Best and Worst African Leaders of All Time

Ranked by the community. Based on 17 votes and counting.

Published Last updated Someone just votedLéopold Sédar Senghor 🇸🇳 > Samora Machel 🇲🇿

TOP 3

R
01

Robert Mugabe 🇿🇼

100% WR3 matches
1528
L
02

Léopold Sédar Senghor 🇸🇳

1520
75% WR4 matches
T
03

Thomas Sankara 🇧🇫

1510
100% WR1 matches

The Ranking

04
N

Nelson Mandela 🇿🇦

Win Rate: 100%
|Samples: 1
1510
Elo Score
05
G

Gamal Abdel Nasser 🇪🇬

Win Rate: 100%
|Samples: 1
1510
Elo Score
06
H

Haile Selassie I 🇪🇹

Win Rate: 100%
|Samples: 1
1510
Elo Score
07
J

Julius Nyerere 🇹🇿

Win Rate: 100%
|Samples: 1
1510
Elo Score
08
A

Anwar Sadat 🇪🇬

Win Rate: 100%
|Samples: 1
1507
Elo Score
09
M

Meles Zenawi 🇪🇹

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 0
1500
Elo Score
10
A

Ahmed Sékou Touré 🇬🇳

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 0
1500
Elo Score
11
W

Wangari Maathai 🇰🇪

Win Rate: 50%
|Samples: 2
1500
Elo Score
12
F

F. W. de Klerk 🇿🇦

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 0
1500
Elo Score
13
I

Idi Amin 🇺🇬

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 0
1500
Elo Score
14
K

Kwame Nkrumah 🇬🇭

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 0
1500
Elo Score
15
P

Patrice Lumumba 🇨🇩

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 0
1500
Elo Score
16
J

Jomo Kenyatta 🇰🇪

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 0
1500
Elo Score
17
S

Sani Abacha 🇳🇬

Win Rate: 50%
|Samples: 2
1500
Elo Score
18
F

Frantz Fanon 🇲🇶

Win Rate: 50%
|Samples: 2
1500
Elo Score
19
M

Muammar Gaddafi 🇱🇾

Win Rate: 50%
|Samples: 2
1498
Elo Score
20
E

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 🇱🇷

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 1
1492
Elo Score
21
L

Léopold II of Belgium 🇧🇪

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 1
1490
Elo Score
22
P

Paul Kagame 🇷🇼

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 1
1490
Elo Score
23
S

Samora Machel 🇲🇿

Win Rate: 25%
|Samples: 4
1482
Elo Score
24
F

Félix Houphouët-Boigny 🇨🇮

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 2
1480
Elo Score
25
M

Mobutu Sese Seko 🇨🇩

Win Rate: 0%
|Samples: 4
1463
Elo Score

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