As the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 moves added into the knockout phase, the chase for the Golden Boot is alpha to booty shape. With the Round of 16 now beneath way and the margins tighter than ever, goals are proving absolute — and a accustomed mix of accustomed stars and arising names are arch the scoring charts.
At the top of the account stands Brahim Díaz, whose access has developed with anniversary casual match. The Morocco advanced leads the scoring archive with four goals in four matches, continuing his outstanding anatomy on home soil. His bang adjoin Tanzania in the Round of 16 not alone beatific the hosts into the quarter-finals but additionally pushed him bright at the acme of the ambition scorers’ table, underlining his accent to Morocco’s appellation ambitions.
Close abaft is Lassine Sinayoko of Mali, who has addled three goals in four matches. His constant finishing beyond the accumulation date ensured Mali’s advance and has kept them aggressive in a deeply contested tournament. Sinayoko’s goals accept generally accustomed at key moments, absorption Mali’s adeptness to abide alarming alike back beneath pressure.
Morocco are acerb represented amid the arch scorers, with Ayoub El Kaabi additionally on three goals from four matches. His concrete attendance and adeptness in the amends breadth accept complemented Díaz’s creativity, giving the hosts one of the best counterbalanced advancing units in the antagonism so far.
Riyad Mahrez charcoal Algeria’s arch threat, accepting denticulate three goals in aloof two matches. Despite bound minutes, the Algerian captain’s aciculate finishing has already afresh accent his adeptness to change amateur bound — a affection that could prove basic as the clash intensifies.
Beyond the top four, a ample accumulation of players are bound on two goals, illustrating aloof how aggressive the scoring chase has become. Cameroon jailbait Christian Kofane, Senegal’s Pape Gueye, Egypt captain Mohamed Salah, Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman, and South Africa duo Lyle Foster and Oswin Appollis are all amid those befitting pace.
Several of these players are still alive in the knockout rounds, acceptation the standings could about-face badly in the advancing days.
With quarter-final places on the band and defences tightening, every ambition now carries added weight — not aloof for aggregation success, but for alone honours as well.
As AFCON 2025 enters its best absolute stage, history suggests that the Golden Boot champ generally emerges from teams that go abysmal into the competition.
With Morocco, Senegal, Cameroon and others still durably in contention, the action amid the tournament’s sharpest finishers is far from settled.
AFCON 2025 Top Scorers (after the Round of 16)
(M = Matches played, G = Goals)
Brahim Díaz (Morocco) – M: 4 | G: 4
Ademola Lookman (Nigeria) – M: 3 | G: 3
Lassine Sinayoko (Mali) – M: 4 | G: 3
Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco) – M: 4 | G: 3
Mohamed Salah (Egypt) – M: 3 | G: 3
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) – M: 2 | G: 3
Victor Osimhen (Nigeria) – M: 3 | G: 3
On two goals:
Christian Kofane (Cameroon) – M: 3 | G: 2
Pape Gueye (Senegal) – M: 3 | G: 2
Mohamed Salah (Egypt) – M: 2 | G: 2
Lyle Foster (South Africa) – M: 4 | G: 2
Oswin Appollis (South Africa) – M: 4 | G: 2
Elias Achouri (Tunisia) – M: 4 | G: 2
Raphael Onyedika (Nigeria) – M: 1 | G: 2
Gaël Kakuta (DR Congo) – M: 1 | G: 2
Chérif Ndiaye (Senegal) – M: 2 | G: 2
Nicolas Jackson (Senegal) – M: 3 | G: 2
Ibrahim Maza (Algeria) – M: 3 | G: 2
Amad Diallo (Côte d’Ivoire) – M: 3 | G: 2
Geny Catamo (Mozambique) – M: 3 | G: 2
This account will be adapted as the clash progresses and added knockout matches are played.