AFCON ALL TIME GOAL SCORERS
AFCON: all-time top scorers
We publish a ranking of the top scorers in the history of the African Cup of Nations after the 2025 edition.
The best active scorers, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, have both taken their tallies to 11 goals, well short of Samuel Eto'o's record of 18 (picture).
| AFRICAN | CUP OF | NATIONS | TOP SCORERS | |||
| Player | Country | Total | Goals by edition | Editions | Games | |
| 1 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | 18 | 4-1-1-5-5-2 | 2000-02-04-06-08-10 | 29 |
| 2 | Laurent Pokou | Ivory Coast | 14 | 6-8-0-0 | 1968-70-74-80 | 12 |
| 3 | Rashidi Yekini | Nigeria | 13 | 1-3-4-5 | 1988-90-92-94 | 20 |
| 4 | Hassan El-Shazly | Egypt | 12 | 6-5-1 | 1963-70-74 | 8 |
| 5 | Patrick Mboma | Cameroon | 11 | 0-4-3-4 | 1998-00-02-04 | 17 |
| 6 | Hossam Hassan | Egypt | 11 | 0-0-0-7-3-0-1 | 1986-88-92-98-00-02-06 | 21 |
| 7 | Mohamed Salah | Egypt | 11 | 2-2-2-1-4 | 2017-19-21-23-25 | 25 |
| 8 | Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | 11 | 3-3-1-3-1 | 2006-08-10-12-13 | 24 |
| 9 | Sadio Mané | Senegal | 11 | 0-2-3-3-1-2 | 2015-17-19-21-23-25 | 29 |
| 10 | Ndaye Mulamba | DR Congo | 10 | 9-1 | 1974-76 | 10 |
| 11 | Francileudo Santos | Tunisia | 10 | 4-4-2 | 2004-06-08 | 12 |
| 12 | Joel Tiéhi | Ivory Coast | 10 | 1-4-1-4 | 1992-94-96-98 | 15 |
| 13 | Mengistu Worku | Ethiopia | 10 | 0-3-2-0-2-3 | 1959-62-63-65-68-70 | 17 |
| 14 | Kalusha Bwalya | Zambia | 10 | 1-1-1-5-1-1 | 1986-92-94-96-98-00 | 23 |
| 15 | André Ayew | Ghana | 10 | 0-1-2-3-2-1-1-0 | 2008-10-12-15-17-19-21-23 | 36 |