The West African Footballer of the Year, or The Best of the Best is an annual association football award. It is presented to the west african player who has been considered to have performed the best over the previous season. The award was conceived by the West Africa Football Union

West Africa Football Union

The West Africa Football Union is an association of the football playing nations in West Africa.It was the brainchild of the Senegal Football Federation who requested that the nations belonging to CAF's Zone A and B meet and hold a regular competitive tournament.The Union organise several...

 (WAFU), and it was awarded since 2010. The inaugural winner was Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba

Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian footballer who plays in the centre forward position. He currently plays for Chelsea in the Premier League, where he is deputy vice-captain, and is the captain and all-time top scorer of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team...

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By year

Year	Place	Player	Nationality	Notes
2010	1st	Didier Drogba Didier Drogba Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian footballer who plays in the centre forward position. He currently plays for Chelsea in the Premier League, where he is deputy vice-captain, and is the captain and all-time top scorer of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team...	Côte d'Ivoire
	2nd	Yaya Touré Yaya Touré Gnégnéri Yaya Touré , commonly known as Yaya Touré, is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Côte d'Ivoire national side...	Côte d'Ivoire
	3rd	Kader Keïta	Côte d'Ivoire

By player

Player	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Didier Drogba Didier Drogba Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian footballer who plays in the centre forward position. He currently plays for Chelsea in the Premier League, where he is deputy vice-captain, and is the captain and all-time top scorer of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team...	1 (2010)	—	—
Yaya Touré Yaya Touré Gnégnéri Yaya Touré , commonly known as Yaya Touré, is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Côte d'Ivoire national side...	—	1 (2010)	—
Kader Keïta	—	—	1 (2010)

By country

Table of winners categorized by the player's nationality (not the nationality of his club).

Country	First place	Second place	Third place
	1 (2010)	1 (2010)	1 (2010)