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The top scorers of the AFCON by edition since 1957

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Numerous strikers have shone across the first 34 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. Discover the top scorers of each AFCON edition.

The single-edition top scorer record at the AFCON belongs to Mutumbula (Zaire), who netted 9 goals in 1974. He outpaces Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast) and Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon), each of whom scored 8 goals in 1970 and 2021, respectively.

Here's the list of AFCON top scorers by edition:

1957: Ad-Diba (Egypt): 5 goals

1959: Mahmoud Al-Gohary (Egypt): 3

1962: Mengistu Worku (Ethiopia): 3

1963: Hassan Al Shazly (Egypt): 6

1965: Ben Acheampong (Ghana), Osei Kofi (Ghana), Eustache Manglé (Congo): 3

1968: Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast): 6

1970: Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast): 8

1972: Fantamady Keita (Mali): 5

1974: Mutumbula (Zaire): 9

1976: N'Jo Léa (Cameroon): 4

1978: Opoku Afriyie (Ghana), Segun Odegbami (Nigeria), Phillip Omondi (Kenya): 3

1980: Khaled Labied (Tunisia), Segun Odegbami (Nigeria): 3

1982: George Alhassan (Ghana): 4

1984: Taher Abouzaid (Egypt): 4

1986: Roger Milla (Cameroon): 4

1988: Lakhdar Belloumi (Algeria), Roger Milla (Cameroon), Gamal Abdel Hamid (Egypt), Abdoulaye Traoré (Ivory Coast): 2

1990: Djamel Menad (Algeria): 4

1992: Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria): 4

1994: Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria): 5

1996: Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia): 5

1998: Hossam Hassan (Egypt), Benedict McCarthy (South Africa): 7

2000: Shaun Bartlett (South Africa): 5

2002: Julius Aghahowa (Nigeria), Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Salomon Olembé (Cameroon): 3

2004: Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Frédéric Kanouté (Mali), Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Francileudo Santos (Tunisia), Youssef Mokhtari (Morocco): 4

2006: Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon): 5

2008: Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon): 5

2010: Mohamed Gedo (Egypt): 5

2012: Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), Cheick Diabaté (Mali), Houssine Kharja (Morocco), Chris Katongo (Zambia), Emmanuel Mayuka (Zambia): 3

2013: Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria), Mubarak Wakaso (Ghana): 4

2015: Javier Balboa (Equatorial Guinea), Dieumerci Mbokani (DR Congo), Thievy Bifouma (Congo), André Ayew (Ghana), Ahmed Akaichi (Tunisia): 3

2017: Junior Kabananga (DR Congo): 3

2019: Odion Ighalo (Nigeria): 5

2021: Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon): 8

2023: Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea): 5