chelsea player with most appearances of all time that are african

Didier Drogba has made the most appearances for Chelsea by an African player in the Premier League in his career, with 254 appearances.

NAMEMRatingMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Didier Drogba
D. Drogba
254
17,561
187
104
0.41
54
158
4
2John Obi Mikel
J. Obi Mikel
249
16,220
183
1
0.00
10
11
0
3Michael Essien
M. Essien
169
13,356
150
17
0.10
10
27
0
4Salomon Kalou
S. Kalou
156
8,665
94
36
0.23
22
58
0
5Celestine Babayaro
C. Babayaro
132
10,374
118
5
0.04
10
15
0
6Victor Moses
V. Moses
87
5,763
66
7
0.08
6
13
0
7Edouard Mendy
E. Mendy
75
6,660
74
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,525
0
0
8Geremi Njitap
G. Njitap
72
4,263
48
4
0.06
5
9
0
9Nicolas Jackson
N. Jackson
65
6.92
5,018
59
24
0.37
10
34
0
0
156
76
9
1,900
328
51
10Hakim Ziyech
H. Ziyech
64
3,152
35
6
0.09
9
15
0
0
103
35
2
2,510
113
12
11Demba Ba
D. Ba
33
1,535
16
7
0.21
1
8
0
12Kalidou Koulibaly
K. Koulibaly
23
7.10
1,800
20
2
0.09
1
3
0
0
11
4
0
1,708
19
0
13Samuel Eto'o
S. Eto'o
21
1,321
16
9
0.43
2
11
0
14Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
P. Aubameyang
15
6.40
554
5
1
0.07
0
1
0
0
16
7
0
167
25
0
15Abdul Rahman Baba
A. Rahman Baba
15
1,016
11
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
6
2
0
853
0
2
16Mohamed Salah
M. Salah
13
530
6
2
0.15
1
3
0
17George Weah
G. Weah
11
876
9
3
0.27
3
6
0
18Bertrand Traoré
B. Traoré
10
372
4
2
0.20
1
3
0
0
17
6
0
215
0
5
19Gaël Kakuta
G. Kakuta
6
150
1
0
0.00
0
0
0
20Michael Mancienne
M. Mancienne
4
177
2
0
0.00
0
0
0
21Mamadou Sarr
M. Sarr
3
6.58
102
1
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
62
1
0
22David Datro Fofana
D. Datro Fofana
3
6.49
70
1
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
42
10
1
23Ola Aina
O. Aina
3
24
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
24
1
0
24Tariq Lamptey
T. Lamptey
1
32
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
1
0
25Jérémie Boga
J. Boga
1
18
1
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0

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