
AFCON 2022 top goal scorers: Updated golden boot rankings at Africa Cup of Nations
The 2022 Africa Cup of Nations has progressed into the second round of group stage matches, and one name stands out above the rest on the goalscoring table.
Captain Vincent Aboubakar of host nation Cameroon is on a tear to start the tournament, scoring five goals total, including at least one in each of his country’s three matches to put himself atop the list of players in a typically low-scoring tournament.
His Cameroon teammate, Karl Toko Ekambi of Lyon, is right there behind him on two goals and he’s joined by three other players: Malawi’s Gabadinho Mhango, who plies his trade with Orlando Pirates in South Africa, and scored a brace against Zimbabwe; Sarpsborg’s Ibrahima Kone, who has two penalties to his name; and Saint-Etienne and Tunisia attacker Wahbi Khazri.
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Liverpool star Sadio Mane has just one goal in two matches, and he and club teammate Mohamed Salah (one goal) are still well behind if they hope to challenge for the top spot. Man City attacker Riyad Mahrez was locked down in his opening match for Algeria, while Sebastien Haller finally got on the board in Ivory Coast’s second group match.
AFCON 2022 Top Scorers
Below is the AFCON 2022 top scorer rankings featuring the 37 goal scorers in the tournament who have contributed all 45 total goals seen thus far. There have also been a total of eight penalty kicks scored.
As in the case of other international tournaments, players with the same number of total goals scored are ranked by total assists and then by fewest minutes played. When assists and minutes played are even, they are arranged in alphabetical order.
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Rank | Player | Country | Goals (PKs) | Assists | Matches | Mins |
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1. | Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | 5 (2) | 0 | 3 | 257 |
2. | Gabadinho Mhango | Malawi | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 | 90 |
Karl Toko Ekambi | Cameroon | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 | 139 | |
Ibrahima Kone | Mali | 2 (2) | 0 | 2 | 163 | |
Wahbi Khazri | Tunisia | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 | 170 | |
6. | Samuel Chukwueze | Nigeria | 1 (0) | 1 | 2 | 118 |
Musa Barrow | Gambia | 1 (1) | 1 | 2 | 180 | |
Moses Simon | Nigeria | 1 (0) | 1 | 2 | 180 | |
Max Gradel | Ivory Coast | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 71 | |
Dawa Hotessa | Ethiopia | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 73 | |
Seifeddine Jaziri | Tunisia | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 80 | |
Musa Kamara | Sierra Leone | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 | 90 | |
Alhaji Kamara | Sierra Leone | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 91 | |
Hassane Bande | Burkina Faso | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 94 | |
Jim Allevinah | Gabon | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 103 | |
Nicolas Pepe | Ivory Coast | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 109 | |
Zakaria Aboukhlal | Morocco | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 115 | |
Kelechi Iheanacho | Nigeria | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 145 | |
Ablie Jallow | Gambia | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 147 | |
Taiwo Awoniyi | Nigeria | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 154 | |
Sebastien Haller | Ivory Coast | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 154 | |
Getaneh Kebede | Ethiopia | 1 (1) | 0 | 3 | 158 | |
Gustavo Sangare | Burkina Faso | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 159 | |
Sofiane Boufal | Morocco | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 166 | |
Aaron Boupendza | Gabon | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 168 | |
Ishmael Wadi | Zimbabwe | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 174 | |
Julio Tavares | Cape Verde | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 176 | |
Selim Amallah | Morocco | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 180 | |
Andre Ayew | Ghana | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 180 | |
Walieldin Khidir | Sudan | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 180 | |
Sadio Mane | Senegal | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 180 | |
Hamza Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 180 | |
Esteban Orozco | Eq. Guinea | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 180 | |
Mohamed Salah | Egypt | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 180 | |
Issiaga Sylla | Guinea | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 180 | |
Cyrille Bayala | Burkina Faso | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 | 212 |
Africa Cup of Nations Top Scorers since 2000
This year’s current top scorer would already be the top scorer in six of the last 11 AFCON tournaments with Aboubakar scoring four goals in just two matches.
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Year | Player | Country | Goals |
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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 |