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[[File:Ademola Lookman (2019) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Ademola Lookman]] is the latest winner, receiving the award in 2024]]
The '''African Footballer of the Year''' award, presented to the best [[Africa]]n [[association football|footballer]] each year, has been conferred by the [[Confederation of African Football]] (CAF) since 1992.

[[Samuel Eto'o]] and [[Yaya Touré]] have won the award the most times (four wins each). Two-time winner [[Didier Drogba]] is the player with the most runner-up appearances (four), most third place finishes (third), and most appearances in the top three (nine). The France-born [[Frédéric Kanouté]], [[Riyad Mahrez]] and [[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang]] and England-born [[Ademola Lookman]] are the only European-born players to win the award (both Kanouté and Aubameyang initially featured for France's U21 squad before going on to represent [[Mali national football team|Mali]] and [[Gabon national football team|Gabon]], respectively).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080202215544/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/confederations/news/newsid=682981.html#kanoute+named+africas+best Kanoute named Africa's best]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=574199 |title=Furious Drogba Slams CAF Over Kanoute Award And Pulls Out |access-date=5 February 2008 |archive-date=21 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021003751/http://www.goal.com/en-india/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=574199 |url-status=live }}</ref> The winner of the 2024 edition was [[Ademola Lookman]].

== History ==
the Year Golden Ball award was given out between 1970 and 1994 by ''[[France Football]]'' magazine. The changes resulted in parallel Golden Ball awards given out to [[Abedi Pele]] and [[George Weah]] in 1993<ref>{{cite web |date=5 January 2001 |title=African Player of the Year 1993 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy93.html |access-date=9 January 2014 |publisher=Rsssf.com |archive-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924005916/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy93.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and 1994<ref>{{cite web |date=5 January 2001 |title=African Player of the Year 1994 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy94.html |access-date=9 January 2014 |publisher=Rsssf.com |archive-date=2 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002151519/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy94.html |url-status=live }}</ref> by the magazine, although the CAF sponsored awards for those years were won respectively by [[Rashidi Yekini]] and [[Emmanuel Amuneke]], as well as two awards given to Abedi Pele in 1992.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=1 January 2000 |title=African Player of the Year |publisher=[[rsssf.com]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afr-poy.html |access-date=2 July 2013 |archive-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717185332/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afr-poy.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''France Football'' discontinued the election from 1995 after the European [[Ballon d'Or]] – also awarded by the magazine – had been opened to all players in the European leagues.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 January 2000 |title=African Player of the Year |publisher=[[rsssf.com]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afr-poy.html |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717185332/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afr-poy.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1991 the magazine ''Afrique Football'' installed an award. It was discontinued in 2003.<ref name=":0" />

== Winners ==
===''France Football'' award (1970–1994)===

[[File:Salif Keita (1946).jpg|thumb|right|[[Salif Keita (Malian footballer)|Salif Keita]], the first player to win the award in 1970.]]
 
[[File:محمود_الخطيب_ودرع_الدوري_.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Mahmoud El Khatib]] was the first player from Egypt to win the award in 1983.]]
[[File:Milla2008cropped.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Roger Milla]], two-time winner of the award given by ''[[France Football]]''.]]
[[File:Abédi Pélé (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Abedi Pele]], won the award three consecutive times from 1991-1993 and also won both France Football award and new CAF award in 1992.]]

The award by ''[[France Football]]'' magazine  of non-European nationality, the award being given to [[George Weah]] that year. It had already been replaced by an official award given out by the [[Confederation of African Football]] since 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-11 |title=Football: All African Footballers of the Year - Complete list |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/football-all-african-footballers-of-the-year-complete-list |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Olympics.com |archive-date=12 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212023203/https://olympics.com/en/news/football-all-african-footballers-of-the-year-complete-list |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Rank
!Player
!Team
!Points
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1970'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Mali}} '''[[Salif Keïta (Malian footballer)|Salif Keïta]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]'''
|align="center"|'''54'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Laurent Pokou]]
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[ASEC Mimosas|ASEC Abidjan]]
|align="center"|28
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ali Abo Greisha]]
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ismaily SC|Ismaily]]
|align="center"|28
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1971'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''[[Ibrahim Sunday]]'''
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''[[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]]'''
|align="center"|'''29'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Robert Mensah]]
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]]
|align="center"|15
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon|1961}} [[François Ndoumbé]]
|{{flagicon|Cameroon|1961}} [[Canon Yaoundé]]
|align="center"|13
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1972'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} '''[[Chérif Souleymane]]'''
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} '''[[Hafia FC|Hafia]]'''
|align="center"|'''21'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[Bwanga Tshimen]]
|{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[TP Mazembe]]
|align="center"|16
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Petit Sory]]
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Hafia FC|Hafia]]
|align="center"|14
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1973'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Zaire}} '''[[Bwanga Tshimen]]'''
|{{flagicon|Zaire}} '''[[TP Mazembe]]'''
|align="center"|'''49'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[Kazadi Mwamba]]
|{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[TP Mazembe]]
|align="center"|44
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Laurent Pokou]]
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[ASEC Mimosas|ASEC Abidjan]]
|align="center"|41
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1974'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Congo|1970}} '''[[Paul Moukila]]'''
|{{flagicon|Congo|1970}} '''[[CARA Brazzaville]]'''
|align="center"|'''57'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[Lobilo Boba]]
|{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[AS Vita Club|Vita Club]]
|align="center"|32
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hassan Shehata]]
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
|align="center"|28
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1975'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} '''[[Ahmed Faras]]'''
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} '''[[SCC Mohammédia|Mohammédia]]'''
|align="center"|'''28'''
|-
|rowspan="2" scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Roger Milla]]
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Tonnerre Yaoundé]]
|rowspan="2" align="center"|24
|-
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Mamadou Aliou Kéïta]]
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Hafia FC|Hafia]]
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1976'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Roger Milla]]'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Tonnerre Yaoundé]]'''
|align="center"|'''33'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Papa Camara]]
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Hafia FC|Hafia]]
|align="center"|32
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Ali Bencheikh]]
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[MC Alger]]
|align="center"|27
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1977'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Tunisia|1959}} '''[[Tarak Dhiab]]'''
|{{flagicon|Tunisia|1959}} '''[[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance Tunis]]'''
|align="center"|'''45'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Papa Camara]]
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Hafia FC|Hafia]]
|align="center"|33
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Segun Odegbami]]
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Shooting Stars S.C.|Shooting Stars]]
|align="center"|29
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1978'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''[[Karim Abdul Razak]]'''
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''[[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]]'''
|align="center"|'''58'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Ali Bencheikh]]
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[MC Alger]]
|align="center"|33
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Thomas N'Kono]]
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Canon Yaoundé]]
|align="center"|29
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1979'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Thomas N'Kono]]'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Canon Yaoundé]]'''
|align="center"|'''55'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Adolf Armah]]
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.|Hearts of Oak]]
|align="center"|23
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} Kerfalla Bangoura
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Horoya AC|Horoya]]
|align="center"|15
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1980'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Jean Manga-Onguéné]]'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Canon Yaoundé]]'''
|align="center"|'''64'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Segun Odegbami]]
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Shooting Stars S.C.|Shooting Stars]]
|align="center"|41
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Théophile Abega]]
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Canon Yaoundé]]
|align="center"|18
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1981'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} '''[[Lakhdar Belloumi]]'''
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} '''[[GC Mascara]]'''
|align="center"|'''78'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Thomas N'Kono]]
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Canon Yaoundé]]
|align="center"|54
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Ali Fergani]]
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[JS Kabylie]]
|align="center"|26
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1982'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Thomas N'Kono]]'''
|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]]'''
|align="center"|'''83'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Salah Assad]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[FC Mulhouse|Mulhouse]]
|align="center"|54
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Lakhdar Belloumi]]
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[GC Mascara]]
|align="center"|36
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1983'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} '''[[Mahmoud El Khatib]]'''
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} '''[[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]'''
|align="center"|'''98'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Opoku Nti]]
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]]
|align="center"|89
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Togo}} [[Rafiou Moutairou]]
|{{flagicon|Togo}} [[OC Agaza]]
|align="center"|19
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1984'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Théophile Abega]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]]'''
|align="center"|'''124'''
|-
|rowspan="2" scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Joseph-Antoine Bell]]
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC|Al Mokawloon Al Arab]]
|rowspan="2" align="center"|65
|-
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ibrahim Youssef]]
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1985'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} '''[[Mohamed Timoumi]]'''
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} '''[[AS FAR (football)|AS FAR]]'''
|align="center"|'''113'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Rabah Madjer]]
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]
|align="center"|45
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ibrahim Youssef]]
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
|align="center"|39
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1986'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} '''[[Ezzaki Badou]]'''
|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]'''
|align="center"|'''125'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Aziz Bouderbala]]
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[FC Sion|Sion]]
|align="center"|88
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Roger Milla]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]
|align="center"|80
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1987'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} '''[[Rabah Madjer]]'''
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} '''[[FC Porto|Porto]]'''
|align="center"|'''130'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Youssouf Falikou Fofana]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
|align="center"|63
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[François Omam-Biyik]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Stade Lavallois|Laval]]
|align="center"|52
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1988'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Zambia|1964}} '''[[Kalusha Bwalya]]'''
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} '''[[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]]'''
|align="center"|'''111'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Roger Milla]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]
|align="center"|68
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Youssouf Falikou Fofana]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
|align="center"|40
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1989'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} '''[[George Weah]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]'''
|align="center"|'''133'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Joseph-Antoine Bell]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]
|align="center"|105
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Zambia}} [[Kalusha Bwalya]]
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]]
|align="center"|49
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="4"|'''1990'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Roger Milla]]'''
|{{flagicon|Réunion}} '''[[JS Saint-Pierroise|Saint-Pierroise]]'''
|align="center"|'''209'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani]]
|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Aydınspor 1923|Aydınspor]]
|align="center"|64
|-
|rowspan="2" scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Rabah Madjer]]
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]
|rowspan="2" align="center"|60
|-
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[François Omam-Biyik]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]]
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1991'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''[[Abedi Pele]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]'''
|align="center"|'''152'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[George Weah]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
|align="center"|106
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[François Omam-Biyik]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[AS Cannes|Cannes]]
|align="center"|52
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1992'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''[[Abedi Pele]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]'''
|align="center"|'''198'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[George Weah]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|align="center"|161
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Tony Yeboah]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|align="center"|64
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1993'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''[[Abedi Pele]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]'''
|align="center"|'''119'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Tony Yeboah]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|align="center"|117
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Rashidi Yekini]]
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória de Setúbal]]
|align="center"|104
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1994'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} '''[[George Weah]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]'''
|align="center"|'''148'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Emmanuel Amunike]]
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting CP]]
|align="center"|133
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Daniel Amokachi]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
|align="center"|99
|}

=== ''Afrique Football'' award (Etoile d'Or) (1991–2003) ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Rank
!Player
!Team
!Points
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''1991'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Player of the Year 1991 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy91.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.rsssf.org |archive-date=9 January 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010109215800/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy91.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''[[Abedi Pele]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]'''
|align="center"|'''206'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" |2nd
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[George Weah]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
|align="center"|146
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" |3rd
|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Nii Lamptey]]
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
|align="center"|68
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''1992'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Player of the Year 1992 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy92.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.rsssf.org |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220135335/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy92.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''[[Abedi Pele]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]'''
|align="center"|'''192'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" |2nd
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[George Weah]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|align="center"|167
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" |3rd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Alain Gouaméné]]
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Raja CA]]
|align="center"|60
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''1993'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Player of the Year 1993 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy93.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.rsssf.org |archive-date=2 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002155153/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy93.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|'''{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Rashidi Yekini]]'''
|'''{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória de Setúbal]]'''
|align="center"|'''152'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" |2nd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Abedi Pele]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|align="center"|118
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" |3rd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Tony Yeboah]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|align="center"|98
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''1994'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Player of the Year 1994 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy94.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.rsssf.org |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301164405/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy94.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|'''{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Emmanuel Amunike]]'''
|'''{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting CP]]'''
|align="center"|'''178'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" |2nd
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[George Weah]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|align="center"|114
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" |3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Daniel Amokachi]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
|align="center"|97
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
|'''1995'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} '''[[George Weah]]'''
|{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
|'''1996'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Nwankwo Kanu]]'''
|{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
|'''1997'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Victor Ikpeba]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''1998'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Player of the Year 1998 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy98.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.rsssf.org |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220135333/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy98.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} '''[[Mustapha Hadji]]'''
|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" |2nd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Jay-Jay Okocha]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" |3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Sunday Oliseh]]
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|align="center"|–
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
|'''1999'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Nwankwo Kanu]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
|'''2000'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Patrick M'Boma]]'''
|{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
|'''2001'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} '''[[El Hadji Diouf]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[RC Lens|Lens]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''2002'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Player of the Year 2002 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy02.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.rsssf.org |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220135333/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy02.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} '''[[El Hadji Diouf]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]'''
|align="center"|'''186'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" |2nd
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Papa Bouba Diop]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[RC Lens|Lens]]
|align="center"|64
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" |3rd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]
|align="center"|39
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''2003'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Player of the Year 2003 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy03.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.rsssf.org |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220135334/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy03.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Samuel Eto'o]]'''
|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]'''
|align="center"|'''169'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" |2nd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Didier Drogba]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|align="center"|68
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" |3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Jay-Jay Okocha]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]
|align="center"|51
|}

===CAF award (1992–present)===

[[File:Coppa UEFA 1992-93 - Napoli vs PSG - George Weah.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[George Weah]] won the award in 1995 (the same year he was named [[FIFA World Player of the Year]] and also received the [[Ballon d'Or]])]]
[[File:Samuel Eto'o.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Samuel Eto'o]] won the award four times.]]
[[File:Drogba 123.jpg|thumb|upright|200px|[[Didier Drogba]] was the first Ivorian to win the award in 2006.]]
[[File:Yaya Touré (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Yaya Touré]] won the award four consecutive times from 2011 to 2014.]]
[[File:Aubameyang170727.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang]] was the first player from Gabon to win the award in 2015.]]
[[File:Riyad Mahrez - 2014 World Cup.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[Riyad Mahrez]] won his first award in 2016.]]
[[File:Mohamed Salah Ghaly.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Mohamed Salah]] won the award twice in a row, in 2017 and 2018. ]]

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Rank
!Player
!Team
!Points
|-
|align="center"|'''1992'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''[[Abedi Pele]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|'''1993'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" |'''1st'''
|'''{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Rashidi Yekini]]'''
|'''{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória de Setúbal]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1994'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Emmanuel Amunike]]'''
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} '''[[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting CP]]'''
|align="center"|'''48'''
|-
|rowspan="2" scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[George Weah]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|rowspan="2" align="center"|44
|-
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Rashidi Yekini]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1995'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} '''[[George Weah]]'''
|{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Emmanuel Amunike]]
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting CP]]
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Daniel Amokachi]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
|align="center"|–
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1996'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Nwankwo Kanu]]'''
|{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[George Weah]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Daniel Amokachi]]
|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]
|align="center"|–
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1997'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Victor Ikpeba]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]'''
|align="center"|'''56'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Chad}} [[Japhet N'Doram]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
|align="center"|40
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Taribo West]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
|align="center"|35
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1998'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} '''[[Mustapha Hadji]]'''
|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]]'''
|align="center"|'''76'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Jay-Jay Okocha]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|align="center"|74
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Sunday Oliseh]]
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|align="center"|58
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''1999'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Nwankwo Kanu]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]'''
|align="center"|'''46'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Samuel Kuffour]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|44
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Ibrahima Bakayoko]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|align="center"|42
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2000'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Patrick M'Boma]]'''
|{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]]'''
|align="center"|'''123'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Lauren (Cameroonian footballer)|Lauren]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]
|align="center"|36
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]
|align="center"|29
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2001'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} '''[[El Hadji Diouf]]'''
|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[RC Lens|Lens]]'''
|align="center"|'''93'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Samuel Kuffour]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|66
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]
|align="center"|34
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2002'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} '''[[El Hadji Diouf]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]'''
|align="center"|'''93'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Papa Bouba Diop]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[RC Lens|Lens]]
|align="center"|46
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mido (footballer)|Ahmed Hossam Mido]]
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|align="center"|42
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2003'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Samuel Eto'o]]'''
|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Didier Drogba]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Jay-Jay Okocha]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]
|align="center"|–
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2004'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Samuel Eto'o]]'''
|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''116'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Didier Drogba]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|90
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Jay-Jay Okocha]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]
|align="center"|68
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2005'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Samuel Eto'o]]'''
|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''108'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Didier Drogba]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|106
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Michael Essien]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|50
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2006'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} '''[[Didier Drogba]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]'''
|align="center"|'''79'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|76
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Michael Essien]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|36
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2007'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Mali}} '''[[Frédéric Kanouté]]'''
|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Michael Essien]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Didier Drogba]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|–
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2008'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Togo}} '''[[Emmanuel Adebayor]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Arsenal FC|Arsenal]]'''
|align="center"|'''74'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohamed Aboutrika|Mohamed Abou Trika]]
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]
|align="center"|53
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Michael Essien]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|36
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2009'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} '''[[Didier Drogba]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]'''
|align="center"|'''92'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
|align="center"|69
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Michael Essien]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|43
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2010'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Samuel Eto'o]]'''
|{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Asamoah Gyan]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Didier Drogba]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|–
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2011'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} '''[[Yaya Touré]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Mali}} [[Seydou Keita]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[André Ayew]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|align="center"|–
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2012'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} '''[[Yaya Touré]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]'''
|align="center"|'''–'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Didier Drogba]]
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Alex Song]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|–
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2013'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} '''[[Yaya Touré]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]'''
|align="center"|'''373'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Mikel John Obi]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|265
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Didier Drogba]]
|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
|align="center"|236
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2014'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} '''[[Yaya Touré]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]'''
|align="center"|'''175'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Gabon}} [[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]
|align="center"|120
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Vincent Enyeama]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Lille OSC|Lille]]
|align="center"|105
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2015'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Gabon}} '''[[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang]]'''
|{{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Borussia Dortmund]]'''
|align="center"|'''143'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Yaya Touré]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|align="center"|136
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[André Ayew]]
|{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]
|align="center"|112
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2016'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} '''[[Riyad Mahrez]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]'''
|align="center"|'''361'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Gabon}} [[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]
|align="center"|313
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Sadio Mané]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align="center"|186
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2017'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} '''[[Mohamed Salah]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]'''
|align="center"|'''625'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Sadio Mané]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align="center"|507
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Gabon}} [[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]
|align="center"|311
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2018'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} '''[[Mohamed Salah]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]'''
|align="center"|'''567'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Sadio Mané]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align="center"|440
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Gabon}} [[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal FC|Arsenal]]
|align="center"|197
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2019'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} '''[[Sadio Mané]]'''
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]'''
|align="center"|'''477'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohamed Salah]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align="center"|325
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Riyad Mahrez]]
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|align="center"|267
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2022'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} '''[[Sadio Mané]]'''
|{{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]'''
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohamed Salah]]
|{{flagicon|England}}  [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Édouard Mendy]]
|{{flagicon|England}}  [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|–
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2023'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Victor Osimhen]]'''<ref>{{Cite news |title=Victor Osimhen wins African player of the year award |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/67686671 |access-date=11 December 2023 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211203927/https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/67686671 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[SSC Napoli|Napoli]]'''
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Achraf Hakimi]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohamed Salah]]
|{{flagicon|England}}  [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align="center"|–
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''2024'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Ademola Lookman]]'''<ref>{{cite news |title=Lookman, Banda and Williams are big winners at 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco |website=CAF Online |url=https://www.cafonline.com/news/lookman-banda-and-williams-are-big-winners-at-2024-caf-awards-in-marrakech-morocco/ |access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]]'''
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Achraf Hakimi]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|align="center"|–
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Serhou Guirassy]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]
|align="center"|–
|}

==Multiple winners==
<sup>* Players in bold are currently active</sup>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Player 
!style="background-color: gold"|Winner
!style="background-color: silver"|Runner-up
!style="background-color: #cc9966"|Third place
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]||4||2||2
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Yaya Touré]]||4||1||0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|LBR}} [[George Weah]]||3||4||0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Abedi Pele]]||3||0||0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Didier Drogba]]||2||4||3
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Roger Milla]]||2||2||1
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|EGY}} '''[[Mohamed Salah]]'''||2||2||1
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|SEN}} '''[[Sadio Mané]]'''||2||2||1
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Thomas N'Kono]]||2||1||1
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Nwankwo Kanu]]||2||0||0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|SEN}} [[El Hadji Diouf]]||2||0||0
|}

== Awards won by nationality ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Nation
!Winners
!Runners-up
!Third places
|-
| {{fb|CMR}} ||align=center|11||align=center|8 ||align=center|10
|-
| {{fb|NGA}} ||align=center|7 || align="center" |6 ||align=center|10
|-
| {{fb|GHA}} ||align=center|6 ||align=center|8||align=center|7
|-
| {{fb|CIV}} ||align=center|6 ||align=center|7 ||align=center|6
|-
| {{fb|SEN}} ||align=center|4 ||align=center|3 ||align=center|2
|-
| {{fb|MAR}} ||align=center|4 ||align=center|3 || align="center" |0
|-
| {{fb|ALG}} ||align=center|3 ||align=center|4 ||align=center|5
|-
|{{fb|EGY}}|| align="center" |3 || align="center" |4 || align="center" |5
|-
| {{fb|LBR}} ||align=center|3 ||align=center|4 ||align=center|0
|-
| {{fb|MLI}} ||align=center|2 ||align=center|1 ||align=center|0
|-
| {{fb|GUI}} ||align=center|1 ||align=center|3 ||align=center|3
|-
| {{fb|COD}} ||align=center|1 ||align=center|3 ||align=center|0
|-
| {{fb|GAB}} ||align=center|1 ||align=center|2 ||align=center|2
|-
| {{fb|TOG}} ||align=center|1 ||align=center|0 ||align=center|1
|-
| {{fb|ZAM}} ||align=center|1 ||align=center|0 ||align=center|1
|-
|{{fb|CGO}} ||align=center|1 ||align=center|0 ||align=center|0
|-
|{{fb|TUN}} ||align=center|1 ||align=center|0 ||align=center|0
|-
|{{fb|CHA}} ||align=center|0 ||align=center|1 ||align=center|0
|}

== Awards won by club ==
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Winners
!rowspan=2|Runners-up
!rowspan=2|Third places
!colspan=3|Players
|-
!{{small|Winners}}
!{{small|Runner-ups}}
!{{small|Third places}}
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]||align=center|4||align=center|4||align=center|2||{{small|[[Mohamed Salah|M. Salah]]}} (2), {{small|[[El Hadji Diouf|H. Diouf]]}}, {{small|[[Sadio Mané|S. Mané]]}}||{{small|[[Sadio Mané|S. Mané]]}} (2), {{small|[[Mohamed Salah|M. Salah]]}} (2)||{{small|[[Sadio Mané|S. Mané]]}}, {{small|[[Mohamed Salah|M. Salah]]}}
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]||align=center|4||align=center|1||align=center|1||{{small|[[Yaya Touré|Y. Touré]]}} (4)||{{small|[[Yaya Touré|Y. Touré]]}}||{{small|[[Riyad Mahrez|R. Mahrez]]}}
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]||align=center|3||align=center|1||align=center|2||{{small|[[Abedi Pele]]}} (3)||{{small|[[Didier Drogba|D. Drogba]]}}||{{small|[[Ibrahima Bakayoko|I. Bakayoko]]}}, {{small|[[André Ayew|A. Ayew]]}}
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]||align=center|2||align=center|4||align=center|6||{{small|[[Didier Drogba|D. Drogba]]}} (2)||{{small|[[Didier Drogba|D. Drogba]]}} (2), {{small|[[Michael Essien|M. Essien]]}}, {{small|[[Mikel John Obi|M. J. Obi]]}}||{{small|[[Michael Essien|M. Essien]]}} (4), {{small|[[Didier Drogba|D. Drogba]]}} (2)
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]||align=center|2||align=center|3||align=center|1||{{small|[[George Weah|G. Weah]]}}, {{small|[[Victor Ikpeba|V. Ikpeba]]}}||{{small|[[Youssouf Falikou Fofana|Y. Fofana]]}}, {{small|[[George Weah|G. Weah]]}}, {{small|[[Japhet N'Doram|J. N'Doram]]}}||{{small|[[Youssouf Falikou Fofana|Y. Fofana]]}}
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]||align=center|2||align=center|2||align=center|1||{{small|[[Samuel Eto'o|S. Eto'o]]}} (2)||{{small|[[Samuel Eto'o|S. Eto'o]]}}, {{small|[[Seydou Keita|Se. Keita]]}}||{{small|[[Alex Song|A. Song]]}}
|-
| {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Asante Kotoko SC|Asante Kotoko]]||align=center|2||align=center|2||align=center|–||{{small|[[Karim Abdul Razak|K. Abdul Razak]]}}, {{small|[[Ibrahim Sunday|I. Sunday]]}}||{{small|[[Robert Mensah|R. Mensah]]}}, {{small|[[Opoku Nti|O. Nti]]}}||
|-
| {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Canon Yaoundé]]||align=center|2||align=center|1||align=center|3||{{small|[[Jean Manga-Onguéné|J. Manga-Onguéné]]}}, {{small|[[Thomas N'Kono|T. N'Kono]]}}||{{small|[[Thomas N'Kono|T. N'Kono]]}}||{{small|[[Théophile Abega|T. Abega]]}}, {{small|[[François Ndoumbé|F. Ndoumbé]]}}, {{small|[[Thomas N'Kono|T. N'Kono]]}}
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]||align=center|2||align=center|1||align=center|2||{{small|[[Ezzaki Badou|E. Badou]]}}, {{small|[[Samuel Eto'o|S. Eto'o]]}}||{{small|[[Lauren (Cameroonian footballer)|Lauren]]}}||{{small|[[Samuel Eto'o|S. Eto'o]]}} (2)
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]||align=center|2||align=center|1||align=center|1||{{small|[[Samuel Eto'o|S. Eto'o]]}}, {{small|[[Nwankwo Kanu|N. Kanu]]}}||{{small|[[Samuel Eto'o|S. Eto'o]]}}||{{small|[[Taribo West|T. West]]}}
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]||align=center|2||align=center|–||align=center|1||{{small|[[Emmanuel Adebayor|E. Adebayor]]}}, {{small|[[Nwankwo Kanu|N. Kanu]]}}|| ||{{small|[[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang|P. E. Aubameyang]]}}
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]||align=center|1||align=center|4||align=center|–||{{small|[[George Weah|G. Weah]]}}||{{small|[[George Weah|G. Weah]]}}, {{small|[[Jay-Jay Okocha|A. Okocha]]}}, {{small|[[Achraf Hakimi|A. Hakimi]]}} (2)||
|-
| {{flagicon|GUI}} [[Hafia FC|Hafia]]||align=center|1||align=center|2||align=center|2||{{small|[[Chérif Souleymane|C. Souleymane]]}}||{{small|[[Papa Camara|P. Camara]]}} (2)||{{small|[[Petit Sory|P. Sory]]}}, {{small|[[Mamadou Aliou Kéïta|M. A. Kéïta]]}}
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]||align=center|1||align=center|2||align=center|2||{{small|[[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang|P. E. Aubameyang]]}}||{{small|[[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang|P. E. Aubameyang]]}} (2)||{{small|[[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang|P. E. Aubameyang]]}}, {{small|[[Serhou Guirassy|S. Guirassy]]}}
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]||align=center|1||align=center|2||align=center|–||{{small|[[Sadio Mané|S. Mané]]}}||{{small|[[Samuel Kuffour|S. Kuffour]]}} (2)||
|-
| {{flagicon|COD}} [[TP Mazembe]]||align=center|1||align=center|2||align=center|–||{{small|[[Bwanga Tshimen|B. Tshimen]]}}||{{small|[[Bwanga Tshimen|B. Tshimen]]}}, {{small|[[Kazadi Mwamba|K. Mwamba]]}}||
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||{{small|[[Rabah Madjer|R. Madjer]]}}||{{small|[[Rabah Madjer|R. Madjer]]}}||{{small|[[Rabah Madjer|R. Madjer]]}}
|-
| {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]||align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center|0||{{small|[[Mahmoud El Khatib|M. El Khatib]]}}||{{small|[[Mohamed Abou Trika|M. Abou Trika]]}}||
|-
| {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Tonnerre Yaoundé]]||align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center|–||{{small|[[Roger Milla|R. Milla]]}}||{{small|[[Roger Milla|R. Milla]]}}||
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[RC Lens|Lens]]||align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center|–||{{small|[[El Hadji Diouf|E-H. Diouf]]}}||{{small|[[Papa Bouba Diop|P. B. Diop]]}}||
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]||align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center|–||{{small|[[George Weah|G. Weah]]}}||{{small|[[George Weah|G. Weah]]}}||
|-
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Sporting CP]]||align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center|–||{{small|[[Emmanuel Amunike|E. Amunike]]}}||{{small|[[Emmanuel Amunike|E. Amunike]]}}||
|-
| {{flagicon|ALG}} [[GC Mascara]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|1||{{small|[[Lakhdar Belloumi|L. Belloumi]]}}|| ||{{small|[[Lakhdar Belloumi|L. Belloumi]]}}
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Kalusha Bwalya|K. Bwalya]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|CGO}} [[CARA Brazzaville]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Paul Moukila|P. Moukila]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Riyad Mahrez|R. Mahrez]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Salif Keïta (Malian footballer)|S. Keïta]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Théophile Abega|T. Abega]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Patrick M'Boma|P. M'Boma]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|MAR}} [[AS FAR (football)|AS FAR]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Mohamed Timoumi|M. Timoumi]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|MAR}} [[SCC Mohammédia]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Ahmed Faras|A. Faras]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Vitória de Setúbal]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Rashidi Yekini|R. Yekini]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|REU|local}} [[JS Saint-Pierroise]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Roger Milla|R. Milla]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Mustapha Hadji|M. Hadji]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Thomas N'Kono|T. N'Kono]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Frédéric Kanouté|F. Kanouté]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|TUN}} [[ES Tunis]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Tarak Dhiab|T. Dhiab]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Victor Osimhen|V. Osimhen]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]]||align=center|1||align=center|–||align=center|–||{{small|[[Ademola Lookman|A. Lookman]]}}|| ||
|-
| {{flagicon|ALG}} [[MC Alger]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|CIV}} [[ASEC Mimosas]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Shooting Stars S.C.|Shooting Stars]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai Shenhua]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|–
|-
| {{flagicon|COD}} [[AS Vita Club|Vita Club]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|–
|-
| {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC|Al Mokawloon Al Arab]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|–
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|–
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|–
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[FC Mulhouse]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|–
|-
| {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Hearts of Oak SC|Hearts of Oak]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|–
|-
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[FC Sion]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|–
|-
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Aydınspor 1923|Aydınspor]]||align=center|–||align=center|1||align=center|–
|-
| {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]||align=center|–||align=center|1|| align="center" |2
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|2
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|2
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|2
|-
| {{flagicon|ALG}} [[JS Kabylie]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ismaily SC|Ismaily]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[AS Cannes|Cannes]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Lavallois]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lille OSC|Lille]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|GUI}} [[Horoya AC]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[PSV Eindhoven]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|TOG}} [[OC Agaza]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|-
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]||align=center|–||align=center|–||align=center|1
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Football in Africa}}
* [[African Women's Footballer of the Year]]
* [[BBC African Footballer of the Year]]
* [[CAF Awards]]
* [[List of sport awards]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{African football}}
{{African Footballer of the Year}}

[[Category:African Footballer of the Year winners| ]]
[[Category:France Football awards]]
[[Category:Confederation of African Football trophies and awards]]
[[Category:African football trophies and awards]]
[[Category:Association football player of the year awards|*Africa]]