All-time Ligue 1 forwards face-off

The greatest forwards in Ligue 1 history, by their honors. Set two sides of all-time Ligue 1 forwards against each other and decide who takes each row, or call it even.

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0–00 even
100 not in a matchup · drag one onto either side of a row (up to 4 a side)
Lionel Messi
MF/FW · PSG
Ousmane Dembélé
FW · PSG
Karim Benzema
FW · LYON
Thierry Henry
FW · MON
Kylian Mbappé
FW · PSG
George Weah
FW · MON
Zlatan Ibrahimović
FW · PSG
Jean-​Pierre Papin
FW · OLM
Didier Drogba
FW · MNS
Edinson Cavani
FW · PSG
Radamel Falcao
FW · MON
David Trezeguet
FW · MON
Jordan Ayew
FW · OLM
Youri Djorkaeff
MF/FW · PSG
Jürgen Klinsmann
FW · MON
Eric Cantona
FW · AUX
Memphis Depay
FW · LYON
Nicolas Anelka
FW · PSG
Breel Embolo
FW · MON
Sylvain Wiltord
FW · LYON
Pauleta
FW · PSG
Divock Origi
FW · LILL
Patrick Mboma
FW · PSG
Stéphane Guivarc'h
FW · AUX
Djibril Cissé
FW · AUX
Jonathan David
FW · LILL
Olivier Giroud
FW · LILL
Sidney Govou
FW · LYON
André-​Pierre Gignac
FW · OLM
Bradley Barcola
FW · PSG
Islam Slimani
FW · LYON
Aruna Dindane
FW · RCL
Loïc Rémy
FW · LYON
Timothy Weah
FW · LILL
Wissam Ben Yedder
FW · TOU
Rayan Cherki
FW · LYON
Bernard Lacombe
FW · LYON
John Utaka
FW · RCL
Mbaye Niang
FW · REN
Stevan Jovetić
FW · MON
Shabani Nonda
FW · MON
Josip Skoblar
FW · OLM
Rudi Völler
FW · OLM
Dominique Rocheteau
FW · PSG
VIVictor Ikpeba
FW · MON
James Rodríguez
FW · MON
Serhou Guirassy
FW · REN
Fred
FW · LYON
DPDado Pršo
FW · MON
Clinton Njie
FW · LYON
Bonaventure Kalou
FW · AUX
Asamoah Gyan
FW · REN
Martin Braithwaite
FW · TOU
Mamadou Niang Babacar Ndiaye
FW · OLM
Maxwel Cornet
FW · LYON
Anthony Martial
FW · MON
BBBruno Bellone
FW · MON
Kostas Mitroglou
FW · OLM
Kevin Gameiro
FW · STR
Keita Balde
FW · MON
Bafétimbi Gomis
FW · LYON
Youssouf Hadji
FW · REN
Khalid Boutaïb
FW · HAC
FOFrançois Omam-​Biyik
FW · RCL
Emmanuel Adebayor
FW · MON
Maryan Wisniewski
FW · RCL
Ireneusz Jeleń
FW · AUX
Dennis Oliech
FW · AUX
Rafik Saïfi
FW · TRY
Daniel Cousin
FW · MNS
Yannick Stopyra
FW · TOU
Danijel Ljuboja
FW · STR
Laurent Pokou
FW · REN
CSChaouki Ben Saada
FW · TRY
TCTiti Camara
FW · RCL
Yvon Douis
FW · MON
Mauro Icardi
FW · PSG
Christophe Dugarry
FW · OLM
Patrice Loko
FW · PSG
Blaž Slišković
FW · RCL
Alexander Frei
FW · REN
Sonny Anderson
FW · LYON
Guillaume Hoarau
FW · PSG
Saïd Benrahma
FW · ANG
Peter Odemwingie
FW · LILL
Erwin Vandenbergh
FW · LILL
Giovanni Sio
FW · REN
Olivier Kapo
MF/FW · AUX
VKVilmos Kohut
FW · OLM
Thorstein Helstad
FW · MNS
Ismaël Bangoura
FW · MNS
ESErnst Stojaspal
FW · STR
André Strappe
MF/FW · LILL
Roger Courtois
FW · TRY
Fernando Morientes
FW · MON
Fodé Mansaré
FW · TOU
Gérard Hausser
FW · STR
PNPius Ndiefi
FW · RCL
Jérémy Doku
FW · REN
Peguy Luyindula
FW · LYON

Top all-time Ligue 1 forwards — November 2026

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