Gamers are advised that the most important player in their team composition on the video game is the striker, therefore, the highest ranked strikers are the most recommended to incorporate them into one’s squad.
Meanwhile, Zambia’s Patson Daka is notably the only striker from the Southern African region to make a cut in the top 20 African strikers in the latest edition of FIFA.
He is ranked 18th with an overall rating of 77 on a list that sees Samuel Eto’o rank number 1 in FIFA 23
TOP 20 AFRICAN STRIKERS IN FIFA 23
| RANK | NAME | COUNTRY | CLUB | OVERRALL RATING |
| 1 | Samuel Eto’o | Cameroon | Retired Icon | 90 |
| 2 | Didier Drogba | Cote d’Ivore | Retired Icon | 89 |
| 3 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Gabon | Chelsea FC | 85 |
| 4 | Victor Osimhen | Nigeria | Napoli | 83 |
| 5 | Sebastian Haller | Cote d’Ivore | Borrussia Dormund | 82 |
| 6 | Inaki Williams | Ghana | Athletic club | 82 |
| 7 | Andy Delort | Algeria | OGC Nice | 80 |
| 8 | Youssef En-Nesyri | Morocco | Sevila | 80 |
| 9 | Paul Onuachu | Nigeria | Genk | 79 |
| 10 | Boulaye Dia | Senegal | Salernitana | 79 |
| 11 | Odion Ighalo | Nigeria | Al Ahilal | 78 |
| 12 | Mouse Marega | Mali | Al Hilal | 77 |
| 13 | Ihas Bebou | Togo | Hoffenheim | 77 |
| 14 | Kelechi Iheanacho | Nigeria | Leicester city | 77 |
| 15 | Musa Barrow | Gambia | Bologna | 77 |
| 16 | Taiwo Awoniyi | Nigeria | Nottingham Forest | 77 |
| 17 | Umar Sadiq | Nigeria | Real Sociedad | 77 |
| 18 | Patson Daka | Zambia | Leicester city | 77 |
| 19 | Sofiane Boufal | Morocco | SCO Angers | 77 |
| 20 | Habib Diallo | Senegal | Strasbourg | 77 |
