CAN 2025: The top scorers ranking ahead of the final

AFCON 15 January 2026 at 14:30

Imed Ben Amara

News Editor

18.01.26 FT AFCON - Africa Cup of Nations

Senegal

1

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Morocco

3

For the first time in this CAN 2025, Brahim Diaz was kept quiet. The tournament's top scorer couldn’t break through the Nigerian defense.

Up against the rock-solid Nigerian backline, Brahim Diaz failed to find the net—something he had managed to do in each of the first five matches of CAN 2025.

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The only goal of the semi-finals was scored by Sadio Mané, who now has two goals in the tournament.

The golden boot will be decided from a distance between Moroccan finalists Brahim Diaz and Ayoub El Kaabi, Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, and Nigerian duo Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman, who still have a third-place playoff to contest.

Here's the top scorers ranking ahead of the final:

1- Brahim Díaz (Morocco): 5 goals

2- Mohamed Salah (Egypt): 4

3- Victor Osimhen (Nigeria): 4

4- Ademola Lookman (Nigeria): 3

5- Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast): 3

6- Riyad Mahrez (Algeria): 3

7- Lassine Sinayoko (Mali): 3

8- Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco): 3

9- Bazoumana Touré (Ivory Coast): 2

10- Ibrahim Maza (Algeria): 2

11- Gaël Kakuta (DR Congo): 2

12- Sadio Mané (Senegal): 2

13- Pape Gueye (Senegal): 2

14- Raphael Onyedika (Nigeria): 2

15- Omar Marmoush (Egypt): 2

16- Geny Catamo (Mozambique): 2

17- Oswin Appollis (South Africa): 2

18- Lyle Foster (South Africa): 2

19- Elias Achouri (Tunisia): 2

20- Akor Adams (Nigeria): 2

21- Nicolas Jackson (Senegal): 2

22- Chérif Ndiaye (Senegal): 2

23- Christian Kofane (Cameroon): 2

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