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List of Ligue 1 top scorers

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The following is the list of players who scored over 100 goals in French Ligue 1, during its history starting from the 1932–33 season. Roger Courtois was the first player to reach both 100 and 200 goals in Ligue 1. Hervé Revelli became the all-time top scorer in 1975–76 before Delio Onnis overtook him in 1980–81 and has held the honour since.

The most recent player to score their hundredth goal in Ligue 1 was Kevin Gameiro on 16 March 2024. Of the active players still in Ligue 1, Florian Thauvin is closest to making the list with 90 goals.

All-time top scorers

Key

Bold shows players still playing in Ligue 1.
Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	First	Last	Club(s) (goals/apps)
1	ARG Delio Onnis	299	449		1971	1986	Reims (39/65), Monaco (157/200), Tours (64/110), Toulon (39/74)
2	FRA Bernard Lacombe	255	497		1969	1987	Lyon (123/222), Saint-Étienne (14/32), Bordeaux (118/243)
3	FRA Hervé Revelli	216	389		1965	1978	Saint-Étienne (175/318), Nice (41/71)
4	FRA Roger Courtois	210	288		1933	1956	Sochaux (209/285), Troyes (1/3)
5	FRA Thadée Cisowski	206	286		1947	1961	Metz (45/86), Racing (152/172), Valenciennes (9/28)
6	FRA Roger Piantoni	203	394		1950	1966	Nancy (91/217), Reims (106/161), Nice (6/16)
7	FRA Kylian Mbappé	191	246		2015	2024	Monaco (16/41), Paris Saint-Germain (175/205)
8	FRA Joseph Ujlaki	190	438		1947	1964	Stade Français (3/7), Sète (15/44), Nîmes (38/92), Nice (59/133), Racing (75/162)
9	FRA Fleury Di Nallo	187	425		1960	1975	Lyon (182/413), Red Star (5/12)
10	ARG Carlos Bianchi	179	220		1973	1980	Reims (107/124), Paris Saint-Germain (64/74), Strasbourg (8/22)
SWE Gunnar Andersson	179	234		1950	1960	Marseille (169/220), Bordeaux (10/14)
12	MAR Hassan Akesbi	173	293		1955	1964	Nîmes (119/204), Reims (48/78), Monaco (6/11)
13	FRA Jean Baratte	169	284		1945	1955	Lille (167/268), Roubaix (2/16)
14	FRA Just Fontaine	164	200		1953	1962	Nice (42/69), Reims (122/131)
15	FRA Alain Giresse	163	587		1970	1988	Bordeaux (158/520), Marseille (5/67)
16	FRA Alexandre Lacazette	161	297		2010	2025	Lyon
FRA Wissam Ben Yedder	161	320		2010	2024	Toulouse (63/156), Monaco (98/164)
18	FRA André Guy	159	271		1959	1971	Sochaux (3/6), Saint-Étienne (45/65), Lille (42/76), Lyon (64/110), Rennes (5/14)
19	FRA Désiré Koranyi	157	252		1935	1950	Sète
20	FRA Jean-Pierre Papin	156	270		1986	1998	Marseille (134/215), Bordeaux (22/55)
21	FRA Jacky Vergnes	153	327		1968	1982	Red Star (11/41), Nîmes (72/117), Bastia (20/46), Reims (11/26), Laval (19/36), Strasbourg (12/37), Bordeaux (8/20), Montpellier (0/4)
22	YUG Josip Skoblar	151	174		1966	1974	Marseille
23	FRA Lucien Cossou	149	285		1956	1968	Lyon (35/91), Monaco (97/161), Aix (17/33)
24	FRA Dominique Rocheteau	145	417		1972	1989	Saint-Étienne (51/153), Paris Saint-Germain (83/204), Toulouse (11/60)
25	ALG Rachid Mekhloufi	143	325		1954	1970	Saint-Étienne (123/274), Bastia (20/67)
26	POR Pauleta	141	266		2000	2008	Bordeaux (65/98), Paris Saint-Germain (76/168)
27	FRA Yvon Douis	140	354		1953	1967	Lille (50/141), Le Havre (28/71), Monaco (62/167)
28	FRA Michel Platini	139	254		1973	1982	Nancy (81/150), Saint-Étienne (58/104)
FRA Stéphane Bruey	139	423		1950	1966	Racing (11/44), Monaco (25/81), Angers (93/254), Lyon (10/44)
30	URU Edinson Cavani	138	200		2013	2020	Paris Saint-Germain
BRA Sonny Anderson	138	221		1993	2003	Marseille (16/20), Monaco (51/91), Lyon (71/110)
32	MLI Salif Keïta	135	168		1967	1973	Saint-Étienne (125/150), Marseille (10/18)
33	FRA Hector De Bourgoing	133	258		1959	1969	Nice (65/114), Bordeaux (68/137)
34	FRA Jacques Foix	132	361		1951	1964	Racing (24/52), Saint-Étienne (54/129), Nice (50/162), Toulouse (4/18)
FRA Yannick Stopyra	132	448		1977	1992	Sochaux (57/176), Rennes (10/37), Toulouse (46/148), Bordeaux (8/34), Cannes (9/37), Metz (2/24)
36	FRA Henri Hiltl	131	252		1934	1948	Excelsior (82/154), Roubaix (49/98)
37	FRA Bernard Zénier	130	466		1974	1991	Metz (55/232), Nancy (53/144), Bordeaux (4/25), Marseille (18/65)
38	CGO François M'Pelé	129	350		1969	1981	Ajaccio (57/121), Paris Saint-Germain (60/167), Lens (12/62)
FRA Gérard Soler	129	428		1972	1987	Sochaux (67/162), Monaco (9/28), Bordeaux (16/91), Toulouse (19/58), Strasbourg (6/32), Bastia (6/23), Lille (5/13), Rennes (1/21)
40	ARG	128	269		1951	1962	Sochaux (57/123), Nice (43/85), Nancy (28/61)
41	FRA Jean Grumellon	126	203		1947	1954	Rennes (107/157), Nice (5/14), Le Havre (14/33)
FRA Lilian Laslandes	126	407		1992	2008	Auxerre (47/125), Bordeaux (56/179), Bastia (8/30), Nice (15/73)
43	CMR Joseph Yegba Maya	124	238		1962	1975	Marseille (79/133), Valenciennes (33/74), Strasbourg (12/31)
44	FRA Bafétimbi Gomis	122	340		2004	2017	Saint-Étienne (38/131), Lyon (64/178), Marseille (20/32)
45	FRA Henri Baillot	121	241		1945	1954	Metz (80/158), Bordeaux (35/67), Strasbourg (6/16)
FRA Ernest Schultz	121	275		1954	1963	Lyon (35/88), Toulouse (86/187)
FRA René Gardien	121	340		1947	1959	Sochaux
48	FRA André Simonyi	120	186		1933	1953	Olympique Lillois (37/51), Sochaux (8/15), Red Star (47/72), Rennes (13/21), Stade Français (10/16), Roubaix (5/11)
FRA François Félix	120	341		1968	1981	Lyon (5/31), Bastia (63/160), Paris (19/36), Nîmes (10/44), Angers (22/65), Auxerre (1/5)
FRA Serge Chiesa	120	475		1969	1983	Lyon
51	FRA Jean Vincent	119	421		1950	1964	Lille (51/154), Reims (68/267)
52	GER Oskar Rohr	118	136		1934	1939	Strasbourg
53	FRA Nestor Combin	117	221		1959	1975	Lyon (68/131), Metz (34/59), Red Star (15/31)
FRA Didier Couécou	117	308		1963	1976	Bordeaux (75/188), Marseille (28/79), Nantes (14/41)
FRA Bernard Genghini	117	360		1976	1989	Sochaux (60/181), Saint-Étienne (8/36), Monaco (45/106), Marseille (3/36), Bordeaux (1/4)
FRA Georges Lech	117	379		1962	1976	Lens (71/187), Sochaux (39/118), Reims (7/74)
FRA Dominique Rustichelli	117	459		1952	1970	Marseille (33/138), Sedan (12/50), Strasbourg (3/17), Reims (5/11), Nice (28/114), Stade Français (15/59), Lille (0/7), Rouen (21/63)
58	FRA	116	239		1954	1965	Nîmes (21/37), Sochaux (29/71), Valenciennes (18/38), Saint-Étienne (48/93)
59	FRA Pierre Sinibaldi	115	189		1945	1954	Reims (115/188), Lyon (0/1)
60	SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović	113	122		2012	2016	Paris Saint-Germain
FRA Charly Loubet	113	360		1962	1975	Stade Français (5/22), Nice (77/272), Marseille (31/66)
FRA Maryan Wisniewski	113	415		1953	1969	Lens (93/277), Saint-Étienne (12/48), Sochaux (8/90)
63	FRA Éric Pécout	112	277		1974	1986	Nantes (73/156), Monaco (17/38), Metz (8/29), Strasbourg (14/54)
FRA André Strappe	112	341		1948	1961	Lille (99/275), Le Havre (13/66)
65	FRA Bernard Blanchet	111	357		1963	1974	Nantes
66	FRA Claude Papi	110	392		1968	1982	Bastia
FRA Albert Emon	110	410		1972	1988	Marseille (37/133), Reims (4/6), Monaco (26/78), Lyon (17/60), Toulon (21/103), Cannes (5/30)
68	FRA Henri Skiba	109	294		1950	1963	Nancy (0/10), Monaco (18/47), Strasbourg (19/64), Nîmes (47/104), Sochaux (3/6), Stade Français (22/63)
69	FRA Pierre Flamion	106	285		1945	1960	Reims (65/152), Marseille (11/29), Lyon (5/32), Troyes (24/62), Limoges (1/10)
FRA Albert Gemmrich	106	308		1973	1986	Strasbourg (71/193), Bordeaux (35/94), Lille (0/17), Nice (0/4)
FRA Léon Deladerrière	106	379		1947	1963	Nancy (96/321), Toulouse (10/58)
FRA Michel Stievenard	106	405		1954	1968	Lens (43/170), Angers (63/235)
73	FRA Édouard Kargu	105	208		1949	1956	Bordeaux
FRA Daniel Xuereb	105	442		1977	1993	Lyon (21/95), Lens (39/164), Paris Saint-Germain (29/80), Montpellier (21/65), Marseille (3/18), Toulon (1/20)
75	FRA Bernard Rahis	104	241		1954	1963	Nîmes
FRA Alain Caveglia	104	313		1990	2000	Sochaux (25/129), Le Havre (31/72), Lyon (47/102), Nantes (1/10)
77	FRA Robert Pintenat	103	298		1969	1983	Rouen (2/12), Red Star (17/64), Nîmes (7/41), Sochaux (62/129), Nancy (7/28), Toulouse (8/24)
MAR Abdelkrim Merry	103	337		1974	1989	Bastia (23/93), Lille (12/35), Metz (23/36), Strasbourg (3/24), Tours (6/25), Le Havre (17/34), Saint-Étienne (9/30), Racing (10/50)
FRA Dimitri Payet	103	492		2005	2023	Nantes (5/33), Saint-Étienne (19/129), Lille (18/71), Marseille (61/259)
FRA François Brisson	103	505		1975	1993	Paris Saint-Germain (6/81), Laval (22/96), Lens (40/143), Strasbourg (10/38), Marseille (1/31), Lyon (7/28), Lille (17/88)
81	FRA	102	240		1965	1972	Strasbourg (48/134), Monaco (16/32), Sochaux (38/74)
FRA Marc Berdoll	102	251		1970	1981	Angers (62/159), Marseille (40/92)
FRA André-Pierre Gignac	102	290		2006	2015	Lorient (11/50), Toulouse (35/100), Marseille (59/155)
ALG Mustapha Dahleb	102	297		1969	1984	Sedan (17/29), Paris Saint-Germain (85/268)
FRA Philippe Vercruysse	102	458		1980	1997	Lens (46/210), Bordeaux (17/64), Marseille (21/99), Nîmes (14/59), Metz (4/26)
FRA Jimmy Briand	102	483		2003	2022	Rennes (33/169), Lyon (22/110), Guingamp (30/106), Bordeaux (17/98)
87	YUG Vahid Halilhodžić	101	181		1981	1987	Nantes (93/163), Paris Saint-Germain (8/18)
FRA Kevin Gameiro	101	305		2005	2024	Strasbourg (32/138), Lorient (50/108), Paris Saint-Germain (19/59)
LUX Victor Nurenberg	101	307		1952	1963	Nice (89/252), Sochaux (7/35), Lyon (5/20)
FRA Patrick Revelli	101	362		1969	1982	Saint-Étienne (74/226), Sochaux (27/136)
91	FRA Philippe Gondet	100	212		1963	1972	Nantes (98/194), Red Star (2/18)
SEN Mamadou Niang	100	258		2000	2010	Troyes (8/47), Strasbourg (21/56), Marseille (71/155)

Top scorers by season

Season	Player(s)	Nationality	Club(s)	Goals
1932–33	Germany	Rennes	15
France	Club Français	15	16
1933–34	Hungary	28
1934–35	Switzerland	30	28
1935–36	France	Sochaux	34	30
1936–37	Germany	Strasbourg	30	29
1937–38	France	Rouen	26	26
1938–39	France	Sochaux	27	27
France	27	29
Championship not played 1939–1945 due to World War II
1945–46	France	28	25
1946–47	France	Reims	33	37
1947–48	France	Lille	31
1948–49	France	Lille	26
Czechoslovakia	Sochaux	26
1949–50	France	Rennes	25
1950–51	France	Nancy	27
France	Nice	27
1951–52	Sweden	Marseille	31
1952–53	Sweden	Marseille	35
1953–54	France	Bordeaux	27
1954–55	France	30
1955–56	France	RC Paris	31
1956–57	France	RC Paris	33
1957–58	France	34	26
1958–59	France	RC Paris	30
1959–60	France	28
1960–61	France	Reims	28
1961–62	Ivory Coast	Montpellier	25
1962–63	France	Valenciennes	35
1963–64	Algeria	Lens	30	31
1964–65	France	24	32
1965–66	France	36	37
1966–67	France	31	34
1967–68	France	Ajaccio	26	34
1968–69	France	Lyon	25	30
1969–70	France	28	31
1970–71	Yugoslavia	44	36
1971–72	Yugoslavia	30	31
1972–73	Yugoslavia	Marseille	26	31
1973–74	Argentina	Reims	30	33
1974–75	Argentina	Monaco	30	37
1975–76	Argentina	Reims	34	38
1976–77	Argentina	Reims	28	37
1977–78	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain	37	38
1978–79	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain	27	36
1979–80	West Germany	Laval	21	34
Argentina	Monaco	21	30
1980–81	Argentina	Tours	24	38
1981–82	Argentina	Tours	29	38
1982–83	Yugoslavia	27	36
1983–84	France	Auxerre	21	37
Argentina	Toulon	21	36
1984–85	Yugoslavia	Nantes	28	34
1985–86	Senegal	Metz	23	32
1986–87	France	Metz	18	37
1987–88	France	Marseille	19	37
1988–89	France	22	36
1989–90	France	30	36
1990–91	France	23	36
1991–92	France	27	37
1992–93	Croatia	23	37
1993–94	France	Lens	20	35
France	Monaco	20	35
France	Nantes	20	38
1994–95	France	22	37
1995–96	Brazil	Monaco	21	34
1996–97	France	Rennes	21	36
1997–98	France	Auxerre	21	32
1998–99	France	22	33
1999–2000	Brazil	Lyon	23	32
2000–01	Brazil	Lyon	22	29
2001–02	France	Auxerre	22	29
Portugal	Bordeaux	22	33
2002–03	DR Congo	Monaco	26	35
2003–04	France	Auxerre	26	38
2004–05	Switzerland	Rennes	20	36
2005–06	Portugal	Paris Saint-Germain	21	36
2006–07	Portugal	Paris Saint-Germain	15	33
2007–08	France	20	36
2008–09	France	Toulouse	24	38
2009–10	Senegal	18	32
2010–11	Senegal	25	36
2011–12	France	21	36
Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	21	35
2012–13	Sweden	30	34
2013–14	Sweden	26	33
2014–15	France	Lyon	27	33
2015–16	Sweden	38	31
2016–17	Uruguay	Paris Saint-Germain	35	36
2017–18	Uruguay	28	32
2018–19	France	33	29
2019–20	France	Monaco	18	26
France	18	20
2020–21	France	Paris Saint-Germain	27	31
2021–22	France	28	35
2022–23	France	29	34
2023–24	France	27	29
2024–25	France	21	29
England	Marseille	21	34

Wins by player

Player	Wins	Seasons
France Kylian Mbappe	6	2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Argentina Carlos Bianchi	5	1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79
Argentina Delio Onnis	1974–75, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84
France Jean-Pierre Papin	1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
France Thadée Cisowski	3	1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59
Yugoslavia Josip Skoblar	1970–71, 1972–72, 1972–73
Brazil Sonny Anderson	1995–96, 1999–2000, 2001–02
Portugal Pauleta	2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimovic	2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
France Roger Courtois	2	1935–36, 1938–39
France Jean Baratte	1947–48, 1948–49
France Roger Piantoni	1950–51, 1960–61
Sweden Gunnar Andersson	1951–52, 1952–53
France Hervé Revelli	1966–67, 1969–70
Yugoslavia Vahid Halilhodžić	1982–83, 1984–85
France Stéphane Guivarc'h	1996–97, 1997–98
France Djibril Cissé	2001–02, 2003–04
Uruguay Edinson Cavani	2016–17, 2017–18

Wins by club

Club	Players	Total
Paris Saint-Germain	7	17
Marseille	6	13
Reims	5	8
Monaco	5	6
Nantes	5	6
Lyon	4	5
Rennes	4	4
Auxerre	3	4
Lille	3	4
Sochaux	3	4

Wins by country

Country	Players	Total
	38	55
	2	10
	2	5
	1	5
	2	4
	3	3
	3	3
	1	3
	2	2
	1	2
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1

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