Det franske magasin France Football stod for kåringen af årets spiller i Afrika frem 1994. I 1992 indførte det franske fodbold-forbund CAF sin egen kåring, som siden 1995 har haft status som den officielle.
2012 Yaya Touré, Manchester City/Elfenbenskysten
2011 Yaya Touré, Manchester City/Elfenbenskysten
2010 Samuel Eto’o, Inter/Cameroun
2009 Didier Drogba, Chelsea/Elfenbenskysten
2008 Emanuel Adebayor, Arsenal/Togo
2007 Frederic Kanouté, Sevilla/Mali
2006 Didier Drogba, Chelsea/Elfenbenskysten
2005 Samuel Eto’o FC Barcelona/Cameroun
2004 Samuel Eto’o Real Mallorca & FC Barcelona/Cameroun
2003 Samuel Eto’o Real Mallorca/Cameroun
2002 El Hadji Diouf, Lens & Liverpool/Senegal
2001 El Hadji Diouf, Lens/Senegal
2000 Patrick Mboma, Cagliari & Parma/Cameroun
1999 Nwankwo Kanu, Arsenal/Nigeria
1998 Mustapha Hadji, Deportivo La Coruna/Marokko
1997 Victor Ikpeba, Monaco/Nigeria
1996 Nwankwo Kanu, Ajax & Inter/Nigeria
1995 George Weah, Paris Saint Germain & AC Milan/Liberia
1994 Emmanuel Amunike, EL Zamalek & Sporting Lissabon/Nigeria
George Weah, AS Monaco/Liberia*
1993 Rashidi Yekini, Vitoria Setubal/Nigeria
Abedi Pelé, Olympique Marseille/Ghana*
1992 Abedi Pelé, Olympique Marseille/Ghana
1991 Abedi Pelé, Olympique Marseille/Ghana
1990 Roger Milla, Saint-Denis/Cameroun
1989 George Weah, AS Monaco/Liberia
1988 Kalusha Bwalya, Cercle Brugge/Zambia
1987 Rabah Madjer, FC Porto/Algeriet
1986 Zaki Badou, Real Mallorca/Marokko
1985 Mohammed Timoumi, FAR Rabat/Marokko
1984 Theophile Abega, Toulouse/Cameroun
1983 Mahmoud Al-Khatib, Al-Ahly/Egypten
1982 Thomas N’Kono, Espanyol/Cameroun
1981 Lakhdar Belloumi, GC Mascara/Algeriet
1980 Jean Manga-Onguene, Canon Yaonde/Cameroun
1979 Thomas N’Kono, Canon Yaonde/Cameroun
1978 Karim Abdul Razak, Asante Kotono/Ghana
1977 Tarek Dhiab, Esperance Tunis/Tunesien
1976 Roger Milla, Tonnerre Yaonde/Cameroun
1975 Ahmed Faras, Chabab Mohammedia/Marokko
1974 Paul Moukila, Republikken Cono/CARA Brazzaville
1973 Tshimen Mwanga,TP Mazembe/Zaïre
1972 Cherif Souleymane, Hafia Conakry/Guinea
1971 Ibrahim Sunday, Asante Kotoko/Ghana
1970 Salif Keita, Saint Etienne/Mali
France Footballs vindere af kåringen i 1993 og 1994 er markeret med *