1 |
Victor Osimhen
Forward
|
Nigeria
|
35Player on player duels over possession of the ball where the ball is on the ground and possession is not won |
2 |
Sphephelo Sithole
Midfielder
|
South Africa
|
31 |
3 |
Oumar Diakité
Forward
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
29 |
|
Teboho Mokoena
Midfielder
|
South Africa
|
29 |
|
Ademola Lookman
Forward
|
Nigeria
|
29 |
4 |
Simon Moses Daddy
Forward
|
Nigeria
|
27 |
5 |
Simon Adingra
Forward
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
26 |
6 |
Mane
Forward
|
Senegal
|
24 |
7 |
Lassine Sinayoko
Forward
|
Mali
|
22 |
|
Jovane Cabral
Forward
|
Cabo Verde
|
22 |
8 |
Issa Kabore
Defender
|
Burkina Faso
|
21 |
|
Mostafa Mohamed
Forward
|
Egypt
|
21 |
|
Fashon Sakala
Forward
|
Zambia
|
21 |
|
Show
Midfielder
|
Angola
|
21 |
9 |
Kakuta
Midfielder
|
Congo DR
|
20 |
10 |
Bakambu
Forward
|
Congo DR
|
19 |
|
Kessié Franck
Midfielder
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
19 |
|
Musa Barrow
Forward
|
Gambia
|
19 |
|
Yoane Wissa
Midfielder
|
Congo DR
|
19 |
|
Zaidu Sanusi
Defender
|
Nigeria
|
19 |
11 |
Kamory Doumbia
Midfielder
|
Mali
|
18 |
|
Evidence Makgopa
Forward
|
South Africa
|
18 |
12 |
Themba Zwane
Midfielder
|
South Africa
|
17 |
|
Aubrey Modiba
Midfielder
|
South Africa
|
17 |
|
Max Gradel
Midfielder
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
17 |
|
Tau
Forward
|
South Africa
|
17 |
13 |
Frank Magri
Forward
|
Cameroon
|
16 |
|
Franck Zambo
Midfielder
|
Cameroon
|
16 |
14 |
Aurier
Defender
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
15 |
|
Aprocius Petrus
Defender
|
Namibia
|
15 |
|
Basilio Ndong
Defender
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
15 |
|
Kevin
Midfielder
|
Cabo Verde
|
15 |
|
J. Ayew
Forward
|
Ghana
|
15 |
|
Antoine Semenyo
Forward
|
Ghana
|
15 |
|
Anis Ben Slimane
Midfielder
|
Tunisia
|
15 |
15 |
Souleymane Anne
Forward
|
Mauritania
|
14 |
|
João Paulo
Midfielder
|
Cabo Verde
|
14 |
|
Samuel Moutoussamy
Midfielder
|
Congo DR
|
14 |
|
Aguibou Camara
Midfielder
|
Guinea
|
14 |
|
Dorgeles Nene
Forward
|
Mali
|
14 |
|
Zini
Forward
|
Angola
|
14 |
|
Ngero Katua
Midfielder
|
Namibia
|
14 |
16 |
Mouhsine Bodda
Midfielder
|
Mauritania
|
13 |
|
Gelson Dala
Forward
|
Angola
|
13 |
|
Mechak Elia
Forward
|
Congo DR
|
13 |
|
Ibán Salvador
Midfielder
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
13 |
|
Lamine Camara
Midfielder
|
Senegal
|
13 |
|
Peter Shalulile
Forward
|
Namibia
|
13 |
17 |
Ramiz Zerrouki
Midfielder
|
Algeria
|
12 |
|
Cristian Kouame
Forward
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
12 |
|
Mabululu
Forward
|
Angola
|
12 |
|
Joseph Paintsil
Forward
|
Ghana
|
12 |
|
Chukwueze
Forward
|
Nigeria
|
12 |
|
T. Bongonda
Midfielder
|
Congo DR
|
12 |
|
Ismail Jakobs
Defender
|
Senegal
|
12 |
|
Gedeon Kalulu Kyatengwa
Defender
|
Congo DR
|
12 |
|
Mohamed Hamdy
Defender
|
Egypt
|
12 |
|
Jamiro Monteiro
Midfielder
|
Cabo Verde
|
12 |
|
Omaré Gassama
Midfielder
|
Mauritania
|
12 |
|
Alhassan Yusuf
Midfielder
|
Nigeria
|
12 |
|
Ibrahima Keita
Defender
|
Mauritania
|
12 |
18 |
Ismaila Sarr
Forward
|
Senegal
|
11 |
|
Deon Hotto
Midfielder
|
Namibia
|
11 |
|
Bethuel Muzeu
Forward
|
Namibia
|
11 |
|
Rayan Ait Nouri
Defender
|
Algeria
|
11 |
19 |
Aziz Ki
Forward
|
Burkina Faso
|
10 |
|
Obite Ndicka
Defender
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
10 |
|
Sébastian Haller
Forward
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
10 |
|
Gideon Mensah
Defender
|
Ghana
|
10 |
|
Simon Msuva
Forward
|
Tanzania, United Republic of
|
10 |
|
Lassana Couibaly
Midfielder
|
Mali
|
10 |
|
Ibrahima Sangare
Midfielder
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
10 |
|
Mohammed Kudus
Midfielder
|
Ghana
|
10 |
|
Mbwana Aly Samatta
Forward
|
Tanzania, United Republic of
|
10 |
|
Yankuba Minteh
Forward
|
Gambia
|
10 |
|
Patson Daka
Forward
|
Zambia
|
10 |
|
Mohamed Konaté
Forward
|
Burkina Faso
|
10 |
|
Hakim Ziyech
Midfielder
|
Morocco
|
10 |
|
Jean-Phillipe Krasso
Forward
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
10 |
|
Romain Saiss
Defender
|
Morocco
|
10 |
|
Habib Diallo
Forward
|
Senegal
|
10 |
|
Masuaku
Defender
|
Congo DR
|
10 |
|
Pablo Ganet
Midfielder
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
10 |
|
Sékou Sylla
Defender
|
Guinea
|
10 |
|
Thapelo Morena
Defender
|
South Africa
|
10 |
20 |
Diadie Samassekou
Midfielder
|
Mali
|
9 |
|
Salis Abdul Samed
Midfielder
|
Ghana
|
9 |
|
Blati
Midfielder
|
Burkina Faso
|
9 |
|
Kennedy Amutenya
Defender
|
Namibia
|
9 |
|
Aboubakar Kamara
Forward
|
Mauritania
|
9 |
|
Darline Zidane Yongwa Ngameni
Defender
|
Cameroon
|
9 |
|
Elias Achouri
Midfielder
|
Tunisia
|
9 |
|
Hamdi Fathi
Midfielder
|
Egypt
|
9 |
|
Alfa Semedo
Midfielder
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
9 |
|
Reinildo Mandava
Defender
|
Mozambique
|
9 |
21 |
Jonathan Buatu
Defender
|
Angola
|
8 |
|
Ryan Mendes
Forward
|
Cabo Verde
|
8 |
|
Ibrahim Diakité
Defender
|
Guinea
|
8 |
|
Falaye Sacko
Defender
|
Mali
|
8 |
|
Charles Pickel
Midfielder
|
Congo DR
|
8 |