Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar is leading the race to win the Golden Boot in this edition of the Africa Cup of Nations being hosted by his nation.

The Cameroon’s number 10 has scored five goals in 3 video games.

Before the tournament began, gamers such as Sadio Mane of Senegal and Mohamed Salah were tipped by pundits to lead the objective chart however the Liverpool duo only have one each to their names.

Abubakar, who is likewise the captain of the host nation, netted a brace in both matches against Burkina Faso and Ethiopia and contributed to his tally throughout the 1-1 draw with Cape Verde on Monday.

Karl Toko Ekambi, also of Cameroon and Malawi’s Gabadinho Mhango are presently Aboubakar’s closest challengers on two objectives apiece.

The similarity Ghana’s Andre Ayew and a slew of Nigeria players– Kelechi Iheanacho, Samuel Chukwueze, Taiwo Awoniyi and Moses Simon all have one goal each.

Here is the leading five greatest objective scorers of the competition so far:

Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) 5 objectives

Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon) 2 goals

Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) 2 goals

Gabadinho Mhango (Malawi) 2 objectives

Ibrahima Kone (Mali) 2 objectives