African Footballer of the Year

The Year Golden Ball award was given out between 1970 and 1994 by France Football magazine. The changes resulted in parallel Golden Ball awards given out to Abedi Pele and George Weah in 1993 and 1994 by the magazine, although the CAF sponsored awards for those years were won respectively by Rashidi Yekini and Emmanuel Amuneke, as well as two awards given to Abedi Pele in 1992. France Football discontinued its award in 1995 after the European Ballon d'Or – also awarded by the magazine – had been opened to all players in the European leagues. In 1991, the magazine Afrique Football installed an award. It was discontinued in 2003. == Winners ==

France Football award (1970–1994) , the first player to win the award in 1970 was the first player from Morocco to win the award in 1975 was the first player from Egypt to win the award in 1983 , two-time winner of the award given by France Football , won the award three consecutive times from 1991-1993 and also won both France Football award and new CAF award in 1992 The award by France Football magazine of non-European nationality, the award being given to George Weah that year. It had already been replaced by an official award given out by the Confederation of African Football since 1992. Afrique Football award (Etoile d'Or) (1991–2003) CAF award (1992–present) won the award in 1995 (the same year he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and also received the Ballon d'Or) won the award four times was the first Ivorian to win the award in 2006 won the award four consecutive times from 2011 to 2014 was the first player from Gabon to win the award in 2015 won the award twice in a row, in 2017 and 2018 ==Multiple winners==

• Players in bold are currently active == Awards won by nationality ==