Power ranking every single African player in the Premier League so far this season

The Malian got another cameo off the bench in Wolverhampton Wanderers’ 2-0 loss at West Ham United.

The midfielder had made his Premier League debut — a 12-minute appearance — in Wolves’ home defeat by Manchester City before the hiatus.

The Ivorian was cut from Steve Cooper’s XI following Nottingham Forest’s shift to a back four in their 4-0 defeat by Leicester City.

Boly made his Forest bow at centre-back before the international break.

Lamptey made his sixth substitute appearance of the season at Liverpool, coming on for hat-trick hero Leandro Trossard in the 3-3 draw.

The Ghanaian will hope for more starts under Roberto De Zerbi.

The midfielder is still out with injury and did not feature in Arsenal’s convincing North London derby success over Tottenham Hotspur.

A late cameo at Southampton sees the Mali international fall this week.

Doucoure was introduced in second-half stoppage time as Everton came from behind to beat Ralph Hasenhuttl’s men 2-1.

Back in the Premier League, Aurier actually had a decent 45-minute appearance after his introduction in Forest’s loss at Leicester City on Monday.

The Ivory Coast international won all but one of six duels at the King Power Stadium after replacing Neco Williams who walked a tightrope after his 18th-minute booking.

Aurier immediately supplants Traore, Boly, Lamptey, Elneny and Doucoure owing to the quintet's minimal influence this season.

The Morocco international was an unused substitute in Chelsea’s comeback 2-1 win at Crystal Palace.

He somehow manages to keep his place.

Mendy is supplanted in this week’s ranking as he was not risked at Selhurst Park.

The Chelsea goalkeeper is back in training, so it will be interesting to see if he features in the forthcoming round of games.

Koulibaly falls this week, as he was an unused substitute in Chelsea’s win at Crystal Palace.

Matip made his third appearance of the Premier League season in Liverpool’s 3-3 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Despite the concession of three goals, the centre-back supplants Edouard Mendy and Koulibaly, who did not feature in Graham Potter’s managerial league debut for Chelsea.

The Ghana international falls owing to his non-appearance in Leicester’s 4-0 thrashing of Forest.

Bissouma loses his spot after a 19-minute appearance in Tottenham’s defeat by Arsenal.

Six of the Malian’s seven league games have been as a substitute.

Mahrez came on with 15 minutes to go in City’s 6-3 win over United but barely got involved.

The wide attacker tumbles as a consequence.

Cornet’s first West Ham start was short-lived as the Ivorian had to be replaced after 34 minutes.

The versatile wideman loses his spot this week.

Kouyate endured a tough night at the King Power Stadium as Forest conceded three first-half goals in the eventual 4-0 loss.

The Senegalese was taken off at half-time.

Despite playing 45 minutes in Leicester’s 4-0 success over Nottingham Forest, Ndidi rises significantly owing to the minimal impact from those around him.

The Super Eagle made striking interceptions before his half-time withdrawal.

The Zambia international did not play in Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton bow at Liverpool, owing to an illness that hospitalized him during the two-week interlude.

Schlupp came on for the final 16 minutes of Palace’s 2-1 home defeat by Chelsea.

The Ghana international’s run of successive starts this season is over and he loses his spot to teammate Jordan Ayew.

The Mali international falls several spots this week after being left on the bench by Ralf Hasenhuttl in Southampton’s 2-1 defeat by Everton.

Djenepo failed to play for the first time this season.

The Algerian drops after his non-appearance in West Ham’s defeat of Wolves.

Benrahma had played in every league game hitherto Saturday.

Despite Fulham’s hammering at the hands of Newcastle United, the DR Congo attacker is rewarded for his pin-point cross that provided Bobby Decordova-Reid’s consolation in the 4-1 defeat.

Ayew gets stick for his dearth of goal contributions but the Ghana forward’s assist for Odsonne Edouard’s strike against Chelsea was commendable.

It was the Palace forward’s first goal involvement in 2022-23 and it contributes to his ascent.

The DR Congo attacker replaced Bryan Mbeumo with 30 minutes remaining but barely got involved for the Bees.

Unsurprisingly, Wissa falls several places after an ineffectual outing at Bournemouth.

A thoroughly disappointing performance for the Liverpool superstar in the 3-3 draw with Brighton sees him fall out of the top 10.

Salah missed a couple of clear-cut chances and he has now gone four Premier League matches without scoring at Anfield.

The Cameroon forward simply could not get into the game against Bournemouth and was hooked by Thomas Frank just after the hour.

Mbeumo falls due to the ineffective showing.

The Ghana centre-back was an unused substitute in Southampton’s 2-1 loss against Everton, precipitating this week’s dip.

Doucoure had a run-of-the-mill performance in Palace’s 2-1 defeat by Chelsea, as Patrick Vieira went with an ostensibly risky 4-3-3 in which the Mali international was flanked by Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze.

The midfielder is overtaken in our gradings.

The Nigerian made the most of Hasenhuttl deploying him as one of the number 10s behind Che Adams and Sekou Mara by scoring his second Premier League goal in 2022-23.

Aribo climbs again after last week’s dip.

The Zambia international netted Leicester’s fourth in their smashing 4-0 success over Nottingham Forest, seeing him continue a run of commendable displays for the Foxes.

Daka moves up in our updated rankings.

Zaha put in a shift against Chelsea but could not make a final-third impact.

The Ivory Coast international was shackled by Reece James who defended well against the wide attacker for large periods.

Zaha somehow managed to hang on to fifth spot this week.

Zemura loses second spot due to the top performances around him and not because he underwhelmed against Brentford.

The Zimbabwean was intermittently positive in possession and was first to several loose balls from time to time as Bournemouth extended their unbeaten run to four games.

Like Zemura, Iwobi’s drop to third is an upshot of the outstanding showings from our top three.

The Nigerian set up Dwight McNeil’s winner in the 2-1 win at Southampton, a result that saw Everton win back-to-back games for the first time this season.

Iwobi was positive in possession and tenacious without the ball.

Gueye keeps producing top performances since returning to Goodison Park, and another impressive display on the South Coast was unmistakable.

The Senegal midfielder made more recoveries, won more tackles and intercepted the ball more than everyone on the pitch in the 2-1 success.

He rises from eighth to second.

Partey ascends to the top after scoring impressively in Arsenal’s 3-1 success over Spurs in the derby and showing the tactical awareness and ability in possession to produce a strong midfield display.

Only Bukayo Saka (eight) was involved in more Shot-Creating Actions than the Ghana superstar (seven), while the midfield man outdid his teammates for progressive passes (eight) and progressive carries (16).

He also made more interceptions than his colleagues but was outranked for recoveries by William Saliba (14-11).

A truly impressive Partey masterclass sees him deservedly take first spot.