
No one scored more Premier League goals in the calendar year 2014 than Bony's 20 for Swansea, a tally that pushed Manchester City into paying £28m for him the following January. He won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations weeks after that move, scoring twice against Algeria in the quarter-final, and he had arrived from Vitesse as Eredivisie top scorer with 31 goals in 2012-13 and Dutch footballer of the year. Career record: 56 caps and 16 goals for Côte d’Ivoire; club career at AC Sparta Prague, SBV Vitesse, Swansea City A.F.C..
| 2006–2008 | Issia Wazi |
| 2008–2011 | AC Sparta Prague |
| 2011–2013 | SBV Vitesse |
| 2013–2015 | Swansea City A.F.C. |
| 2015–2017 | Manchester City |
| 2016–2017 | Stoke City |
| 2017–2019 | Swansea City A.F.C. |
| 2019–2019 | Al-Arabi SC |
| 2020–2020 | Al Ittihad |
| 2022–2022 | N.E.C. |
| 2023–2023 | Club Always Ready |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 56 caps, 16 goals |
Côte d’Ivoire legends whose careers overlapped Bony's
One rank above: Emmanuel Eboué at #13.
One rank below: Alain Gouaméné at #15.
Côte d’Ivoire's editorial top five: Didier Drogba · Yaya Touré · Kolo Touré · Gervinho · Salomon Kalou.