AFC Asian Cup Top Scorer Award Winners List (All Time)
The AFC Asian Cup is Asia’s biggest football competition for men’s national teams. Many legendary Asian players have featured in this competition including lethal strikers like Ali Daei. Who won the Top Scorer Award in the AFC Asian Cup? Is there an Asian Golden Boot? Find all these answers. See the AFC Asian Cup Top Scorer Award Winners List for All Time.
AFC Asian Cup Golden Boot
Actually, there is No Golden Boot Award for this competition. But the governing body rewards the top scorer of each edition with a special crest. Traditionally fans might call the award the Golden Boot. But the award is neither a Boot nor made of Gold. In the 18 editions so far, players from at least 10 different countries have finished as the campaign’s top-scorer at least for once.
AFC Asian Cup Top Scorer Award Winners List
| Year | Top Scorer(s) | No. Of Goals | Country |
| 2023 | Akram Afif | 8 | Qatar |
| 2019 | Almoez Ali | 9 | Qatar |
| 2015 | Ali Mabkhout | 5 | UAE |
| 2011 | Koo Ja-cheol | 5 | Korea Republic |
| 2007 | Younis Mahmoud, Naohiro Takahara, Yasser Al-Qahtani | 4 | Iraq, Japan, Saudi Arabia |
| 2004 | Ali Karimi, A’ala Hubail | 5 | Iran, Bahrain |
| 2000 | Lee Dong-gook | 6 | Korea Republic |
| 1996 | Ali Daei | 8 | Iran |
| 1992 | Fahad Al-Bishi | 3 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1988 | Lee Tae-ho | 3 | Korea Republic |
| 1984 | Jia Xiuquan, Shahrokh Bayani, Nasser Mohammadkhani | 3 | China, Iran, Iran |
| 1980 | Choi Soon-Ho, Behtash Fariba | 7 | Korea Republic, Iran |
| 1976 | Fathi Kameel, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Nasser Nouraei | 3 | Kuwair, Iran, Iran |
| 1972 | Hossein Kalani | 5 | Iran |
| 1968 | Homayoun Behzadi, Giora Spiegel, Moshe Romano | 4 | Iran, Ex, Ex |
| 1964 | Inder Singh, Mordechai Spiegler | 2 | India, Ex |
| 1960 | Cho Yoon-Ok | 4 | Korea Republic |
| 1956 | Nahum Stelmach | 4 | Expelled Country (Ex) |
Nahum Stelmach was the 1956 edition’s top goal scorer. Akram Afif won this prize during the very last edition. There were multiple top scorers in the 2007, 2004, 1984, 1980, 1976, 1968, and 1964 editions. In fact, 1968, 1976, 1984, as well as 2007; each of these edition witnessed 3 top scorers. Qatari striker Almoez Ali’s 9 goals during the 2019 edition are the record for the most number of goals in a single edition. Iran represents the most number of edition-based top scorers. The 3 times winner country represents 7 different top scorers over 5 editions. Korea Republic offers 5 top scorers, each in different editions. Saudi Arabia & Qatar, each also offers 2 edition-based top scorers. Inder Singh is the only Indian to feature in this list as he netted twice in 1964 and was the joint top scorer of the 3rd edition.
