Sadio Mané (Senegal)

Sadio Mané led Senegal to their first Africa Cup of Nations title in 2022 — scoring the winning penalty in the final against Egypt — and won the Ballon d'Or runner-up position in 2022, the highest by an African player since Drogba. He won the Champions League (2019), Premier League (2020), and FA Cup (2022) with Liverpool, forming one of football's finest attacking trios with Salah and Firmino. He won the African Footballer of the Year in 2019 and 2022. His move to Bayern Munich for £35 million in 2022 helped Senegal cement their status as Africa's leading football nation. His 22 goals in 2018–19 Premier League season outperforms #8 Mohamed Salah’s 19 in the same campaign, and he completed 75 successful dribbles that year, 12 more than the league average for wingers.