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International Football - African Cup of Nations
Most Goals Scored in a Single Tournament (Player)
This list features the players with the most goals scored in a single African Cup of Nations tournament.
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GOALS SCORED | YEAR |
1 | Badawi Abdelfattah | Egypt | 12 | 1962 |
2 | Ndaye Mulamba | DR Congo | 9 | 1974 |
3 | Laurent Poku | Ivory Coast | 8 | 1970 |
4 | Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | 8 | 2022 |
5 | Hossam Hassan | Egypt | 7 | 1998 |
6 | Benni McCarthy | South Africa | 7 | 1998 |
7 | Hassan El-Shazly | Egypt | 6 | 1963 |
8 | Laurent Poku | Ivory Coast | 6 | 1968 |
9 | Diba | Egypt | 5 | 1957 |
10 | Wilberforce Mfum | Ghana | 5 | 1968 |
11 | Hassan El-Shazly | Egypt | 5 | 1970 |
12 | Fantamady Keita | Mali | 5 | 1972 |
13 | Rashidi Yekini | Nigeria | 5 | 1994 |
14 | Kalusha Bwalya | Zambia | 5 | 1996 |
15 | Shaun Bartlett | South Africa | 5 | 2000 |
16 | Samuel Eto’o | Cameroon | 5 | 2006 |
17 | Samuel Eto’o | Cameroon | 5 | 2008 |
18 | Gedo | Egypt | 5 | 2010 |
19 | Onion Ighalo | Nigeria | 5 | 2019 |
20 | Karl Toko Ekambi | Cameroon | 5 | 2022 |
21 | Emilio Nsue | Equatorial Guinea | 5 | 2024 |
22 | Brahim Diaz | Morocco | 5 | 2025 |
References
Transfermarkt. (2025). Africa Cup of Nations – Goalscorer list 1973. Available at: https://www.transfermarkt.com/africa-cup-of-nations/torschuetzenliste/pokalwettbewerb/AFCN/plus/0/galerie/0?saison_id=1973 (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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