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 Florian Thauvin on 29 August 2026.[1] Of the active players still in Ligue 1, Ludovic Ajorque and Amine Gouiri are the closest to joining the list with 68 and 67 goals, respectively.
All-time top scorers
Key
- Bold shows players still playing in Ligue 1.
- Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.
- As of matches played 30 August 2026[2]
| Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | First | Last | Club(s) (goals/apps) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 299 | 449 | 0.67 | 1971 | 1986 | Reims (39/65), Monaco (157/200), Tours (64/110), Toulon (39/74) | |
| 2 | 255 | 497 | 0.51 | 1969 | 1987 | Lyon (123/222), Saint-Étienne (14/32), Bordeaux (118/243) | |
| 3 | 216 | 389 | 0.56 | 1965 | 1978 | Saint-Étienne (175/318), Nice (41/71) | |
| 4 | 210 | 288 | 0.73 | 1933 | 1956 | Sochaux (209/285), Troyes (1/3) | |
| 5 | 206 | 286 | 0.72 | 1947 | 1961 | Metz (45/86), Racing (152/172), Valenciennes (9/28) | |
| 6 | 203 | 394 | 0.52 | 1950 | 1966 | Nancy (91/217), Reims (106/161), Nice (6/16) | |
| 7 | 191 | 246 | 0.78 | 2015 | 2024 | Monaco (16/41), Paris Saint-Germain (175/205) | |
| 8 | 190 | 438 | 0.43 | 1947 | 1964 | Stade Français (3/7), Sète (15/44), Nîmes (38/92), Nice (59/133), Racing (75/162) | |
| 9 | 187 | 425 | 0.44 | 1960 | 1975 | Lyon (182/413), Red Star (5/12) | |
| 10 | 179 | 220 | 0.81 | 1973 | 1980 | Reims (107/124), Paris Saint-Germain (64/74), Strasbourg (8/22) | |
| 179 | 234 | 0.76 | 1950 | 1960 | Marseille (169/220), Bordeaux (10/14) | ||
| 12 | 173 | 293 | 0.59 | 1955 | 1964 | Nîmes (119/204), Reims (48/78), Monaco (6/11) | |
| 13 | 169 | 284 | 0.6 | 1945 | 1955 | Lille (167/268), Roubaix (2/16) | |
| 14 | 164 | 200 | 0.82 | 1953 | 1962 | Nice (42/69), Reims (122/131) | |
| 15 | 163 | 587 | 0.28 | 1970 | 1988 | Bordeaux (158/520), Marseille (5/67) | |
| 16 | 161 | 297 | 0.54 | 2010 | 2025 | Lyon | |
| 161 | 320 | 0.5 | 2010 | 2024 | Toulouse (63/156), Monaco (98/164) | ||
| 18 | 159 | 271 | 0.59 | 1959 | 1971 | Sochaux (3/6), Saint-Étienne (45/65), Lille (42/76), Lyon (64/110), Rennes (5/14) | |
| 19 | 157 | 252 | 0.62 | 1935 | 1950 | Sète | |
| 20 | 156 | 270 | 0.58 | 1986 | 1998 | Marseille (134/215), Bordeaux (22/55) | |
| 21 | 153 | 327 | 0.47 | 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 | 151 | 174 | 0.87 | 1966 | 1974 | Marseille | |
| 23 | 149 | 285 | 0.52 | 1956 | 1968 | Lyon (35/91), Monaco (97/161), Aix (17/33) | |
| 24 | 145 | 417 | 0.35 | 1972 | 1989 | Saint-Étienne (51/153), Paris Saint-Germain (83/204), Toulouse (11/60) | |
| 25 | 143 | 325 | 0.44 | 1954 | 1970 | Saint-Étienne (123/274), Bastia (20/67) | |
| 26 | 141 | 266 | 0.53 | 2000 | 2008 | Bordeaux (65/98), Paris Saint-Germain (76/168) | |
| 27 | 140 | 354 | 0.4 | 1953 | 1967 | Lille (50/141), Le Havre (28/71), Monaco (62/167) | |
| 28 | 139 | 254 | 0.55 | 1973 | 1982 | Nancy (81/150), Saint-Étienne (58/104) | |
| 139 | 423 | 0.33 | 1950 | 1966 | Racing (11/44), Monaco (25/81), Angers (93/254), Lyon (10/44) | ||
| 30 | 138 | 200 | 0.69 | 2013 | 2020 | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| 138 | 221 | 0.62 | 1993 | 2003 | Marseille (16/20), Monaco (51/91), Lyon (71/110) | ||
| 32 | 135 | 168 | 0.8 | 1967 | 1973 | Saint-Étienne (125/150), Marseille (10/18) | |
| 33 | 133 | 258 | 0.52 | 1959 | 1969 | Nice (65/114), Bordeaux (68/137) | |
| 34 | 132 | 361 | 0.37 | 1951 | 1964 | Racing (24/52), Saint-Étienne (54/129), Nice (50/162), Toulouse (4/18) | |
| 132 | 448 | 0.29 | 1977 | 1992 | Sochaux (57/176), Rennes (10/37), Toulouse (46/148), Bordeaux (8/34), Cannes (9/37), Metz (2/24) | ||
| 36 | 131 | 252 | 0.52 | 1934 | 1948 | Excelsior (82/154), Roubaix (49/98) | |
| 37 | 130 | 466 | 0.28 | 1974 | 1991 | Metz (55/232), Nancy (53/144), Bordeaux (4/25), Marseille (18/65) | |
| 38 | 129 | 350 | 0.37 | 1969 | 1981 | Ajaccio (57/121), Paris Saint-Germain (60/167), Lens (12/62) | |
| 129 | 428 | 0.3 | 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 | 128 | 269 | 0.48 | 1951 | 1962 | Sochaux (57/123), Nice (43/85), Nancy (28/61) | |
| 41 | 126 | 203 | 0.62 | 1947 | 1954 | Rennes (107/157), Nice (5/14), Le Havre (14/33) | |
| 126 | 407 | 0.31 | 1992 | 2008 | Auxerre (47/125), Bordeaux (56/179), Bastia (8/30), Nice (15/73) | ||
| 43 | 124 | 238 | 0.52 | 1962 | 1975 | Marseille (79/133), Valenciennes (33/74), Strasbourg (12/31) | |
| 44 | 122 | 340 | 0.36 | 2004 | 2017 | Saint-Étienne (38/131), Lyon (64/178), Marseille (20/32) | |
| 45 | 121 | 241 | 0.5 | 1945 | 1954 | Metz (80/158), Bordeaux (35/67), Strasbourg (6/16) | |
| 121 | 275 | 0.44 | 1954 | 1963 | Lyon (35/88), Toulouse (86/187) | ||
| 121 | 340 | 0.36 | 1947 | 1959 | Sochaux | ||
| 48 | 120 | 186 | 0.65 | 1933 | 1953 | Olympique Lillois (37/51), Sochaux (8/15), Red Star (47/72), Rennes (13/21), Stade Français (10/16), Roubaix (5/11) | |
| 120 | 341 | 0.35 | 1968 | 1981 | Lyon (5/31), Bastia (63/160), Paris (19/36), Nîmes (10/44), Angers (22/65), Auxerre (1/5) | ||
| 120 | 475 | 0.25 | 1969 | 1983 | Lyon | ||
| 51 | 119 | 421 | 0.28 | 1950 | 1964 | Lille (51/154), Reims (68/267) | |
| 52 | 118 | 136 | 0.87 | 1934 | 1939 | Strasbourg | |
| 53 | 117 | 221 | 0.53 | 1959 | 1975 | Lyon (68/131), Metz (34/59), Red Star (15/31) | |
| 117 | 308 | 0.38 | 1963 | 1976 | Bordeaux (75/188), Marseille (28/79), Nantes (14/41) | ||
| 117 | 360 | 0.33 | 1976 | 1989 | Sochaux (60/181), Saint-Étienne (8/36), Monaco (45/106), Marseille (3/36), Bordeaux (1/4) | ||
| 117 | 379 | 0.31 | 1962 | 1976 | Lens (71/187), Sochaux (39/118), Reims (7/74) | ||
| 117 | 459 | 0.25 | 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 | 116 | 239 | 0.49 | 1954 | 1965 | Nîmes (21/37), Sochaux (29/71), Valenciennes (18/38), Saint-Étienne (48/93) | |
| 59 | 115 | 189 | 0.61 | 1945 | 1954 | Reims (115/188), Lyon (0/1) | |
| 60 | 113 | 122 | 0.93 | 2012 | 2016 | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| 113 | 360 | 0.31 | 1962 | 1975 | Stade Français (5/22), Nice (77/272), Marseille (31/66) | ||
| 113 | 415 | 0.27 | 1953 | 1969 | Lens (93/277), Saint-Étienne (12/48), Sochaux (8/90) | ||
| 63 | 112 | 277 | 0.4 | 1974 | 1986 | Nantes (73/156), Monaco (17/38), Metz (8/29), Strasbourg (14/54) | |
| 112 | 341 | 0.33 | 1948 | 1961 | Lille (99/275), Le Havre (13/66) | ||
| 65 | 111 | 357 | 0.31 | 1963 | 1974 | Nantes | |
| 66 | 110 | 392 | 0.28 | 1968 | 1982 | Bastia | |
| 110 | 410 | 0.27 | 1972 | 1988 | Marseille (37/133), Reims (4/6), Monaco (26/78), Lyon (17/60), Toulon (21/103), Cannes (5/30) | ||
| 68 | 109 | 294 | 0.37 | 1950 | 1963 | Nancy (0/10), Monaco (18/47), Strasbourg (19/64), Nîmes (47/104), Sochaux (3/6), Stade Français (22/63) | |
| 69 | 106 | 285 | 0.37 | 1945 | 1960 | Reims (65/152), Marseille (11/29), Lyon (5/32), Troyes (24/62), Limoges (1/10) | |
| 106 | 308 | 0.34 | 1973 | 1986 | Strasbourg (71/193), Bordeaux (35/94), Lille (0/17), Nice (0/4) | ||
| 106 | 379 | 0.28 | 1947 | 1963 | Nancy (96/321), Toulouse (10/58) | ||
| 106 | 405 | 0.26 | 1954 | 1968 | Lens (43/170), Angers (63/235) | ||
| 73 | 105 | 208 | 0.5 | 1949 | 1956 | Bordeaux | |
| 105 | 442 | 0.24 | 1977 | 1993 | Lyon (21/95), Lens (39/164), Paris Saint-Germain (29/80), Montpellier (21/65), Marseille (3/18), Toulon (1/20) | ||
| 75 | 104 | 241 | 0.43 | 1954 | 1963 | Nîmes | |
| 104 | 313 | 0.33 | 1990 | 2000 | Sochaux (25/129), Le Havre (31/72), Lyon (47/102), Nantes (1/10) | ||
| 77 | 103 | 298 | 0.35 | 1969 | 1983 | Rouen (2/12), Red Star (17/64), Nîmes (7/41), Sochaux (62/129), Nancy (7/28), Toulouse (8/24) | |
| 103 | 337 | 0.31 | 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) | ||
| 103 | 492 | 0.21 | 2005 | 2023 | Nantes (5/33), Saint-Étienne (19/129), Lille (18/71), Marseille (61/259) | ||
| 103 | 505 | 0.2 | 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 | 102 | 240 | 0.43 | 1965 | 1972 | Strasbourg (48/134), Monaco (16/32), Sochaux (38/74) | |
| 102 | 251 | 0.41 | 1970 | 1981 | Angers (62/159), Marseille (40/92) | ||
| 102 | 290 | 0.35 | 2006 | 2015 | Lorient (11/50), Toulouse (35/100), Marseille (59/155) | ||
| 102 | 297 | 0.34 | 1969 | 1984 | Sedan (17/29), Paris Saint-Germain (85/268) | ||
| 102 | 458 | 0.22 | 1980 | 1997 | Lens (46/210), Bordeaux (17/64), Marseille (21/99), Nîmes (14/59), Metz (4/26) | ||
| 102 | 483 | 0.21 | 2003 | 2022 | Rennes (33/169), Lyon (22/110), Guingamp (30/106), Bordeaux (17/98) | ||
| 87 | 101 | 181 | 0.56 | 1981 | 1987 | Nantes (93/163), Paris Saint-Germain (8/18) | |
| 101 | 305 | 0.33 | 2005 | 2024 | Strasbourg (32/138), Lorient (50/108), Paris Saint-Germain (19/59) | ||
| 101 | 307 | 0.33 | 1952 | 1963 | Nice (89/252), Sochaux (7/35), Lyon (5/20) | ||
| 101 | 362 | 0.28 | 1969 | 1982 | Saint-Étienne (74/226), Sochaux (27/136) | ||
| 91 | 100 | 212 | 0.47 | 1963 | 1972 | Nantes (98/194), Red Star (2/18) | |
| 100 | 258 | 0.39 | 2000 | 2010 | Troyes (8/47), Strasbourg (21/56), Marseille (71/155) | ||
| 100 | 294 | 0.34 | 2012 | 2026 | Bastia (10/32), Marseille (76/227), Lens (14/35) | ||
Top scorers by season
Wins by player
Wins by club
Wins by country
| Country | Players | Total |
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| 39 | 56 | |
| 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 |