Winners – CAF award (1992–present)

Year	Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Points
2013	1st	Yaya Touré[8]	Côte d'Ivoire	Manchester City	373
	2nd	John Obi Mikel	Nigeria	Chelsea	265
	3rd	Didier Drogba	Côte d'Ivoire	Shanghai Shenhua/| Galatasaray	236
2012	1st	Yaya Touré[9]	Côte d'Ivoire	Manchester City
	2nd	Didier Drogba	Côte d'Ivoire	Chelsea / Shanghai Shenhua
	3rd	Alex Song	Cameroon	Arsenal / FC Barcelona
2011	1st	Yaya Touré	Côte d'Ivoire	Manchester City
	2nd	Seydou Keita	Mali	FC Barcelona
	3rd	André Ayew	Ghana	Olympique Marseille
2010	1st	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	Inter Milan
	2nd	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	Sunderland / Stade Rennes
	3rd	Didier Drogba	Côte d'Ivoire	Chelsea
2009	1st	Didier Drogba	Côte d'Ivoire	Chelsea	92
	2nd	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	FC Barcelona / Inter Milan	69
	3rd	Michael Essien	Ghana	Chelsea	43
2008	1st	Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	Arsenal	74
	2nd	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	Al Ahly	53
	3rd	Michael Essien	Ghana	Chelsea	36
2007	1st	Frédéric Kanouté	Mali	Sevilla FC
	2nd	Michael Essien	Ghana	Chelsea
	3rd	Didier Drogba	Côte d'Ivoire	Chelsea
2006	1st	Didier Drogba	Côte d'Ivoire	Chelsea	79
	2nd	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	FC Barcelona	76
	3rd	Michael Essien	Ghana	Chelsea	36
2005	1st	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	FC Barcelona	108
	2nd	Didier Drogba	Côte d'Ivoire	Chelsea	106
	3rd	Michael Essien	Ghana	Chelsea / Olympique Lyon	50
2004	1st	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	FC Barcelona / RCD Mallorca	116
	2nd	Didier Drogba	Côte d'Ivoire	Chelsea / Olympique Marseille	90
	3rd	Jay-Jay Okocha	Nigeria	Bolton Wanderers	68
2003	1st	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	RCD Mallorca	?
	2nd	Jay-Jay Okocha	Nigeria	Bolton Wanderers	?
	3rd	Didier Drogba	Côte d'Ivoire	Olympique Marseille / Guingamp	?
2002	1st	El Hadji Diouf	Senegal	Liverpool / RC Lens	93
	2nd	Papa Bouba Diop	Senegal	RC Lens	46
	3rd	Mido	Egypt	Ajax	42
2001	1st	El Hadji Diouf	Senegal	RC Lens	93
	2nd	Samuel Kuffour	Ghana	Bayern Munich	66
	3rd	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	RCD Mallorca	34
2000	1st	Patrick Mboma	Cameroon	Parma / Cagliari Calcio	123
	2nd	Lauren Etame Mayer	Cameroon	RCD Mallorca	36
	3rd	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	RCD Mallorca	29
1999	1st	Nwankwo Kanu	Nigeria	Arsenal	46
	2nd	Samuel Kuffour	Ghana	Bayern Munich	44
	3rd	Ibrahima Bakayoko	Côte d'Ivoire	Olympique Marseille	42
1998	1st	Mustapha Hadji	Morocco	Deportivo La Coruña	76
	2nd	Jay-Jay Okocha	Nigeria	Paris Saint-Germain / Fenerbahçe	74
	3rd	Sunday Oliseh	Nigeria	Ajax	58
1997	1st	Victor Ikpeba	Nigeria	AS Monaco	56
	2nd	Japhet N'Doram	Chad	AS Monaco / FC Nantes	40
	3rd	Taribo West	Nigeria	Inter Milan / AJ Auxerre	35
1996	1st	Nwankwo Kanu	Nigeria	Ajax / Inter Milan	?
	2nd	George Weah	Liberia	AC Milan	?
	3rd	Daniel Amokachi	Nigeria	Beşiktaş / Everton	?
1995	1st	George Weah	Liberia	AC Milan / Paris Saint-Germain	?
	2nd
	3rd
1994	1st	Emmanuel Amuneke	Nigeria	Sporting CP / El Zamalek	48
	2nd	George Weah	Liberia	Paris Saint-Germain	44
	=	Rashidi Yekini	NGR	Olympiacos Piraeus / Vitória Setubal	44
1993	1st	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	Vitória Setubal	?
	2nd
	3rd
1992	1st	Abedi Pelé	Ghana	Olympique Marseille	?
	2nd
	3rd