CAF handed out its first African Footballer of the Year award in 1992.
The 2024 winners have been announced, with Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman and Barbara Banda claiming the top honours.
Below are the winners of the award since its inception:
1992 Abedi Pele (Ghana)
1993 Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria)
1994 Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria)
1996 Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)
1997 Victor Ikpeba (Nigeria)
1998 Mustapha Hadji (Morocco)
1999 Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)
2000 Patrick Mboma (Cameroon)
2001 El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
2002 El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
2003 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2004 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2005 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2006 Didier Drogba (Cote d’Ivoire)
2007 Frédéric Kanouté (Mali)
2008 Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo)
2009 Didier Drogba (Cote d’Ivoire)
2010 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2011 Yaya Touré (Côte d’Ivoire)
2012 Yaya Touré (Côte d’Ivoire)
2013 Yaya Touré (Côte d’Ivoire)
2014 Yaya Touré (Côte d’Ivoire)
2015 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)
2016 Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
2017 Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
2018 Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
2019 Sadio Mané (Senegal)
2020 Awards not held due to COVID-19
2021 Awards not held due to COVID-19
2022 Sadio Mané (Senegal)
2023 Victor Osimhen (Nigeria)
2024 Ademola Lookman (Nigeria)
Women’s Best Player
winners
2024: Barbara Banda, Zambia
2023: Asisat Oshoala, Nigeria
2022: Asisat Oshoala, Nigeria
2021: Not awarded
2020: Not awarded
2019: Asisat Oshoala, Nigeria
2018: Thembi Kgatlana, South Africa
2017: Asisat Oshoala, Nigeria
2016: Asisat Oshoala, Nigeria
2015: Gaëlle Enganamouit, Cameroun
2014: Asisat Oshoala, Nigeria
2013: Not awarded
2012: Genoveva Añonma, Guinée Équatoriale
2011: Perpetua Nkwocha, Nigeria
2010: Perpetua Nkwocha, Nigeria
2009: Not awarded
2008: Noko Matlou, South Africa
2007: Cynthia Uwak, Nigeria
2006: Cynthia Crow, Nigeria
2005: Perpetua Nkwocha, Nigeria
2004: Perpetua Nkwocha, Nigeria
2003: Adjoa Bayor, Ghana
2002: Alberta Sackey, Ghana
2001: Mercy Akide-Udoh, Nigeria
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Gary Al-Smith
