List of Ligue 1 records and statistics

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

Club

Titles and Points

• Most titles : Saint-Étienne, 10
• Most consecutive titles : Lyon (2002–2008), 7
• Highest number of points : 89 points for Paris Saint-Germain (2013–14)(2015-16)

Wins

• Most wins in a season : 28 for Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16) for a 20-team league; 25 for Saint-Étienne (1969–70) for an 18-team league
• Most home victories in a season : 19 for Saint-Étienne (1974–75)
• Most away victories in a season : 13 for Paris Saint-Germain (2015-16) *Still remaining three games (13 March)
• Most consecutive victories : 14 for Bordeaux (between March 14, 2009 and August 23, 2009)
• Most consecutive victories in a season : 11 for Bordeaux (2008–09)
• Most home consecutive victories : 28 for Saint-Étienne (between March 13, 1974 and August 27, 1975)
• Most away consecutive victories : 9 for Marseille (between February 15, 2009 and August 8, 2009) and Paris Saint-Germain (between December 4, 2015 and February 28, 2016)
• Biggest win : 12–1, Sochaux v. Valenciennes, 1935–36
• Longest unbeaten record within a single season : Nantes, 32 matches (1994–1995)
• Longest unbeaten home record : Nantes, 92 matches, between May 15, 1976 and April 7, 1981
• Longest unbeaten record : Paris Saint-Germain, 36 matches (March 15, 2015–February 28, 2016)

Losses

• Fewest losses in a season : 1 for Nantes (1994–95)
• Fewest home losses in a season : 0 (53 times)
• Fewest away losses in a season : 1 for Sochaux (1934–35) Saint-Étienne (1969–70) Nantes (1994–95) Marseille (2008–09)

Top flight appearances

• Most seasons in top-flight : Sochaux, 66 seasons
• Most consecutive seasons in top-flight : Nantes, 44 seasons (1963–2007)

Goals

• Highest-scoring season : 1946–47 (1,344 goals, average: 3.51 per match) for a 20-team league; 1948–49 (1,138 goals, average: 3.71 per match) for an 18-team league
• Highest-scoring team in a season : 1959–60 RC Paris, 118 goals, in 20-team format; 1948–49 Lille, 102 goals, in 18-team format
• Best defense in a season : 2015-16 Paris Saint-Germain, 18 goals conceded
• Best home defense in a season : 2007–08 Saint-Étienne, 4 goals conceded
• Best away defense in a season : 1988–89 Paris Saint-Germain, 11 goals conceded
• Best goal difference in a season : 1959–60 Reims, +63, 20-team format; 1948–49 Lille, +62, 18-team format

Disciplinary and manager

• Season with most yellow cards : 2002–03 (1,654)
• Season with most red cards : 2002–03 (131)
• Most red cards in a season : 2013–14 Montpellier, 14
• Most matches for a coach : Guy Roux, Auxerre (1961–2000, 2001–2005) 890 matches and Lens (2007–08) 4 matches : 894 matches

Attendance

• Highest overall attendance : 8,290,346 in 2006–07 (20 clubs)
• Highest average attendance : 23,154 per match in 2000–01 (18 clubs)
• Highest daily attendance for a single game day : 281,000, Day 33, 1997–98 (28,100 average per match)
• Highest single attendance : 78,056, Lille–Lyon, 2008–09 (Match played at the Stade de France)

Players

Most appearances

Player		Period	Club[1]	Games[2]
Mickaël Landreau	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

Player		Period	Club[3]	Goals[4]	Games
Delio Onnis	1	Delio Onnis	1971–1986	Monaco, Reims, Tours, Toulon	299 (Ø 0,66)	449
2	Bernard Lacombe	1969–1987	Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux	255 (Ø 0,51)	497
3	Hervé Revelli	1965–1978	Saint-Étienne, Nice	216 (Ø 0,55)	389
4	Roger Courtois	1932–1956	Sochaux, Troyes	210 (Ø 0,72)	288
5	Thadée Cisowski	1947–1961	Metz, RC Paris, Valenciennes	206 (Ø 0,72)	286
6	Roger Piantoni	1950–1966	Nancy, Stade Reims, Nice	203 (Ø 0,52)	394
7	Joseph Ujlaki	1947–1964	Stade Français, Sète, Nîmes, Nice, RC Paris	189 (Ø 0,43)	438
8	Fleury Di Nallo	1960–1975	Lyon, Red Star Paris	187 (Ø 0,44)	425
9	Carlos Bianchi	1973–1980	Stade Reims, Paris Saint-Germain, Strasbourg	179 (Ø 0,81)	220
-	Gunnar Andersson	1950–1960	Marseille, Bordeaux	179 (Ø 0,77)	234

Most titles won

Juninho, among others, holds the record of most Ligue 1 titles for a player with 7

Seven titles

• Sidney Govou, Grégory Coupet, Juninho, Matthieu Descartes (Lyon): (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008)
• Jean-Michel Larqué and Hervé Revelli of Saint-Étienne, 7 times champions (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976)

Goalkeeping

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

Goalscoring

• Goals in single season : Josip Skoblar, Marseille, 44 (1970–71)
  • Each season: See Top goalscorers in Ligue 1
• Goals in single match : 7, Jean Nicolas, Rouen, 1938 against Valenciennes; André Abegglen (Sochaux) 1935 against Valenciennes
• 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 – 2015–16

Other records

• Most red cards : Cyril Rool : 19 (as of end of 2005–06 season)
• Youngest player : Laurent Paganelli, Saint-Étienne 15 years, 10 months and 3 days
• Youngest to score a hat-trick : Jérémy Ménez, Sochaux, 22 January 2005 against Bordeaux – 17 years, 260 days
• Fastest hat-trick: Zlatan Ibrahimović, 9 minutes, (for PSG v. Troyes, 13 March 2016)^[5]

References

1. where player played the most games.
2. France - All-Time Most Goals in Ligue 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Position : Forward 75 Goals 2012- Matches Played in Division/League 1
3. where player scored the most goals
4. France - All-Time Topscorers
5. "VIDEO: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores hat-trick in 9 minutes as PSG win Ligue 1 title". GiveMeSport. Retrieved 2016-03-23.