All-time Ligue 1 midfielders quadrant chart

The greatest midfielders in Ligue 1 history, by their honours. Plot all-time Ligue 1 midfielders anywhere on a two-axis chart, such as good to bad and fun to boring.

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Lionel Messi
MF/FW · PSG
Didier Deschamps
MF · OLM
David Beckham
MF · PSG
João Moutinh0
MF · MON
Cesc Fàbregas
MF · MON
Blaise Matuidi
MF · PSG
Idrissa Gueye
MF · LILL
Julian Draxler
MF · PSG
Youri Djorkaeff
MF/FW · PSG
Seydou Keita
MF · RCL
Kim Källström
MF · LYON
Jaroslav Plašil
MF · MON
Raymond Kopa
MF · ANG
Corentin Tolisso
MF · LYON
Raí
MF · PSG
Leandro Paredes
MF · PSG
Florian Thauvin
MF · OLM
Fabián Ruiz
MF · PSG
Adrien Rabiot
MF · PSG
Marco Verratti
MF · PSG
Moussa Sissoko
MF · TOU
Bernardo Silva
MF · MON
Miralem Pjanić
MF · LYON
Abedi Pele
MF · OLM
Thiago Motta
MF · PSG
Aleksandr Golovin
MF · MON
Yohan Cabaye
MF · LILL
Thorgan Hazard
MF · RCL
Ola Toivonen
MF · REN
Renato Sanches
MF · PSG
Dragan Stojković
MF · OLM
Jérémy Toulalan
MF · LYON

Top all-time Ligue 1 midfielders — November 2026

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The greatest midfielders in Ligue 1 history, by their honours.

Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top all-time Ligue 1 midfielders for November 2026.

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