AFCON - LONGEST SCORING SPAN
AFCON: longest scoring spans
Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (picture), set a new record in AFCON, when he scored on 28 December 2025 in a 2-3 loss against Mozambique, 13 years 339 days after his first goal on 23 January 2012 in a 2-0 win against Niger.
Aubameyang is now the player with longest scoring span in the history of cometition. He surpassed the former record holder, Zambian Kalusha Bwalya, by just 9 days.
Unfortunately, the tournament was marked for “Auba”not only by this record, but also by scandalous expulsion from the national team.
Details are in the ranking below. Algerian Riyad Mahrez is another one who entered the top 10 scoring spans during this edition.
| AFRICA CUP OF | NATIONS | LONGEST | SCORING | SPANS | |||
| Player | Country | Span | First Goal | Game | Last Goal | Game | |
| 1 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Gabon | 13-339 | 23/01/2012 | Niger 2-0 | 28/12/2025 | Mozambique 2-3 |
| 2 | Kalusha Bwalya | Zambia | 13-330 | 08/03/1986 | Cameroon 2-3 | 01/02/2000 | Senegal 2-2 |
| 3 | Bruno Mbanangoyé | Gabon | 11-363 | 29/01/2000 | Algeria 1-3 | 27/01/2012 | Morocco 3-2 |
| 4 | André Ayew | Ghana | 11-360 | 19/01/2010 | Burkina Faso 1-0 | 14/01/2022 | Gabon 1-1 |
| 5 | Ahmed Hassan | Egypt | 11-331 | 28/02/1998 | South Africa 2-0 | 25/01/2010 | Cameroon 3-1 |
| 6 | Seydou Keïta | Mali | 11-021 | 19/01/2002 | Liberia 1-1 | 09/02/2013 | Ghana 3-1 |
| 7 | Riyad Mahrez | Algeria | 10-335 | 27/01/2015 | Senegal 2-0 | 28/12/2025 | Burkina Faso 1-0 |
| 8 | Hassan El-Shazly | Egypt | 10-102 | 24/11/1963 | Nigeria 6-3 | 06/03/1974 | Ivory Coast 2-0 |
| 9 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | 09-358 | 28/01/2000 | Ivory Coast 3-0 | 21/01/2010 | Tunisia 2-2 |
| 10 | Joseph Désiré Job | Cameroon | 09-345 | 15/02/1998 | Algeria 2-1 | 26/01/2008 | Zambia 5-1 |
| 11 | Stephen Keshi | Nigeria | 09-311 | 07/03/1982 | Ethiopia 3-0 | 12/01/1992 | Senegal 2-1 |
| 12 | "Titi" Camara | Guinea | 09-309 | 29/03/1994 | Senegal 1-2 | 01/02/2004 | Tunisia 1-1 |