AFCON: Complete List of All-Time Top Scorers

 

Leading goal scorers (individuals):

• 18 goals: Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)

• 14 goals: Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast)

• 13 goals: Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria)

• 12 goals: Hassan El Shazly (Egypt)

• 11 goals: Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Hossam Hassan (Egypt), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)

Most goals in a single match:

• 5 goals: Laurent Pokou (vs Ethiopia, 1970)

Most goals in a single tournament:

• 9 goals: Ndaye Mulamba (DR Congo, 1974)

Most hat-tricks at AFCON:

• 2: Hassan El Shazly (1963, 1970)

Top scoring nations (all-time):

• 175 goals: Egypt

• 152 goals: Ivory Coast

• 146 goals: Nigeria

• 142 goals: Cameroon

• 138 goals: Ghana