Following players who scored more goals in single tournament :
Goals | Players | Country | Year |
9 | Ndaye Mulamba | Zaire | 1974 |
8 | Laurent Pokou | Ivory Coast | 1970 |
7 | Hossam Hassan | Egypt | 1998 |
7 | Benni McCarthy | South Africa | 1998 |
6 | Hassan El-Shazly | Egypt | 1963 |
6 | Laurent Pokou | Ivory Coast | 1968 |
5 | Ad-Diba | Egypt | 1963 |
5 | Salif Keïta | Mali | 1972 |
5 | Rashidi Yekini | Nigeria | 1994 |
5 | Kalusha Bwalya | Zambia | 1996 |
5 | Shaun Bartlett | South Africa | 2000 |
5 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | 2006 |
5 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | 2008 |
5 | Mohamed Nagy | Egypt | 2010 |