AFCON 2019: Top Goal Scorers as Golden Boot Race Heats Up

This archive report was first published on 12 July 2019.

Published on July 12, 2019, the Africa Cup of Nations has reached its semi-final stage, and the top goal scorers are emerging from the remaining teams.

Algeria, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tunisia are the four countries that have made it to the semi-finals, and it is expected that the tournament's top scorer will emerge from one of these teams.

Some of the big names that failed to progress in Egypt and are no longer in contention for the golden boot include Mohamed Salah of Egypt, Hakim Ziyech of Morocco, and Wilfried Zaha of Ivory Coast.

Here are the top five goal scorers in the tournament, according to their minutes per goal ratio:

1. Adam Ounas (Napoli) - Algeria ¶

3 goals, 40 minutes per goal, 121 minutes played ¶

2. Sadio Mane (Liverpool) - Senegal ¶

3 goals, 120 minutes per goal, 360 minutes played ¶

3. Odion Ighalo (Shanghai Greenland Shenhua) - Nigeria ¶

3 goals, 123 minutes per goal, 370 minutes played ¶

4. Cedric Bakambu (Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C.) - DR Congo ¶

3 goals, 130 minutes per goal, 390 minutes played ¶

5. Stéphane Bahoken (Angers SCO) - Cameroon ¶

2 goals, 109 minutes per goal, 218 minutes played ¶