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When will Africa get its next Ballon d'Or winner?

Sadio Mane and Achraf Hakimi have been nominated for this year's Ballon d'Or - but when will an African claim football's top individual prize for the first time since 1995?

Ivory Coast - 15 (Didier Drogba 8, Yaya Toure 5, Kolo Toure, Sebastien Haller)

Cameroon - 12 (Samuel Eto'o 9, Geremi, Patrick Mboma, Andre Onana)

Nigeria - 10 (Jay-Jay Okocha 2, Nwankwo Kanu 2, Finidi George, Daniel Amokachi, Victor Ikpeba, Sunday Oliseh, Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman)

Senegal - 8 (Sadio Mane 5, Papa Bouba Diop, El Hadji Diouf, Kalidou Koulibaly)

Ghana - 6 (Michael Essien 3, Tony Yeboah, Samuel Kuffour, Asamoah Gyan)

Egypt - 6 (all Mohamed Salah)

Algeria - 4 (all Riyad Mahrez)

Mali - 3 (Mahamadou Diarra 2, Frederic Kanoute)

Gabon - 3 (all Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang)

Morocco - 3 (Achraf Hakimi 2, Yassine Bounou)

Liberia - 2 (both George Weah)

Chad - 1 (Japhet N'Doram)

Tunisia - 1 (Hatem Trabelsi)

Togo - 1 (Emmanuel Adebayor)

Guinea - 1 (Serhou Guirassy)

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