The 2022 Africa Cup of Nations is approaching the quarter-finals, and with eight matches remaining, one name still stands out above the rest on the scoring charts.
Captain Vincent Aboubakar of the host country Cameroon are on the verge of starting the tournament, scoring a total of six goals, including at least one in each of his nation’s matches in four matches to top the list of players.
But Aboubakar’s Cameroon teammate, Karl Toko Ekambi of Lyon, five goals behind him after scoring twice against the Gambia in the quarter-finals.
Mali’s Ibrahima Kone (three penalties) and Malawi .’s Gabadinho Mango scored three goals, but those players would not play another game in the tournament after their team was eliminated in Round 16. There was a group of nine players chasing two goals, with six of them. is still active.
Liverpool star Sadio Mane scored the second goal of the tournament in the Round of 16, while his club teammates Mohamed Salah still stuck on a target. Both look like long-range shots in contention for the top spot at this point. Man City attacker Riyad Mahrez Didn’t score a single goal (he actually missed a penalty) as Algeria were eliminated in the group stage.
THAN: Round of 16 fixtures
6 – Vincent Aboubakar has scored six goals in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, the most for a player in a single tournament since Benni McCarthy (South Africa) and Hossem Hassan (Egypt) in 1998 (7 table per person). Unstoppable. #CAMCOR #TeamCameroon pic.twitter.com/El1iQFlFeb
– OptaJean (@OptaJean) January 24, 2022
AFCON 2022 Top Scorer
Here is the AFCON 2022 Top Scorer standings with 58 goalscorers in the tournament, who have contributed 78 of the total 80 goals witnessed so far (two of the 80 are own goals). home of Nayef Aguerd of Morocco and Adama Guira of Burkina Faso). There were also a total of nine penalties scored.
As is the case with other international tournaments, players with the same total number of goals scored are ranked below by total assists and then the fewest minutes played. When the number of assists and the number of minutes played are even, the names are arranged in alphabetical order.
THAN: AFCON 2022 group rankings
| Places | Player | nation | Target (PK) | Support | Matches | Minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first. | Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | 6 (2) | first | 4 | 334 |
| 2. | Karl Toko Ekambi | Cameroon | 5 (0) | 0 | 5 | 286 |
| 3. | Gabadinho Mango | Malawi | 3 (0) | 0 | 3 | 270 |
| Ibrahima Kone | Mali | 3 (3) | 0 | 4 | 322 | |
| 5. | Musa Barrow | Gambia | 2 (1) | 2 | 4 | 360 |
| Wahbi Khazri | Tunisia | 2 (0) | first | 3 | 174 | |
| Nicolas Pepe | Ivory Coast | 2 (0) | first | 4 | 314 | |
| Ahmed Mogni | Comoros | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 | 156 | |
| Jim Allevinah | Gabon | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 | 242 | |
| Allie Jallow | Gambia | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 | 256 | |
| Sofiane Boufal | Morocco | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 | 279 | |
| Sadio Mane | Senegal | 2 (1) | 0 | 4 | 340 | |
| Achraf Hakimi | Morocco | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 | 360 | |
| 14. | Selim Amallah | Morocco | ten) | 3 | 4 | 329 |
| Bertrand Traore | Burkina Faso | ten) | first | 3 | 257 | |
| Kelechi Iheanacho | Nigeria | ten) | first | 4 | 289 | |
| Moses Simon | Nigeria | ten) | first | 4 | 333 | |
| Sebastien Haller | Ivory Coast | ten) | first | 4 | 349 | |
| Ibrahim Sangare | Ivory Coast | ten) | first | 4 | 352 | |
| El Fardou Ben | Comoros | ten) | first | 4 | 360 | |
| Richmond Boatye | Ghana | ten) | 0 | 2 | thirty first | |
| Ahmadou Bamba Dieng | Senegal | ten) | 0 | 2 | 50 | |
| Kudakwashe Mahachi | Zimbabwe | ten) | 0 | 2 | ninety four | |
| Umar Sadiq | Nigeria | ten) | 0 | 4 | 98 | |
| Zakaria Aboukhlal | Morocco | ten) | 0 | 3 | 117 | |
| Alhaji Kamara | Sierra Leone | ten) | 0 | 3 | 128 | |
| Youssef Msakni | Tunisia | ten) | 0 | 3 | 129 | |
| Dawa Hotessa | Ethiopia | ten) | 0 | 2 | 134 | |
| Getaneh Kebede | Ethiopia | 1 (1) | 0 | 3 | 158 | |
| Ishmael Wadi | Zimbabwe | ten) | 0 | 2 | 174 | |
| Musa Kamara | Sierra Leone | ten) | 0 | 2 | 180 | |
| Sofiane Bendebka | Algeria | ten) | 0 | 3 | 188 | |
| Julio Tavares | Cape Verde | ten) | 0 | 3 | 191 | |
| Samuel Chukwueze | Nigeria | ten) | 0 | 3 | 192 | |
| Youssef En-Nesyri | Morocco | ten) | 0 | 3 | 203 | |
| Andre Ayew | Ghana | ten) | 0 | 3 | 205 | |
| Cyrille Bayala | Burkina Faso | ten) | 0 | 3 | 212 | |
| Musona of knowledge | Zimbabwe | ten) | 0 | 3 | 212 | |
| Taiwan Awoniyi | Nigeria | ten) | 0 | 3 | 214 | |
| Max Gradel | Ivory Coast | ten) | 0 | 3 | 232 | |
| Hamza Mathlouthi | Tunisia | ten) | 0 | 3 | 237 | |
| Hassane Bande | Burkina Faso | ten) | 0 | 4 | 243 | |
| Seifeddine Jaziri | Tunisia | ten) | 0 | 4 | 256 | |
| Garry Rodrigues | Cape Verde | ten) | 0 | 4 | 263 | |
| Issiaga Sylla | Guinea | ten) | 0 | 3 | 268 | |
| Alexander Djiku | Ghana | ten) | 0 | 3 | 270 | |
| Naby Keita | Guinea | ten) | 0 | 3 | 270 | |
| Walieldin Khidir | Sudan | 1 (1) | 0 | 3 | 270 | |
| Franck Kessie | Ivory Coast | ten) | 0 | 4 | 273 | |
| Gustavo Sangare | Burkina Faso | ten) | 0 | 4 | 304 | |
| Mohamed Abdelmonem | Egypt | ten) | 0 | 4 | 333 | |
| Youssouf M’Changama | Comoros | ten) | 0 | 4 | 360 | |
| William Troost-Ekong | Nigeria | ten) | 0 | 4 | 360 | |
| Aaron Boupendza | Gabon | ten) | 0 | 4 | 379 | |
| Pablo Ganet | Guinean equation | ten) | 0 | 4 | 390 | |
| Massadio Haidara | Mali | ten) | 0 | 4 | 390 | |
| Esteban Orozco | Guinean equation | ten) | 0 | 4 | 390 | |
| Mohamed Salah | Egypt | ten) | 0 | 4 | 390 |
Vincent Aboubaker has now scored six goals at # AFCON2021 – if he can score four more then he will become the highest goalscorer at AFCON ever.
The current record is nine, from Zaire’s Ndaye Mulamba in 1974. pic.twitter.com/A5MhCM2jY4
– Joe Crann (@YesWeCrann) January 24, 2022
Top scorer in Africa Cup of Nations since 2000
This year’s current top scorer, Vincent Aboubakar, has been top scorer in each of the last 11 AFCON tournaments with six goals in four games. He will return to action on Saturday in the quarterfinals as he looks to add to his total.
THAN: AFCON 2022 Matches & Highlights Today
| Five | Player | nation | Goal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| two thousand and thirteen | 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 |
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