ALL TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS - FRANCE (Part 46)
All-time best top division goal-scorers: France (part 46)
Delio Onnis (picture) is the record holder of the French national league since its inception in 1932. The Argentine striker has scored 299 goals in 449 games between 1971 and 1986.
The mark of 200 goals was reached so far by 6 players, 150 goals by 21 players and 100 by 92.
8 of them are active but only Alexandre Lacazette (146 goals) continues to play in the league while Kylian Mbappé, Wissam Ben Yedder, Edinson Cavani, Bafétimbi Gomis, Dimitri Payet, André-Pierre Gignac and Kevin Gameiro left it.
Roger Courtois has scored most goals for a single club: 209 for Sochaux.
| FRANCE | 1932- | ALL-TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS | ||||
| Player | Nationality | Period | Goals | Games | Breakdown by clubs | |
| 1 | Delio Onnis | Argentina | 1971-1986 | 299 | 449 | Reims 39, Monaco 157, Tours 64, Toulon 39 |
| 2 | Bernard Lacombe | France | 1969-1987 | 255 | 497 | Lyon 123, Saint-Etienne 14, Bordeaux 118 |
| 3 | Hervé Révelli | France | 1965-1978 | 216 | 389 | Saint-Etienne 175, Nice 41 |
| 4 | Roger Courtois | France | 1933-1956 | 210 | 288 | Sochaux 209, Troyes 1 |
| 5 | Thadée Cisowski | France | 1947-1961 | 206 | 286 | Metz 45, Racing 152, Valenciennes 9 |
| 6 | Roger Piantoni | France | 1950-1966 | 203 | 394 | Nancy 91, Reims 106, Nice 6 |
| 7 | Kylian Mbappé | France | 2015-2024 | 191 | 246 | Monaco 16, Paris SG 175 |
| 8 | Joseph Ujlaki | France | 1947-1964 | 190 | 438 | Stade Français 3, Sète 15, Nîmes 38, Nice 59, Racing 75 |
| 9 | Fleury Di Nallo | France | 1960-1975 | 187 | 425 | Lyon 182, Red Star 5 |
| 10 | Carlos Bianchi | Argentina | 1973-1980 | 179 | 220 | Reims 107, Paris SG 64, Strasbourg 8 |
| 11 | Gunnar Andersson | Sweden | 1950-1960 | 179 | 234 | Marseille 169, Bordeaux 10 |
| 12 | Hassan Akesbi | Morocco | 1955-1964 | 173 | 293 | Nîmes 119, Reims 48, Monaco 6 |
| 13 | Jean Baratte | France | 1945-1955 | 169 | 284 | Lille 167, Roubaix 2 |
| 14 | Just Fontaine | France | 1953-1962 | 164 | 200 | Nice 42, Reims 122 |
| 15 | Alain Giresse | France | 1970-1988 | 163 | 587 | Bordeaux 158, Marseille 5 |
| 16 | Wissam Ben Yedder | France | 2010-2024 | 161 | 320 | Toulouse 63, Monaco 98 |
| 17 | André Guy | France | 1961-1971 | 159 | 271 | Sochaux 3, Saint-Etienne 45, Lille 42, Lyon 64, Rennes 5 |
| 18 | Désiré Koranyi | France | 1935-1950 | 157 | 252 | Sète 157 |
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Papin | France | 1986-1998 | 156 | 270 | Marseille 134, Bordeaux 22 |
| 20 | Jacky Vergnes | France | 1968-1982 | 153 | 327 | Red Star 11, Nîmes 72, Bastia 20, Reims 11, Laval 19, |
| Strasbourg 12, Bordeaux 8 | ||||||
| 21 | Josip Skoblar | Yugoslavia | 1966-1975 | 151 | 174 | Marseille 151 |
| 22 | Lucien Cossou | France | 1956-1968 | 149 | 285 | Lyon 35, Monaco 97, Aix 17 |
| 23 | Alexandre Lacazette | France | 2010- | 146 | 267 | Lyon 146 |
| 24 | Dominique Rocheteau | France | 1972-1989 | 145 | 417 | Saint-Etienne 51, Paris SG 83, Toulouse 11 |
| 25 | Rachid Mekhloufi | France | 1954-1970 | 143 | 325 | Saint-Etienne 123, Bastia 20 |
| 26 | Pauleta | Portugal | 2000-2008 | 141 | 266 | Bordeaux 65, Paris SG 76 |
| 27 | Yvon Douis | France | 1953-1967 | 140 | 354 | Lille 50, Le Havre 28, Monaco 62 |
| 28 | Michel Platini | France | 1972-1982 | 139 | 254 | Nancy 81, Saint-Etienne 58 |
| 29 | Stéphane Bruey | France | 1950-1966 | 139 | 423 | Racing 11, Monaco 25, Angers 93, Lyon 10 |
| 30 | Edinson Cavani | Uruguay | 2013-2020 | 138 | 200 | Paris SG 138 |
| 31 | Sonny Anderson | Brazil | 1993-2003 | 138 | 221 | Marseille 16, Monaco 51, Lyon 71 |
| 32 | Salif Keita | Mali | 1967-1973 | 135 | 168 | Saint-Etienne 125, Marseille 10 |
| 33 | Hector De Bourgoing | France | 1959-1969 | 133 | 258 | Nice 65, Bordeaux 68 |
| 34 | Jacques Foix | France | 1951-1964 | 132 | 361 | Racing 24, Saint-Etienne 54, Nice 50, Toulouse 4 |
| 35 | Yannick Stopyra | France | 1977-1992 | 132 | 448 | Sochaux 57, Rennes 10, Toulouse 46, Bordeaux 8, |
| Cannes 9, Metz 2 | ||||||
| 36 | Henri Hiltl | France | 1933-1948 | 131 | 252 | Excelsior 82, Roubaix 49 |
| 37 | Bernard Zénier | France | 1974-1991 | 130 | 466 | Metz 55, Nancy 53, Bordeaux 4, Marseille 18 |
| 38 | François M'Pelé | Congo | 1969-1981 | 129 | 350 | Ajaccio 57, Paris SG 60, Lens 12 |
| 39 | Gérard Soler | France | 1972-1987 | 129 | 428 | Sochaux 67, Monaco 9, Bordeaux 16, Toulouse 19, |
| Strasbourg 6, Bastia 6, Lille 5, Rennes 1 | ||||||
| 40 | Alberto Muro | Argentina | 1951-1962 | 128 | 269 | Sochaux 57, Nice 43, Nancy 28 |
| 41 | Jean Grumellon | France | 1946-1954 | 126 | 203 | Rennes 107, Nice 5, Le Havre 14 |
| 42 | Lilian Laslandes | France | 1946-2008 | 126 | 407 | Auxerre 47, Bordeaux 56, Bastia 8, Nice 15 |