According to a count by Info Foot, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the Gabonese international striker at RC Deportivo La Coruña, is the highest-scoring African in the history of Europe’s Top 5 leagues with 250 goals, ahead of Mohamed Salah.
Who is the highest-scoring African in the history of Europe’s Top 5 leagues? According to Info Foot, the answer comes down to one name: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, alone at the top with 250 goals.
Behind the Gabonese striker, the ranking lists Mohamed Salah (228 goals), Samuel Eto’o (209 goals), the former Cameroon legend, Didier Drogba (143 goals), the former Ivory Coast legend, and Frédéric Kanouté (141 goals), the former Mali legend. According to Info Foot, Aubameyang therefore leads the all-time ranking of African scorers in the five major European leagues.
Four leagues, one hat-trick each
The most striking figure is not the total, but how it is spread. According to Sins Delacrus, Aubameyang is the only player in football history to have scored a hat-trick in the Bundesliga, the Premier League, Ligue 1 and LaLiga. Four countries, four nights with three goals: the Gabonese panther has left his mark everywhere he has been.
His scoring honours are just as extensive: Bundesliga top scorer in 2017, Premier League top scorer in 2019 and UEFA Europa League top scorer in 2024, again according to Sins Delacrus. Three crowns in three different competitions, between 2017 and 2024.
It was in Germany that he built his record. With 98 goals in 144 matches in the Dortmund shirt, he holds the absolute record as the highest-scoring African in Bundesliga history, ZineSport reports. He had overtaken the Ghanaian legend Anthony Yeboah, who scored 96 goals in 223 matches.
At 37, the consistency is still there
At 37, the striker is maintaining impressive consistency at the very top level in Europe, Info Foot stresses. This season in the colours of RC Deportivo La Coruña, he already has 5 goals and 2 assists in LaLiga, according to L’Afropéen.
His goals are keeping his club in the upper reaches of the Spanish league table, the same outlet adds. The Gabonese also continues to wear the Panthers’ armband in continental qualifiers, according to Foot-Africa.
A league match this weekend
The race does not stop at the historical ranking. A league match awaits Aubameyang in Spain this weekend, as the chase for the LaLiga Golden Boot continues.
In the Top 5 African scorers ranking, he leads Mohamed Salah by 22 goals, according to Info Foot’s figures.