Top all-time Ligue 1 defenders
The greatest defenders in Ligue 1 history, by their honours. Rank the top all-time Ligue 1 defenders, 1 to 100.
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Samuel UmtitiDF · LYON
Adil RamiDF · LILL
Kamil GlikDF · MON
Eric AbidalDF · LYON
EdmílsonDF · LYON
Basile BoliDF · AUX
Stéphane MbiaDF · REN
Jacek BąkDF · LYON
Manuel AmorosDF · MON
Marius TrésorDF · OLM
Lucas HernandezDF · PSG
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Patrick MüllerDF · LYON
William GallasDF · OLM
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Daniel AlvesDF · PSG
David RozehnalDF · LILL
Jérôme BoatengDF · LYON
Gabriel MagalhãesDF · LILL
Simon KjærDF · LILL
Thilo KehrerDF · MON
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Jean-Alain BoumsongDF · AUX
Anthony RéveillèreDF · LYON
Aurélien ChedjouDF · LILL
Michael Amir MurilloDF · OLM
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Abdou DialloDF · PSG
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Stéphane GrichtingDF · AUX
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Petter HanssonDF · REN
KFKarlheinz Förster
DF · OLM
Raymond DomenechDF · LYON
Souleymane DiawaraDF · OLM
Lamine DiattaDF · LYON
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Yvon Le RouxDF · OLM
Jean-Jacques MarcelDF · OLM
Dario ŠimićDF · MON
Nayef AguerdMF/DF · OLM
Carlos BocanegraDF · REN
Paul Le GuenDF · PSG
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Jean DjorkaeffDF · LYON
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Dariusz DudkaMF/DF · AUX
PIPierre Issa
DF · OLM
François ClercDF · LYON
ARAlain Roche
DF · PSG
Daniel Van BuytenDF · OLM
Axel DisasiDF · MON
André LerondDF · LYON
Leonardo BalerdiDF · OLM
RKRaymond Kaelbel
DF · STR
William AyacheDF · OLM
Hérita IlungaDF · TOU
Ricardo GomesDF · PSG
Cédric KantéDF · STR
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Aïssa LaïdouniDF · ANG
MAMarcel Artelesa
DF · MON
François BracciDF · OLM
Willy SagnolDF · MON
PCPhilippe Christanval
DF · MON
PLPhilippe Léonard
DF · MON
Juan MujicaDF · RCL
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Paweł JanasDF · AUX
Juan SimónDF · MON
David RegisDF · STR
Jules VandoorenDF · LILL
Cyril DomoraudDF · OLM
GOGodwin Okpara
DF · STR
Pedro ReyesDF · AUX
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Ignacio PrietoDF · LILL
François BourbotteDF · LILL
Boštjan CesarDF · OLM
DTDjimi Traoré
DF · MON
Sammy TraoréDF · PSG
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Tomáš HubočanDF · OLM
Talal El KarkouriDF · PSG
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Bill TuilomaDF · OLM
Gabriel TamașDF · AUX
PMPhilippe Mahut
DF · HAC
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Emerson PalmieriDF · OLM
Annike KrahnDF · PSG
GBGuillaume Bieganski
DF · LILL
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Jean WendlingDF · STR
Julien EscudéDF · REN
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Adrien TruffertDF · REN
MBMichel Bibard
DF · PSG
PNPierre Njanka
DF · STR
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Erik EdmanDF · REN
Mamadou SarrDF · STR
JRJean-Paul Rostagni
DF · MON
Franck SilvestreDF · AUX
RBRobert Budzynski
DF · RCL
HMHenryk Maculewicz
DF · PAR
Arthur TheateDF · REN
Marko BašaDF · LILL
PNPavle Ninkov
DF · TOU
Abdoulaye FayeDF · RCL
Bruno NgottyDF · LYON
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Frédéric DéhuDF · RCL
Xercès LouisDF · RCL
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Onyekachi ApamDF · REN
Jackson PorozoDF · TRY
Mohammed SalisuDF · MON
JPJean-Claude Pagal
DF · RCL
MDMilan Damjanović
DF · ANG
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