Who are Africa’s top scorers in the world’s biggest leagues?

Premier League: Nine games into the EPL season, and Mohamed Salah is the continent’s top scorer in the world’s grandest league. The Egyptian forward—a new signing from AS Roma—is fast proving that Chelsea were wrong to let him go. Salah has five in nine so far this season, putting him one ahead of Africa’s next contender—Watford’s Franco-Malian midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure—and three behind the league’s top scorer Harry Kane. Serie A: Four African players are on two goals in the Italian top flight, but none of them can really be considered genuine contenders for the division’s golden boot! Defenders Faouzi Ghoulam and Bastos have both weighed in with important strikes, while Franck Kessie has two in 10 since moving to AC Milan. Perhaps the continent’s most unlikely scorer in the division is Adel Taarabt, who’s enjoying something of a renaissance at Genoa.