Leading goal scorers at the Africa Cup of Nations 2022

Vincent Aboubakar, playing for the Cameroonian national team, has scored eight goals placing him as the top scorer at the 2020 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Karl Toko Ekambi scored five times, whereas Hellings Mhango, Ibrahima Kone, Sofiane Boufal, and Sadio Mané scored on three different occasions in the competition. Several other players followed with either two or one goal scored and were not included in this list. Among the most valuable players on the African continent, Sadio Mané was the only player who scored over three goals. Originally, the tournament was planned for June and July 2021. However, it was rescheduled twice due to unfavorable weather and the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 AFCON took place in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6, 2021. In the final, Senegal beated Egypt on penalties, winning AFCON for the first time. A Cameroonian all-time leading goal scorerSamuel Eto’o, the retired player and current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation, holds the record of the most goals scored in the AFCON in his 29 different appearances. He managed to net the ball 18 times, placing him four goals above his closest competitor, namely Laurent Pokou from Côte d’Ivoire. Notably, the eight goals that Vincent Aboubakar scored in the 2021 AFCON, increased his overall tally in the tournament to nine goals ranking him among the 14 highest goal scorers in AFCON history. On the pitch since 1957The AFCON tournament was launched in 1957, when Egypt secured the first-ever title after defeating the host country in Khartoum, Sudan. On that occasion, only three teams participated, Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. South Africa was also expected to compete but was disqualified due to the apartheid regime. Since then, Egypt has been the most decorated team on the continent with seven titles. Cameroon and Ghana followed lifting the AFCON cup five and four times, respectively.

在2020年非洲国家杯（AFCON）中，效力于喀麦隆国家队的文森特·阿布巴卡尔凭借打入八球的高效表现，荣膺最佳射手。卡尔·托科·埃坎比五次破门，而赫尔林·姆邦戈、伊布拉希马·孔内、索菲安·布法尔和萨迪奥·曼埃分别在比赛中三次进球。其他一些球员也分别打入两球或一球，但未能进入此列表。在非洲大陆最具价值的球员中，萨迪奥·曼埃是唯一一名进球数超过三球的球员。原定于2021年6月和7月举办的比赛，因不利的天气条件和COVID-19大流行两次调整赛期。2021年AFCON于2021年1月9日至2月6日在喀麦隆举行。在决赛中，塞内加尔通过点球大战击败埃及，首次夺得AFCON冠军。喀麦隆足球史上最佳射手萨穆埃尔·埃托奥，这位退役球员并担任喀麦隆足球协会主席的人，在他的29次不同出场中，打破了AFCON进球记录。他成功地将球射入网窝18次，比他的最接近对手、来自科特迪瓦的劳伦特·波库多进四球。值得注意的是，文森特·阿布巴卡尔在2021年AFCON中打进的八球，使得他在该赛事的总进球数达到九球，位列AFCON历史最佳射手第十四位。自1957年起在绿茵场上竞技，AFCON赛事始于1957年，当时埃及在苏丹的喀土穆击败东道主球队，夺得了首个冠军。在那届比赛中，仅有埃及、苏丹和埃塞俄比亚三支队伍参赛，南非因种族隔离制度被取消参赛资格。自那时起，埃及成为了大陆上最具荣誉的球队，共获得七次冠军。喀麦隆和加纳分别五次和四次举起AFCON奖杯。