CAF HIGHEST SCORING DEFENDER OF XXI CENTURY
CAF Highest Scoring Defender of XXI Century: Ali Maâloul
Tunisian left-back Ali Maâloul leads the ranking of scoring defenders of the XXI century among African representatives after 2023. He has amassed 99 top-level goals for clubs and country.
| HIGHEST SCORING | DEFENDERS | |||||||
| IN XXI CENTURY | CAF 2001-2023 | |||||||
| Player | Role | Country | NL | NC | ICC | NT | Total | |
| 1 | Ali Maâloul | LB | Tunisia | 66 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 99 |
| 2 | Abderrahmane Hachoud | RB | Algeria | 72 | 13 | 9 | 94 | |
| 3 | Mohamed Rabie Meftah | RB | Algeria | 66 | 3 | 9 | 78 | |
| 4 | Mahmoud Fathallah | CB | Egypt | 51 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 59 |
| 5 | Mahmoud Alaa | CB | Egypt | 47 | 7 | 4 | 58 | |
| 6 | Mohamed Nahiri | LB | Morocco | 33 | 18 | 3 | 54 | |
| 7 | Ahmed Fathi | RB | Egypt | 29 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 53 |
NL – National Leagues
NC – National Cups
ICC – International Club Competitions
NT – National Team
Period: from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2023.