There are 11 players who have netted nine or more goals in the Nedbank Cup since it was first played in its current guise in 2009, with several looking to add to their tally this campaign, including the top marksman still active in the local game.
9 Goals – Jeremy Brockie
Club: SuperSport United
New Zealander Brockie is the leading scorer for SuperSport United in the Nedbank Cup, with all nine of his goals in the competition coming in the colours of the Tshwane side. He later played for Mamelodi Sundowns and Maritzburg United with much less success. Quite remarkably, his nine goals all came between 2015 and 2017, as he was comfortably the most dominant forward in the competition over that time. He got two in his first year, before netting four in 2016, including in the final win over Orlando Pirates. He got another three in 2017, including in the decider again, as Matsatsantsa beat the same opposition.
9 Goals – Tshegofatso Mabasa
Clubs: Bloemfontein Celtic, Orlando Pirates
Mabasa is on loan at Stellenbosch FC in the second half of the current campaign, having played a hand in the recent success of Orlando Pirates in the Nedbank Cup. His first goal in the competition came in the colours of Bloemfontein Celtic, when he netted in a 1-0 win over Richards Bay in the Last 16 in 2019. He got the lone goal for Pirates in a 4-1 defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns in 2021, but it is really the last two seasons where he has come alive in the competition, netting seven times. He got three as Pirates lifted the trophy in 2024, and four, including a hat-trick against Baroka FC, as they lost the 2025 final to Kaizer Chiefs.
9 Goals – Lehlohonolo Majoro
Clubs: AmaZulu, Kaizer Chiefs
Majoro had a long and distinguished career. He burst onto the scene with Usuthu in the 2010/11 season and opened his Nedbank Cup account on his debut in the competition when he scored in the 5-0 victory over amateurs Real Madrid. He grabbed two in total that year. He moved on to Kaizer Chiefs the following season and managed four Nedbank Cup goals in a single game against Black Leopards. He also scored in the semifinals the following season as Chiefs lifted the trophy in 2013. He later had so-so spells with Orlando Pirates, Cape Town City and BidVest Wits before returning to AmaZulu in 2019 and adding one more Nedbank Cup goal to his tally.
9 Goals – Kingston Nkhatha
Clubs: Free State Stars, Kaizer Chiefs, SuperSport United
Zimbabwean forward Nkhatha was much maligned by supporters at his various clubs, but he had an eye for the important goal and scored an impressive nine times in the Nedbank Cup. Five of those were in the 2010 season at Free State Stars, where he first netted in a 6-1 victory over minnows Tower United as Ea Lla Koto made the semifinals. He later spent a season at Black Leopards before signing for Kaizer Chiefs in 2012, where he netted just once in the Nedbank Cup. His move to SuperSport United brought more success, though, as he scored three more times, including in the 2017 final against Pirates. He finished his career in South Africa at Mbombela United.
9 Goals – Gaston Sirino
Clubs: Mamelodi Sundowns, Kaizer Chiefs
Uruguayan Sirino has scored in two Nedbank Cup finals, lifting the trophy on both occasions. He netted a fine winner as Mamelodi Sundowns defeated Bloemfontein Celtic in the 2020 decider, before scoring again for new club Kaizer Chiefs as they edged rivals Orlando Pirates 2-1 in 2025. Seven of his nine goals came in the colours of Sundowns, which includes a hat-trick against minnows NB La Masia in 2024. He netted twice for Chiefs on their way to the title last year, with the other goal coming against Chippa United in the Last 16.
10 Goals – Thembinkosi Lorch
Clubs: Maluti FET College, Orlando Pirates, Mamelodi Sundowns
Lorch moved to Mamelodi Sundowns in the 2023/24 season and scored three goals in helping them to the final, where they came unstuck against his former club Orlando Pirates. He also netted three times on the way to helping Orlando Pirates lift the title in 2023. His first Nedbank Cup goals came all the way back in 2015 in the colours of Maluti FET College, a brace in a 2-1 away win at African Warriors. He later moved to Wydad Casablanca in Morocco and now to Al-Ittihad in Libya.
10 Goals – Nyasha Mushekwi
Club: Mamelodi Sundowns
Mushekwi scored an incredible 10 goals in the 2012 Nedbank Cup season, the most by any player in a single campaign. But still, Mamelodi Sundowns could not lift the trophy that year. The Zimbabwean forward netted six times in the 24-0 victory over Powerlines FC and got two more in a 2-0 Last 16 victory over BidVest Wits. He got one more each in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but Sundowns were beaten in the decider by city rivals SuperSport United. He spent three seasons at Sundowns in all before moving on to China.
10 Goals – Iqraam Rayners
Clubs: Santos, SuperSport United, Stellenbosch FC
Rayners was top scorer in the 2023 edition of the Nedbank Cup with six goals in four appearances as Stellenbosch FC made the semifinals. His first Nedbank Cup goal was a winner for Cape Town club Santos against Mthatha Bucks in 2016, before he scored one each for Stellenbosch, in his first spell, and SuperSport United. With his pace, he is a thorn in the side of many a defence and, having made the move to Mamelodi Sundowns, will have big ambitions of seriously adding to his tally, even if game time has been harder to come by of late.
11 Goals – Kermit Erasmus
Clubs: SuperSport United, Orlando Pirates, Mamelodi Sundowns
Erasmus has created an impressive Nedbank Cup tally, which includes goals in the final. His first in the competition came for SuperSport United in their 3-1 win over Lamontville Golden Arrows in the Last 32 in 2011, and he netted three in all for Matsatsantsa, including in the 2012 final as they lifted the trophy. He moved on to Pirates and scored three for them in the 2014 campaign as they defeated BidVest Wits 3-1 in the final, with Erasmus on the scoresheet twice. After a spell in France, he signed for Mamelodi Sundowns and got a brace as they thumped Summerfield Dynamos 5-0 in the quarterfinals on their way to lifting the trophy. He returned to Pirates and netted twice as they won the 2023 edition to take his tally to 11.
11 Goals – Hlompho Kekana
Club: Mamelodi Sundowns
Kekana netted all his goals in the colours of Sundowns. He too made hay in the 24-0 success against Powerlines FC, scoring seven goals in that game alone, but had to wait three years for his next strike in the 3-1 win over Platinum Stars in 2015. He scored two more for the club in 2018 and got his final Nedbank Cup goal in a 4-1 success against Orlando Pirates in 2021. The following season, he announced his retirement from the game but has certainly etched his name in the history of the Nedbank Cup, all this as a midfielder.
14 Goals – Peter Shalulile
Clubs: Highlands Park, Mamelodi Sundowns
The most lethal marksman in the Nedbank Cup to date, Shalulile has 14 goals and might have had many more had he not been rested by Mamelodi Sundowns in a succession of games against minnows. His first Nedbank Cup goals came for Highlands Park against Uthongathi in 2019, when he got a brace, and then one more that year versus Kaizer Chiefs. He moved to Sundowns the following season and scored four times in the competition. He only played three times in 2022 as Sundowns romped to the title, but scored against Richards Bay and in the final versus Marumo Gallants to take his overall tally to nine. He moved ahead in the all-time rankings with five goals in 2023, a hat-trick against Marumo Gallants and two more versus Richards Bay. But he has not netted since then in the competition.
