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The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will see one team crowned king of the continent after a month of competition in Morocco.
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Defending champions Ivory Coast are among the top contenders for the trophy, thanks in part to their wealth of goalscoring talent, including Manchester United’s Amad Diallo.
The game is filled with elite forwards. Nigeria has Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman, Egypt has Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmouche, Brian Mbemo is Cameroon’s biggest threat and Nicholas Jackson is one of several top attacking talents Senegal could use.
This makes the race for the Golden Boot, awarded to the top scorer in the entire Africa Cup of Nations, very exciting. The Sporting News will have a full update of the standings below between now and the finals on January 18.
More:Full 2025 Africa Cup of Nations grouping and match schedule
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Africa Cup of Nations Golden Boot: Latest scorer list
Points table will be updated after all matches have concluded on Saturday 10th January.
* Still alive in the game
|
rank |
player |
team |
Goal (penalty kick) |
Assist |
Games played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. |
Brahim Diaz |
Morocco* |
5(1) |
0 |
5 |
|
2. |
Victor Osimhen |
Nigeria* |
4 (0) |
1 |
5 |
|
= |
Mohamed Salah |
Egypt* |
4(1) |
1 |
5 |
|
4. |
Ademola Lukman |
Nigeria* |
3(0) |
4 |
4 |
|
= |
Amad Diallo |
Cote d’Ivoire |
3(0) |
1 |
4 |
|
= |
Riyad Mahrez |
Algeria |
3(1) |
0 |
5 |
|
= |
Ayoub El Kaabi |
Morocco* |
3(0) |
0 |
4 |
|
8. |
Lyle Foster |
South Africa |
2(0) |
2 |
3 |
|
= |
Akole Adams |
Nigeria* |
2(0) |
2 |
5 |
|
= |
Gail Kakuta |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
2(1) |
1 |
2 |
|
= |
Ibrahim Mazza |
Algeria |
2(0) |
1 |
4 |
|
= |
Jenny Catamo |
Mozambique |
2(1) |
1 |
3 |
|
= |
Raphael Onidika |
Nigeria* |
2(0) |
0 |
3 |
|
= |
Sharif Ndiaye |
Senegal* |
2(1) |
0 |
3 |
|
= |
Nicholas Jackson |
Senegal* |
2(0) |
0 |
2 |
|
= |
Elias Acholi |
Tunisia |
2(0) |
0 |
3 |
|
= |
Oswin Apolis |
South Africa |
2(1) |
0 |
3 |
|
= |
Racine Sinayoko |
Mali |
2(1) |
0 |
4 |
|
= |
daddy guy |
Senegal* |
2(0) |
0 |
4 |
|
= |
Christian Coffane |
Cameroon |
2(0) |
0 |
5 |
|
= |
Omar Mamouch |
Egypt* |
2(0) |
0 |
5 |
The assist is the first tiebreaker.
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Who won the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Golden Boot?
The winner of the 2023 African Cup of Nations Golden Boot Award is Emilio Nsu (Equatorial Guinea).
Although Nsu’s national team was eliminated in the round of 16, his five goals in four games are unmatched by the continent’s best strikers. It was an impressive result for a then 34-year-old player who had played at right-back for most of his career.
|
rank |
player |
team |
Goal (penalty kick) |
Assist |
Games played |
|
1. |
Emilio Ensu |
Equatorial Guinea |
5 (0) |
0 |
4 |
|
2. |
Gerson Dara |
Angola |
4 (0) |
1 |
5 |
|
= |
Muhammad Mustafa |
Egypt |
4 (0) |
1 |
4 |
|
4. |
baghdad bnejah |
Algeria |
3(0) |
0 |
3 |
|
= |
mabululu |
Angola |
3(1) |
0 |
5 |
|
= |
Racine Sinayoko |
Mali |
3(0) |
0 |
5 |
|
= |
Bertrand Traore |
Burkina Faso |
3(2) |
0 |
4 |
|
= |
Ademola Lukman |
Nigeria |
3(0) |
1 |
6 |
|
= |
Victor Osimhen |
Nigeria |
3(0) |
0 |
4 |
|
= |
Mohamed Bayo |
Guinea |
3(1) |
0 |
5 |
African Cup Golden Boot Award Historical Winners
Here are the Golden Boot winners at each Africa Cup of Nations.
|
Year |
player |
team |
Target |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1957 |
adiba |
Egypt |
5 |
|
1959 |
Mahmoud El Gohari |
Egypt |
3 |
|
1962 |
Mengistu Worku/Badawi Abdul Fattah |
Ethiopia/Egypt |
3 |
|
1963 |
Hassan Shazli |
Egypt |
6 |
|
1965 |
Ben Achimpon/Osei Coffey/Eustache Mangel |
Ghana/Ghana/Ivory Coast |
3 |
|
1968 |
Laurent Boku |
Cote d’Ivoire |
6 |
|
1970 |
Laurent Boku |
Cote d’Ivoire |
8 |
|
1972 |
Salif Keita |
Mali |
5 |
|
1974 |
Pierre Ndaye Mulamba |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
9 |
|
1976 |
Mamadou Aliu Keita |
Guinea |
4 |
|
1978 |
Philip Omondi/Opoku Afriye/Segun Odebami |
Uganda/Ghana/Nigeria |
3 |
|
1980 |
Khalid Rabed/Segun Odebami |
Morocco/Nigeria |
3 |
|
1982 |
George Alhassan |
Ghana |
4 |
|
1984 |
Taher Abu Zeid |
Egypt |
4 |
|
1986 |
Roger Milla |
Cameroon |
4 |
|
1988 |
Lakhdar Belloumi/Roger Milla/Abdoulaye Traoré/Gamal Abdelhamid |
Algeria/Cameroon/Côte d’Ivoire/Egypt |
2 |
|
1990 |
Jamel Maynard |
Algeria |
4 |
|
1992 |
Rushdie Yekini |
Nigeria |
4 |
|
1994 |
Rushdie Yekini |
Nigeria |
5 |
|
1996 |
Kalusa Bwaya |
Zambia |
5 |
|
1998 |
Hossam Hassan/Bennie McCarthy |
Egypt/South Africa |
7 |
|
2000 |
Sean Bartlett |
South Africa |
5 |
|
2002 |
Patrick Mboma/Solomon Orembe/Julius Agahova |
Cameroon/Cameroon/Nigeria |
3 |
|
2004 |
Patrick Mboma/Frederic Kanoute/Youssef Mokhtari/Jaje Okocha/Franciledo Santos |
Cameroon/Mali/Morocco/Nigeria/Tunisia |
4 |
|
2006 |
Samuel Eto’o |
Cameroon |
5 |
|
2008 |
Samuel Eto’o |
Cameroon |
5 |
|
2010 |
Mohamed Najib |
Egypt |
5 |
|
2012 |
Manucho/Didier Drogba/Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang/Cheick Diabate/Housin Khadja/Christopher Katongo/Emmanuel Mayuka |
Angola/Côte d’Ivoire/Gabon/Mali/Morocco/Zambia/Zambia |
3 |
|
2013 |
Mubarak Wakaso/Emmanuel Emenike |
Ghana/Nigeria |
4 |
|
2015 |
Tiwi Byfoma/Diumesi Mbokani/Javier Balboa/Andre Ayew/Ahmed Chiyi |
Congo/Democratic Republic of the Congo/Equatorial Guinea/Ghana/Tunisia |
3 |
|
2017 |
Teenage Kabananga |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
3 |
|
2019 |
Odion Ighalo |
Nigeria |
5 |
|
2021 |
Vincent Abubakar |
Cameroon |
8 |
|
2023 |
Emilio Ensu |
Equatorial Guinea |
5 |
Who has scored the most goals in the history of the African Cup of Nations?
The player with the most goals at the Men’s Africa Cup of Nations is Samuel Eto’o. The former Cameroon striker scored 18 goals in 29 games across six editions of the tournament, winning the trophy in 2000 and 2002.
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The closest active player to this record is Andre Ayew, who has 10 goals in 36 games, but he will not add to that tally this year as Ghana failed to qualify.
Top scorer in African Cup history
|
rank |
player |
team |
matches |
championship |
Number of goals scored |
|
1. |
Samuel Eto’o |
Cameroon |
29 |
6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
18 |
|
2. |
Laurent Boku |
Cote d’Ivoire |
12 |
4 (1968, 1970, 1974, 1980) |
14 |
|
3. |
Rushdie Yekini |
Nigeria |
20 |
4 (1988, 1990, 1992, 1994) |
13 |
|
4. |
Hassan Shazli |
Egypt |
8 |
3 (1963, 1970, 1974) |
12 |
|
5. |
Patrick Mboma |
Cameroon |
No. 17 |
4 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004) |
11 |
|
= |
Hossam Hassan |
Egypt |
twenty one |
7 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006) |
11 |
|
= |
Dilireba |
Cote d’Ivoire |
twenty four |
5 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) |
11 |
