The 2022 Africa Cup of Nations has crowned its top goal scorer, with Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar taking the crown in historic fashion, tacking on two more goals in the third-place match to finish with eight for the tournament. It's the most goals scored by an AFCON competitor since 1974, and one off the all-time single tournament record.
Second place currently belongs to Aboubakar's Cameroon teammate, Karl Toko Ekambi of Lyon, after the final ended 0-0.
Egypt's Mohamed Salah didn't light the tournament on fire as had been expected with just two goals. But he still helped his team reach the final which was a lot better than Man City attacker Riyad Mahrez, who didn't score a single goal (he actually missed a penalty) as Algeria was eliminated in the group stage.
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Vincent Aboubakar's eight goals at #Afcon2021 is the second-most at a single Africa Cup of Nations in the tournament's history 👏 pic.twitter.com/oVa6vN7kQQ
— GOAL (@goal) February 5, 2022
AFCON 2022 Top Scorers
Below is the AFCON 2022 top scorer rankings featuring the 70 goal scorers in the tournament who have contributed 97 of the 100 total goals seen thus far (three of the 100 were own goals by Morocco's Nayef Aguerd, Burkina Faso's Adama Guira, and Cameroon's Andre Onana). There have also been a total of 10 penalty kicks scored.
As in the case with other international tournaments, players with the same number of total goals scored are ranked below according to total assists and then fewest minutes played. When assists and minutes played are even, the names are arranged in alphabetical order.
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| Rank | Player | Country | Goals (PKs) | Assists | Matches | Mins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | 8 (2) | 1 | 7 | 588 |
| 2. | Karl Toko Ekambi | Cameroon | 5 (0) | 0 | 7 | 501 |
| 3. | Sadio Mane | Senegal | 3 (1) | 2 | 7 | 640 |
| Gabadinho Mhango | Malawi | 3 (0) | 0 | 3 | 270 | |
| Ibrahima Kone | Mali | 3 (3) | 0 | 4 | 322 | |
| Sofiane Boufal | Morocco | 3 (1) | 0 | 5 | 345 | |
| 7. | Musa Barrow | Gambia | 2 (1) | 2 | 5 | 450 |
| Wahbi Khazri | Tunisia | 2 (0) | 1 | 4 | 264 | |
| Nicolas Pepe | Ivory Coast | 2 (0) | 1 | 4 | 314 | |
| Mohamed Salah | Egypt | 2 (0) | 1 | 7 | 750 | |
| Ahmed Mogni | Comoros | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 | 156 | |
| Jim Allevinah | Gabon | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 | 242 | |
| Ablie Jallow | Gambia | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 | 256 | |
| Achraf Hakimi | Morocco | 2 (0) | 0 | 5 | 480 | |
| 15. | Selim Amallah | Morocco | 1 (0) | 2 | 5 | 415 |
| Bertrand Traore | Burkina Faso | 1 (0) | 2 | 5 | 434 | |
| Ismaila Sarr | Senegal | 1 (0) | 1 | 3 | 134 | |
| Dango Ouattara | Burkina Faso | 1 (0) | 1 | 3 | 198 | |
| Famara Diedhiou | Senegal | 1 (0) | 1 | 5 | 315 | |
| Kelechi Iheanacho | Nigeria | 1 (0) | 1 | 4 | 289 | |
| Moses Simon | Nigeria | 1 (0) | 1 | 4 | 333 | |
| Sebastien Haller | Ivory Coast | 1 (0) | 1 | 4 | 349 | |
| Ibrahim Sangare | Ivory Coast | 1 (0) | 1 | 4 | 352 | |
| El Fardou Ben | Comoros | 1 (0) | 1 | 4 | 360 | |
| Pablo Ganet | Eq. Guinea | 1 (0) | 1 | 5 | 462 | |
| Blati Toure | Burkina Faso | 1 (0) | 1 | 7 | 654 | |
| Richmond Boakye | Ghana | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 31 | |
| Kudakwashe Mahachi | Zimbabwe | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 94 | |
| Umar Sadiq | Nigeria | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 | 98 | |
| Stephane Bahoken | Cameroon | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 114 | |
| Alhaji Kamara | Sierra Leone | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 128 | |
| Zakaria Aboukhlal | Morocco | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 | 133 | |
| Dawa Hotessa | Ethiopia | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 134 | |
| Ahmadou Bamba Dieng | Senegal | 1 (0) | 0 | 5 | 196 | |
| Getaneh Kebede | Ethiopia | 1 (1) | 0 | 3 | 158 | |
| Djibril Ouattara | Burkina Faso | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 171 | |
| Ishmael Wadi | Zimbabwe | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 174 | |
| Musa Kamara | Sierra Leone | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 180 | |
| Sofiane Bendebka | Algeria | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 188 | |
| Julio Tavares | Cape Verde | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 191 | |
| Samuel Chukwueze | Nigeria | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 192 | |
| Andre Ayew | Ghana | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 205 | |
| Knowledge Musona | Zimbabwe | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 212 | |
| Taiwo Awoniyi | Nigeria | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 214 | |
| Youssef Msakni | Tunisia | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 | 219 | |
| Max Gradel | Ivory Coast | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 232 | |
| Hamza Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 237 | |
| Garry Rodrigues | Cape Verde | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 | 263 | |
| Issiaga Sylla | Guinea | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 268 | |
| Alexander Djiku | Ghana | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 270 | |
| Naby Keita | Guinea | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 270 | |
| Walieldin Khidir | Sudan | 1 (1) | 0 | 3 | 270 | |
| Franck Kessie | Ivory Coast | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 | 273 | |
| Youssef En-Nesyri | Morocco | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 | 289 | |
| Trezeguet | Egypt | 1 (0) | 0 | 7 | 373 | |
| Jannik Buyla | Equatorial Guinea | 1 (0) | 0 | 5 | 329 | |
| Seifeddine Jaziri | Tunisia | 1 (0) | 0 | 5 | 331 | |
| Hassane Bande | Burkina Faso | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 | 357 | |
| Cheikhou Kouyate | Senegal | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 | 422 | |
| Youssouf M'Changama | Comoros | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 | 360 | |
| William Troost-Ekong | Nigeria | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 | 360 | |
| Cyrille Bayala | Burkina Faso | 1 (0) | 0 | 5 | 362 | |
| Aaron Boupendza | Gabon | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 | 379 | |
| Massadio Haidara | Mali | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 | 390 | |
| Idrissa Gueye | Senegal | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 | 570 | |
| Esteban Orozco | Eq. Guinea | 1 (0) | 0 | 5 | 480 | |
| Abdou Diallo | Senegal | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 | 540 | |
| Mohamed Abdelmoneim | Egypt | 1 (0) | 0 | 7 | 693 | |
| Gustavo Sangare | Burkina Faso | 1 (0) | 0 | 7 | 574 | |
| Steeve Yago | Burkina Faso | 1 (0) | 0 | 7 | 660 |
Africa Cup of Nations Top Scorers since 2000
This year's current top scorer, Vincent Aboubakar, would have been the top scorer in each of the last 11 AFCON tournaments with his eight goals in seven matches.
Cameroonian Vincent Aboubakar is the first player to score 6+ goals in the Africa Cup of Nations in the 21st century. Leading by example. #AFCON2021 pic.twitter.com/zcHwL31A5o
— #AFCON2021 (@EricNjiiru) January 24, 2022
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| Year | Player | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Odion Ighalo | Nigeria | 5 |
| 2017 | Junior Kabanagna | DR Congo | 3 |
| 2015 | Ahmed Akaichi | Tunisia | 3 |
| Andre Ayew | Ghana | 3 | |
| Javier Balboa | Equatorial Guinea | 3 | |
| Thievy Bifouma | Congo | 3 | |
| Dieumerci Mbokani | DR Congo | 3 | |
| 2013 | Emmanuel Emineke | Nigeria | 4 |
| Mubarek Wakaso | Ghana | 4 | |
| 2012 | Manucho | Angola | 3 |
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Gabon | 3 | |
| Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | 3 | |
| Cheick Diabate | Mali | 3 | |
| Houssine Kharja | Morocco | 3 | |
| Christopher Katongo | Zambia | 3 | |
| Emmanuel Mayuka | Zambia | 3 | |
| 2010 | Gedo | Egypt | 5 |
| 2008 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | 5 |
| 2006 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | 5 |
| 2004 | Frederic Kanoute | Mali | 4 |
| Patrick Mboma | Cameroon | 4 | |
| Jay-Jay Okocha | Nigeria | 4 | |
| Francileudo Santos | Tunisia | 4 | |
| 2002 | Julius Aghahowa | Nigeria | 3 |
| Patrick Mboma | Cameroon | 3 | |
| Salomon Olembé | Cameroon | 3 | |
| 2000 | Shaun Bartlett | South Africa | 5 |