CAN 2025: The all-time top scorers ranking

The ranking of the top scorers in CAN 2025

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Samuel Eto’o, the legendary former captain of the Indomitable Lions, stands as the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations.

The current Fecafoot president played in six CAN tournaments between 2000 and 2010, netting 18 goals in 29 matches. His strike rate is an impressive 0.62 goals per game.

Laurent Pokou, Côte d’Ivoire’s goal machine between 1968 and 1980, ranks second with 14 goals in just 12 matches—boasting an even better ratio than Eto’o (1.17 goals per game). Nigerian icon Rashidi Yekini rounds out the top three with 13 goals in 20 appearances.

Here is the all-time top scorers ranking across all CAN editions:

1. Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon): 18 goals (29 matches)

2. Laurent Pokou (Côte d'Ivoire): 14 (13)

3. Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria): 13 (24)

4. Hassan El-Shazly (Egypt): 12 (10)

5. Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire): 11 (24)

Hossam Hassan (Egypt): 11 (21)

Patrick Mboma (Cameroon): 11 (17)

8. Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia): 10 (23)

Santos (Tunisia): 10 (12)

Joël Tiéhi (Côte d'Ivoire): 10 (15)

André Ayew (Ghana): 10 (36)

Ndaye Mulamba (Zaire): 10 (9)

13. Sadio Mané (Senegal): 9 (22)

Abdoulaye Traoré (Côte d'Ivoire): 9 (22)

Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon): 9 (16)

Manucho (Angola): 9 (14)

17. Asamoah Gyan (Ghana): 8 (31)

Ahmed Hassan (Egypt): 8 (32)

Pascal Feindouno (Guinea): 8 (13)

Seydou Keita (Mali): 8 (31)

Luciano Vassalo (Ethiopia): 8 (13)

Mengistu Worku (Ethiopia): 8 (17)

23. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia): 7 (29)

Mohamed Salah (Egypt): 7 (19)

Roger Milla (Cameroon): 7 (18)

Flávio (Angola): 7 (12)

Christopher Katongo (Zambia): 7 (17)

Benni McCarthy (South Africa): 7 (12)

Frédéric Kanouté (Mali): 7 (11)

Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria): 7 (22)

Ali Abou-Greisha (Egypt): 7 (8)

Osei Kofi (Ghana): 7 (8)

Taher Abouzaid (Egypt): 7 (10)

34. Yaya Touré (Côte d'Ivoire): 6 (29)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon): 6 (13)

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria): 6 (20)

Jordan Ayew (Ghana): 6 (25)

Gervinho (Côte d'Ivoire): 6 (17)

Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt): 6 (11)

Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon): 6 (18)

Segun Odegbami (Nigeria): 6 (10)

Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea): 6 (14)

Ahmed Faras (Morocco): 6 (12)

Shaun Bartlett (South Africa): 6 (14)

Badawi Abdelfattah (Egypt): 6 (2)

Nasr El-Din Abas (Sudan): 6 (9)

Wilberforce Mfum (Ghana): 6 (8)

Julius Aghahowa (Nigeria): 6 (15)

Jean-Michel M'Bono (Republic of Congo): 6 (11)

Mayanga Maku (Zaire): 6 (11)

George Alhassan (Ghana): 6 (7)