt	24	1974–1986
71	Christopher John Banda	Malawi	23	1996–2009
72	Faisal Agab	Sudan	23	1995–2012
73	Frédéric baldi	Mali	23	2004–2010
74	Gervinho	Ivory Coast	23	2007–2021
75	Katlego Mphela	South Africa	23	2005–2013
76	Tarik El Taib	Libya	23	1998–2008
77	Théodore Zue Nguema	Gabon	23	1995–2005
78	Titi Camara	Guinea	23	1992–2004
79	Francileudo Santos	Tunisia	22	2004–2008
80	Mamadou Aliou Kéïta	Guinea	22	1970–1981
81	Manucho	Angola	22	2006–2014
82	Segun Odegbami	Nigeria	22	1976–1981
83	Thembi Kgatlana	South Africa	22	2014–?
84	Cédric Bakambu	DR Congo	21	2015–present
85	Dário Monteiro	Mozambique	21	1996–2011
86	Essau Kanyenda	Malawi	21	2000–2015
87	John Baraza	Kenya	21	1999–2011
88	Kelfala Marah	Sierra Leone	21	2000–2003
89	Mamadou Diallo	Senegal	21	1994–2000
90	Razak Omotoyossi	Benin	21	2004–2016
91	Yakubu	Nigeria	21	2000–2012
92	Joe Nagbe	Liberia	20	1985–2005
93	Jules Bocandé	Senegal	20	1979–1993
94	Sulley Muntari	Ghana	20	2002–2014
95	Tedj Bensaoula	Algeria	20	1979–1986
96	Vata Matanu Garcia	Angola	20	1985–1993
97	Wilberforce Mfum	Ghana	20	1960–1968
98	Éric Maxim Choupo-Moting	Cameroon	20	2010–present
99	Abdeljalil Hadda	Morocco	19	1996–2002
100	Ange Oueifio	Central African Republic	19	2000–2002

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