| P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pt | PPG | ||
| 1 | Cameroon | 74 | 46 | 15 | 13 | 34 | 14 | 126 | 56 | +70 | 153 | 2.07 |
| 2 | South Africa | 39 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 76 | 1.95 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 89 | 49 | 25 | 15 | 44 | 17 | 151 | 66 | +85 | 172 | 1.93 |
| 4 | Tunisia | 88 | 49 | 22 | 17 | 43 | 20 | 154 | 67 | +87 | 169 | 1.92 |
| 5 | Ivory Coast | 65 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 12 | 121 | 57 | +64 | 123 | 1.89 |
| 6 | Egypt | 76 | 41 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 23 | 128 | 64 | +64 | 141 | 1.86 |
| 7 | Morocco | 93 | 43 | 32 | 18 | 50 | 26 | 125 | 69 | +56 | 161 | 1.73 |
| 8 | Ghana | 66 | 33 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 20 | 103 | 52 | +51 | 114 | 1.73 |
| 9 | Angola | 56 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 73 | 50 | +23 | 90 | 1.61 |
| 10 | Congo DR | 65 | 30 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 107 | 73 | +34 | 104 | 1.60 |
| 11 | Algeria | 76 | 33 | 21 | 22 | 34 | 22 | 102 | 76 | +26 | 120 | 1.58 |
| 12 | Zambia | 85 | 39 | 17 | 29 | 35 | 32 | 125 | 80 | +45 | 134 | 1.58 |
| 13 | Guinea | 64 | 30 | 10 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 96 | 78 | +18 | 100 | 1.56 |
| 14 | Senegal | 50 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 70 | 45 | +25 | 77 | 1.54 |
| 15 | Mali | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 44 | 1.52 |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 55 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 57 | 65 | -8 | 76 | 1.38 |
| 17 | Libya | 45 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 62 | 1.38 |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 47 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 68 | 67 | +1 | 64 | 1.36 |
| 19 | Gabon | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 50 | 55 | -5 | 61 | 1.33 |
| 20 | Congo | 51 | 19 | 9 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 57 | 64 | -7 | 66 | 1.29 |
| 21 | Togo | 58 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 20 | 66 | 76 | -10 | 74 | 1.28 |
| 22 | Burundi | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 20 | 1.25 |
| 23 | Madagascar | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 44 | -6 | 39 | 1.22 |
| 24 | Kenya | 61 | 20 | 14 | 27 | 19 | 27 | 68 | 84 | -16 | 74 | 1.21 |
| 25 | Chad | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 13 | 1.08 |
| 26 | Uganda | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 53 | -22 | 33 | 1.06 |
| 27 | Sudan | 57 | 15 | 15 | 27 | 18 | 26 | 53 | 87 | -34 | 60 | 1.05 |
| 28 | Gambia | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 20 | 1.05 |
| 29 | Cape Verde Islands | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 34 | -10 | 24 | 1.04 |
| 30 | Niger | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 38 | -20 | 24 | 1.04 |
| 31 | Liberia | 51 | 14 | 11 | 26 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 72 | -37 | 53 | 1.04 |
| 32 | Tanzania | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 27 | 1.04 |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 45 | -12 | 31 | 1.03 |
| 34 | Malawi | 53 | 13 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 24 | 53 | 77 | -24 | 53 | 1.00 |
| 35 | Benin | 39 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 81 | -42 | 39 | 1.00 |
| 36 | Mozambique | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 41 | -14 | 28 | 0.97 |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 40 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 62 | -30 | 35 | 0.88 |
| 38 | Equatorial Guinea | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 27 | -10 | 13 | 0.87 |
| 39 | Namibia | 35 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 75 | -42 | 30 | 0.86 |
| 40 | Rwanda | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 46 | -19 | 26 | 0.84 |
| 41 | Botswana | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 42 | -23 | 20 | 0.74 |
| 42 | Guinea-Bissau | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 6 | 0.60 |
| 43 | Swaziland | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 36 | -29 | 9 | 0.60 |
| 44 | Lesotho | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 43 | -34 | 8 | 0.42 |
| 45 | Mauritania | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 26 | -20 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 46 | Djibouti | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 48 | -43 | 4 | 0.36 |
| 47 | Mauritius | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 44 | -32 | 5 | 0.31 |
| 48 | Seychelles | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 33 | -27 | 2 | 0.17 |
| Teams that have played less than 10 games | ||||||||||||
| 49 | Sao Tome e Principe | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 19 | -16 | 4 | 0.67 |
| 50 | Central African Rep | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 | 0.60 |
| 51 | Eritrea | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 3 | 0.50 |
| 52 | Somalia | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 20 | -19 | 3 | 0.33 |
| 53 | Comoros | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 0 | 0.00 |
Points per game, average goal difference then average goals scored applies










