# Africa Cup of Nations awards

At the end of each Africa Cup of Nations final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.

## Awards

There are currently six post-tournament awards
* the Best Player for most valuable player;
* the Top Goalscorer for most prolific goal scorer;
* the Best Goalkeeper for most outstanding goalkeeper;
* the Best Young Player for most outstanding young player;
* the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament;
* the Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play.

## Best Player

| Year | Hosts | Best Player |
| 1957 | Sudan | Ad-Diba |
| 1959 | United Arab Republic | Mahmoud El-Gohary |
| 1962 | Ethiopia | Mengistu Worku |
| 1963 | Ghana | Hassan El-Shazly |
| 1965 | Tunisia | Osei Kofi |
| 1968 | Ethiopia | Kazadi Mwamba |
| 1970 | Sudan | Laurent Pokou |
| 1972 | Cameroon | Tokoto jean pierre |
| 1974 | Egypt | Ndaye Mulamba |
| 1976 | Ethiopia | Ahmed Faras |
| 1978 | Ghana | Karim Abdul Razak |
| 1980 | Nigeria | Christian Chukwu |
| 1982 | Libya | Fawzi Al-Issawi |
| 1984 | Ivory Coast | Théophile Abega |
| 1986 | Egypt | Roger Milla |
| 1988 | Morocco | Roger Milla |
| 1990 | Algeria | Rabah Madjer |
| 1992 | Senegal | Abedi Pele |
| 1994 | Tunisia | Rashidi Yekini |
| 1996 | South Africa | Kalusha Bwalya |
| 1998 | Burkina Faso | Benni McCarthy |
| 2000 | Ghana Nigeria | Lauren |
| 2002 | Mali | Rigobert Song |
| 2004 | Tunisia | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| 2006 | Egypt | Ahmed Hassan |
| 2008 | Ghana | Hosny Abd Rabo |
| 2010 | Angola | Ahmed Hassan |
| 2012 | Gabon Equatorial Guinea | Christopher Katongo |
| 2013 | South Africa | Jonathan Pitroipa |
| 2015 | Equatorial Guinea | Christian Atsu |
| 2017 | Gabon | Christian Bassogog |
| 2019 | Egypt | Ismaël Bennacer |
| 2021 | Cameroon | Sadio Mané |
| 2023 | Ivory Coast | William Troost-Ekong |

## Top Goalscorer

| Year | Hosts | Top Goalscorer(s) | Goals |
| 1957 | Sudan | Ad-Diba | 5 |
| 1959 | United Arab Republic | Mahmoud El-Gohary | 3 |
| 1962 | Ethiopia | Mengistu Worku Badawi Abdel Fattah | 3 |
| 1963 | Ghana | Hassan El-Shazly | 6 |
| 1965 | Tunisia | Ben Acheampong Osei Kofi Eustache Manglé | 3 |
| 1968 | Ethiopia | Laurent Pokou | 6 |
| 1970 | Sudan | Laurent Pokou | 8 |
| 1972 | Cameroon | Salif Keïta | 5 |
| 1974 | Egypt | Ndaye Mulamba | 9 |
| 1976 | Ethiopia | Mamadou Aliou Keïta | 4 |
| 1978 | Ghana | Phillip Omondi Opoku Afriyie Segun Odegbami | 3 |
| 1980 | Nigeria | Khaled Labied Segun Odegbami | 3 |
| 1982 | Libya | George Alhassan | 4 |
| 1984 | Ivory Coast | Taher Abouzaid | 4 |
| 1986 | Egypt | Roger Milla | 4 |
| 1988 | Morocco | Lakhdar Belloumi Roger Milla Abdoulaye Traoré Gamal Abdelhamid | 2 |
| 1990 | Algeria | Djamel Menad | 4 |
| 1992 | Senegal | Rashidi Yekini | 4 |
| 1994 | Tunisia | Rashidi Yekini | 5 |
| 1996 | South Africa | Kalusha Bwalya | 5 |
| 1998 | Burkina Faso | Hossam Hassan Benni McCarthy | 7 |
| 2000 | Ghana Nigeria | Shaun Bartlett | 5 |
| 2002 | Mali | Patrick Mboma Salomon Olembé Julius Aghahowa | 3 |
| 2004 | Tunisia | Patrick Mboma Frédéric Kanouté Youssef Mokhtari Jay-Jay Okocha Francileudo Santos | 4 |
| 2006 | Egypt | Samuel Eto'o | 5 |
| 2008 | Ghana | Samuel Eto'o | 5 |
| 2010 | Angola | Mohamed Nagy | 5 |
| 2012 | Gabon Equatorial Guinea | Manucho Didier Drogba Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Cheick Diabaté Houssine Kharja Christopher Katongo Emmanuel Mayuka | 3 |
| 2013 | South Africa | Mubarak Wakaso Emmanuel Emenike | 4 |
| 2015 | Equatorial Guinea | Thievy Bifouma Dieumerci Mbokani Javier Balboa André Ayew Ahmed Akaïchi | 3 |
| 2017 | Gabon | Junior Kabananga | 3 |
| 2019 | Egypt | Odion Ighalo | 5 |
| 2021 | Cameroon | Vincent Aboubakar | 8 |
| 2023 | Ivory Coast | Emilio Nsue | 5 |

## Best Goalkeeper

| Year | Hosts | Best Goalkeeper |
| 2008 | Ghana | Essam El-Hadary |
| 2010 | Angola | Essam El-Hadary |
| 2012 | Gabon Equatorial Guinea | Not Awarded |
| 2013 | South Africa | Not Awarded |
| 2015 | Equatorial Guinea | Sylvain Gbohouo |
| 2017 | Gabon | Not Awarded |
| 2019 | Egypt | Raïs M'Bolhi |
| 2021 | Cameroon | Édouard Mendy |
| 2023 | Ivory Coast | Ronwen Williams |

## Best Young Player

| Year | Hosts | Best Young Player |
| 2019 | Egypt | Krépin Diatta |
| 2021 | Cameroon | Issa Kaboré |
| 2023 | Ivory Coast | Simon Adingra |

## Team of the Tournament

| Year | Hosts | Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Manager |
| 1970 | Sudan | Abd Al Aziz Abdallah | Samir Salih John Eshun Amin Zaki Hany Moustafa | Ernest Kallet Bialy Ibrahim Sunday ... Gnawri Camara Mamadou Maxim | Laurent Pokou Jaksa | |
| 1972 | Cameroon | Allal Ben Kassou | Abdella "Kaunda" El-Ser Tshimen Bwanga Paul Nlend Boujemaa Benkhrif | Noël Birindi Minga Mayanga Maku Paul-Gaston N'Dongo Jean-Pierre Tokoto | Kakoko Etepé François M'Pelé | |
| 1974 | Egypt | Kazadi Mwamba | Gabriel Dengaki Dick Chama Lobilo Boba Hany Moustafa | Ndaye Mulamba Farouk Gaafar Hassan Shehata Mayanga Maku | Kakoko Etepé Ali Abo Greisha | |
| 1976 | Ethiopia | Mohammed Al-Hazaz | Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui Mustafa Younis Chérif Souleymane Djibril Diara | Tolde Farouk Gaafar Haruna Ilerika Kunle Awesu | Petit Sory Ahmed Faras | |
| 1978 | Ghana | Mohammed Al-Hazaz | Mokhtar Dhouieb James Kuuku Dadzie Khaled Gasmi Larbi Ihardane | Moses Nsereko Karim Abdul Razak Adolf Armah Phillip Omondi | Segun Odegbami Mohammed Polo | |
| 1980 | Nigeria | Best Ogedegbe | Mustapha Kouici Mohamed Salah El-Din Moussa Camara Christian Chukwu | Lakhdar Belloumi Ali Fergani Mahmoud El Khatib Shawky Gharieb | Salah Assad Segun Odegbami | |
| 1982 | Libya | Thomas Nkono | Chaabane Merzekane Sampson Lamptey Haruna Yusif Ali Al-Beshari | George Alhassan Samuel Opoku Nti Emmanuel Quarshie Fawzi Al-Issawi | Salah Assad Rabah Madjer | |
| 1984 | Ivory Coast | Joseph-Antoine Bell | Isaac Sinkot Ali Shehata Ibrahim Youssef Stephen Keshi | Lakhdar Belloumi Théophile Abega Taher Abouzeid Clement Temile | Djamel Menad Clifton Msiya | |
| 1986 | Egypt | Thomas N'Kono | André Kana-Biyik Ali Shehata Roger Mendy Rabei Yassin | Emile Mbouh Magdi Abdelghani Moustafa Abdou Taher Abouzaid | Roger Milla Kalusha Bwalya | |
| 1988 | Morocco | Joseph-Antoine Bell | Tijani El Maataoui Emmanuel Kundé John Buana Stephen Tataw | Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo Emile Mbouh Henry Nwosu Paul Mfede | Roger Milla Aziz Bouderbala | |
| 1990 | Algeria | Antar Osmani | Ali Benhalima André Kana-Biyik Arsène Hobou Samuel Chomba | Djamel Amani Rabah Madjer Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Moses Kpakor | Djamel Menad Webster Chikabala | |
| 1992 | Senegal | Alain Gouaméné | Basile Aka Kouame Hany Ramzy Stephen Keshi Adolphe Mendy | Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo Abedi Pele Jean-Claude Pagal Serge-Alain Maguy | Rashidi Yekini Tony Yeboah | |
| 1994 | Tunisia | Ahmed Shobair | Frank Amankwah Harrison Chongo Elijah Litana Benedict Iroha | Serge-Alain Maguy Jay-Jay Okocha Daniel Amokachi Abedi Pele | Joël Tiéhi Rashidi Yekini | |
| 1996 | South Africa | Chokri El Ouaer | Yasser Radwan Mark Fish Elijah Litana Isaac Asare | Zoubeir Baya Hazem Emam Abedi Pele Mark Williams | Kalusha Bwalya Tony Yeboah | |
| 1998 | Burkina Faso | Nader El-Sayed | Mark Fish Jojo Noureddine Naybet Mohamed Emara | Charles Akonnor Hassen Gabsi Tchiressoua Guel Didier Ekanza Simba | Hossam Hassan Benni McCarthy | |
| 2000 | Ghana Nigeria | Nader El-Sayed | Pape Malick Diop Khaled Badra Rigobert Song Mohamed Emara | Billel Dziri Lauren Jay-Jay Okocha Khalilou Fadiga | Samuel Eto'o Shaun Bartlett | |
| 2002 | Mali | Tony Sylva | Taribo West Rigobert Song Ifeanyi Udeze Hany Ramzy | Seydou Keita Rafik Saifi Patrick M'Boma Sibusiso Zuma | Julius Aghahowa El Hadji Diouf | |
| 2004 | Tunisia | Vincent Enyeama | Walid Regragui Khaled Badra Abdeslam Ouaddou Timothée Atouba | Karim Ziani Riadh Bouazizi Jay-Jay Okocha John Utaka | Frédéric Kanouté Francileudo Santos | |
| 2006 | Egypt | Essam El Hadary | Rigobert Song Wael Gomaa Emmanuel Eboué Taye Taiwo | Stephen Appiah Mohamed Aboutrika Ahmed Hassan Pascal Feindouno | Didier Drogba Samuel Eto'o | |
| 2008 | Ghana | Essam El-Hadary | Geremi Wael Gomaa Michael Essien | Sulley Muntari Yaya Touré Alex Song Hosny Abd Rabo Mohamed Aboutrika | Amr Zaki Manucho | |
| 2010 | Angola | Essam El-Hadary | Madjid Bougherra Wael Gomaa Mabiná | Ahmed Fathy Peter Odemwingie Alex Song Ahmed Hassan | Asamoah Gyan Mohamed Zidan Flávio | |
| 2012 | Gabon Equatorial Guinea | Kennedy Mweene | Jean-Jacques Gosso Stophira Sunzu John Mensah Adama Tamboura | Emmanuel Mayuka Yaya Touré Gervinho Seydou Keita | Christopher Katongo Didier Drogba | |
| 2013 | South Africa | Vincent Enyeama | Bakary Koné Nando Siaka Tiéné Efe Ambrose | Jonathan Pitroipa Seydou Keita Mikel John Obi Victor Moses | Asamoah Gyan Emmanuel Emenike | |
| 2015 | Equatorial Guinea | Sylvain Gbohouo Robert Kidiaba (tie) | Serge Aurier Harrison Afful Kolo Touré | André Ayew Yaya Touré Max Gradel Yannick Bolasie Gervinho | Christian Atsu Wilfried Bony | |
| 2017 | Gabon | Fabrice Ondoa | Kara Mbodji Ahmed Hegazi Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | Charles Kaboré Mubarak Wakaso Bertrand Traoré Christian Atsu Mohamed Salah | Christian Bassogog Junior Kabananga | |
| 2019 | Egypt | Raïs M'Bolhi | Kalidou Koulibaly Yassine Meriah Lamine Gassama Youssouf Sabaly | Idrissa Gueye Adlène Guedioura Ismaël Bennacer | Odion Ighalo Sadio Mané Riyad Mahrez | Djamel Belmadi |
| 2021 | Cameroon | Édouard Mendy | Achraf Hakimi Mohamed Abdelmonem Edmond Tapsoba Saliou Ciss | Mohamed Elneny Nampalys Mendy Blati Touré | Mohamed Salah Vincent Aboubakar Sadio Mané | Aliou Cissé |
| 2023 | Ivory Coast | Ronwen Williams | Ola Aina William Troost-Ekong Chancel Mbemba Ghislain Konan | Teboho Mokoena Jean Michaël Seri Franck Kessié | Yoane Wissa Emilio Nsue Ademola Lookman | Emerse Faé |

## Fair Play Award

| Year | Hosts | Winner |
| 2012 | Gabon Equatorial Guinea | Ivory Coast |
| 2013 | South Africa | Not Awarded |
| 2015 | Equatorial Guinea | DR Congo |
| 2017 | Gabon | Egypt |
| 2019 | Egypt | Senegal |
| 2021 | Cameroon | Senegal |
| 2023 | Ivory Coast | South Africa |