List of Ligue 1 top scorers explained

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. Kylian Mbappé holds the record for the most awards won, with six. The latest top scorer of Ligue 1 is Kylian Mbappé of Paris Saint-Germain, who scored 27 goals in 29 matches in the 2023–24 season.

All-time top scorers

Key

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

^[3]

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Delio Onnis	299	449	1971	1986	,,,
2	Bernard Lacombe	255	497	1969	1987	,,
3	Hervé Revelli	216	389	1965	1978	,
4	Roger Courtois	210	288	1933	1956	,
5	Thadée Cisowski	206	286	1947	1961	,,
6	Roger Piantoni	203	394	1950	1966	,,
7	Kylian Mbappé	191	246	2015	2024	,
8	Joseph Ujlaki	190	438	1947	1964	,,,,
9	Fleury Di Nallo	187	425	1960	1975	,
10	Carlos Bianchi	179	220	1973	1980	,,
10	Gunnar Andersson	179	234	1950	1960	,
12	Hassan Akesbi	173	293	1955	1964	,,
13	Jean Baratte	169	284	1945	1955	,
14	Just Fontaine	164	200	1953	1962	,
15	Alain Giresse	163	587	1970	1988	,
16	Wissam Ben Yedder	161	320	2010	2024	,
17	André Guy	159	271	1959	1971	,,,,
18	Désiré Koranyi	157	252	1935	1950	Sète
19	Jean-Pierre Papin	156	270	1986	1998	,
20	Jacky Vergnes	153	327	1968	1982	,,,,,,,
21	Josip Skoblar	151	174	1966	1974	Marseille
22	Lucien Cossou	149	285	1956	1968	,,
23	Alexandre Lacazette	148	277	2010	2024	Lyon
24	Dominique Rocheteau	145	417	1972	1989	,,
25	Rachid Mekhloufi	143	325	1954	1970	,
26	Pauleta	141	266	2000	2008	,
27	Yvon Douis	140	354	1953	1967	,,
28	Michel Platini	139	254	1973	1982	,
28	Stéphane Bruey	139	423	1950	1966	,,,
30	Edinson Cavani	138	200	2013	2020	Paris Saint-Germain
30	Sonny Anderson	138	221	1993	2003	,,
32	Salif Keïta	135	168	1967	1973	,
33	Hector De Bourgoing	133	258	1959	1969	,
34	Jacques Foix	132	361	1951	1964	,,,
34	Yannick Stopyra	132	448	1977	1992	,,,,,
36	Henri Hiltl	131	252	1934	1948	,
37	Bernard Zénier	130	466	1974	1991	,,,
38	François M'Pelé	129	350	1969	1981	,,
38	Gérard Soler	129	428	1972	1987	,,,,,,,
40		128	269	1951	1962	,,
41	Jean Grumellon	126	203	1947	1954	,,
41	Lilian Laslandes	126	407	1992	2008	,,,
43	Joseph Yegba Maya	124	238	1962	1975	,,
44	Bafétimbi Gomis	122	340	2004	2017	,,
45	Henri Baillot	121	241	1945	1954	,,
	Ernest Schultz	121	275	1954	1963	,
	René Gardien	121	340	1947	1959	Sochaux
48	André Simonyi	120	186	1933	1953	,,,,,
	François Félix	120	341	1968	1981	,,,,,
	Serge Chiesa	120	475	1969	1983	Lyon
51	Jean Vincent	119	421	1950	1964	,
52	Oskar Rohr	118	136	1934	1939	Strasbourg
53	Nestor Combin	117	221	1959	1975	,,
	Didier Couécou	117	308	1963	1976	,,
	Bernard Genghini	117	360	1976	1989	,,,,
	Georges Lech	117	379	1962	1976	,,
	Dominique Rustichelli	117	459	1952	1970	,,,,,,,
58		116	239	1954	1965	,,,
59	Pierre Sinibaldi	115	189	1945	1954	,
60	Zlatan Ibrahimović	113	122	2012	2016	Paris Saint-Germain
	Charly Loubet	113	360	1962	1975	,,
	Maryan Wisniewski	113	415	1953	1969	,,
63	Éric Pécout	112	277	1974	1986	,,,
63	André Strappe	112	341	1948	1961	,
65	Bernard Blanchet	111	357	1963	1974	Nantes
66	Claude Papi	110	392	1968	1982	Bastia
66	Albert Emon	110	410	1972	1988	,,,,,
68	Henri Skiba	109	294	1950	1963	,,,,,
69	Pierre Flamion	106	285	1945	1960	,,,,
	Albert Gemmrich	106	308	1973	1986	,,,
	Léon Deladerrière	106	379	1947	1963	,
	Michel Stievenard	106	405	1954	1968	,
73	Édouard Kargu	105	208	1949	1956	Bordeaux
73	Daniel Xuereb	105	442	1977	1993	,,,,,
75	Bernard Rahis	104	241	1954	1963	Nîmes
75	Alain Caveglia	104	313	1990	2000	,,,
77	Robert Pintenat	103	298	1969	1983	,,,,,
	Abdelkrim Merry	103	337	1974	1989	,,,,,,,
	Dimitri Payet	103	492	2005	2023	,,,
	François Brisson	103	505	1975	1993	,,,,,,
81		102	240	1965	1972	,,
	Marc Berdoll	102	251	1970	1981	,
	André-Pierre Gignac	102	290	2006	2015	,,
	Mustapha Dahleb	102	297	1969	1984	,
	Philippe Vercruysse	102	458	1980	1997	,,,,
	Jimmy Briand	102	483	2003	2022	,,,
87	Vahid Halilhodžić	101	181	1981	1987	,
	Kevin Gameiro	101	305	2005	2024	,,
	Victor Nurenberg	101	307	1952	1963	,,
	Patrick Revelli	101	362	1969	1982	,
91	Philippe Gondet	100	212	1963	1972	,
91	Mamadou Niang	100	258	2000	2010	,,

Top scorers by season

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

Wins by player

Player	Wins	Seasons
Kylian Mbappe	6	2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Carlos Bianchi	5	1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79
Delio Onnis		1974–75, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84
Jean-Pierre Papin		1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–92
Thadée Cisowski	3	1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59
Josip Skoblar		1970–71, 1972–72, 1972–73
Sonny Anderson		1995–96, 1999–2000, 2001–02
Pauleta		2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07
Zlatan Ibrahimovic		2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
Roger Courtois	2	1935–36, 1938–39
Jean Baratte		1947–48, 1948–49
Roger Piantoni		1950–51, 1960–61
Gunnar Andersson		1951–52, 1952–53
Hervé Revelli		1966–67, 1969–70
Vahid Halilhodžić		1982–83, 1984–85
Stéphane Guivarc'h		1996–97, 1997–98
Djibril Cissé		2001–02, 2003–04
Edinson Cavani		2017–18, 2017–18

Wins by club

Club	Players	Total
Paris Saint-Germain	6	16
Marseille	5	12
Reims	5	8
Monaco	5	6
Nantes	5	6
Lyon	4	5
Rennes	4	4
Auxerre	3	4
Lille	3	4
Socchaux	3	4

Wins by country

Country	Total
align=left	37	54
align=left	2	10
align=left	2	5
align=left	1	5
align=left	2	4
align=left	3	3
align=left	3	3
align=left	1	3
align=left	2	2
align=left	1	2
align=left	1	1
align=left	1	1
align=left	1	1
align=left	1	1
align=left	1	1
align=left	1	1

Notes and References

Web site: France - Topscorers. RSSSF. 9 July 2014.
News: Top guns! . Ligue 1 . 24 March 2020 . 15 February 2021 .
Web site: Buteurs +100 buts Ligue 1 . Pari-et-Gagne.