Ace Football presents a detailed guide of the 2021 AFCON top scorers and a list of the players who previously won the Golden Boot.
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final is finally here, meaning the Golden Boot winner will be declared at the end of the day.
Vincent Aboubakar has thrown down the gauntlet. The Cameroon captain has scored an incredible eight times, leaving him with a three-goal lead over teammate Karl Toko Ekambi in the AFCON top scorer’s race.
The likes of Sadio Mane (Senegal), Mohamed Salah (Egypt), Andre Ayew (Ghana), Max Gradel (Ivory Coast), Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria), and Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) have also found the back of the net in this year’s competition.
AFCON Top Scorers
Below is the list of players to score at least two goals in the current AFCON campaign.
| Rank | Player | Country | Goals | Assists | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vincent Aboubakar | 🇨🇲 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2. | Karl Toko Ekambi | 🇨🇲 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 3. | Sadio Mane | 🇸🇳 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Gabadinho Mhango | 🇲🇼 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ibrahima Kone | 🇲🇱 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Sofiane Boufal | 🇲🇦 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| 7. | Musa Barrow | 🇬🇲 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Wahbi Khazri | 🇹🇳 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Nicolas Pepe | 🇨🇮 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mohamed Salah | 🇪🇬 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Ahmed Mogni | 🇰🇲 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jim Allevinah | 🇬🇦 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Ablie Jallow | 🇬🇲 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Achraf Hakimi | 🇲🇦 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Which players have won the Golden Boot?
Below is a list of every AFCON top scorer since 1957. This list includes every player to top the goal charts, even those who finished as a joint-top scorer – like Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba from 2012.
| Player | Country | Titles | Year/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurent Pokou | 🇨🇮 | 2x | 1968, 1970 |
| Roger Milla | 🇨🇲 | 2x | 1986, 1988 |
| Abdoulaye Traore | 🇨🇮 | 2x | 1986, 1988 |
| Rashidi Yekini | 🇳🇬 | 2x | 1992, 1994 |
| Patrick Mboma | 🇨🇲 | 2x | 2002, 2004 |
| Francileudo dos Santos | 🇹🇳 | 2x | 2004, 2006 |
| Samuel Eto’o | 🇨🇲 | 2x | 2006, 2008 |
| Ad El Diba | 🇪🇬 | 1x | 1957 |
| Mahmoud Al Gohari | 🇪🇬 | 1x | 1959 |
| Mohamed Al Badawi | 🇪🇬 | 1x | 1962 |
| Worku Mengistu | 🇪🇹 | 1x | 1962 |
| Ahmed Al Chazli | 🇪🇬 | 1x | 1963 |
| Osei Kofi | 🇬🇭 | 1x | 1965 |
| Eustace Mangli | 🇨🇮 | 1x | 1965 |
| Salif Keita | 🇲🇱 | 1x | 1972 |
| Mulamba Ndaye | 🇨🇩 | 1x | 1974 |
| William Njo Lea | 🇬🇳 | 1x | 1976 |
| Phillip Omondi | 🇺🇬 | 1x | 1978 |
| Segun Odegbami | 🇳🇬 | 1x | 1980 |
| George Al Hassan | 🇬🇭 | 1x | 1982 |
| Taher Abou Zeid | 🇪🇬 | 1x | 1984 |
| Lakhdar Belloumi | 🇩🇿 | 1x | 1988 |
| Gamal Abdelhamid | 🇪🇬 | 1x | 1988 |
| Djamel Menad | 🇩🇿 | 1x | 1990 |
| Kalusha Bwalya | 🇿🇲 | 1x | 1996 |
| Hossam Hassan | 🇪🇬 | 1x | 1998 |
| Benni McCarthy | 🇿🇦 | 1x | 1998 |
| Shaun Bartlett | 🇿🇦 | 1x | 2000 |
| Salomon Olembe | 🇨🇲 | 1x | 2002 |
| Julius Aghahowa | 🇳🇬 | 1x | 2002 |
| Frederic Kanoute | 🇲🇱 | 1x | 2004 |
| Jay-Jay Okocha | 🇳🇬 | 1x | 2004 |
| Youssef Mokhtari | 🇲🇦 | 1x | 2004 |
| Ahmed Hassan | 🇪🇬 | 1x | 2006 |
| Mohamed Nagui | 🇪🇬 | 1x | 2010 |
| Manucho | 🇦🇴 | 1x | 2012 |
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 🇬🇦 | 1x | 2012 |
| Didier Drogba | 🇨🇮 | 1x | 2012 |
| Cheick Tidiane Diabate | 🇲🇱 | 1x | 2012 |
| Houcine Kharja | 🇲🇦 | 1x | 2012 |
| Chris Katongo | 🇿🇲 | 1x | 2012 |
| Emmanuel Mayuka | 🇿🇲 | 1x | 2012 |
| Emmanuel Emenike | 🇳🇬 | 1x | 2013 |
| Mubarak Wakaso | 🇬🇭 | 1x | 2013 |
| Ahmed Akaichi | 🇹🇳 | 1x | 2015 |
| Andre Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 1x | 2015 |
| Dieumerci Mbokani | 🇨🇩 | 1x | 2015 |
| Javier Balboa | 🇬🇶 | 1x | 2015 |
| Thievy Biffouma | 🇨🇬 | 1x | 2015 |
| Junior Kabananga | 🇨🇩 | 1x | 2017 |
| Odion Ighalo | 🇳🇬 | 1x | 2019 |
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