SOCCER - AFRICAN FOOTBALLER of the YEAR
awarded annually to the best African footballer by the Confederation of African Football (CAF)| 2014 | Yaya Touré | Ivory Coast |
England Manchester City |
| 2013 | Yaya Touré | Ivory Coast | England Manchester City |
| 2012 | Yaya Touré | Ivory Coast | England Manchester City |
| 2011 | Yaya Touré | Ivory Coast | England Manchester City |
| 2010 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | Italy Inter Milan |
| 2009 | Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | England Chelsea |
| 2008 | Emmanuel Adebayor | Togo | England Arsenal |
| 2007 | Frédéric Kanouté | Mali | Spain Sevilla FC |
| 2006 | Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | England Chelsea |
| 2005 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | Spain FC Barcelona |
| 2004 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | Spain FC Barcelona / Spain RCD Mallorca |
| 2003 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | Spain RCD Mallorca |
| 2002 | El Hadji Diouf | Senegal | England Liverpool / France RC Lens |
| 2001 | El Hadji Diouf | Senegal | France RC Lens |
| 2000 | Patrick Mboma | Cameroon | Italy Parma / Italy Cagliari Calcio |
| 1999 | Nwankwo Kanu | Nigeria | England Arsenal |
| 1998 | Mustapha Hadji | Morocco | Spain Deportivo La Coruña |
| 1997 | Victor Ikpeba | Nigeria | France AS Monaco |
| 1996 | Nwankwo Kanu | Nigeria | Netherlands Ajax / Italy Inter Milan |
| 1995 | George Weah | Liberia | Italy AC Milan / France Paris Saint-Germain |
| 1994 | Emmanuel Amuneke | Nigeria | Portugal Sporting CP / Egypt El Zamalek |
| 1993 | Rashidi Yekini | Nigeria | Portugal Vitória Setubal |
| 1992 | Abedi Pelé | Ghana | France Olympique Marseille |
