Teams yet to qualify: Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Lesotho, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.
[4][5] Ad-Diba was also the first ever top goalscorer for an Africa Cup of Nations tournament, scoring 5 goals for Egypt in 1957.
Kalusha Bwalya (for Zambia), Samuel Eto'o (for Cameroon), Asamoah Gyan and André Ayew (both for Ghana) each scored at least one goal in a record six different tournaments.
The following players appeared in at least six different AFCON tournaments:[7] Essam El Hadary was 44 years and 21 days old when he played for Egypt in the final against Cameroon on 5 February 2017.
Rigobert Song (for Cameroon, between 1998 and 2010) and André Ayew (for Ghana, between 2008 and 2023) each played in a record 36 matches at the tournament.