Goals often decide the course of the Africa Cup and the race for the Golden Boot is always one of the tournament’s most exciting storylines. On this page, you will find an overview of the top scorers at AFCON 2025, the goals per nation and the statistics from the qualifiers.
Top Scorers AFCON 2025
| # | Player | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | B. Díaz |  Morocco | 5 |
| 2. | M. Salah |  Egypt | 4 |
| 3. | V. Osimhen |  Nigeria | 4 |
| 4. | A. Lookman | Nigeria | 3 |
| 5. | A. Diallo |  Côte d’Ivoire | 3 |
| 6. | R. Mahrez |  Algeria | 3 |
| 7. | L. Sinayoko |  Mali | 3 |
| 8. | A. El Kaabi | Morocco | 3 |
| 9. | P. Gueye |  Senegal | 3 |
| 10. | B. Touré | Côte d’Ivoire | 2 |
Goals per Country AFCON 2025
| # | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nigeria | 14 |
| 2. | Senegal | 13 |
| 3. | Côte d’Ivoire | 10 |
| 4. | Morocco | 9 |
| 5. | Egypt | 9 |
| 6. | Algeria | 8 |
| 7. |  Tunisia | 7 |
| 8. |  Cameroon | 6 |
| 9. |  South Africa | 6 |
| 10. |  DR Congo | 5 |
Top Scorers Qualification
Here you will find the top 10 scorers from the AFCON 2025 qualifiers, a stage that saw an impressive 314 goals scored in total.
| # | Player | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | B. Díaz | Morocco | 7 |
| 2. | S. Guirassy |  Guinea | 6 |
| 3. | A. Gouiri |  Algeria | 5 |
| 4. | M. Trézéguet | Egypt | 4 |
| 5. | K. Musonda |  Zambia | 4 |
| 6. | J. Krasso |  Côte d’Ivoire | 3 |
| 7. | O. Diakité | Côte d’Ivoire | 3 |
| 8. | R. Mendes |  Cape Verde | 3 |
| 9. | V. Aboubakar | Cameroon | 3 |
| 10. | S. Rahimi | Morocco | 3 |
Goals per Country Qualification
In the road to AFCON 2025, each nation’s top scorers made the difference in securing qualification. Below is the top 10 of the highest-scoring countries, showing just how important those goals were in earning a place at the tournament.
| # | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Morocco | 26 |
| 2. | Algeria | 18 |
| 3. | South Africa | 16 |
| 4. | Egypt | 12 |
| 5. | Côte d’Ivoire | 12 |
| 6. |  Burkina Faso | 10 |
| 7. | Mali | 10 |
| 8. |  Senegal | 10 |
| 9. | Guinea | 9 |
| 10. |  Mozambique | 9 |