CAN 2025: The top scorers ranking ahead of the final

The CAN 2025 top scorers table before the final

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For the first time in this CAN 2025, Brahim Diaz was kept quiet. The tournament's top scorer couldn’t break through the Nigerian defense.

Up against the rock-solid Nigerian backline, Brahim Diaz failed to find the net—something he had managed to do in each of the first five matches of CAN 2025.

The only goal of the semi-finals was scored by Sadio Mané, who now has two goals in the tournament.

The golden boot will be decided from a distance between Moroccan finalists Brahim Diaz and Ayoub El Kaabi, Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, and Nigerian duo Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman, who still have a third-place playoff to contest.

Here's the top scorers ranking ahead of the final:

1- Brahim Díaz (Morocco): 5 goals

2- Mohamed Salah (Egypt): 4

3- Victor Osimhen (Nigeria): 4

4- Ademola Lookman (Nigeria): 3

5- Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast): 3

6- Riyad Mahrez (Algeria): 3

7- Lassine Sinayoko (Mali): 3

8- Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco): 3

9- Bazoumana Touré (Ivory Coast): 2

10- Ibrahim Maza (Algeria): 2

11- Gaël Kakuta (DR Congo): 2

12- Sadio Mané (Senegal): 2

13- Pape Gueye (Senegal): 2

14- Raphael Onyedika (Nigeria): 2

15- Omar Marmoush (Egypt): 2

16- Geny Catamo (Mozambique): 2

17- Oswin Appollis (South Africa): 2

18- Lyle Foster (South Africa): 2

19- Elias Achouri (Tunisia): 2

20- Akor Adams (Nigeria): 2

21- Nicolas Jackson (Senegal): 2

22- Chérif Ndiaye (Senegal): 2

23- Christian Kofane (Cameroon): 2