List of Ligue 1 records and statistics

Last updated October 11, 2023

The following is a list of records attained in French Football Ligue 1 since the league foundation in 1932.

Club statistics

Titles and points

Most titles: 11, Paris Saint-Germain
Most consecutive titles: 7, Lyon (2002–2008)
Most points in a single season: 96, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16)^[1]

Wins and unbeaten runs

Most wins in a single season:
- 38-match season: 30, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16) and Monaco (2016–17)
- 34-match season: 25, Saint-Étienne (1969–70)
Most home victories in a single season: 19, Saint-Étienne (1974–75)
Most away victories in a single season: 15, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16)
Most consecutive victories: 16, Monaco (between 25 February 2017 and 17 August 2017)^[2]
Most consecutive victories in a single season: 14, Paris Saint-Germain (2018–19)
Most consecutive home victories: 28, Saint-Étienne (between 13 March 1974 and 27 August 1975)
Most consecutive away victories: 9, Marseille (between 15 February 2009 and 8 August 2009)
Biggest win: Sochaux 12–1 Valenciennes (1 July 1935)
Biggest away win: Troyes 0–9 Paris Saint-Germain (13 March 2016)
Longest unbeaten run within a single season: 32 matches, Nantes (1994–95)
Longest home unbeaten run: 92 matches, Nantes (between 15 May 1976 and 7 April 1981)
Longest unbeaten run: 36 matches, Paris Saint-Germain (between 15 March 2015 and 20 February 2016)^[1]

Losses

Fewest losses in a single season: 1, Nantes (1994–95)
Fewest home losses in a single season: 0 (53 times)
Fewest away losses in a single season: 1, Sochaux (1934–35), Saint-Étienne (1969–70), Nantes (1994–95), Marseille (2008–09) and Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16)

Top flight appearances

Most seasons in top flight: 72, Marseille
Most consecutive seasons in top flight: 49, Paris Saint-Germain (1974–present)

Goals

Highest-scoring season:
- 38-match season: 1946–47 (134 goals; 3.51 average per match)
- 34-match season: 1948–49 (113 goals; 3.71 average per match)
Most goals scored by a team in a single season:
- 38-match season: 118, RC Paris (1959–60)
- 34-match season: 102, Lille (1948–49)
Most goals in a single match: 13
- Sochaux 12–1 Valenciennes (1 July 1935)
- Marseille 3–10 Saint-Étienne (16 September 1951)
- RC Paris 11–2 Metz (19 November 1961)
Fewest goals conceded by a team in a single season: 19, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16)
Fewest home goals conceded by a team in a single season: 4, Saint-Étienne (2007–08)
Fewest away goals conceded by a team in a single season: 7, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16)
Best goal difference in a single season:
- 38-match season: +83, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16)
- 34-match season: +62, Lille (1948–49)

Disciplinary

Most yellow cards in a season: 654 (2002–03)
Most red cards in a season: 131 (2002–03)
Most red cards by a team in a single season: 14, Montpellier (2013–14)

Manager

Most matches managed: 894, Guy Roux (890 for Auxerre (1961–2000, 2001–2005) and 4 for Lens (2007–2008))

Attendance

Highest overall attendance in a season: 8,676,490 (2018–19; 38-match season)^[3]
Highest average attendance in a season: 23,154 per match (2000–01; 34-match season)
Highest overall attendance in a single matchday: 307,775 (2018–19 matchday 1; 30,778 average per match)
Highest attendance in a single match: 78,056, Lille v. Lyon at the Stade de France (7 March 2009)

Player statistics

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Period	Club(s)^[4]	Games^[5]
1	Mickaël Landreau	1997–2014	Nantes, Paris Saint-Germain, Lille, Bastia	618
2	Jean-Luc Ettori	1975–1994	Monaco	602
3	Dominique Dropsy	1971–1989	Valenciennes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux	596
4	Dominique Baratelli	1967–1985	Ajaccio, Nice, Paris Saint-Germain	593
5	Alain Giresse	1970–1988	Bordeaux, Marseille	586
6	Sylvain Kastendeuch	1982–2001	Metz, Saint-Étienne, Toulouse	577
7	Patrick Battiston	1973–1991	Bordeaux, Metz, Saint-Étienne, Monaco	558
8	Jacky Novi	1964–1980	Marseille, Nîmes, Paris Saint-Germain, Strasbourg	545
9	Roger Marche	1944–1962	Stade Reims, RC Paris	542
10	Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes	1969–1988	Nantes	532

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Period	Club(s)^[6]	Goals^[7]^[8]	Games	Ratio
1	Delio Onnis	1972–1986	Monaco, Reims, Tours, Toulon	299	449	0.67
2	Bernard Lacombe	1969–1987	Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux	255	497	0.51
3	Hervé Revelli	1965–1978	Saint-Étienne, Nice	216	389	0.56
4	Roger Courtois	1932–1956	Sochaux, Troyes	210	288	0.73
5	Thadée Cisowski	1947–1961	Metz, RC Paris, Valenciennes	206	286	0.72
6	Roger Piantoni	1950–1966	FC Nancy, Reims, Nice	203	394	0.52
7	Joseph Ujlaki	1947–1964	Stade Français, Sète, Nîmes, Nice, RC Paris	190	438	0.43
8	Fleury Di Nallo	1960–1975	Lyon, Red Star	187	425	0.44
9	Carlos Bianchi	1973–1980	Reims, Paris Saint-Germain, Strasbourg	179	220	0.81
9	Gunnar Andersson	1950–1960	Marseille, Bordeaux	179	234	0.76

Most titles won

Goalkeeping

Most consecutive minutes without conceding at home: Jérémie Janot for Saint-Étienne, 1,534 minutes without conceding in 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons (17 games)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding: Gaëtan Huard for Bordeaux, 1,176 minutes without conceding in 1992–93 season (13 games)

Goalscoring

Most goals in a single season: Josip Skoblar, 44
- Each season: See List of Ligue 1 top scorers
Most goals in a single match: 7, Jean Nicolas, for Rouen against Valenciennes, 1938; André Abegglen, for Sochaux against Valenciennes, 1935
Most games scored in a row: Vahid Halilhodžić (Nantes), 9 matches in a row (1984–1985); Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain), 9 matches in a row (2015–2016)

Other records

Most red cards received by a player: 19, Cyril Rool
Youngest player to appear in a match: Kalman Gerencseri, aged 15 years, 225 days (for Lens against Monaco on 21 August 1960)^[11]
Youngest player to score a hat-trick: Jérémy Ménez, aged 17 years, 260 days (for Sochaux against Bordeaux on 22 January 2005)
Fastest goal: 7.9 seconds, Michel Rio (for Caen against Cannes on 15 February 1992)^[12]
Fastest hat-trick: 4 minutes and 30 seconds, Loïs Openda (for Lens against Clermont Foot on 12 March 2023)^[13]

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↑ "AS Monaco: Record run reaps title". Ligue 1. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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↑ where player played Ligue 1 games.
↑ France - All-Time Most Goals in Ligue 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Position : Forward 75 Goals 2012- Matches Played in Division/League 1
↑ where player scored Ligue 1 goals
↑ France - All-Time Topscorers
↑ "Top guns!". Ligue 1. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
1 2 "Eight French championship titles, Verratti breaks the record!". Paris Saint-Germain. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
1 2 3 "Thiago Silva and Verratti in seventh heaven". Ligue 1. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
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↑ le Coz, Yohann (12 March 2023). "LIGUE 1 - Loïs Openda (RC Lens) inscrit le triplé le plus rapide de l'histoire du championnat face à Clermont". Eurosport (in French).

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[2015-16_stats-1] 1 2 "Season 2015-16: Official Statistics Guide". Ligue 1. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

[2] "AS Monaco: Record run reaps title". Ligue 1. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

[3] "Record attendances in Ligue 1 Conforama". Ligue 1. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

[4] where player played Ligue 1 games.

[5] France - All-Time Most Goals in Ligue 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Position : Forward 75 Goals 2012- Matches Played in Division/League 1

[6] where player scored Ligue 1 goals

[7] France - All-Time Topscorers

[8] "Top guns!". Ligue 1. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

[Verratti_wins_8th_title-9] 1 2 "Eight French championship titles, Verratti breaks the record!". Paris Saint-Germain. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[seventh_heaven-10] 1 2 3 "Thiago Silva and Verratti in seventh heaven". Ligue 1. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.

[11] "Precocious! Ligue 1 Conforama's young talent history (1/2)". Ligue 1. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

[12] "MBAPPE AND LEWANDOWSKI BROKE RECORDS !". IFFHS. 22 August 2022.

[13] Coz, Yohann (12 March 2023). "LIGUE 1 - Loïs Openda (RC Lens) inscrit le triplé le plus rapide de l'histoire du championnat face à Clermont". Eurosport (in French).

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