With the most recent phase of CAF 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers having just concluded, we wanted to highlight the eight most prolific attackers in Africa thus far.
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Yet another enthralling phase of World Cup qualification has just concluded in Africa. Many teams have begun separating themselves at the top of their respective groups in the hopes of attaining that highly coveted automatic qualification spot as quickly as possible.
One of the team's that have an unbeaten record in qualifiers are the record African champions in Egypt. The Pharaohs have won three of their four matches thus far in Group A and while they build their lead at the top of the mini table, they also have attackers who are building their lead atop of the goalscoring charts.
A player that has played a large part in helping the north African giants get where they are is Mohamed Salah. The 31-year-old has scored five goals, and while the majority of his strikes came in a 6-0 thumping of Djibouti, where he scored four, he has had a goal contribution in all of their qualifiers. He assisted in their next two clashes against Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso, before taking his tally to five goals in their most recent 1-1 draw against Guinea-Bissau.
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The Liverpool man sits at the submit of the goalscoring charts, but he shares that position with his compatriot Mahmoud Trezeguet. While most of Salah's goals on route to the biggest World Cup in history came in one match, the Kafr El-Sheikh native has scored in three of the four qualifiers Egypt have played in. He scored one goal against Djibouti before bagging back-to-back braces against Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso.
Below is a list of the eight top goalscorers in the CAF 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, as per Transfermarkt:
Since leaving the Aston Villa, Trezeguet has seemingly found a new lease of life in the Super Lig with Trabzonspor, bagging double digit goal hauls in his last two seasons with the club. However, rounding off the podium places in the CAF qualification goalscoring charts is another Premier League star in Jordan Ayew.
The 32-year-old is the subject of much criticism from Ghanaians whenever the Black Stars do not perform well, but with the west African giants currently level on points with group leaders Comoros in Group I, their fans are happy with the Crystal Palace man.
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Especially after witnessing the versatile forward bagging a hat-trick in the most recent qualification match against Central African Republic. It was almost ten years to the day he secured his first hat-trick for Ghana as he managed to do that against South Korea on 9 June 2014. On 10 June 2024, his three goals earned Otto Addo's charges a 4-3 victory and coupled with his goal against Mali, the forward has four goals.
