List of Ligue 1 top scorers

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Delio Onnis has scored the most goals in Ligue 1.

The following is the list of French Ligue 1 top scorers by season, since the inception of the French First Division in 1932 until the present day.[1][2] Josip Skoblar holds the record for most goals in a single season at 44. Carlos Bianchi, Delio Onnis, Jean-Pierre Papin and Kylian Mbappé share the record for most awards won, with five wins each. The latest top scorer of Ligue 1 is Kylian Mbappé of Paris Saint-Germain, who scored 29 goals in the 2022–23 season.

All-time top scorers[edit]

Key

  • Bold shows players still playing in Ligue 1.
  • Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.
As of matches played on 14 April 2024[3]
Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio First Last Club(s) (goals/apps) Notes
1 Argentina Delio Onnis 299 449 0.67 1971 1986 Reims (39/65), Monaco (157/200), Tours (64/110), Toulon (39/74)
2 France Bernard Lacombe 255 497 0.51 1969 1987 Lyon (123/222), Saint-Étienne (14/32), Bordeaux (118/243)
3 France Hervé Revelli 216 389 0.56 1965 1978 Saint-Étienne (175/318), Nice (41/71)
4 France Roger Courtois 210 288 0.73 1933 1956 Sochaux (209/285), Troyes (1/3)
5 France Thadée Cisowski 206 286 0.72 1947 1961 Metz (45/86), Racing (152/172), Valenciennes (9/28)
6 France Roger Piantoni 203 394 0.52 1950 1966 Nancy (91/217), Reims (106/161), Nice (6/16)
7 France Joseph Ujlaki 190 438 0.43 1947 1964 Stade Français (3/7), Sète (15/44), Nîmes (38/92), Nice (59/133), Racing (75/162)
8 France Kylian Mbappé 188 243 0.77 2015 2024 Monaco (16/41), Paris Saint-Germain (172/202)
9 France Fleury Di Nallo 187 425 0.44 1960 1975 Lyon (182/413), Red Star (5/12)
10 Argentina Carlos Bianchi 179 220 0.81 1973 1980 Reims (107/124), Paris Saint-Germain (64/74), Strasbourg (8/22)
Sweden Gunnar Andersson 179 234 0.76 1950 1960 Marseille (169/220), Bordeaux (10/14)
12 Morocco Hassan Akesbi 173 293 0.59 1955 1964 Nîmes (119/204), Reims (48/78), Monaco (6/11)
13 France Jean Baratte 169 284 0.6 1945 1955 Lille (167/268), Roubaix (2/16)
14 France Just Fontaine 164 200 0.82 1953 1962 Nice (42/69), Reims (122/131)
15 France Alain Giresse 163 587 0.28 1970 1988 Bordeaux (158/520), Marseille (5/67)
16 France André Guy 159 271 0.59 1959 1971 Sochaux (3/6), Saint-Étienne (45/65), Lille (42/76), Lyon (64/110), Rennes (5/14)
17 France Désiré Koranyi 157 252 0.62 1935 1950 Sète
18 France Jean-Pierre Papin 156 270 0.58 1986 1998 Marseille (134/215), Bordeaux (20/55)
France Wissam Ben Yedder 156 314 0.5 2010 2024 Toulouse (63/156), Monaco (93/158)
20 France Jacky Vergnes 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)
21 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Skoblar 151 174 0.87 1966 1974 Marseille
22 France Lucien Cossou 149 285 0.52 1956 1968 Lyon (35/91), Monaco (97/161), Aix (17/33)
23 France Dominique Rocheteau 145 417 0.35 1972 1989 Saint-Étienne (51/153), Paris Saint-Germain (83/204), Toulouse (11/60)
24 Algeria Rachid Mekhloufi 143 325 0.44 1954 1970 Saint-Étienne (123/274), Bastia (20/67)
25 France Alexandre Lacazette 142 262 0.54 2010 2024 Lyon
26 Portugal Pauleta 141 266 0.53 2000 2008 Bordeaux (65/98), Paris Saint-Germain (76/168)
27 France Yvon Douis 140 354 0.4 1953 1967 Lille (50/141), Le Havre (28/71), Monaco (62/167)
28 France Michel Platini 139 254 0.55 1973 1982 Nancy (81/150), Saint-Étienne (58/104)
France Stéphane Bruey 139 423 0.33 1950 1966 Racing (11/44), Monaco (25/81), Angers (93/254), Lyon (10/44)
30 Uruguay Edinson Cavani 138 200 0.69 2013 2020 Paris Saint-Germain
Brazil Sonny Anderson 138 221 0.62 1993 2003 Marseille (16/20), Monaco (51/91), Lyon (71/110)
32 Mali Salif Keïta 135 168 0.8 1967 1973 Saint-Étienne (125/150), Marseille (10/18)
33 France Hector De Bourgoing 133 258 0.52 1959 1969 Nice (65/114), Bordeaux (68/137)
34 France Jacques Foix 132 361 0.37 1951 1964 Racing (24/52), Saint-Étienne (54/129), Nice (50/162), Toulouse (4/18)
France Yannick Stopyra 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 France Henri Hiltl 131 252 0.52 1934 1948 Excelsior (82/154), Roubaix (49/98)
37 France Bernard Zénier 130 466 0.28 1974 1991 Metz (55/232), Nancy (53/144), Bordeaux (4/25), Marseille (18/65)
38 Republic of the Congo François M'Pelé 129 350 0.37 1969 1981 Ajaccio (57/121), Paris Saint-Germain (60/167), Lens (12/62)
France Gérard Soler 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 Argentina Alberto Muro [fr] 128 269 0.48 1951 1962 Sochaux (57/123), Nice (43/85), Nancy (28/61)
41 France Jean Grumellon 126 203 0.62 1947 1954 Rennes (107/157), Nice (5/14), Le Havre (14/33)
France Lilian Laslandes 126 407 0.31 1992 2008 Auxerre (47/125), Bordeaux (56/179), Bastia (8/30), Nice (15/73)
43 Cameroon Joseph Yegba Maya 124 238 0.52 1962 1975 Marseille (79/133), Valenciennes (33/74), Strasbourg (12/31)
44 France Bafétimbi Gomis 122 340 0.36 2004 2017 Saint-Étienne (38/131), Lyon (64/178), Marseille (20/32)
45 France Henri Baillot 121 241 0.5 1945 1954 Metz (80/158), Bordeaux (35/67), Strasbourg (6/16)
France Ernest Schultz 121 275 0.44 1954 1963 Lyon (35/88), Toulouse (86/187)
France René Gardien 121 340 0.36 1947 1959 Sochaux
48 France André Simonyi 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)
France François Félix 120 341 0.35 1968 1981 Lyon (5/31), Bastia (63/160), Paris (19/36), Nîmes (10/44), Angers (22/65), Auxerre (1/5)
France Serge Chiesa 120 475 0.25 1969 1983 Lyon
51 France Jean Vincent 119 421 0.28 1950 1964 Lille (51/154), Reims (68/267)
52 Germany Oskar Rohr 118 136 0.87 1934 1939 Strasbourg
53 France Nestor Combin 117 221 0.53 1959 1975 Lyon (68/131), Metz (34/59), Red Star (15/31)
France Didier Couécou 117 308 0.38 1963 1976 Bordeaux (75/188), Marseille (28/79), Nantes (14/41)
France Bernard Genghini 117 360 0.33 1976 1989 Sochaux (60/181), Saint-Étienne (8/36), Monaco (45/106), Marseille (3/36), Bordeaux (1/4)
France Georges Lech 117 379 0.31 1962 1976 Lens (71/187), Sochaux (39/118), Reims (7/74)
France Dominique Rustichelli 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 France Ginès Liron [fr] 116 239 0.49 1954 1965 Nîmes (21/37), Sochaux (29/71), Valenciennes (18/38), Saint-Étienne (48/93)
59 France Pierre Sinibaldi 115 189 0.61 1945 1954 Reims (115/188), Lyon (0/1)
60 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 113 122 0.93 2012 2016 Paris Saint-Germain
France Charly Loubet 113 360 0.31 1962 1975 Stade Français (5/22), Nice (77/272), Marseille (31/66)
France Maryan Wisniewski 113 415 0.27 1953 1969 Lens (93/277), Saint-Étienne (12/48), Sochaux (8/90)
63 France Éric Pécout 112 277 0.4 1974 1986 Nantes (73/156), Monaco (17/38), Metz (8/29), Strasbourg (14/54)
France André Strappe 112 341 0.33 1948 1961 Lille (99/275), Le Havre (13/66)
65 France Bernard Blanchet 111 357 0.31 1963 1974 Nantes
66 France Claude Papi 110 392 0.28 1968 1982 Bastia
France Albert Emon 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 France Henri Skiba 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 France Pierre Flamion 106 285 0.37 1945 1960 Reims (65/152), Marseille (11/29), Lyon (5/32), Troyes (24/62), Limoges (1/10)
France Albert Gemmrich 106 308 0.34 1973 1986 Strasbourg (71/193), Bordeaux (35/94), Lille (0/17), Nice (0/4)
France Léon Deladerrière 106 379 0.28 1947 1963 Nancy (96/321), Toulouse (10/58)
France Michel Stievenard 106 405 0.26 1954 1968 Lens (43/170), Angers (63/235)
73 France Édouard Kargu 105 208 0.5 1949 1956 Bordeaux
France Daniel Xuereb 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 France Bernard Rahis 104 241 0.43 1954 1963 Nîmes
France Alain Caveglia 104 313 0.33 1990 2000 Sochaux (25/129), Le Havre (31/72), Lyon (47/102), Nantes (1/10)
77 France Robert Pintenat 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)
Morocco Abdelkrim Merry 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)
France Dimitri Payet 103 492 0.21 2005 2023 Nantes (5/33), Saint-Étienne (19/129), Lille (18/71), Marseille (61/259)
France François Brisson 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 France Philippe Piat [fr] 102 240 0.43 1965 1972 Strasbourg (48/134), Monaco (16/32), Sochaux (38/74)
France Marc Berdoll 102 251 0.41 1970 1981 Angers (62/159), Marseille (40/92)
France André-Pierre Gignac 102 290 0.35 2006 2015 Lorient (11/50), Toulouse (35/100), Marseille (59/155)
Algeria Mustapha Dahleb 102 297 0.34 1969 1984 Sedan (17/29), Paris Saint-Germain (85/268)
France Philippe Vercruysse 102 458 0.22 1980 1997 Lens (46/210), Bordeaux (17/64), Marseille (21/99), Nîmes (14/59), Metz (4/26)
France Jimmy Briand 102 483 0.21 2003 2022 Rennes (33/169), Lyon (22/110), Guingamp (30/106), Bordeaux (17/98)
87 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vahid Halilhodžić 101 181 0.56 1981 1987 Nantes (93/163), Paris Saint-Germain (8/18)
France Kevin Gameiro 101 301 0.34 2005 2024 Strasbourg (32/134), Lorient (50/108), Paris Saint-Germain (19/59)
Luxembourg Victor Nurenberg 101 307 0.33 1952 1963 Nice (89/252), Sochaux (7/35), Lyon (5/20)
France Patrick Revelli 101 362 0.28 1969 1982 Saint-Étienne (74/226), Sochaux (27/136)
91 France Philippe Gondet 100 212 0.47 1963 1972 Nantes (98/194), Red Star (2/18)
Senegal Mamadou Niang 100 258 0.39 2000 2010 Troyes (8/47), Strasbourg (21/56), Marseille (71/155)

Top scorers by season[edit]

Season Player(s) Nationality Club(s) Goals Apps Rate
1932–33 Walter Kaiser  Germany Rennes 15
Robert Mercier  France Club Français 15 16 0.94
1933–34 István Lukács  Hungary Sète 28
1934–35 André Abegglen   Switzerland Sochaux 30 28 1.07
1935–36 Roger Courtois  France Sochaux 34 30 1.13
1936–37 Oskar Rohr  Germany Strasbourg 30 29 1.03
1937–38 Jean Nicolas  France Rouen 26 26 1
1938–39 Roger Courtois (2)  France Sochaux 27 27 1
Désiré Koranyi  France Sète 27 29 0.93
Championship not played 1939–1945 due to World War II
1945–46 René Bihel  France Lille 28 25 1.12
1946–47 Pierre Sinibaldi  France Reims 33 37 0.89
1947–48 Jean Baratte  France Lille 31
1948–49 Jean Baratte (2)  France Lille 26
Josef Humpál  Czechoslovakia Sochaux 26
1949–50 Jean Grumellon  France Rennes 25
1950–51 Roger Piantoni  France Nancy 27
Jean Courteaux  France Nice 27
1951–52 Gunnar Andersson  Sweden Marseille 31
1952–53 Gunnar Andersson (2)  Sweden Marseille 35
1953–54 Édouard Kargu  France Bordeaux 27
1954–55 René Bliard  France Reims 30
1955–56 Thadée Cisowski  France RC Paris 31
1956–57 Thadée Cisowski (2)  France RC Paris 33
1957–58 Just Fontaine  France Reims 34 26 1.31
1958–59 Thadée Cisowski (3)  France RC Paris 30
1959–60 Just Fontaine (2)  France Reims 28
1960–61 Roger Piantoni (2)  France Reims 28
1961–62 Sékou Touré  Ivory Coast Montpellier 25
1962–63 Serge Masnaghetti  France Valenciennes 35
1963–64 Ahmed Oudjani  Algeria Lens 30 31 0.97
1964–65 Jacques Simon  France Nantes 24
1965–66 Philippe Gondet  France Nantes 36
1966–67 Hervé Revelli  France Saint-Étienne 31
1967–68 Étienne Sansonetti  France Ajaccio 26
1968–69 André Guy  France Lyon 25
1969–70 Hervé Revelli (2)  France Saint-Étienne 28
1970–71 Josip Skoblar  Yugoslavia Marseille 44 36 1.22
1971–72 Josip Skoblar (2)  Yugoslavia Marseille 30 31 0.97
1972–73 Josip Skoblar (3)  Yugoslavia Marseille 26 31 0.84
1973–74 Carlos Bianchi  Argentina Reims 30 33 0.91
1974–75 Delio Onnis  Argentina Monaco 30 37 0.81
1975–76 Carlos Bianchi (2)  Argentina Reims 34 38 0.89
1976–77 Carlos Bianchi (3)  Argentina Reims 28 37 0.76
1977–78 Carlos Bianchi (4)  Argentina Paris Saint-Germain 37 38 0.97
1978–79 Carlos Bianchi (5)  Argentina Paris Saint-Germain 27 36 0.75
1979–80 Erwin Kostedde  West Germany Laval 21
Delio Onnis (2)  Argentina Monaco 21
1980–81 Delio Onnis (3)  Argentina Tours 24
1981–82 Delio Onnis (4)  Argentina Tours 29
1982–83 Vahid Halilhodžić  Yugoslavia Nantes 27
1983–84 Patrice Garande  France Auxerre 21
Delio Onnis (5)  Argentina Toulon 21
1984–85 Vahid Halilhodžić (2)  Yugoslavia Nantes 28
1985–86 Jules Bocandé  Senegal Metz 23
1986–87 Bernard Zénier  France Metz 18
1987–88 Jean-Pierre Papin  France Marseille 19 37 0.51
1988–89 Jean-Pierre Papin (2)  France Marseille 22 36 0.61
1989–90 Jean-Pierre Papin (3)  France Marseille 30 36 0.83
1990–91 Jean-Pierre Papin (4)  France Marseille 23 36 0.64
1991–92 Jean-Pierre Papin (5)  France Marseille 27 37 0.73
1992–93 Alen Bokšić  Croatia Marseille 23 37 0.62
1993–94 Roger Boli  France Lens 20 35 0.57
Youri Djorkaeff  France Monaco 20 35 0.57
Nicolas Ouédec  France Nantes 20 38 0.53
1994–95 Patrice Loko  France Nantes 22 37 0.59
1995–96 Sonny Anderson  Brazil Monaco 21 34 0.62
1996–97 Stéphane Guivarc'h  France Rennes 21 36 0.58
1997–98 Stéphane Guivarc'h (2)  France Auxerre 21 32 0.66
1998–99 Sylvain Wiltord  France Bordeaux 22 33 0.67
1999–2000 Sonny Anderson (2)  Brazil Lyon 23 32 0.72
2000–01 Sonny Anderson (3)  Brazil Lyon 22 29 0.76
2001–02 Djibril Cissé  France Auxerre 22 29 0.76
Pauleta  Portugal Bordeaux 22 33 0.67
2002–03 Shabani Nonda  DR Congo Monaco 26 35 0.74
2003–04 Djibril Cissé (2)  France Auxerre 26 38 0.68
2004–05 Alexander Frei   Switzerland Rennes 20 36 0.56
2005–06 Pauleta (2)  Portugal Paris Saint-Germain 21 36 0.58
2006–07 Pauleta (3)  Portugal Paris Saint-Germain 15 33 0.45
2007–08 Karim Benzema  France Lyon 20 36 0.56
2008–09 André-Pierre Gignac  France Toulouse 24 38 0.63
2009–10 Mamadou Niang  Senegal Marseille 18 32 0.56
2010–11 Moussa Sow  Senegal Lille 25 36 0.69
2011–12 Olivier Giroud  France Montpellier 21 36 0.58
Nenê  Brazil Paris Saint-Germain 21 35 0.6
2012–13 Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden Paris Saint-Germain 30 34 0.88
2013–14 Zlatan Ibrahimović (2)  Sweden Paris Saint-Germain 26 33 0.79
2014–15 Alexandre Lacazette  France Lyon 27 33 0.82
2015–16 Zlatan Ibrahimović (3)  Sweden Paris Saint-Germain 38 31 1.23
2016–17 Edinson Cavani  Uruguay Paris Saint-Germain 35 36 0.97
2017–18 Edinson Cavani (2)  Uruguay Paris Saint-Germain 28 32 0.88
2018–19 Kylian Mbappé  France Paris Saint-Germain 33 29 1.14
2019–20 Wissam Ben Yedder  France Monaco 18 26 0.69
Kylian Mbappé (2)  France Paris Saint-Germain 18 20 0.9
2020–21 Kylian Mbappé (3)  France Paris Saint-Germain 31 27 1.15
2021–22 Kylian Mbappé (4)  France Paris Saint-Germain 35 28 1.25
2022–23 Kylian Mbappé (5)  France Paris Saint-Germain 34 29 1.17

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "France - Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Top guns!". Ligue 1. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Buteurs +100 buts Ligue 1". Pari-et-Gagne.