It’s been another step forward for African football in 2015, with a highly entertaining African Cup of Nations campaign in Gabon won by the Ivory Coast, the start of a new cycle of World Cup qualifying, another vibrant CAF Champions League campaign clinched once again by TP Mazembe, not forgetting the continual strides made by our continent’s players in the top leagues across Europe. Here’s our extensive countdown of the Top 100 Players in Africa over the last 12 months, taking into account the whole footballing landscape, from those players succeeding in Europe, to those home based players starting to make their name on a national basis.

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1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang / Borussia Dortmund (GER) / Gabon
2. Serge Aurier / Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) / Ivory Coast
3. Riyad Mahrez / Leicester City (ENG) / Algeria
4. Odion Ighalo / Watford FC (ENG) / Nigeria
5. Yacine Brahimi / FC Porto (POR) / Algeria
6. Yaya Toure / Manchester City (ENG) / Ivory Coast
7. Sadio Mane / Southampton (ENG) / Senegal
8. Gervinho / AS Roma (ITA) / Ivory Coast
9. Andre Ayew / Swansea City (ENG) / Ghana
10. Robert Kidiaba / TP Mazembe (DRC) / DR Congo
11. Faouzi Ghoulam / Napoli (ITA) / Algeria
12. Max Gradel / Bournemouth (ENG) / Ivory Coast
13. Baba Rahman / Chelsea (ENG) / Ghana
14. Mohamed Salah / Roma (ITA) / Egypt
15. Islam Slimani / Sporting CP (POR) / Algeria
16. Ibrahima Traore / Borussia Monchengladbach (GER) / Guinea
17. Mbwana Samatta / TP Mazembe (DRC) / Tanzania
18. Yannick Bolasie / Crystal Palace (ENG) / DR Congo
19. Vincent Aboubakar / FC Porto (POR) / Cameroon
20. Bakri Al Madina / Al-Merreikh (SUD) / Sudan
21. Eric Bailly / Villarreal (ESP) / Ivory Coast
22. Jean Kasusula / TP Mazembe (DRC) / DR Congo
23. Roger Assale / TP Mazembe (DRC) / Ivory Coast
24. Hakim Ziyech / Twente (NED) / Morocco
25. Sofiane Feghouli / Valencia (ESP) / Algeria
26. Yassine Chikhaoui / Al Gharafa (QAT) / Tunisia
27. Nabil Bentaleb / Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) / Algeria
28. Basem Morsy / Zamalek (EGY) / Egypt
29. Aissa Mandi / Stade de Reims (FRA) / Algeria
30. Aymen Abdennour / Valencia (ESP) / Tunisia
31. Rainford Kalaba / TP Mazembe (DRC) / Zambia
32. Stephane M’Bia / Trabzonspor (TUR) / Cameroon
33. Baghdad Bounedjah / Etoile du Sahel (TUN) / Algeria
34. Asamoah Gyan / Shanghai SIPG (CHN) / Ghana
35. Serey Die / Stuttgart (GER) / Ivory Coast
36. Ahmed Musa / CSKA Moscow (RUS) / Nigeria
37. Ammar Jemal / Etoile du Sahel (TUN) / Tunisia
38. Vincent Enyeama / Lille (FRA) / Nigeria
39. El Arbi Hillel Soudani / Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) / Algeria
40. Wahbi Khazri / Bordeaux (FRA) / Tunisia
41. Salif Coulibaly / TP Mazembe (DRC) / Mali
42. Loic Feudjou / Al Hilal (SUD) / Cameroon
43. Ahmed El Shenawy / Zamalek (EGY) / Egypt
44. Christian Atsu / Chelsea (ENG) / Ghana
45. Kolo Toure / Liverpool (ENG) / Ivory Coast
46. John Boye / Sivasspor (TUR) / Ghana
47. Mohamed Zemmamouche / USM Alger (ALG) / Algeria
48. Wilfried Kanon / ADO Den Haag (NED) / Ivory Coast
49. Mudathir ‘Careca’ El Tahir / Al Hilal (SUD) / Sudan
50. Wilfried Bony / Manchester City (ENG) / Ivory Coast
51. Kalidou Koulibaly / Napoli (ITA) / Senegal
52. Benjamin Moukandjo / Lorient (FRA) / Cameroon
53. Idriss Kameni / Malaga (ESP) / Cameroon
54. Baye Oumar Niasse / Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS) / Senegal
55. Victor Wanyama / Southampton (ENG) / Kenya
56. Mohamed El Nenny / Basel (SUI) / Egypt
57. Mame Biram Diouf / Stoke City (ENG) / Senegal
58. Cedric Bakambu / Villarreal (ESP) / DR Congo
59. Malick Evouna / Al Ahly (EGY) / Gabon
60. Diafra Sakho / West Ham United (ENG) / Senegal
61. Bakary Sako / Crystal Palace (ENG) / Mali
62. Joel Matip / Schalke (GER) / Cameroon
63. Nordin Amrabat / Malaga (ESP) / Morocco
64. Jordan Ayew / Aston Villa (ENG) / Ghana
65. Nouha Dicko / Wolverhampton Wanderers (ENG) / Mali
66. Jeff Schlupp / Leicester City (ENG) / Ghana
67. Kei Kamara / Columbus Crew (USA) / Sierra Leone
68. Aurelien Chedjou / Galatasaray (TUR) / Cameroon
69. Boubacar Barry / Lokeren (BEL) / Ivory Coast
70. Abdelaziz Barrada / Olympique Marseille (FRA) / Morocco
71. Cheikhou Kouyate / West Ham United (ENG) / Senegal
72. Adama Traore / Monaco (FRA) / Mali
73. Omar El-Kaddouri / Napoli (ITA) / Morocco
74. Florentin Pogba / St. Etienne (FRA) / Guinea
75. Joel Kimwaki / TP Mazembe (DRC) / DR Congo
76. Syam Ben Youssef / Caen (FRA) / Tunisia
77. Allan Nyom / Watford (ENG) / Cameroon
78. Medhi Benatia / Bayern Munich (GER) / Morocco
79. Dioko Kaluyituka / Al-Gharafa (QAT) / DR Congo
80. Ayman Hefny / Zamalek (EGY) / Egypt
81. Seydou Doumbia / CSKA Moscow (RUS) / Ivory Coast
82. Aymen Mathlouthi / Etoile du Sahel (TUN) / Tunisia
83. Adama Tamboura / Unattached / Mali
84. Franck Kom / Etoile du Sahel (TUN) / Cameroon
85. Kermit Erasmus / Orlando Pirates (RSA) / South Africa
86. Javier Balboa / Al Faisaly (KSA) / Equatorial Guinea
87. Nasr El-Din El-Shigall / Al Hilal (SUD) / Sudan
88. Nabil Dirar / Monaco (FRA) / Morocco
89. Moses Simon / Gent (BEL) / Nigeria
90. Solomon Jabason / Al Merreikh (SUD) / Nigeria
91. Mubarak Wakaso / Las Palmas (ESP) / Ghana
92. Thomas Ulimwengu / TP Mazembe (DRC) / Tanzania
93. Mahmoud Kahraba / Zamalek (EGY) / Egypt
94. Chancel Mbemba / Newcastle United (ENG) / DR Congo
95. Samuel Eto’o / Antalyaspor (TUR) / Cameroon
96. Thievy Bifouma / Granada (ESP) / Congo
97. Sylvain Gbohouo / TP Mzembe (CRC) / Ivory Coast
98. Kelechi Ineanacho / Manchester City (ENG) / Nigeria
99. Felipe Ovono / Orlando Pirates (RSA) / Equatorial Guinea
100. Sol Bamba / Leeds United (ENG) / Ivory Coast