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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. 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.

As of matches played on 10 November 2024

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	First	Last	Club(s) (goals/apps)
1	Delio Onnis	299	449	0.67	1971	1986	Reims (39/65), Monaco (157/200), Tours (64/110), Toulon (39/74)
2	Bernard Lacombe	255	497	0.51	1969	1987	Lyon (123/222), Saint-Étienne (14/32), Bordeaux (118/243)
3	Hervé Revelli	216	389	0.56	1965	1978	Saint-Étienne (175/318), Nice (41/71)
4	Roger Courtois	210	288	0.73	1933	1956	Sochaux (209/285), Troyes (1/3)
5	Thadée Cisowski	206	286	0.72	1947	1961	Metz (45/86), Racing (152/172), Valenciennes (9/28)
6	Roger Piantoni	203	394	0.52	1950	1966	Nancy (91/217), Reims (106/161), Nice (6/16)
7	Kylian Mbappé	191	246	0.78	2015	2024	Monaco (16/41), Paris Saint-Germain (175/205)
8	Joseph Ujlaki	190	438	0.43	1947	1964	Stade Français (3/7), Sète (15/44), Nîmes (38/92), Nice (59/133), Racing (75/162)
9	Fleury Di Nallo	187	425	0.44	1960	1975	Lyon (182/413), Red Star (5/12)
10	Carlos Bianchi	179	220	0.81	1973	1980	Reims (107/124), Paris Saint-Germain (64/74), Strasbourg (8/22)
	Gunnar Andersson	179	234	0.76	1950	1960	Marseille (169/220), Bordeaux (10/14)
12	Hassan Akesbi	173	293	0.59	1955	1964	Nîmes (119/204), Reims (48/78), Monaco (6/11)
13	Jean Baratte	169	284	0.6	1945	1955	Lille (167/268), Roubaix (2/16)
14	Just Fontaine	164	200	0.82	1953	1962	Nice (42/69), Reims (122/131)
15	Alain Giresse	163	587	0.28	1970	1988	Bordeaux (158/520), Marseille (5/67)
16	Wissam Ben Yedder	161	320	0.5	2010	2024	Toulouse (63/156), Monaco (98/164)
17	André Guy	159	271	0.59	1959	1971	Sochaux (3/6), Saint-Étienne (45/65), Lille (42/76), Lyon (64/110), Rennes (5/14)
18	Désiré Koranyi	157	252	0.62	1935	1950	Sète
19	Jean-Pierre Papin	156	270	0.58	1986	1998	Marseille (134/215), Bordeaux (22/55)
20	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	Josip Skoblar	151	174	0.87	1966	1974	Marseille
	Alexandre Lacazette	151	283	0.53	2010	2025	Lyon
23	Lucien Cossou	149	285	0.52	1956	1968	Lyon (35/91), Monaco (97/161), Aix (17/33)
24	Dominique Rocheteau	145	417	0.35	1972	1989	Saint-Étienne (51/153), Paris Saint-Germain (83/204), Toulouse (11/60)
25	Rachid Mekhloufi	143	325	0.44	1954	1970	Saint-Étienne (123/274), Bastia (20/67)
26	Pauleta	141	266	0.53	2000	2008	Bordeaux (65/98), Paris Saint-Germain (76/168)
27	Yvon Douis	140	354	0.4	1953	1967	Lille (50/141), Le Havre (28/71), Monaco (62/167)
28	Michel Platini	139	254	0.55	1973	1982	Nancy (81/150), Saint-Étienne (58/104)
	Stéphane Bruey	139	423	0.33	1950	1966	Racing (11/44), Monaco (25/81), Angers (93/254), Lyon (10/44)
30	Edinson Cavani	138	200	0.69	2013	2020	Paris Saint-Germain
	Sonny Anderson	138	221	0.62	1993	2003	Marseille (16/20), Monaco (51/91), Lyon (71/110)
32	Salif Keïta	135	168	0.8	1967	1973	Saint-Étienne (125/150), Marseille (10/18)
33	Hector De Bourgoing	133	258	0.52	1959	1969	Nice (65/114), Bordeaux (68/137)
34	Jacques Foix	132	361	0.37	1951	1964	Racing (24/52), Saint-Étienne (54/129), Nice (50/162), Toulouse (4/18)
	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	Henri Hiltl	131	252	0.52	1934	1948	Excelsior (82/154), Roubaix (49/98)
37	Bernard Zénier	130	466	0.28	1974	1991	Metz (55/232), Nancy (53/144), Bordeaux (4/25), Marseille (18/65)
38	François M'Pelé	129	350	0.37	1969	1981	Ajaccio (57/121), Paris Saint-Germain (60/167), Lens (12/62)
	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	Alberto Muro [fr]	128	269	0.48	1951	1962	Sochaux (57/123), Nice (43/85), Nancy (28/61)
41	Jean Grumellon	126	203	0.62	1947	1954	Rennes (107/157), Nice (5/14), Le Havre (14/33)
	Lilian Laslandes	126	407	0.31	1992	2008	Auxerre (47/125), Bordeaux (56/179), Bastia (8/30), Nice (15/73)
43	Joseph Yegba Maya	124	238	0.52	1962	1975	Marseille (79/133), Valenciennes (33/74), Strasbourg (12/31)
44	Bafétimbi Gomis	122	340	0.36	2004	2017	Saint-Étienne (38/131), Lyon (64/178), Marseille (20/32)
45	Henri Baillot	121	241	0.5	1945	1954	Metz (80/158), Bordeaux (35/67), Strasbourg (6/16)
	Ernest Schultz	121	275	0.44	1954	1963	Lyon (35/88), Toulouse (86/187)
	René Gardien	121	340	0.36	1947	1959	Sochaux
48	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)
	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)
	Serge Chiesa	120	475	0.25	1969	1983	Lyon
51	Jean Vincent	119	421	0.28	1950	1964	Lille (51/154), Reims (68/267)
52	Oskar Rohr	118	136	0.87	1934	1939	Strasbourg
53	Nestor Combin	117	221	0.53	1959	1975	Lyon (68/131), Metz (34/59), Red Star (15/31)
	Didier Couécou	117	308	0.38	1963	1976	Bordeaux (75/188), Marseille (28/79), Nantes (14/41)
	Bernard Genghini	117	360	0.33	1976	1989	Sochaux (60/181), Saint-Étienne (8/36), Monaco (45/106), Marseille (3/36), Bordeaux (1/4)
	Georges Lech	117	379	0.31	1962	1976	Lens (71/187), Sochaux (39/118), Reims (7/74)
	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	Ginès Liron [fr]	116	239	0.49	1954	1965	Nîmes (21/37), Sochaux (29/71), Valenciennes (18/38), Saint-Étienne (48/93)
59	Pierre Sinibaldi	115	189	0.61	1945	1954	Reims (115/188), Lyon (0/1)
60	Zlatan Ibrahimović	113	122	0.93	2012	2016	Paris Saint-Germain
	Charly Loubet	113	360	0.31	1962	1975	Stade Français (5/22), Nice (77/272), Marseille (31/66)
	Maryan Wisniewski	113	415	0.27	1953	1969	Lens (93/277), Saint-Étienne (12/48), Sochaux (8/90)
63	Éric Pécout	112	277	0.4	1974	1986	Nantes (73/156), Monaco (17/38), Metz (8/29), Strasbourg (14/54)
	André Strappe	112	341	0.33	1948	1961	Lille (99/275), Le Havre (13/66)
65	Bernard Blanchet	111	357	0.31	1963	1974	Nantes
66	Claude Papi	110	392	0.28	1968	1982	Bastia
	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	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	Pierre Flamion	106	285	0.37	1945	1960	Reims (65/152), Marseille (11/29), Lyon (5/32), Troyes (24/62), Limoges (1/10)
	Albert Gemmrich	106	308	0.34	1973	1986	Strasbourg (71/193), Bordeaux (35/94), Lille (0/17), Nice (0/4)
	Léon Deladerrière	106	379	0.28	1947	1963	Nancy (96/321), Toulouse (10/58)
	Michel Stievenard	106	405	0.26	1954	1968	Lens (43/170), Angers (63/235)
73	Édouard Kargu	105	208	0.5	1949	1956	Bordeaux
	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	Bernard Rahis	104	241	0.43	1954	1963	Nîmes
	Alain Caveglia	104	313	0.33	1990	2000	Sochaux (25/129), Le Havre (31/72), Lyon (47/102), Nantes (1/10)
77	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)
	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)
	Dimitri Payet	103	492	0.21	2005	2023	Nantes (5/33), Saint-Étienne (19/129), Lille (18/71), Marseille (61/259)
	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	Philippe Piat [fr]	102	240	0.43	1965	1972	Strasbourg (48/134), Monaco (16/32), Sochaux (38/74)
	Marc Berdoll	102	251	0.41	1970	1981	Angers (62/159), Marseille (40/92)
	André-Pierre Gignac	102	290	0.35	2006	2015	Lorient (11/50), Toulouse (35/100), Marseille (59/155)
	Mustapha Dahleb	102	297	0.34	1969	1984	Sedan (17/29), Paris Saint-Germain (85/268)
	Philippe Vercruysse	102	458	0.22	1980	1997	Lens (46/210), Bordeaux (17/64), Marseille (21/99), Nîmes (14/59), Metz (4/26)
	Jimmy Briand	102	483	0.21	2003	2022	Rennes (33/169), Lyon (22/110), Guingamp (30/106), Bordeaux (17/98)
87	Vahid Halilhodžić	101	181	0.56	1981	1987	Nantes (93/163), Paris Saint-Germain (8/18)
	Kevin Gameiro	101	305	0.33	2005	2024	Strasbourg (32/138), Lorient (50/108), Paris Saint-Germain (19/59)
	Victor Nurenberg	101	307	0.33	1952	1963	Nice (89/252), Sochaux (7/35), Lyon (5/20)
	Patrick Revelli	101	362	0.28	1969	1982	Saint-Étienne (74/226), Sochaux (27/136)
91	Philippe Gondet	100	212	0.47	1963	1972	Nantes (98/194), Red Star (2/18)
	Mamadou Niang	100	258	0.39	2000	2010	Troyes (8/47), Strasbourg (21/56), Marseille (71/155)

Top scorers by season

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	30	0.7
1980–81	Delio Onnis (3)	Argentina	Tours	24	38	0.63
1981–82	Delio Onnis (4)	Argentina	Tours	29	38	0.76
1982–83	Vahid Halilhodžić	Yugoslavia	Nantes ♦	27
1983–84	Patrice Garande	France	Auxerre	21
	Delio Onnis (5)	Argentina	Toulon	21	36	0.58
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	27	31	0.87
2021–22	Kylian Mbappé (4)	France	Paris Saint-Germain ♦	28	35	0.8
2022–23	Kylian Mbappé (5)	France	Paris Saint-Germain ♦	29	34	0.85
2023–24	Kylian Mbappé (6)	France	Paris Saint-Germain ♦	27	29	0.93

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

Wins by country

Country	Players	Total
France	37	54
Argentina	2	10
Sweden	2	5
Yugoslavia	1	5
Brazil	2	4
Senegal	3	3
Germany	3	3
Portugal	1	3
Switzerland	2	2
Uruguay	1	2
DR Congo	1	1
Croatia	1	1
Algeria	1	1
Ivory Coast	1	1
Czechoslovakia	1	1
Hungary	1	1

See also

• Capocannoniere
• Premier League Golden Boot
• List of Bundesliga top scorers by season
• List of La Liga top scorers
• European Golden Shoe
• List of top international men's football goal scorers by country

References

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.

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