| R | Country | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | G Diff | Pts |
| 1 | Egypt | 96 | 54 | 17 | 25 | 159 | 87 | 72 | 125 |
| 2 | Ghana | 95 | 53 | 17 | 25 | 125 | 79 | 46 | 123 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 85 | 45 | 21 | 19 | 121 | 82 | 39 | 111 |
| 4 | Cameroon | 80 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 119 | 73 | 46 | 105 |
| 5 | Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 90 | 39 | 24 | 27 | 131 | 97 | 34 | 102 |
| 6 | Zambia | 67 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 81 | 69 | 12 | 72 |
| 7 | Tunisia | 67 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 87 | 85 | 2 | 68 |
| 8 | Morocco | 61 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 70 | 57 | 13 | 64 |
| 9 | Algeria | 65 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 80 | 83 | -3 | 62 |
| 10 | R.D.Congo (Zaire/Congo Kinshasa) | 69 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 82 | 96 | -14 | 61 |
| 11 | Senegal | 53 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 61 | 52 | 9 | 50 |
| 12 | Mali | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 55 | 61 | -6 | 46 |
| 13 | South Africa | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 41 |
| 14 | Guinea | 39 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 55 | 57 | -2 | 37 |
| 15 | Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) | 41 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 38 | 62 | -24 | 27 |
| 16 | Congo (Congo Brazaville) | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 21 |
| 17 | Sudan | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 38 | -10 | 20 |
| 18 | Gabon | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 19 |
| 19 | Angola | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 37 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 27 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 29 | 61 | -32 | 17 |
| 21 | Togo | 25 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 42 | -23 | 14 |
| 22 | Libya | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 11 |
| 23 | Equatorial Guinea | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 24 | Uganda | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 34 | -16 | 8 |
| 25 | Cape Verde | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 26 | Kenya | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -16 | 6 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 5 |
| 28 | Liberia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 29 | Rwanda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Malawi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 3 |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 3 |
| 32 | Namibia | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 2 |
| 33 | Mozambique | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 26 | -22 | 2 |
| 34 | Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 36 | Niger | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 1 |
| 37 | Benin | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -16 | 1 |
| 38 | Mauritius | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 |
| 39 | Botswana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0 |
| Total | 636 | 457 | 179 | 457 | 1565 | 1565 |
