Following players are all time top scorers of AFCON :
| Serial No. | Players Name | Country | Goals |
| 1 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | 18 |
| 2 | Laurent Pokou | Ivory Coast | 14 |
| 3 | Rashidi Yekini | Nigeria | 13 |
| 4 | Hassan El Shazly | Egypt | 12 |
| 5 | Patrick Mboma | Cameroon | 11 |
| 6 | Hossam Hassan | Egypt | 11 |
| 7 | Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | 11 |
| 8 | Ndaye Mulamba | DR Congo | 10 |
| 9 | Joel Tiéhi | Ivory Coast | 10 |
| 10 | Kalusha Bwalya | Zambia | 10 |
| 11 | Mengistu Worku | Ethiopia | 10 |
| 12 | Francileudo Santos | Tunisia | 10 |
