CAN 2025: Idrissa Gueye, the king of completed passes!

AFCON 14 January 2026 at 09:35

Imed Ben Amara

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14.01.26 FT AFCON - Africa Cup of Nations

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Senegal international Idrissa Gueye stands atop the leaderboard for completed passes in the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2025).

With 332 completed passes, he leads the pack ahead of Morocco's Nayef Aguerd (304) and Nigeria's Calvin Bassey (291).

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Below is the ranking of key passers at Africa’s showcase tournament.

Idrissa Gueye (Senegal) – Completed passes: 332

Nayef Aguerd (Morocco) – Completed passes: 304

Calvin Bassey (Nigeria) – Completed passes: 291

Olivier Verdon (Benin) – Completed passes: 273

Moussa Niakhaté (Senegal) – Completed passes: 271

Alex Iwobi (Nigeria) – Completed passes: 255

Teboho Mokoena (South Africa) – Completed passes: 252

Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso) – Completed passes: 243

Siyabonga Ngezana (South Africa) – Completed passes: 239

Neil El Aynaoui (Morocco) – Completed passes: 235

Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) – Completed passes: 230

Semi Ajayi (Nigeria) – Completed passes: 225

Krépin Diatta (Senegal) – Completed passes: 221

Hamdy Fathy (Egypt) – Completed passes: 216

Evan Ndicka (Ivory Coast) – Completed passes: 211

Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal) – Completed passes: 206

Ibrahim Sangaré (Ivory Coast) – Completed passes: 206

Montassar Talbi (Tunisia) – Completed passes: 206

Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria) – Completed passes: 200

Odilon Kossounou (Ivory Coast) – Completed passes: 200

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