Who are the all-time Africa Cup of Nations top scorers?

Fate had a role to play as Bwalya missed the flight in 1993 that crashed and killed numerous Zambian national team players. Through an emotional tournament in 1994, the striker led his side to the final as captain.

Popularly known as just "Kalusha", he was the top scorer in the next AFCON tournament with five goals and was subsequently nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year award.

Having 10 goals to his name at the tournament, Mulamba scored a record nine goals in a single edition in 1994. He completed the feat in just six games and inspired the then Zaire (now DR Congo) to the title, along with a brace against hosts Egypt in the semi-finals.

Helping Ethiopia to the title in the 1962 Africa Cup of Nations, he contributed as the top scorer with three goals. Worku remains the country's highest goalscorer with 10 goals across the six editions he was part of.

The infamous former Chelsea forward ended up as runner-up up in both the 2006 and 2012 editions of the tournament where he scored thrice each.

Apart from 11 goals as the tournament, Hassan won gold with Egypt in the 1986, 1998 and 2006 editions. Particularly, in the 1998 AFCON Cup, Hassan was joint top scorer with seven goals. It was then that he scored a hat-trick against Zambia and a brace in the semi-finals against hosts Burkina Faso.

After winning a gold medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics football final against Spain, he emerged as joint top scorer at both the 2022 and 2004 Africa Cup of Nations. Not to forget, Mboma helped Cameroon to the AFCON title in 2000 and 2002.

The 1963 Africa Cup of Nations saw El-Shazly amass six goals. In addition, the Egypt international scored another six goals at the prestigious tournament.

Nigeria's Rashidi Yekini was the leading goalscorer in both the 1992 and 1994 Africa Cup of Nations, winning the tournament in 1994.

A two-time Golden Boot winner in 1968 and 1970, with a combined 14 goals from eight appearances in the back-to-back editions of the AFCON, including a five-goal haul in a game against Ethiopia.

By far the most prolific but not until the 2008 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, Samuel Eto'o won the tournament in 2000 and 2002. He was joint top scorer in 2006 and clinched the Golden Boot in 2008.