The list of past winners are:
Men’s Player of the Year 1992 Abedi Ayew Pele (Ghana)1993 Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria)1994 Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria)1995 George Weah (Liberia)1996 Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)1997 Victor Ikpeba (Nigeria)1998 Mustapha Hadji (Morocco)1999 Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)2000 Patrick Mboma (Cameroon)2001 El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal)2002 El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)2003 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)2004 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)2005 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)2006 Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire)2007 Frederic Kanoute (Mali)2008 Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo)2009 Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire)2010 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)2011 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)2012 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)2013 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)2014 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)2015 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)2016 Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)2017 Mohamed Salah (Egypt)2018 Mohamed Salah (Egypt)2019 Sadio Mane (Senegal)2020 Not awarded due to COVID-192021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022 Sadio Mane (Senegal)
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