As the AFCON finals continue to draw closer, the excitement around the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco keeps growing. The race for the Golden Boot and the bragging rights that come with it has never felt this close.
With the Round of 16 now underway and the margins tighter than ever, goals are proving to be decisive. It is the perfect time to take a closer look at the tournament’s biggest names — especially from Nigeria — and highlight the highest goal scorers for the Super Eagles, as well as the players currently leading the scoring charts.
Nigeria’s AFCON 2025 Top Scorers (After the Round of 16)
These are the highest goal scorers for the Nigerian Super Eagles, according to AFCON.
- Ademola Lookman (Nigeria)
- Matches played: 2
- Goals scored: 2
- Raphael Onyedika (Nigeria)
- Matches played: 1
- Goals scored: 2
AFCON 2025 Top Scorers (After the Round of 16)
Players on Three and Four Goals
These are players who have scored between three and four goals in AFCON 2025 so far:
- Brahim Díaz (Morocco)
- Matches played: 4
- Goals scored: 4
- Lassine Sinayoko (Mali)
- Matches played: 4
- Goals scored: 3
- Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco)
- Matches played: 4
- Goals scored: 3
- Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
- Matches played: 2
- Goals scored: 3
Players on Two Goals
These are players in AFCON 2025 who have scored at least two goals:
- Christian Kofane (Cameroon)
- Matches played: 3
- Goals scored: 2
- Pape Gueye (Senegal)
- Matches played: 3
- Goals scored: 2
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
- Matches played: 2
- Goals scored: 2
- Lyle Foster (South Africa)
- Matches played: 4
- Goals scored: 2
- Oswin Appollis (South Africa)
- Matches played: 4
- Goals scored: 2
- Ademola Lookman (Nigeria)
- Matches played: 2
- Goals scored: 2
- Elias Achouri (Tunisia)
- Matches played: 4
- Goals scored: 2
- Raphael Onyedika (Nigeria)
- Matches played: 1
- Goals scored: 2
- Gaël Kakuta (DR Congo)
- Matches played: 1
- Goals scored: 2
- Chérif Ndiaye (Senegal)
- Matches played: 2
- Goals scored: 2
- Nicolas Jackson (Senegal)
- Matches played: 3
- Goals scored: 2
- Ibrahim Maza (Algeria)
- Matches played: 3
- Goals scored: 2
- Amad Diallo (Côte d’Ivoire)
- Matches played: 3
- Goals scored: 2
- Geny Catamo (Mozambique)
- Matches played: 3
- Goals scored: 2
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