The list was released on Thursday, November 24, 2024. The CAF Awards 2024 will be held on December 16, 2024 in Marrakech, Morocco.

The top 10 players in the 2023-2024 season are included in this list, only Liverpool and Egypt national team striker Mohamed Salah did not appear in this list and Galatasaray and Egypt national team striker Nigeria's Victor Osimhen hasn't had a good year at Napoli, with a defeat in the final of the African Cup of Nations.

The ten (10) players included in the list of the most successful football players in Africa include Amine Gouiri (Algeria/Rennes), Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso/Bayer Leverkusen), Simon Adingra (Côte d'Ivoire/Brighton & Hove Albion), Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo / Olympique de Marseille), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain), Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco / Al Ain), Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta), William Troost -Ekong (Nigeria/Al Kholood), and Ronwen Williams (South Africa/Mamelodi Sundowns).

Last year's Achraf Hakim was runner-up to winner Victor Osimhen while goalkeeper Ronwen Williams of South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns was the top contender as he was selected in three categories, including the other CAF Coaches categories. 'year and the coaches who coach the countries that performed well in the Africa Cup of Nations held in Cote D'Ivoire 2023.

Other categories include Coach of the Year, National Team of the Year, Team of the Year, CAF Young Player of the Year, Best Goal of the Year and more.

Winners in all categories will be determined by a vote of the governing body, including CAF's technical committee, journalists, coaches and captains.

CAF announced that the list of winners will be published in the next few days

Nigerian actor Victor Osimhen is the latest winner of the award for the best player in 2023, while Asisat Oshoala was awarded the best male and female award.