Mohamed Salah

Salah has won the Golden Boot in his last two seasons in the English game, winning the award in his first—record-breaking—year at Liverpool, and then retaining it last season, albeit tied with two other African All-Stars.

At the time of the Premier League’s postponement due to coronavirus, he was three goals off the pace in the scoring charts, and firmly in the running to win the gong again.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

The only African player to win a Golden Boot in two different major European Leagues, Auba will be remembered as a sublime goal-getter, even if he’s won few club honours to match his individual quality.

In 2017 he eclipsed four-time Golden Boot winner Robert Lewandowski to clinch the Bundesliga award, and after transferring that form to the Premier League he stands alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez and Ruud van Nistelrooy as players who have done it in two different major leagues.

Didier Drogba

Some may argue that Drogba blew too hot and cold at times in the Premier League, and there may be some truth to that.

During his nine seasons at Chelsea, he only hit double figures on five occasions, and only twice breached the 20-goal mark…for context, that’s only twice as often as Yaya Toure, playing in a deeper role for Manchester City.