Nigeria ranks highest-scoring African country in history [See full list]

The English Premier League (EPL) yesterday conducted a ranking of all countries according to the goals scored by players from such countries.

According to the official website (https://www.premierleague.com/), Nigeria was ranked as the highest-scoring African country since the league was founded in the year 1992.

The West African country that bags a total of 471 goals, is also among the top ten that includes the likes of England, France and Spain.

The top five contributors to the 471 goals for Nigeria are Yakubu Aiyegbeni (95 goals), Nwankwo Kanu (54 goals), Efan Ekoku (52 goals), Shola Ameobi (43) and Osaze Odemwingie (36 goals).

See full lists of countries with highest goals scored in the EPL:

Nations            Goals                                                 Nations                 Goals

England           10,826                                                Egypt                       60

France             1,477                                                   Peru                         55

Ireland             945                                                      Mexico                    54

Scotland          942                                                      Bosnia                      52

 Netherlands    904                                                      Greece                      52

Wales              898                                                      Slovakia                    47

Spain               673                                                      Ecuador                     45

Norway           510                                                      Switzerland               44

Belgium           476                                                     Latvia                        43

Nigeria             471                                                    Romania                    43

Argentina        420                                                     Grenada                     37

Italy                 414                                                     Montserrat                 36

Brazil               366                                                      Benin                       35

Ivory Coast     321                                                      Japan                         31

Senegal            314                                                      Paraguay                   31

Jamaica            270                                                      Guyana                     28

Germany         268                                                      Ukraine                      24

Australia          264                                                      Hungary                     21

N Ireland         237                                                      Venezuela                   21

Denmark         236                                                      New Zealand              20

Sweden           221                                                      Congo                         18

Portugal           211                                                      Georgia                      17

Trinidad          178                                                      Bermuda                     13

Iceland             171                                                      Barbados                   12

Uruguay          168                                                      Guinea                       12

Croatia             163                                                      Tunisia                      12

USA                156                                                      Montenegro                10

Serbia              150                                                      Gibraltar                     9

Bulgaria           135                                                      Belarus                       8

Colombia         123                                                      Kenya                         8

Czech Rep       122                                                      Curaçao                      7

Finland            107                                                      Iran                             7

Russia              104                                                      Liberia                        7

Ghana              100                                                      Honduras                    6

S Africa           98                                                        Armenia                      5

Togo                97                                                        Gabon                         5

Cameroon        95                                                        China                          4

Austria             89                                                        Macedonia                  4

Morocco          79                                                        Antigua and Barbuda 3

Chile                78                                                        Slovenia                     3

Congo DR       77                                                        Angola                       2

Turkey             75                                                        Burkina Faso              2

Israel               72                                                        Poland                         2

S Korea           72                                                        Burundi                       1

Algeria             66                                                        Estonia                       1

Mali                 66                                                        Gambia                       1

Canada             64                                                        Sierra Leone               1

Costa Rica       63                                                        St Kitts and Nevis       1

Zimbabwe       61